Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-18
CHAMBER or COMMERCE

tUANBLk W lOnhLkiL.
On Monday next the 2lsl instant,
tho members u the sat Lake Cham.
Der OF Commerce will elect new Get
Of officers, 60 serve Tor 1895. OF the
retiring board 80 may be- saii, without
reserve, iuat thoy have performed their
duty Ia manner most acceptable 30
the public. They have pursued a wise
and conservative course that has tc.
bounded 10 the good Of the municipali'
~ and Will be- felt IN he favorable
effects Tor long time to come. There
has been nothing Of 10 sh0wy or
pyfotechnicnl nature connected with
their laBou, but steady, capable wofl.
has been done, most ~ it aquioi,
unobtrusive wayall the moro elective
bsoiuse Of the onliro abinncu ~ blustUt
or display. In retiring from office,
therefore, each mo uber Of the board
goes out with an honest claim upOu
thr public gratitude.
Ia selecting The new directors, per.
hapa some u the former iucumDrnts
will be chosen; certainly there will be
goodly proportion now members, Tot
some Of the old ones arc now Ia ave-
nues Of business elsewhere which Will
not permit Of their giving much alton.
ton 10 the a1rairs u the Chamber. IL
IA 10 be hoped that the choice, la every
instance, FOR 1895 Will be AZ happy mo- Il
was for the year just closed. The
Chamber directorate calls Tor energetic,
capable men; not 10 much men Of thu
Crushing" order, but solid business
representatives wh1 will labor Tor the
permanent good Of the city -mou
whose interests are not Of a ifansltoty
character, who might make q oplutteI
for temporary advantlge, but who's,
homra and financial inlerests are cen
tered here with u definite purposo {,
remain.
There never was time whom there
was better opportunity Tor effective
operations by the Chamber Of Com
merce than ut present. The Territory
10 on the verge Of entering statehood
tho virtues Of H. people are being rec
OgniEed throughout tho nation; It's al
vAntages Tor the honest and indueltiou
toiler aud home seeker, for the manu-
iaoluTer and the capitalist, are buiul
held up 20 view aud their oEten, IA
being graspod In goodly measure by
She public MUD. The eyes Of very
many Of that class which constitutes
the strength OF "a uation-iho brains
the bone aud the sinow; the patriot,
and peaoo.loying oitiEuul-aTo turu,.
toward the West as the mecca Of lhoi
hopes, and 20 Utah as a land desirable
above other lands Salt Lake is lt'
cpief and capital city, tho pioneer %
this great Rocky Mountain region il
all that relates u permanent prosperity
au1 progress. Ia the hands OF th
Chamber OF Commerce, Rs Representa-
uv0 OF Ito hlgheat business capacity, d
an opportunity Tor augmeutug ca
oily's power and prestige as d COM
merolal ami manufacturing con1e
never before offered.
We believe that now Is the time iol
the Chamber 10 take advantage VI th
tide which 10 running strong, aud &
place In CO. leadership only substantial
progressive men, who are neither lla
bio ~ ny Oh NJ tangent or be 10.
away by some ignus ydiuus, but VIII
viii pursue the even tenor Of a succes.
ful policy, looking 10 all Interest
that come within tuoir fields, 20 o.,
meonauic us well 40 the merchant, 4
the manufacturer us well as the dealer
All Individual suhvmus should be- mad
subsorylont to this grand purfos,
Thus may the Greater Salt Lake Uocu
ny with dignity aud h-nUr her nu,ur
position IN This in,vrmguntuin region
aud be- the means OF prosperity not onl
10 those within her OWL boundaries
but 10 every other city, anu to "a
towns, villages anu hamleIs through
out all thoss valleys. In carrying on
this object tho Chamber Of Commero
here, uuder such leadership as Ihu
suggested, may not only have ia
active ami unanimous support OF On
oiuEeus of Salt Lake, but tho ooTdil
cooperation Of ike organizations au
the people throughout Utah, to a.
general good Of glL