The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-08
WORK IN THE EAST.
A Recent Interview in the
Milwaukee Sentinel.
AFFAIRS IN SALT LAKE CITY.
Why 1t Must Become Large,
and Wealthy City-Our
Crude Resources.
AFFAIRS IN SALT LAKE CITY

r. w. Sloan, manager OF The SALT
LAKE CITY HERALD, spent couple of
day in the city last week and in talking
over the condition of affairs in Nor
mondom expressed himself quite freely.
~ think the old political relations in
Utah are on the eve of disruption" he
said IN answer to query, "and at an
early day the political contests in Utah
will be on national as we'll as local
issues"
HAS it not always been so?"
mo, indeed. Ours of all local poll
tics have been the most local; and
while the parties have gone under the
names of Liberal and Peoples they
have been synonymous with Gentle
and Mormon"
"What is at the bottom of this change
in atfairs2"
Several causes. The recent move
| ment for Statehood is one of them.
| This was inaugurated by the adoption
of constitution in which there was an
| anti-polygamy provision so strong
and effective that it has been protested
| against by those most strongly de-
nouuciDg polygamous practices. By
| this | mean that the provision prevent
ing a revocation of the anti-polygsmy
clause was so far-reaching that some
have questioned the right of Congress
to permit such a condition to be i'm
posed on a new State. Then, also,
there has been general disposition to
cease the incessant pickering so long
con tinued IN Utah and between her
| people of varied shades of opinion; and
| with a relaxation of the pro and con
| fight in domestic issues there has come
| a growing interest in and inclina zion
toward national questions. You see,
| four Gentiles were elected to the Coun-
ciLat the last municipal election in Salt
Lake City, and this would not have
been save for the fact that Mormons
voted TOR them"
But why did Mormons vote for these
opponents?'
There are those who will tell you
that it was caused by anticipation
among MoTmons; that it would be but
short time before they were in the
minority themselves, anu they might
| themselves want such a favor. The
| HWY AJ PAu IL OAAAo II
| the next two years great many pubic
| improvements will have to be made !;
the Gentiles pay a large proportion of
our taxes, and it is only fair that they
should have a voice in the expenditure
of public moneys for public works. The
proffer was accepted by the Gentiles, and
third of the municipal body is now
composed of non-Mormons."
May one infer from this that Nor
mons and GentiIes will unite politically
| hereafter2"
mo, do not say that; but it is one
of the evidences that there is a decrease
in the bitterness and asperity formerly
existing between Mormons and
| Gentiles. Among a certain class the
! raucor is probably as strong as ever, but
with our conservative men, those OF
business sagacity and who are not poll
ticians from instinct and training, the
tendency is to break away from former
conditions and establish such relation
ships as will induce harmonious action
| in the direction of building up Utah
materially and especially Salt Lake
City. So they may differ politically and
religiously and still work as unit
| toward pecuniary ends
And you think this movement will
succeed?"
81 am quite assured of it, and for
several reasons. You see we have a
country in Utah singularly rich in
mineral resources. We have almost
every mineral except tin and We have
them in such boundless quantities,
such unusual purity, and so easy of
access that it is absolutely certain that
they will be utilized for manufactures
hofnro 1nn0 Than
on ally rich agricultural section, a din
Utah we can grow anything common
to semi tropical and temperate climes.
Our fruits are of free growth, luscious
and large. Our breadstuffs are cheap;
We have almost ar empire in ourselves.
and shut off from the world we could.
out of our own resources, obtain all the
nee essities OF life, most of its luxuries
and found and sustain manufactures
to supply three-fourths of the kinds of
manufactured products of the world.
Then in Salt Lake City we have also
most remarkably healthy climate and
sanitary surroundings, which include
our mineral springs, our lake, mountain
retreats and so on. Now, we are coz
scious of these possessions We under
and they will no longer remain IN
recognized save by few, and we also
realize that they mean innumerable
fortunes to the enterprising and great
and prosperous community. And we
propose to share in the harvest. By
perpetuatlon of the incessant internal
wrangling, and external dread and op-
position, for which Utah has, for years,
been noted, the inauguration of many
industries must be delayed, and the ac-
emulation of means be retarded.
Neither Mormon nor Gentle wishes this
should be so, and both have called a
halt; they have banded together to
further the material interests of Utah,
and enhance the prospects of Salt Lake
City"
How is this to be accomplished
"They are going into manufactures
themselves; and are endeavoring to in
duce others to follow the example. They |
have started out to advertise to the |
whole country the vast resources which |
have hitherto been ignored or re-
manned unrecognized because of the
paramount interest in local re-
ligious and political issues. Nearly |
ali the energies of our people |
hitherto have been expended in these |
directions, and the stranger within our !
gates, and who has come to visit Us |
ha Z come awaV filed with cOnvictions nr