The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-25
UTAH AS A STATE.

During the last few years of its terrific,
rial history Utah has made magnificent
progress in every material province, and
is now fully equipped for her entry into
the galaxy of states. That this will shortly
be accomplished there is no reasonab BILE
doubt. As commemoration OF this prob
able event, and to still further aid in our
progress and development, the HERALD
will compile and publish Souvenir His
tory OF Salt Lake City, setting forth the
mantul struggles of our people in the
past, and the splendid results achieved
thereby in the plentiful fruition of the
present. The book will be the handsom-
est, as to Typography and illustrations,
chat has ever been issued in Utah, and
neither expense nor care will be spared to
make it worthy and attractive publica
ton. The work will be neither theologi
cal, seetarian nor partisan, but will simply
give the proper credit to those to whom it
is due, displaying how and by whom our
resources have been developed until they
have become such prominent factors OF
our prosperity, and beautiful city has
been built upon what was an arid waste.
1t will simply be statistical and histori-
cal business statement, showing our
growth and present unexcelled facilities
for the transaction of trade and commerce,
ard the eligibility OF Salt Lake city as
Meath resort or a Mecca for the tourist
and traveller.
Territories, like persons, must either
advance or retrograde, and if we rest con-
tented with our efforts in the past we
shall surely lose ground in the strife for
progress with neighboring states. Dur
Ing this period of depression there has
never been better opportunity to present
the manifold advantages our city presents
to the capitalist, merchant, investor or
settler, and to elaborate the superior
status our city occupies, financially and
commercially. Many pamphlets have
been issued on these subjects, but they
were usually published in the interest OF
some particular corporation or enterprise,
and hence were specific and not general in
their scope. The souvenir history will
EN- brace all the salient features of Salt
Lake city and the adjacent country, and
will be most valuable incen-
tive to an examination of our
resources, as well as hand
some demonstration of their utilization
by our citizens; thus forming valuable
s'object lesson'' to those who are seeking
for the more available and beneficial in
vestment of capital, or for engaging in
more profitable commercial enterprises.
In the furtherance OF this work we seek
the aid of our citizens, as in helping US
they most effectively aid themselves, and
by means of this souvenir and its large
distribution the attention OF people all
ovar the United States will be called to
the exceptional facilities, in numberless
ways, our city affords. This work will
be gratuitously distributed all over the
United States, especial attention, how
ever, being given in its distribution to
make it more thorough in those places
accessible to our trade and commerce. In
the presentation of its manifold merits to
our people by our canvassers, THE HER
AID bespeaks for them the courteous
attention of our citizens and to sug-
suggest to them that during time of
unsettled conditions is the time to place
before the public our superior advantages
when everyone is prosperous, then the
prosperity begets satisfaction and utter
disinclinatiou for change, but when every
financial and commercial corn is being
compressed by the tight boot of business
depression, alteration of the trouble can
be sought and successfully found in the
superior advantages of our city and state.