The herald., 1896-07-21
NATCHNORD, PROGRESS
Merchants and ManufaC=
turers Plan
KEY 70 The BUSINESS SITUATION
The Railroad Through South.
west Utah Necessary
SPLENDID OPENING SHOWN
By Which This City Can Seen Rival
Grand Rapids
Mahogany Legs Laid Down ftcre for SIS
Per thousand Feet
Reciprocity Pronounced a rps, That Is
Going to Stay Dsa.-SpcaS.rs That
C0lslicr tse Il inic MARKET A.
fjrds Grand Fieii
Mahogany Legs Laid Down Hcrc for SIS
Per Thousand Feet

The Merchants and Manufacturers
association celebrated the consolidation
of the two org anizations last evening
( with d love feast in the handsomely fur
nisheG apartments OF the association in
/ the Wilcox block
The leading business men Of the city
were present, end the feast OF reason
and the flow of soul'' had a sharp edge
put upon them by surdry seductive
/ decoctions to which justice was done
! later in the evening.
President frank in calling the meet
! ing to order briefly outlined the objects
which the united association has in view
| and which they he'd gathered together to
/ discuss Various speakers then spoke
/ with practical knowledge resulting
from lengthy experience, regarding the
measures that must be adopted if Los
Angeles is to continue to develop in the
future as in the past.
/ OF these short addresses perhaps tho
most interesting was made by Mr
/ Chamberlain of the Los Angeles Iron
and Steel company. He insisted upon
/ the necessity of all business men joining
| together in an effort to develop the re-
| courceS of this section of country. He
maintained that development must pro-
ceed from the inside and not from the
outside of this city. To illustrate this he
cited the case ef Youngstown, Ohio.
Twenty years ago it contained from 40OO
to 5000 inhabitants. The business men
wanted railroads to build into the town;
they wanted manufacturing enterprises
and all the adjuncts of a highly-de-
veloped business center A citizens
meeting was called at which an acute
business man reminded them that rail-
roads would not come to them unless
they individually took hold of the
scheme. Then and there they determin-
ed to do SO. G. H. Andrews put up the
first blast furnace; then O rolling mill
was put up; then other furnaces and
! rolling mills were put up. The railroads
were glad to build to the city and, as a
result of the united efforts of the people
| themselves, the city of Youngstown to-
day has population of $4,000 to 60, 900
people, and is prosperous in every sense
of the word
''The same possibilities exist here"
| said Mr. Chamberlain, some of which
can be realized at once and others are
! only capable of being brought to sue
! cessful issue at a later date. We have
in the hills within $50 miles of this
city iron ore as good as any that exists.
- 10 easy VI dCCeSS ny merely DullQlng
snort spur lines from the main line of
railroad, but something more is needed
10 utilize this ore we must have cheap
! fuel. For smelling purposes oil will not
do and the coal here is of inferior quail
| ity, and it is impossible to import coke.
But IN southwest Utah there lie exteh-
slve beds of excellent coal These de-
posits lie nearer to Los Angeles than the
Virginia coal beds or Pennsylvania coke
is to Chicago. And yet coke is delivered
in Chicago for $3.50, while here if the
Utah coal could be delivered for even
50 per ton it would be possible to make
pig iron in Los Angeles for S13 per ton
A that price we could control the trade
OF the Pacific coast which, while not
very large. is important when if is
remembered that we could compete with
either Chicago or Pittsburg. After the
pig iron is made then the cheap fuel
ahorded by oil would serve to develon
the many industries which have pig iron
as their base
Ine words of Mr., Chamberlain enthus-
ed the meeting. Mr.. Wigmore next
spoke on Steamer Lines to Mexico" He
pointed out that from Los Angeles 10
any given point in the southern republic
Is shoiter by o24 miles than to San Fran
cisco and for that reason alone tbe trade
aaVantaSes ought to lie with this CITY
MEXICO imports $34, ,000. 600 worth of goods
ana OF this very large percentage is
claimed by san Francisco.
MAJOR Carrere gave point to the re-
iaarhs na'1,h or 1he last speaker by furnishing
Soi'e Information regarding the steamer
me now running from Seattle to Central
american ports. The speaker stateli
that Nlr. Hazeltine the president of ~
company, had expressed himself ne
peihS only too pleased to cooperate viii
i,,,', t1os ]A,iseles. me only stipulation he
made was that his company be e.iven a
guarantee of $1,000 worth of freight fo,.
eacn monthly steamer. The frt4
steamer despatched by the line flew ~
SCANDINAVIAN flag on account of choa,,
hess OF working and was in conseouenn.
f'.hisrt'. ppeu by not beig able to carry
lielsht between American ports wiz,
encouragement it is intended tn sail ~
sne steainers under the American fiag
anu discard foreign bottoms. Al nroe,a,,.
tne company has three steamers runnin..
5lnu @ these afford direct communicates,
DDe.Weeh Do Los Angeles and Mexican ana
Cemtfal American ports '-i
The speaker made the se,sih,o.,.,.-
thal ne tailed to see why our nroG,'s4s
snouiu pear transportation charges r.
san FRANCISCO and then be shinDod ~
Cehtrai America, when they miaht bo
snipped direct from here. San DIEGO ha',
~Wakehed to the exigencies OF tho case
Gu, Ees formed an association for tho
purpose of developing trade with T'oma,.
california and Mexico. At present tnn
Valuabie woods are shipped from, co.,
lral america to New'Orleans and thence
conveyed to Michigan to be worked IN
INTO furniture, while here, with a di-ent
water route and cheap fuel, the ean,e
manufactures can be carried ON far moro
economically and satisfactorily
Upon being called upon to snoa,r a.,
Reciprocity With Neigh hborirg COM
tries Judge Cheney began by native
the cheerful remark that it is alwavs
dificnit to talk about corpse, and he
feared that this country and
!he central aud South Amer
lean states have died. as for as "a
ciprocity is concerned, and must remain
so for years.
The question: too, is quasi-political
sald Judge Cheney. and is rendered
therefore more difficult to discuss. II
ought not to he. 1t is business and
financial question. California has suf-
fered by the repeal of the reciprocity
clause of the last tariff act, and trade
With these cOifnfriPs ga only l.ae