The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-08-27
FIND THE WAYS

Our financiers and economists will find
problem for their solution in this city. 1t
is conceded by everybody that "times are
dull much more so than for long time.
Now, why is thiss Salt Lake is dependent
for her life and support and prosperity
upon several sources. For instance, we
draw largely from the mines for the money
with which to transact business, the
wages at least of the miners mostly coming
TO this city; then we have some manufacture
ing which provides employment for men
and women and fetches in some cash; again,
agriculture gives employment to many
and their pay comes largely through this
city. In fact Salt Lake is the commercial
and population centre of large area Of
country. Now if the sources from which
the city draws its supplies were closed it
would be easy enough to account for de-
preston here; but nothing of this kind has
occurred. The mines are doing as well or
better than ever before. 1t is estimated
that the mineral output for 1891 will exceed
that of any previous year, and of course
this increased yield has cost more money
that is to say, more mines have been
worked, more hands employed and more
money put in circulation. Our other great
source of income-agriculture- been
all that could be desired, the yield from
farm, garden and orchard being something
marvellous, according TO all reports.
Thus with seeming great prosperity in
the industries to which we must look for
the support of Salt Lake we find depres-
sion in local business and general financial
gloom. How will our economists account
for it! We know what some of the sur
face thinkers will say. They will under
take TO explain by saying that no outside
capital is coming in; that men from abroad
are not investing in Salt Lake realty, are not
building houses and spending cash for local
improvements. If we accept this explana-
ton we confess that Salt Lake is in a de-
plorable condition, being dependent on out
side aid for life and support. We say
that when we cease to induce the stranger
70 come among US and drop his money trade
will be depressed, our people must remain
unemployed and times will be hard. We
admit that Salt Lake is more ornamental
in the world than useful, and that the
sooner il goes out of existence and re
turns to its desert condition the better for
ali hands. We confess that the population
has exceeded the limit of those who can
find support within the corporation bounds,
and that our resources have been partially
exhausted.
Now, none of US is willing to admit any
of these things. None will confess
that Salt Lake cannot grow except
the stimulus comes through the charity
OF outside capitalists, or unless we
can inveigle men of means into fetching
their money here for our temporary relief.
THE HERALDs idea is that the people OF
Salt Lake should help Salt Lake; that
manufactures should be established. mills
erected. Industries created, trade enlarged
and our resources developed, all of these
things giving employment to labor, and
utilizing our wealth creating forces. If
our mining and agricultural Industries are
prosperous and ''times are dull" In the city,
it is plain enough that something is wrong
within the city. To discover that wrong
and rectify it should be the effort Of city
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