Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-06-06
EVENING CITY,

beneficent enGeavor all the kings
aud statesmen aud soldiers, not only
Of his own period, but also OF those
which have come after. Following
the lines Of his own great concep-
ton, this celebration In his honor Is
not an empty pageant Of music and
artillery, Of banners and PROFESSIONS,
but gathering Of the representa-
tives OF the industries Of mankind for
the purpose OF enlarging the Hber-
Disappointing the peace, improv-
ing the condition and broadening
the intelligence OF a race.
There has been no time since the
Inauguration Of
OUR FIRST PRESIDENT
90 suspicious for a national and in
ternational exhibition in The United
States, In 1876 We had only par
TALLY recovered from the most dis
astrous financial panic Of the centu
~. The south had not yet started
upon It's new development, and was
still suffering from the disorders
and bitterness OF reconstruction.
But now we are at the very consum-
nation Of peace and prosperity.
We are on the pinnacle Of CEN
fury Of unexamPled growth, Gevel-
Opment and progress. The vast
region west Of the Missouri river
which was n wilderness in 1875 has
been fruitful in new states added 10
the Union, the railroad has penetIa-
ted along the valleys and climbed TO
the mountain tops, carrying pOpula-
tons, opening farms, developing
mines, starting furnaces and mills,
building villages and founding
cities. y generation has grown ny
in the South, which h"s CAUGHT the
spirit Of progress and the pace Of
the times. The great ranges 50
rich in coal and iron are furnishing
wealth for New Birmingham and
Manchester ami Pittsburg.
With the eager pursuits Of wealth,
as II common with all American
has come the per-
naueut foundation Of the school
house and tie church, and the pro-
gress o. Intelligence and patriotism.
The whole country il ripe aiid -esdy |
for the inspection II the world.
New York and Chicago were |
both founded upon n broad COM
mercial basis, while conquest and |
spoliaiion marked the possession Of
their lands by other communities.
The Dutch paid the Indians s2i fCri
Island, and the founder
Of Chicago gaze them S for the
site of this city and GO miles
aT0und-ahOut. That the Dutch 4
played pitch-Eenny with poor 10
upon the battery and won back the
money, does not impair
TIE COMMERCIAL INTEGRITY
Of the transaction. 1t was only an
object lesson 10 the savage upon the /
c-ils Of gambling. Ru; there + 10 /
record that the purchaserOf Chicago |
made any effort 10 secure a return
Of ms five shillings. The city on
the seaboarll, starting from n com I
mercial basis, has become the me
troy2iis Of .he cSu.!aya., sUi Que o! 4
tlsc .hfge CHIEF .i,iJE 10 il" wUtiI. /
This city upon the lakes j. now tie
greatest wonder Of cur western Ge-
velopmeut, sE'l with the impetus
derived irum the success Of tins
fair will Be the most phenomenal %
modern communities. There were
So, coo. 900 Of new deposits in the
banks u Paris at the close Of the
4 reuch exhibition, sad all France I
was enriched 10y the laTser sums /
through the country.
The hundreds Of millions OF dollars |
which will bepOured into your midst |
trade, 80 attract population, so
enterprise that your num-
hers, business establishments and |
wealth will mount up by lCeIs |
and bounds. You may mol /
have here tire AIT treasures Illus
JElliug the genius Of the old mas
teIs, which have bs,n the GitrIC-
ton Of the exhibitions of Europe, |
nor the crown jewels which have
:Istonished their visitors, but you
can have the priceless antiques ami
the best works Of the greatest artists
Of foreign schools, which the culture I
ami wealth Of cur citizens have
brought to this country. You will
not exhibit, Us did the Parisians the
dwellings Of mankind from the cave
and lake cottage through Venetian, |
Egyptian, Etuscan, Greek, Roman
anu Medieval architecture, down to
the last Partisan palace, but you
Will, from the mOund-dweller, from
the early settlers cabin, trace the |
rapid progress Of our people, within
the memory Of men still living,
from savageTy To conditions which |
not only materially but artistically |
compare favOrably with the accum-
ulated results Of thousands Of years
in the Old World.
Above and hey 0fid the material
results Of this exhibition, will lie
ITS STIMULATING INFLUENCES
upon the patriotism Of the people
and the unity Of the nation. Ii is
one Of the plradOXes OF progress
that Giifuse and universal intelli-
gence tends TO prOvincialism and
local pride aud the refinement Of the
intellect TO angles and points. There
was time wher the weekly Tribune
reached every town in the IVES, and
Horace Greeley's opinions were the
bond Of common sentiment and ma
tiOnal union, but the Associated
Press distributes with impartial
hand the news OF the world 10 the
newspapers in every city in the
f.uI IA. r.ss.nf - fE,F I'll f,ftrv,.Iu
Of every town go to the public only
as far as the train can carry them
during the morning hour or before
the family clock strikes the note !Or
retiring. Universal circulation all
over the country is no longer posi-
be 10 any newspaper, and the edi-
tOrials Of the local press mould the
opinions Of their people. Under these
conditions the New York editor does
not write for Chicago nor tine Chica-
20 editor for St Louis. lftne East
ern or Western, or the Southern or
Pacific Coast p.ess treat ut all the
interests OF other sections, il is too
often in an uufriendly and critical
spirit. IL j. in a tone which depre-
Gates or asslils their distant country
men. and makes them not only
rivals but enemies. From this cause
multitudes in the East believe the
West given up wholly to the pursuit
Of money, and deficient in the cul-
ture and refinement OF long organ
lied and intelligent communities.
Multitudes in the West regard the
people Of the east as effvte and
weak-excrescences upon the body
polite, or leeches in the form Of
gold bugs and coupon cutters. The
press of the south inculcates n sec
tional pride and sensitivenness
which suspects an enemy in the