The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-25
the home market and adding millions
every year to the actual wealth of this ter
THE OUTLOOK.

IHE CHRISTMAS HERALD discovers only
brightness when it peers into Utah's
luGure. The coming year is full of gener-
GUS promise and hope 1t is now conceded
ny all mat year or two ago we were rush
ing anead at too rapid speed. We were
running tar In advance of the procession.
Hien iost control of the cool Judgment
winch had Heretofore guided them. and for
time recklessness and irresponsibility
characterized the doings of many hitherto
conservative, cautious business men. If
'ne orake mad not been applied when it
was: II reason had not asserted itself, much
lLlscnief would have followed. Fortunately
Inc check came before there was a crash
and the fame and good name of Utah and
oalt Lake were sustained. There was a
period OF depression as matter of course,
until the mistakes of unwisdom and recl,-
lessness could be rectified That has been
accomplished and to-day the outlook is
bright and inviting. The year upon which
we are about to enter is full of promise in q
material sense. There is not one of the in
uus'rles upoa which the commonwealth
uepehds Tor life and prosperity that does
no6 Ioretel good. First in the list is agri
culture, upon which the very existence
OF The community rests Never was
Inc outlook more hopeful for those
VINO till the soil, and never did
thls industry promise better things. The
pastyear has witnessed the enlargement of
'he area under cultivation and the further
control and utilization of the water bv
means of storage reservoirs and the axtero
sion and elaboration of the irrigation svs-
TEN, whilst the rapidly increasing popula-
tlon lnsures ready market for the pro-
oucts OF the farm and garden.
Mining has been spoken of elsewhere. IF
tne industry has been prosperous this wear.
ana the output large, much greater things
are promised for 1892. The older districts
DIS Tue Park, Bingham and Tintic. are in
thelr glory, yielding thousands and some of
Them millions of dollars monthly. and orr
reports are to the effect that the PRINCIPAL
mines were never in better condition
whereas new discoveries are frequently
recorded and prospects are developing into |
producing mines. Then the districts which |
may appropriately be designated as now
VIII DC neayy shippers next year Among
tnese are Marysvale, Fish Springs and
DugWay, all of which have sent out some
ore curing the summer, but the labors of
the mine owners have been directed to-
wards putting their properties into shape
Iof steady yields. La Plata. in Cache
county, may also be counted upon as a pro-
queer: IHE CHRISTMAS HERALD predicts
tnaI the mining exhibit of the territory for
1917 Will be fully % per cent better Than
IL has been for this, one of the very best
years in its history.
Manufacture has received Impetus this
year, from the establishment of the smear
factory at Lehi and the il terest which the
public has lately taken in home prodncts
Inc disposition now manifest to give the
preference to homemade articles. quality
ana price being equal, is having its effect
IN the stimulation of manufacturing enter
prises.
There seems to be little doubt that the
coming year will witness the completion of
al least one railway to the Deem Creek
country, and the promise is that the line
VIII be extended into California. and event
1ally to tide water. The Rio Grande West
ern is building into the southern country
opening region rich in mineral and apri,
cultural resources. In all probability the {
ROAD VIII penetrate the Marysyale mining s
district during the summer. 1t is NOT
likely that the Union Pacific will build !
any road In Utah in the near future NOR !
10 we expect any of the rumors to the eff l
ect tnat eastern roads will en- ter the ter !
1tory, will be verified the coming wear s
Inc reader of these pages will agree with '
is that never was the outlook for Utah {
brighter never did the future nromise I
'etter things.