The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-31

VI CuiS mOIulnp upob W Hull Ocsl 2
to make a few comments which
we suggested by this characteristic
article.
Tribune July 80, l884.l
THE DIFFERENCE IN COMMUNITIES.
There are Wo or more classes OF
people in this world. When one
class locates in State, every man
bends his energies to make his re.
ligion attractive and to induce other
men to come. When the other class
locates, each man estimates that
his neighbors will drive thirgs suf-
ficently to make his own property
valuable, or each man calculates
that the plRcs and the people are
nothing to him; that the pursuit of
a particular enterprise will make
him certain amount of money In
a given time; and il society only
holds together until then; why, no
matter; the place may then go to
the eteTnal bow-wows for all
that he cares. These two CLASSES
are represented respectively in Cos
orado and Utah. The men who
have made money in Colorado, that
is, we mean great sums of money,
have delighted in spending it in
Colorado. They have reared de-
lightful city; they have bought
tracts OF land and improved them
they have alternately coaXed and
compelled railroad companies to
ramify the state with railroads, and
by their energy, pluck, public spirit
and generosity, have caused $685.
100000 of foreign capital to be in
vested in their State. The other
class is beautifully represented in
Utah. There is not much to be said
about the Mormons, because the
masses of them are assessed by theil
superstition ten per cent upon thai
income, from whatever source they
obtain it, aud that is about all tina
there is Of profit in any ordinar!
business OF life. But the leader
have done something. Fbey hay'
o built three CT four temples which a
least have occupied tue time of :
coed many fanatioal work
erd, and they have spen
. little money on them be
= sides. In limited way, TOO, the.
have built some mills, sonae distll
leries and a few miles OF railroad
In this city the Coop. store, TIA
Daseret bank, the Wasatch building
= the Hooper & Eldyedge block and
few sciences have been erected b
the Mormons, which are attraction
60 the city. Among the GENTLE
the Walker Brothers and Mr.. Henr
Lawrence have erected some cost
structures. But what have the re-
2 done? The Ontario mine has Yields
! millions 10 divid ends. How muc
of those millions has been fastene
here by any investment? The Ho1
Silver Is yielding millions in div
.dends. Is any of that kept hers
Professor Holden cleared a coup
of milliont out OF Bingham. Is the
any monument of his gratitude fl
- the mighty fortune visible herr
I IN, Cottonwood and Tintic ha
-" given up millions. Is the
Sny siga here to show tn
the men who reaped the rewa
v felt grateful to Utah for yielding
to them? But men will say:
am nos missionary, am bus
ness man. get my money no
estIy and when obtain it place
where it will pay me best. I a
conservative in my ideas and not
bit sentimental" That is all rigl
TX except that 1t is not true, and
think we can prove 1t. A busine
man likes to get as much interest
possible on his money. Utah d
ON yielded so far from her mines abe
$4,000, coo. Now we will suppos
re- case. We will suppose that I
Mormon rule of 10 per cent off, b
been adopted, and that 10 per &c
N mad been invested here. Supp
bvr 400 miles Of narrow-gauge railro
and had been BULL to the northwest a
$50 miles to the southwest. III
'ur- would have coss SIS, 100000. Su
pose the other $3,0o0,0OO had bt
expended in a splendid wooden n
here; in splendid hotel IN
MO city; another, with ample, j
NN' proved grounds, on the Ii
e,s shore; in schoolhouses, driy
business houses, reduction wo
nv and real estate. To-day IL wo
IN have been paying half as much
ortn terest as The whole $4,000, 900
now paying and the roads al
would have been worth in act
Cor cash twice what they cost. Inst
BIB OF that the money is lying in ba
here and in the east, the men
L made the bulk OF it intend, by
by, to go somewhere else and in
AIT it. and the result will be that |
mi of them will die in some shant.
and Utah and their heirs will qua
yles, over their property: for life is b
brief candle at best. But ther
,rr more than all this to
i9Ss business. Had the Colo
spirit ruled here; had
oiing IS, 0oo, 900 been invested. as n
eve above. to day this city would
had 75, 900 people; 1t would
:. had all the trade from three d
tions; it would be noted as o.
the foremost sanitary resorts II
Union; the spell of the superst
which rules here would have