The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-09
9rsINEss DRAWBACKS"
ohio is Responsible for the
W." Dull Times.
,.,,o Striking Illustrations by
a Business Man.

In q leader of the Tri6u'as ibis
corning. the following occurs, snu
=. tits written III 9 somewhat less
a#ensive tone than the usual one' Il
mav be safe to make a lew com
tents thereon. Ordin2n y IL
makes no difference how m"ch q
arson may differ with the dictum
r. the journal mentioned, or how
much he may have been outTs ged IN
a Ito taken by the paper; ne must
appear to coincide. or ne Is az on TnG r. q q
tbief. liar, idiot or VIII ]teyer else Tue
noIffe and respectful eoleofs may
pSoose To call him. The result or
CItb;s is the business men Of the
oitv seIdom disagree openly with
~. Tribune, however much they
.,ooy he imposed to its utterances IN
EATERS Intimately relating to their
interests. It is well known that the
slightest objection offered to the
ToIicv of the Tribune in any rbsptct
E the signal for abuse and attack
from an element which the ordin-
ary person, although he may hold II
in the most supreme contempt, does
not care to arouse. Thus, to Illus
rate, II business is very dull and
the tribune says it is not, the man
who saws it ia, IL held as s tool OF
the Mormon church, traitor to
Governor Murray and a liar OF
course.
In the article referred to the Tg'ib-
mne says, We hear occasional y
some rendom talk of hard times IL
Salt Lake, business depression and
dark on looks 1or the future. This
should not he, and is not justified by
the fscrs." eve b ar OCCASION
aIJv" is good, very good. Any bust
ness man to avoid hearing 1t all the
time must be totally deaf, for it is
the constant theme OF almost every
bodv: being forced upon them III
every DEPARTMENT Of business OF
almost every kind and character.
of course there are exceptions, but
the idea OF using the word coca
sionalIy in this connection Is, to say
the least, absurd.
The writer fully appreciates the
philosophy of whistling aloud to
keep your courage up, but steam
whistle would fail to supply the
necessary courage, to look compla~
Gently at the commercial situation
in Utah at the present. Following
The quotation [ have made, the edi.
tor goes on to show some OF the re-
sources Of the Territory, and speaks
in hopeful terms OF the prospects,
and predicts certain things which
we all hope will come to pass, and
then he asks, "Why, then,
should any talk of hard times or
dull trade. with all the conditions
of prosperity so firmly estabiishedW
This is somewhat as # he had made
a speech in great desert, where
the people were dying of thirst, and
after assuring them that thousand
miles away there was a very large
supply Of water, he should then ask
them, "Why, then, should any Of
Won talk of being thirsty with such
large body OF water over there ?"
again quote him: "But 1T Is
said that this city does not thrive
as it might, and extend its trade as
is desirable. There IS something IN
this, but not as much as crOakers
think, and a coed deal of it is mere
talk. It ig not to be expected that
sclty can thrive if its people stand
around mourning its discrepitude.
A live people make a live town.
Quit growing and go to work. In
stead of saying the town is dead,
do something to make 1t alive. II a
man comes here to Invest money
show him how he can get returns
on his enterprise, instead of cOnvin-
cling him that he had better go
somewhere else to settle. Don't
keep 40 the cry that the business
ventures are all taken they are not;
plenty are to take, and plenty more
may be adVsntageouslY added to
those in any given line now. Let the
business community unite and speak
OF the advantages of the city instead
OF It's tIswbacks, as the people Of
i've cites cher where's do"
IL Ia not necessary for me to call
the atteatiOn of any business man
10 tina fact that a man who
IS IN no sense a business
man, wrote the above EXCERPT. 1t
gears on its face the evidence OF
.V ignorance Of the response bill
neS oI business enterprises which
IVY cnaraoterize the takers of
ne world. 1t is clear that il he were
9slis " d Salesman, twenty lawyers
W. To o,j nave to be employed to make
me .ne colIeCtions-that is, il he were
f6S a,, othsr peoples goods. That !
9 tSng The fact, it is unreasonable
5 Sn@T WIN DO business responsibility
n ne su0uld be expected 10 talk bust : |
ssi LEI Us ex,mioe one or two of his
,@ ~ rs n detail, and see Of what |
,ra MI S'e composed. HA live peOp e |
GO, 60 i've town" True, but live
h. he always leave dead places, and |
ma. never never work against fate, the
1 LIS eSpart and in4ustrious assaveJ
ro ,,i9 20 OBTAIN goli from barren
t Ia = , ana tne most energetic, We are
s I'M J, cannot get blood out Of a tur-l
g6 p; - gut growing, and 90 to-
iii III Smart thing to say. but if he
WI pledge himsalf IN noot,a - 80 - nS