The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-06
WHY BUSINESS is DULL.

Ill IuO 10GSINl6W ud0 Will ulu1 NY
HERALD reporter and which ap
peared on Sunday 2mornipg: "I1
we can make a stove, Of as excellen
pattern AID of as good quality q;
they do east, the Utsh man ha(
rather purchase stove made here
if it does cost couple of dollars
more, for the reason that in doing &c
he creates market fer his OWL
products, and is thus actually max.
ing money by saving it as a cireu-
lating medium to the community
and by sustaining home industries,
though ostensibly he is paying out
more" But it raises quite
serious considerations when viewed
n certain lights. It may
not be the best rule to fol,
low from a theoretical point OF
view, to assist most those who rem
der most help to you, but it is a law
common to frail humanity and
likely to remain so. The question
is: Has the Utah merchant and the
Utah capitalist fair, honest or re-
ciprocal right to expect the Utah far
mer or lab0rer " II give him more
for a homemade than for an
imported article Of the same
excellence because it is homemade
and for the reason set forth in the
quotation made above from the in
terYieW had with the ex-Mayor
What the Mayor says is not, cannot
be denied. There is no desire to
controvert the assertions made
even could it be done. The query
is simply: Has the course Of the
Utah business man been such that
he can look the Utah farmer and
lab3rer squarely in the face and say,
"By the laws of reciprocity, L have
a right to ask this at your hands ?"
If it is to the interest OF the Utah
farmer to sustain home productions,
even at greater outlay, as against
a foreign market, do not the argu-
ments advanced IN support of this
claim apply with as telling force to
the Utah merchant, that he should
encourage Utah products, even at a
seeming loss? How can the farmer
spend money with the Utah mer-
chant if the Utah capitalist fails to
give the farmer a market for the
products CT his farm, because it can
be gotten trifie cheaper by import
alton.
Our Territory produces more than
enough for home sustenance, and
were a market opened for her pro-
duce she would readily draw unto
herself an unlimited quaint y Of
freely circulating wealth. The
Utah laborer and farmer must be
willing to work at minimum profit
TO assist his veal hier brother, the
merchant; but it is suicidal for the
latter to demand that tie farmer
shall work at a loss. It is the part
of traitor to invite a competition
which will destroy the vitality of
the people and that country upon
whom he relies for trade. Garry
the policy of inviting competition to
its full extent and where will it ter.
inmate? It will leave the person
who has brought the competition
high and stranded on the
beach, without q market, withs
out a customer, for the
reason that the country belrg I'M
able to sustain itself; or, If it is
poweriess to do so because Of the
course pursued by merchants, he
comes deserted, and those who once
furnished market for the merchant
are scattered broadcast, and seek
other commemorative where men Of
wealth have greater foresight and
the courage to do right by their fell
lows even Is against Individual de-
sires and Notwithstanding the am
bition for momentary success. A
consolation for the suffering is the
knowledge that the eternal law of
commerce brings lack to the mer-
chant the certain results OF his own
foolish course. Of what benefit is
it to the Utah farmer to know that
a support OF home manufactures
will cause an increased market for
the products of the farm when, with
that knowledge, comesthe certainty
thata foreign market will continue
to meet every want, despite
his willingness to support local en-
terprises? We cannot help the be-