Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-02
BUSINESS And MINES.
Utah Viii Make 40 Exhibit at lho
RIdWinter Fair.
A SILVER RESOLUTION DEBATE.
Nevada Souihtrn Railuny.-Atiach'
ment Salc.-Mi.cellancons Mining
aud Business llcm6
a SILVER RESOLUTION DEBATE

elastic lecliny prevailed, resulting iu a
decision to have Utah make nu exhibit
at the California MldwinIor Fair
which opens next month.
A. stated Ia the NEWS last evening,
Governor West was invited 10 the
chair. The meeting was Get called to
order 10y w. L. Hubbard, president Of
the Chamber " Commerce, who
directed attention 10 the impornncu Of
Utah being represented at the Fair,
and predicted that II there was COM
Ger, Of action, a proper display made
aud advertising literature iuiicioualy
distributed, the year 1884 would prove
the most prosperous the Territory has
ever enjoyed.
When Governor West took the chair
no made pleasant speech, anu aug
ges,ed that by united effort Utah
coulI gain new lsurelsat tue Midwiu.
ter expedition and attract more a'ton.
ton from capitalists 10 the resources Of
thia locality.
Richard Macintosh, a member Of
,ho Utah wofld's FAIR commission,
snil there was a considerable proportion
Of the exhibit that was III Chicago
which could Lv made available. lie
would also permit his valuable mineral
cabinets 10 70. lie urged that Utah
mike au exhibit ot agricultural pro-
ducts, aud VI wood, cJh, Iron, anu
manufactures.
Mt. Hubbard named n, q. NJ, 10, the
Provo WOODEN mile, Culm8l BrltnOfs,
the Utah sugar inctOry,unl others who
woulI exhibit There was s1mg do.
cussl0u ON the rates Of transportation
uf exhibits TO the Fair, Mt. Hubbard
giving tue Information that practically
free transportation would be- given.
the railways had expressed wiling
ness 10 do the best they could,
A motion WAS then carried, declaring
II 20 he the SENSE Of the meeting that
Utah should make an exhibit also
that a committee OF twenty-five, with
pfesident Hubbard HH chairman, be
appointed 10 consider and 90 carry
into effect this idea, the committee
10 be appointed by the Chamber Oi Com.
meTco, aud upon organization 10 divide
Itself into suu.comuilttrur ~ order thrt
the work Ia hand might be prosecuted
with vigoT. The committee was fU'
quested 60 arrange for tho holding Of
a mass meeting, in the interest Of the
fair, ut m early datC, and TO invite
each county to send a delegation
thereto.
A resolution was offered by j. II.
Bennett, and passed n follow;
whoroas, silver mining, which has
been an important Industry Ia TINS Tor
ritory, has been severely affected by I'M
favorable legislation, m ikiug necessary a
| now adjustment " business IN Utah.
Now, IN tho suuso Of this Chamber,
! Utah would have boon great aud pros
| porous region though silver miuOs had
| from tho FIRST been eliminated from H.
resources, therefore, bo Il
Resolved, that with silver mining
| temporarily suspended wO still have
abundant resources 20 make, with Wiso
management, prosperous Territory,
aud that under tho patronage Of this
| Chamber a compilation " uAh'H rosOur-
/ Cos aud the opportunities which Il oilers
/ TO capital and enterprise, ~ well a. tho
uneduallOl advantages Tor inyallis aud
| tho establishment OF desirable homes,
| shall he prepared for distribution, IN COM
| ndpnco believing that a flank and fair ox-
hibit will mako 10 clear TO capital seeking
investment and 90 people seeking new
| homes that no other locality affords as
many inducements as our Own Territory
of Utah.
When the document was introduced
Al contained, before tho word "uniavor.
ablr,n Ia the iibt paragraph, the word
"fecont." This evoked considerable
discussion, Ia which Gov. West, kich.
a.d Mackintosh, J. IL. Bacon and
Others took n lively part. Tue argu-
ments were vigorous both for and
against the retention Of the word. The
Governor thought that 10 retain IL
would be- reflection on the political
marty now In power In tho nation,
whereas it was not alone responsible
for the anli.ailver legislation, which
began, In his view, rs fat back IA 1879.
| Msssra. Mackintosh ana Bacon
contendcd that IT was recent
Iegislation which reduced silver
10 the condition OF commodity, anu
Il should be no stated. They did not
believe that either party was 10 blame,
AZ II was net 4 question OF politics,
repressntatives OF both parties being
Responsible for the existing legislation,
The word was finally stricken out and
the resolution adopted as hers given.
A motion TO tho effect that eaoh
person present constitute himself a
COMMITTEES Of one 10 advance the IN.
terrsls OF Utah and the Midwiuter
Fair, prevailed. This was followed by
another motion 70 the effect that the
meeting endorse Delegate Rawlins's
ufiorts 10 have the Ulntah and Uncom-
pahgre Indian reservations throw n
1pen 10 settlement. This was also
adopted and the meeting adjourned.