The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-23

wish. however. to direct your atten-
ton to our climate. We have the two
average here in winter is 31l5 degrees,
and the average in summer is so, and
has been for a period of % years.
The early teachings of the Mormon
people has brought about the condi-
lions which prevail in relation to mat
tiers Of business. Our financial stand
ing is good and the people are safe and
conservative in their dealings. More
own their homes than in any state in
the Union.
l now wish to say a few words con-
corning one class of advertising which
we receive at the hands of ministers.
They come here from afar and when
they have Dartaken Of our hospitality
go home to their congregations. or per-
haps 1 should say their constituents,
by whom they are expected to deliver
q lecture. They overlook all the. prog
reSS which has been made during the
past Is years and go back to the old
days when bitterness prevailed and re-
late of matters which have faded away.
They create wrong impressions of us
as a people. Right here l will say that
1 do not believe there is q people on
earth with a more united, sincere de-
sire to make a great commonwealth
than the people of Utah are today and
have been for years.
GEORGE J. BYWATER
Judge Colborn having finished, &c rye
]. Bywater, a veteran engineer. was
called upon. He declared himself fiat
tered and honored in being called upon
to address a few words of welcome to
the grand chief, and endorsed the
words of welcome which had been ex-
tended him. He had a large amount OF
sympathy with the Brotherhood of En-
gineers. They were a class of men to
whom was due and to whom had been
extended evidences Of high esteem in
the communities where they live. He
wished to pay a tribute to the guest
of the occasion, which was not in the
nature of fulSome praise or fiattery. in
this that he had won the esteem and
good will of this great body of men
by his conservative judgment and abil-
ity. Ee has been an able moderator
between capital and labor, and has
poured oil on the troubled waters. The
speaker said he always regarded the
engineer as a man of worth. He was a
man who took a great many chances
while at work and the responsibilities
of the position were not fully under
stood by humanity in general.
Mr. Bywater closed by saying: I
congratulate you on the reception you
have received, and hope you will have
a pleasant time; that your trip through
life may also be pleasant so that when
you have run the race and come to the
home station, the grand central ter
minus, you may be prepared for the
reward which awaits us in the unre-
vealed future
CHIEF ARTHUR.
Chief Arthur. in response to these
kindly greetings, said the reception was
wholly unexDected on his part. He,
however, appreciated the warm and
cordial welcome which had been ex-
tended This was his fourth trip to
this city, ne having come here so years
ago the first time, again in 1884 and
lastly just before the temple was COM
pleted IN 1884 he came here when
Bishop Sharp was having trouble with
his engineers, and it was his good for
tune at that time to pour oil on the
troubled waters, as had been alluded to
by Mr. ByWater. He could testify as
TO the progress of this state, and in
this connection reminded his listeners
that L. f. Holden, his neighbor in
Cleveland owed all his success in get
ting wealth TO the fact that he had
come here and invested in the mines Of
Utah.
The speaker said he had read, when
neers, and whatever may be said of
their opinions on matters of religion,
they should be given credit for trans
forming the desert into fertile fields.
Speaking of the Brotherhood of En-
gineers. he said it was organized So
years ago by some thinking men on
the Michigan Central, and had grown
to be one Of the greatest organizations
in the world. Its motto was: ''Sobriety,
ING an re
DO unto others as you would they
should do unto you, and thus fulfill the
law" Before il came into existence
the engineers were not always sober
men. They were known to go out on
their runs under the influence of liquor
Today such an action would not be
The moral standing OF the
fraternity has been increased so per
cent. The Brotherhood has published
neers; ii has urged better facilities for
learning; it has paid out in dividends
TO the widows and orphans of engineers
over S6,000.000, and for benefits over
$500, 900. At the last convention of the
Brotherhood $42, 600 was disbursed in
this way. 1t has taught the engineer
to render an honest service to the en-
ployer and when this is done to look
him squarely in the face as a man.
Il have no use for agitators who go
about arraying labor against capital
and saying that an inevitable conflict
is on between them, for this is not the
case. One is Indispensable to the other,
and the best means of settling Difficult
ties is by arbitration. When one of us
save a few hundred dollars which he
invests in real estate he becomes a
capitalist, and we might as we'll say
that engineer must be divorced from
the Brotherhood because the contest
between labor and capital is on and
cannot be avoided. We believe in ar
bitration. We say with ST. Poul Come,
let US reason together and while in
the past several times we have had to !
resort to coercive measures, still it was
because the general managers had
closed the door of arbitration to us. l |
would like to see a general board of |
arbitration, because 1 believe that is
me way TO settle these matters, and |
the party which refuses TO arbitrate |
has poor case, generally.
Wealth and position do not make |
men; it. is worth. We are trying to |
make our men better"
The speaker thanked all for the cor
iial treatment received. and then a
general handshaking ensued.
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