The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-06
BEARING GOOD FRUIT.

Replies to the Circular Issued by the
Business Men.
The silver circular gotten up by the
Business Mems association has been cir
culated extensively by our business men,
and the movement is already bearing
good fruit, as will be seen from the fol-
lowing replies, which are fair samples of
of the many being received daily by our
business houses:
COLUMBUS, o., Aug. 2, 1893.
Consolidated Implement Company, Salt Lake
City, Utah.
DEAR SIRs.-Your valued favor of the
2Sth inst. just received, enclosing circular
issued by the Business Men IS association
OF Salt Lake city
l most heartily approve of the circular,
and hope it is being sent generally to the
manufacturers in the eastern states.
The press of this state, both Democratic
and Republican, follow in such matters
the lead of the New York papers. and the
constant reiteration of the statement that
the Sherman bill is the sole cause of pres
ent financial conditions, and that its IN
conditional repeal would at once restore
prosperous times, is seemingly accepted
without examination or question by the
majority of the influential men of this
community. Notable exceptions are
H.. a. ~.
Thurman.
Careful study of the question years ago
convinced me that the greatest evil ever
done this country was through the
demonstration OF silver. and that the
prosperity we should have can never be
realized until silver is fully restored to
its old position. l have for years, pub
licly as well as privately. maintained
this, and the present situation only
4, 60 for
present trade conditions are concerned. i
could bear the situation with more
equanimity if it had resulted entirely or
largely from natural causes, instead of
being precipitated, if not wholly caused,
by the joint action of cupidity and
ignorance. If the New York press and
the executive officers of the government
had devoted to sustaining public conf
dence in the ability of this country to
maintain its credit, one-half of the energy
they have displayed in weakening it by
their attacks upon silver, we would now
be sailing upon a smooth sea, and this
year would be one of the most prosperous
in our history.
The present condition of so many busl-
ness men, dependent upon the banks,
makes timid and silent many who do not
favor single standard; but hope there
will be found of our Congressman a suf-
| ticient number, courageous and patriotic;
to stem the tide now bearing us towards
contraction and continuous hard times,
for whatever might be the immediate
effect of the repeal of the Sherman bill
without some provision for the rehabili-
tation of silver, the ultimate result could
not. | think, fail to be disastrous, not
only TO Utah and the other silver produc
| ing states but TO the active industries OF
the entire country Yours very truly,
JAMES KILBOURNE,
President and general manager KiIbourne
& Jacobs Manufacturing company.
l shall endeavor to have the address
printed in our leading papers here.
BATAVIA. H., Aug. =, 1898.
Consolidated Implement Company, Salt Lake
| city. Utah.
CONDEMNATION managers favor of July
2S at hand. Will say right here that we are
undecided in the matter regarding the silver
question. In fact it is something that we dc
not understand and we can truthfuliy say that
any amount ofour neighbors round here are in
! the same boat We don't want TO see the cur
rency contracted, that is sure. Any documents
| that you may have bearing on this point send
along to the writer. want to get posted in
The matter, az am willing to admit that 1 am
| entirely ignorant
1 know we are having terrible hard times
here. and can readily see IL Is worse with you
people the farther west you go. 1t begins To
look as if the east owned the whole country and
could do about what they pleased with US
have noticed, however, that in Utah your
banks seemed to have weathered the storm
better than ours did here at Chicago and out
| lying towns
Hope things viii get in better shape soon
| With the best OF wishes we remain, yours
very trnly.
CHALLENGE WIND MILL AND FEED MILL Co.
THOMAS SNOW, President.