Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-11
A CRYING RusINgss NEED.


For over twenty years the mer-
chants OF this city have been strug.
CLING In an uneven contest for the
trade Of the intcrmountAln o)untry
which geographically belongs to them.
At tlmss there have been slight evil
dences that relief would come from
the railroads which would bring about
the object 20 much dosltcI. Hopes
have been engondered, lost aud again
revived, only again and again to be
dashed to pieces, until many OF our
old.time merchants have allowed n
feeling Of despair TO seize them, aud It IL
hard TO awaken In them any con fidonce
that this city will ever be treated In
railroad tariffs rs she deserves. Many
plans have been advanced for the
amelloration Of this condition, some
feasible, others wild and impractlc.
able. But the results have all been
about the same In tho end.
We cannot lose sight Of the fact,
however, that we did At onu time In
our history have within our grasp the
means OF signal victory which, n
allowed to progress TO a fnAlity, must
have proved n permanent benefit to
the commercial interests OF this com.
munily. But alas, 1t struck \ snag,
aud We lost not alone In
Decunlary way, but tho prestige
which could have been ours We refer
to the great struggle Of 1899, when the
Chamber OF Commerce took hold OF
these matters with vlgor and euthu-
siasm never shown before or since ia
the adjustment OF this freight problem.
At FIRST only fow Of the merch ants
could be- Interested In the plans Of
Colonel Donnellan aud s. W. Sears,
president and secretary respectively OF
the Chamber Of Commerce; but as
developments went on, many rallied
around these two, giving them moral
and nnanoial support; and matters so
far progressed that even tho most pessl.
mistic admitted that much was to be
expected from the work which the
Chamber was so vigorously pushing
against certain railroads. Suddenly.
Just before victory seemed assuted.
there was great change. For some
reason tho motoh.nta changed front
and Joined the forces TO which they
had been opposod; IL was not many
days before the two gentleman men.
toned stood almost alone; AND though
they never wayeted. thew war. ds.
feated In their plans by almost the
entire commercial Interests of this
city.
The results ARE too well known tor ia
to imagine that we need 10 elnborst,
upon them, The NEws was willing.
nay glad, to hope that all tho mar.
chants expected TO gain by this sudden
change OF front would be- realized; apd
while never utterlng n word TO dis.
courage them Ia their efforts under tho
new plan then evolved, we did sound
the necessary note OF warning, ard
ahowad tina ,I,ng.r v,hI,h ,,t,,,,t 800.
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we are not OF the hlnu VINO are always
saying 81 told you sou but I'm Ithia
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We saw ", anu now call attention 10
the fact that We had not been uIsIsI
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been much more pl,ssantt, nav, he,n
comnsIled IN admit that tia t,.,. a.,
pressed i'm Ost,ber. 1892. war, ,rnn,d.
l.ss
This ,roubIe all ths vavtbro,.h ,his
bu,,ness has mean tina, our m.rchar,s
haye allowed their avn seemin, mar.
sopal advantage, 10 oniwsi,h tb.l,
natriotism. and the general good
has been saetineed for anna in.
sIUnIaeant and Mt best only tam.
porary pain-a tendency truIy
ana foreibIy expressed by n merchant
y..t,rday VIII, ma rsr,r,st 4,