The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-20

mate and wealth-producing indus
try, hnds In Utah an ineXhaustible
held, one IN which more and greater
wealth has been obtained for the
number OF men actually engaged in
1t, the amount of time occupied in
developments. the capital invested
ana the extent of work performed,
IMAM perhaps in any other part of
the world IN any age; mercantile
pursuits flourish even in our small
esq villages, the proportion of traffic
70 populations being fully equal to
tnat OF any ..uther part ofthe Union
mechanism finds its patrons at pro-
htable rates Oh every hand while the
arts, the sciences and the professions
| nave their earnest and able votaries
| whose labOrs receive a full need of
appreciation at every point within
our boundaries. Wherever we may
look, be it to the east, the west, the
north or the south, civilization aided
by the substantial productions of
mankind and strengthened by the
fostering hand of the genius of pro-
greSs "soars phOenix-like to JoVe."
The press, the telegraph, the rail
road-the grandest achievements of
modern science, and the ones COM
paratively unknown to many of the
settlerS-Where, within the brief
period of a generation, have they
obtained a firmer or more extensive
footing than in our own Territory ?
At an average altitude of 5000
feet above the sea level; with
breeZeS impregnated with the life
giving emanations from our own
inland ocean with all the severe ex-
periences of frontier life overcome
and dwelling only in the past; with
every device of modern civilization,
looking to the well-being Of man in
our midst, with occupation suited
to the tastes and experiences of all
with all the garnered treasures of
nature awaiting development at the
hand of the tOiler; with a cosmo-
politan population of 10000 souls,
ready and willing to receive among
its numbers the upright and indus
trlous representatives of whatever
tongue or cline; with law and let
tiers swaying and protecting the
multitude-Who would venture to
say that Utah is not the ideal place
wherein mankind may find a home
no less inviting than secure? There
is ample room for at least ten times
cur present numbers, with resour-
ces sufficient to secure wealth to
some and prosperity to all. So here
in the Great Basin, sheltered and
Swallowed by the serrated, rock
ribbed peaks which emerged from
the earth'S interior before the time
OF our common parent. we stand a
community of witnesses to the
truth Of the assertion that industry
guided by intelligence and strength
ened by faith will convert the
most hopeless wastes into the most
fruitful fields, the most stubborn
conditions into those the most
yielding.and make Of the forbidding
paths of life avenues delightful
and inviting. We move along
grandly in the noble march of hui
man progress, our sweep of prosper
ity unmeaSured save by the strength
and willingness of our hands; with
honorable competency in possession
and boundless wealth in prospective
we await the hour when Utan, with
the bright star of sovereignty gleam-
ing upon her breast, will take her
place among the Independent States
of the American Union.
@The eastern nations sink, their glory
ends;
An empire rises whore the sun descen s."