The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-25

roads have supplied for distribution
wen prepared printed general Informal
ton about the city and territory.
Through the Kindness of the Rio Gfande
Western the monthly time tables of
that road and of its connecting lines
have carried throughout most of the.
year articles prepared by the secretary
briefly describing the advantages en-
joyed by this city. From statements
made by different general passenger
agents the conclusion is reached that
these articles had q circulation of about
400, 600.
The manufactures.
That the correspondence of the cham
Der during the year has been Of value
in increasing the population of khe city
! is susceptible of demonstration. Tha
secretary has made the acquaintance OF
| a number of these new citizens. I re-
gard this branch OF the work of the
chamber as of great importance. The
Office of the secretary should be sup
| piled with a full line of fresh, carefully
prepared authentic printed Information
upon the usual subjects of inquiry, and
should have ample facilities for furnish
ing specific replies TO letters received
| from the class eff people whose ren1oVa.
! here will be of advantage to u.s. Before
| leaving this subject / wish to report
! having received a large number Of let
| tiers upon the subject of the location
lhere of new manufacturing institutions
In almost every instance the writer
asks what. if anything, will be
offered in the way of land or money
lb0nus
The business condition of the com
immunity was such as 10 make it I'M
possible 10 offer to thesc enquirers on
lcouragement that aid Of any kind would
}De forthcoming as an incentive to the
location OF their enterprises here.
l believe, however, that if this class
of applications was placed in the hands
of a committee on the establishment of
Inew manufactures, and Representations
made as to the demand for the products
jDropOsed to be turned out. many OF
these institutions could be secured with
out any reward other than that OF bust
mess offered.
/ Homo Industry.
Among other matters which early
Engaged the attention of the board was
the subject of encoura cement to home
industries. The president, in accepting
his election, stated that that subject
would receive careful attention. ana no
time was lost in commencing the work
\ strong committee on manufactures.
consisting of B. F. Grant, chairman;
H. Hirsching, Elias Norris A. H. Can
mon, A. c.. Grant, John G. Gutter, II. L.
A. Culmer Frank w. Jennings. Jacob
MoritZ, Sam Levy and w. S. Sin1phins
were appointed. This committee organ
lied with Mr.. G. E. Mainland as secre-
tary, and through the public press ard
by other methods, persistently urged
our citizens to prefer, purchase and use
!products manufactured ait home
Too much credit cannot be given this
abe committee. and the work they did
has had a, marked effect upon the bust
ness of cur local and territorial manu-
factories.
The committee held a great public
meeting in the theatre and exhibited
to the audience goods produced at
home, and later established and for
many weeks maintained in this city d
grand exposition of home manufac-
lures, which attracted widespread at
tention and established beyond ques-
ton the fact that Utah manufactured
articles are equal, and, in most in
stances superior, to those produced
elsewhere.
, AS a result of this agitation the out.
put of local manufacturing institutions
, has been greatly stimulated and oul
: people have more than ever before
been brought to realize that patroniz.
, ing Utah's manufactures promotes
, Utah's prosperity.
Reduction in Coal.
The widespread complaint in the com
munity against the prices charged foI
coal to consumers induced the board o
directors in November last to comm
to special committee of the boarj
; the duty Of attempting to procure {
reduction in these prices. This com
| mittee at once addressed a commun:
cation to the head of the coal depart
ment of the Union Pacific system ant
to the general manager of the p. V
: c. company, setting forth the excessive
character of the charges and insistins
upon a reduction. To these communi
! cations courteous replies Were received
stating that early attention would b
4 given to the application for relief
Soon after the LIST of January a reduc
a ton of 80 cents rer ton was made anC
! the new scale of prices is now in ef
: feet. To whomsoaver the credit of III.
: saving TO the community may be at
, tributed, by the coal companie
or by individuals, the fact re
mains that the concession was onl.
: made when the chamber of commerce
! took action in the matter. The con
sumption of coal in this county is ap
proXimately $4,000 tons per annum. s
{. the average price of So per ton, Sal
, Lakes coal bill last year was S675 ,OOC
,, / The saving effected is approxima tel
: $4,000 per annum, or about $1,000 pc
month.
:, The White Metal.
= During the year the chamber ha
n from time to time received cOmmun
h, cations from eastern boards OF trad
and heads of financial organizations re
O queSting its endorsement of tinancia
e plans or proposed legislation in tn
interest of the single standard. T
c these applications replies have bee
| forx1ro ,.dad announcing q
a our people to the cause OF silver at tn
Il ratio of 16 to ] and summary refusin
e to endorse any plan of national tinanC
O which does not provide for monetar
system as good as the system whic
d prevailed prior to 1873. The Baltimor
,. plan for the creation of a safe an
= elastic currency" was submitted b
I. the Baltimore board of trade and +.
IS ceived especial attention. a resolutio
s was unanimously adopted contradic
g ing the positions assumed and COZ
demning the plan, and this resoluto
h was forwarded to the Baltimore boar
d of trade and copies of the same ser
to the business organizations of II
II western states and to the leading new,
d papers of the country. a copy of tn
d resolution is attached to this revie
i and marked exhibit a.
The Reservations.
Among other events of the year
d Importance to this city was the ell
$ actment by Congress of a law provit
II ing for the opening to settlement
Z the Uintah and Uncompahgre reserV;
y lions. Since the passage of this la
Is the chamber has been flooded with ii
n quiries from all portions of the Unic
n as to the topography and resource
4 agricultural and mineral, of these +
11ato Q
d of the information possible to be Of
= Il inl