Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-01
OPpORTUYE SUGGESTIONS.
A Citizens Plea on Behalf Of Home
Contractors and Manufacturer.

These are days that try mems
souls II they have any-at least
these arc times that will prove whether
we have proper local feeling. natural
patriotism, love Of home and home
Interests. The next few days will
chow whether oil Of our Chamber Of
Commerce talks, the effort OF our In.
dustrlal journals, our Territorial fairs,
our homo tslls by real eetato men
about houses for entlcing industries our
way, ETC., meant buncomb, or whether
our citizens and their representative
In the CITY Council really lave our
beet interests OF heart. The board OF
public works, IN their report TO the
Council on Tuesday night say they
have awarded contract for street
paving, amounting to $4,000 to
the Barber Asphalt Co. Of New York,
aud have the gall TO say that at Ia the
unanimous opinion OF this board that
IL WINS TO the beat interests OF the city
thai the Barber bid be accepted, ~ IL IL
nm old and experienced company, etc.
The board had in their possession other
bids, one Of which wns from n nrm
well known In this city, responsible
business men who have already done
public work for the city In nm accept
able manner, and offer all manner OF
proof a. TO their capacity and ability
10 handle this JOB. Thetc Is no
complaint about the bonds of these
gentlemen, ANA 70 far NJ the board have
made II public, no reason for their
not getting the Job, other than
that their bid was triile high
or than the New York people. There
was a.. sull lower bid than the
one they chose TO accept Ia the name
OF Ryan AMI Griffin. The board, how.
ever, for reasons they do not care 70
make plain, pass over this lowest bid
and accept the next. Why? II
II IL within their province TO pass over
the lowest bid, why not tho Others,
until they come 70 one that suits thcm2
Aud may We not suppose that this IL
what they did do, and that Tor lnsnTut-
able reasons the Barber bid appeared TO
them best? Are they correct In their
opinion TINT the best interests OF the
city are served In awarding ncontract
that will carry one hundred thousand
dOllaTB out Of the city that could 10
avoided? Certainly not, and II Is the
cltizons' duty to loudly protest against
any such mieinterpfetation Of their
WISHES. | know full well that
big majority Of the owners
VINO subscribe 10 the cost Of this work
are willing to give preference 10 home
material. Intact, they have begged
the Council TO provide home material
nf h.
actual nbuttefa who are thus taxed have
slgnifled their willingness to use Utah
pnvlng, provided the city engineer will
mas il AZ all right. This Utah product
has stood the test, the engineer has
carefully scrutinized aud expressed his
preference for II. The city, inspector
hns aleo pronounced unmistnkably In
ITS favor. Richards street stands
AZ monument OF strength In
favor ri Ut7h stuff and the enter
prise Of our citizen contractors.
The Messrs. Richards who own and
who paid for the paving OF this street
are pleased with II, aud fully endorse
| It's being used elsewhere In their inter
ests. II we are afraid that the Utah
J contractors cannot make good their
promise OF good and speedy work, does
not their bond protect us against any
possibility Of lOss2 AS matter Oi
business tact, nre we any more sure Of
being swindled by the Utah than by
| the New York PAYER? Have We not
some good reason for placing most CON
fidence In our own citizens, whom we
| know, whom We now trust, and whom
we can watch? And Is II no. TO our
interests In every possible case to give
this work 10 people who we know
will spend both principal aud profit
right at homer In my opinion people
are taking too littla interest In this
most important matter. IL by our
apathy, we fail TO arouse the Council
men Friday night to u iulness OF their
duties to home Interests, you will hear
hundreds OF us "cussing" and kicking
ourselves for this negligence, when
we see Trinidad pitch being put down,
aud the Assessor crowds us for
money which We can never, never
hope TO see again. IL must be
terribly Encouraging 90 our local
capital TO see 40 little Interest taken in
It's safe investment. II must be a com.
plete block TO any capital that may be-
ON the owe OF investment In any In.
dustrial enterprise here. ls II possible
that any one would start an Industry
In the face OF such u throttllng OF one
we have2 have invested all have
In an endesvor to build up Utah. |
have rellgiously trained my family to
work In home interests. have prayed
for, hoped for, worked for It's advance.
mont. Such disaster MS now threatens
us makes me feel like l ought 10 con-
vert ali Into cash before ruin comes and
fly the country. Up, everybody, and
show you have no sympathy In this
attempt 10 block home manufacture.
Yours truly,
WILLIAM FILLER