Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-09
1mE CARNIVAL CONSIDERED.

llib AAhflN Al ANNNlHihbh
Tue proiuso ofnamentatlon which
made several blocks on either side Of
East Temple street and portions Of vafi.
Gus oiherquaros Of the city a continuous
daring Of national collrs has nearly nll
disappeared; tho raised seats opposite
the Joint building have been d0m0l'
lhhed, and nearly every yeslige Of the
three dayt' Qualification Of last week
has vanished from our gszo. Tho city
hug tenumed Ia normal conditions
and APPEARANCES with the utmost
celebrity anu ease, and the newcomer
today would not nnd In cur outward
seeming anywhere an indication Of
what n efea, transition held sway here
but few days ago. Perhaps a more
striking object lesson OF the onleTptlse
and llvellucss with which things can
be done hero when all got IN the no.
ton Of Il never wAs offered.
twas a mos, expensive demouslra-
ton, all TOLD; the oost 10 which the ox.
ocuiiyo committee was put was only a
part Of II, tho larger part d, may
be, but still only part; altogether tho
sum amounts to a snug fortune. The
question has been raised In some
quarters ~ 10 whether OF not the
money could not have been expended
to better advantage. IN yiew Of tho
continued strlngonCy IN financial
circles ana the wants Of 40 many OF tho
people. Those who Taise such ques.
lions aHuTedly take rather short.
sighted Wow Of the case. The pfepara.
tons Tor the Carnival and the
Carnival itself were the direct
means Of giving employment to very
many persons who otherwise would
not have had u. while the contribu.
tons BY means Of which the expenses
were met came In almost every case
from those who were ablo 10 make
them, - that the greater part Of the
expenditure represented money passed
into the hands Of those who needed II
and which otherwise would have 10.
mained where II wai--a most sAluiary
proceeding, surely.
But this Il only ono feature, though
from come signdpoinls II may be-
claimed the chief one, OF the adyan.
tnges Of the iestal period. II IL tho
same among cities struggling for su-
premacy that It IL among the created
things Of nature which are brought
Into direct competition with one au-
other-ihe flitest survives. Salt Lake
ls the greatest city In all respcets be-.
tween Denver and San Francisco. tax.
ing In the whole zone north and south
OF those places from the north
pole to the Rio Grande. Yet while
other and smaller places In and out
Of that region have bton holding fairs,
carniyals, neslas, and what not, de.
signed 10 draw visiloTs from great dis.
tancos and impress upon them the
importance and promise Of such
places, this city has been content 10
pay tribute without al any previous
time making bid 10 kind for the 70.
turn OF part OF II. Such a policy
not only IL not profitable 10 an im.
me lately financial sense, but continued
too long Is actually bulittling 10 our
metropolis, Tho Carnival sgas,
therefore, "a timely ~ well a. IN
some sense a patriotic stroke
OF policy; we are now better known nj
u distance than before, have taken a
stride I'm the direction u ranging cur.
selves alongside the COMMERCIAL, man.
aud producingosuter OF the
great West, and made good our claim
10 business sagaoity ana progressive
Enterprise equal q any. 70 cay
nothing u the gooI'y amounts which
our visitors leil with us, aud which w.
prefer TO I00E upon merely Ds an i4ev. |
liable iucilout OF the proceedings, |
We hoTo all viii agree when giving % |
.etious thought that much good auI no |
syIl 10 spoFk OF was accomplished |
through tho Carnival.