The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-11

& recent number Of the Park City
Patriot under the heading Of AS You
Like It." pays a just and fitting tribute
10 Hon. L. C. Chambers. who might
sruthfuHy be called the Father Of the
camp.
The Patriot says;
II has been truthfully said that the
biography of our public men is the his
tory of the nation. IN like sense the
progress and activities Of the COM
paratiYely few leading pioneers of the
Pacific slope constitutes the most i'm
portant history Of The vast region ly-
ing west of the Missouri river. This
reference and comparison were Sug-
GeSted 10 the mind Of the writer by
reason OF the scores Of curiously min
gied laudatiOns and criticisms by local
miners and business men Of Mr.. Cham
hers official management of the
Ontario mine from the date Of its first
Development. some 70 odd years ago,
down TO the present hour-an hour
whose most significant event 10 Park
City residents records the partial close
down Of the Ontario mines and redue-
ton works and al the same time carries
upon its destructive breath the echoes
OF the evils being done TO SILVER by
American and foreign financial con-
spifators. These echoes, must Of
human necessity, fall like a death kneI
on the ears Of the quarter-centurY
manager and part owner OF the most
extensive silver property in all the
inteTnountajn region as well as con-
Neying on their reVerberating sounds
the hopes and fears Of the army OF
faithful subordinate workers, whose
lives and best energies were central
5zed and concentrated 10 make world
famous the productive history of the
ontario mines. Being. at least an
ordinary observer of men and the vary
ing results Of constantly changing
conditions. the writer cannot believe
that the forced necessity of closing
down The Ontario mines does not CRATE
harshly upon the humane impulses OF
MI. Chambers and frequently fH his
mind with thoughts Of accute regret
regret Tor The physical distress result
ing 70 the men, women and children
10y reason OF the partial close down
and whose lives for many years have
been made content bY the musical in
duStry of Ontario machinery No
great military commander when at the
final review Of his Gecimate4 legions
but whose fountains of sympathy in
Wardly flowed with the tears of men,
ory's compassion; and TO assume that
man occupying similar position to
that so long. and still. held by Mr.
Chambers. can review q small army of
discharged Worl1erS-diseharged at the
pehest of The worlds despieabIe wreck
ers-witheut voluntary torture 10
heart IS equivalent TO assuming that
all western men who have gone from
the station Of poverty 10 comparative
riches through their own diligent eff
Iorts, supplemented by rare luck. are
not made of common clay but we're
evolved from imperial material and
ii M nd ra 10
men with autoeratic lash. No, the
writer cannot believe thatMr. Cham
bers is made Of the latter described in
gradients, for the reason that his life
work and deeds disprove such conch,-
SION OF imaginary criticism. 4 goodlY
portion Of the history OF Park City is
but the history of r. C Chambers. and
right well does it sing the praises for
both His was the influence which
purchased a $4,000 prospect hole and
IN 70 years time made that lftrle
original capital create SO, GOO 600 Of
coined wealth., over $4,000, 600 going 10
fortunate stockholders and the re-
NAMING SlS ,OGO 10 well paid laborers
ana from their hands its rQmifcgtions
runs through nearly every other noted
producing miHe of Summit county
True he has ama6sed fortune: also
true that by reason OF his existence
other men are rich today and are like
wise giving many an underground toll
er chance to blossom from a decimal
into i've and six figure factors of the
monled world And thus wealth de-
scends, seatters and nultiplies BY the
apaee power Of creation. Not strange
then. that Mr. Chambers is repeatedly
referred TO as the father of the caYnn y
Perhaps true, also, (by way Of permis-
sAbie enneisml that Mr.. Chambers has
not IN every instance used his con-
So fly
an humanitarian way as he might have
lmpeiled thuswise by varied ambitions
That sway IN greater or less degree All
men OF 18th century birth and business
training But these mistakes, whether
porn or conscience, heart or irresistible
aspirations, are oolY the errors thar
have marked the career of finite man
from his evolutionary step from the
Jelly fish 10 his present state Of civilized
development. The perfect man in an
lhlnGs Is only the creation Of the IDEAL
ist-the unattainable Wish OF the ultra
reigionist-the dream Of the theoretical
UtoDian. Long since has combined
philosophy rendered this Judgment.
Finite man cannot he clothed with
garments that bent the infinite There
fore we ara abridged from co-te7ding
That the subject of these remarks is. a
perfect man. However We shall CON
tend that he has q kindly face. a re-
sponsIVe heart, a profound respect for
the eommoa toiiers of the land and
life record largely made Up of deeds
that will find Judgment n the memory
of the hundreds who reaped benefits
theretrom II certain respects. per
haps, We cannot apply. by way of ant
Illustration. these lines of the poet TO
the career of NIr. Chambers:
Lives. OF al great me>->e9nind us
0o can make our lives sublime
And departing. leave behind Us
Footprints on 1lle sands of tine
But Il win certainly be 10 stultifea-
ton of honest conscience 10 accord n
G. Chambers a prominent place among
The leading material developers Of Park
City ard The entire state Of Utah and
TO give him unstinted praise for rnain-
tanning ard widening the influence OF
great daily silver organ. which is
hourly doing its utmost TO restore to
all the people of this country the coin
age law that existed prior to 1873. Let
as praise with Just and discriminating
judgment and criticise ltherally-but
remember that while the pillars Of jus
tee support the heavens mercy is The
foundation of al justice"
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