The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-08-10
PROVO CITY.
SOLID PROSPERITY.

We have, in Utah, TO put it mildly,
a greatly ameliorated condition of
trade, or rather business, but still no
symptom of a boom, and we hope
never to see one again such as pre-
vailed here only few years since,
The small measure of improvement
now noted is solid, and we trust en-
during, 1t is evidently the reflex OF
the greater improvement of the east
slowly and surely finding its way west.
The measure of reform In the tariff
secured by the passage of the Wilson
bill is unquestionably at the inception
of the relieved situation, and the re-
bound from the oppressive and mon
strous policies of the Mckinley act is
hoRe-inspiring and satisfactory. The
re-opening of the mills, the increased
wage of the workers, the partial re-
sumption Of railroad construction, the
increased activity in all manufactur-
ing lines, are only the first signs, the
harbingers Of the future tide which ls
to rise higher than ever before, and
prove more enduring than the bOoms
of the past. We note with confidence
and hope the fact that even here in
Utah all our manufacturing enter
prises, mills, forges and smelters are
busy. This means rather more to our
people than the mere margins OF gain
which go to the owners. 1t means EN-
ployment and plenty for the opera
tiyes and their families and depend
ents. 1t means trade for the mer-
chants and small dealers, the mechan-
les and all those engaged IN supplying
the needs of q busy and industrious
people actively at work. The min
ing districts of Utah are no lon
ger idle and Yoiceless, not that sill
yer has advanced to the extent that its
present worth induces this activity,
but it comes rather in obedience to the
changed conditions all round and The
hope inspired by the pressure west OF
eastern money.
We went down to bed rock under
McKinleyism and were benumbed,
stunned. There is something now in
sight to work for and our people have
gone at it to win the chance which was
foully murdered by that sin of the ages,
the demonetization of silver. The
present national administration, while
it is not chargeable with demon etiza-
tion, is culpable in the eyes Of the west
for not having succeeded in restoring
silver. In the destruction Of silver
the business of the country went down.
Doubt and uncertainty ruled in COM
mercial and financial circles. The peo-
pie are only now finding out that they
need not starve even if the restoration
OF silver is deferred for twenty years
longer. The increased gold produc
ton in Utah is another of the elements
of the rapidly improving trade condi-
tions prevailing, and the certainty
bDdU - I'LL uo6 al SOlu uolu
as yet practically undeveloped, rrom-
ises permanency to her improved min
ing business. This improvement
reaches to and tayorably affects
the farmers, stockmen and work
ers of every degree. In less than
two years it will be seen that demo-
cratic national policy is no bad thing
for Utah, and a democratic state
policy for Utah will be equally whole
some for the state. Now the duty of |
the people is to go to the polls this fall |
and vote the full unscratched demo
cratic ticket that the good times now
opening up may be perpetuated and
rendered permanent.