Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-24
SENATOR srANroRD,s WORK.
His Career VIII be an Inspiration for
Americans Forever.

americans EOreEer
[salt Lake Tribune, October II. 1889
When Senator Stanford was here on Mon
day, in riding about the city he deplored
the fact that more of the natural wealth of
Utah was not being brought into use. He
thought that with all the coal and iron
which lies close to our doors there should
DE extensive iron works in operation here;
that the coal and iron, fused with Utah
brains, ought to materialize into something
which all the world would need. And so
of other materials, like sulphur, anthony,
copper, ETC., the raw material being abun-
dant. All he said was pertinent and
shrewd, looked on from the position of one
who calculated only on the material and
the favorable conditions for working. But
he did not stop to consider that the two
great items which regulate, if not control,
manufactures are not yet quite adjusted in
this region. One is labor, the other trans
portation. Where men are plenty and COM
petition sharp, labor is cheaper than it is
here, and where population is scarce and
the patronage to railroad companies is
somewhat limited the rates have to be in
creased. Then the rule that every man
must look out for himself applies as well to
railroad companies as to individuals and
applying it we suspect that were the Cen
trail Pacific track to be laid west from Ogden
for 800 miles, and were the rails to lay
the track to cost S. per ton more at Ogden
that Eastern rails would at the railroad
company's wharf at Oakland, California,
the company, considering its own interests,
would lay the track with Eastern rails. So
heavy manufactures still halt here, though
great many smaller ones might be carried
on successfully. The thought was a natu-
raj one in the mind of Senator Stanford,
for all his life he has believed in the ON
impotence of labor. So we find him, now
that his great fortune is secured using it in
every way to make the workers of the
coming generations more capable than in
the past. The Senator with his associates
stormed the mountains, beat down or
pierced their rocky crests, exalted the val
leys and made glorious pathway for
nent across; Selling upon the great moving
forces of mechanics, they drew the homes
of the East within four days distance from
the Western ocean, united the heart-throbs
and equalized the business of the Republic,
and now, with his share of the profits of
that achievement. the Senator, as his shad-
ow to the eastward is frightening, is pre-
pairing to make it possible for other men to
go out for a struggle in the worlds sharp
ening competitions, better equipped SO far
as science and the discipline of the
schools are concerned than was he
when he began. The full magnifcence
of his plan will not be realized in
this generation. 1t will require the
ebb and flow of many years to complete
the object lesson so that ordinary eyes can
measure its splendor and its beneficence.
The Senator may not be conscious of it,
but all the time, around the niche in the
temple of remembrance where his statue
will be fixed. the halo will be Frightening
and deepening in its tints until with the
years it will amount to TRANSPORTATION.
He has been blessed beyond his utmost
dreams, but when a harsh summons was
sent him to remind him that mans life
work is very brief, and that all he might
acquire was but mere temporary trust, he
bowed his head acknowledging the irrevo-
cable edict, and began to prepare to make
such disposition of his trust that neither
on earth nor in heaven could there be COM
plant of him. So he is administering
upon his estate. When the wound to his
heart, caused by the death of his son, began,
under the balm of time, to lose littIa of
the intensity of its pain instead OF his
Lea.l becoming cold and sere it opened
and took in all of the youth of the land
that have the courage to try, and by that
act the estate which he is now administer
ing upon will cease to be mere property,
rather it will take on the attributes of i'm
mortal life and continue to be productive
forever. The achievements of this one
man and the disposition which he is max
ing of the trust that was placed in his
hands, make distinct chapter in our
country's history, and will be an inspira-
ton to Americans forever.