The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-09
TIL REASON WHY.

"Wemust carry the next city election, OF
we will not be able to realize on our prop
erty" Such is the remark that is to be
heard every day from Liberals. THE
HERALD asks the taxpayers of this city
to read and ponder this remark, and then
TO decide whether or not the individuals
who make it are Of the class to whom they
can with safety trust the expenditure of
their taxes.
The Liberal ranks are made up princi-
pally of two classes-the propri-
etors of the "grip' and those de-
string to ''realize" 1t goes with
out saying, that the man without means
is not good one to entrust with the man
agement of financial affairs. Business men
having large interests at stake do not en-
trust them to the care of men who have
personally made no financial advancement
The HERALD asks if the owner of grip"
has not sufficient weight of character to be
entrusted with personal business matters
of any moment, should he be given the reins
of government in the largest city in our
fair territory! There are some of the most
substantial citizens OF Salt Lake in the Lib
eral ranks, who are highly respected be
cause of their honorable course, and who
have done and are doing much for the city,
and we ask all such, if they are willing to
,entrust TO the proprietors of grip and
to the men looking for a chance to REALIZE"
the management of the city government?
The man desiring to realize can not do
SO unless there is an advance in value; this
oIy in nd on
in taxes certainly cannot be beneficial to
anyone desiring to remain in our city. The
owner of a house or of a business house
gains nothing by an increase of the value,
provided, of course, he is here to remain.
An advance is beneficial only to the man
wishing TO REALIZE so as to be able to
pocket his gains and go.
The man having no home and who de-
sires to get one, will find it a difficult task
to accomplish if prices and taxes advance.
Poor men will have 10 remain in rentel
houses if things go high enough to satisfy
many of those wishing to realize" The
owners of the soil are the men who are in
dependent and no man should be satisfied
until his loved ones are located in their
own home and free from that bondage
which every man is in to certain extent
who is a tenant.
On more than one occasion The HERALD
has spoken kind word for Zion's Benefit
Building society, and we have done so be-
cause there are many very fine houses in
this city which would never have been
built but for the aid of that society.
In case the values of property advance SO
that those who desire to realize" can have
the chance to do so, the future usefulness
of this class of societies will be greatly
cartailed.
What THE HERALD wants is the advance
ment of our city in every direction possible
in a solid and substantial manner. We
advance from the extra taxes on
such buildings as the one Zion's
Savings Bank is erecting, and the Progress
building, nearly completed by the AUER
BACH Bros. We hope Salt Lake City
will rever be called upon to recover from
the effects of mushroom boom, gotten up
for the purpose of advancing the value OF
real estate simply to realize"
The Progress building has increased the
price and the value of the property in its
vicinity, and all praise is due to the men
who have erected that stately structure.
THE HERALD says, let every man work
for the progress and advancement of our
city by building dwellings, stores and fac
tories, as these will make the city prosper
GUS and it's inhabitants happy.
A booming process may lift prices and
taxes to the skies, but we are sure to see
the former, in the near future, reach the
level of actual values and this will necessi- !
tate an increase Of taxes, The recent |
career of Southern California illustrates a
condition of things which THE HERALD is
to have Salt Lake avoid. |
Much property that was valued at millions |
at boom prices in the Pacific state is now |
being sold for taxes, and in some instances |
the land does not fetch enough under the |
hammer to satisfy the claim of the collector.
THE HERALD hopes never to see this city |
in a plight similar to that in which towns |
of Southern California, as a natural and |
inevitable consequence of boom, find |
themselves, and we maintain that one of |
the ways to prevent the unhappy predica-
ment is to maintain the Peoples party in |
charge of the city government.