The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-12

Hon. James H. Ecl1els, comptroller of
the currency. accompanied by Mrs.
Eckels and Miss Phoebe Ecl1els, arrived
at the Knutsford yesterday morning
! from a tour through Montana and the
! Yellowstone park Mr. Eckels' time
| was devoted yesterday to seeing Sah5
| Lake City and its environments. and
receiving courteous entertainment from
prominent officials and citizens. Today
! VIII be spend in rest, and in the after
! noon the comptroller and his family VIII
attend the tabernacle services under
4 escort of Governor Wells.
/ Although a Democrat and COMPARE
! lively young man, Mr., 1cl1els has
| shown such marked ability in his Of
fetal position that President McKin-
| ley's administration has permitted HIM
! TO remain as comptroller, but it is n
UNLIKELY that he WIFI soon retire TO ac-
cept the presidency of a large banking
I corporation in enc of the eastern cities,
probably CHICAGO.
AN INFORMAL LUNCHEON.
To make the DISTINGUISHED officials
! visit pleasant and memorable, an infor-
mai laIntCheon at the Alta club was ar
ranged for at 1 o'clcck yesterday after
noon by Governor Wells on behalf of
the bankers of the city Besides the
guest of hcacC, the hosts and guests
/ We're:
state Treasurer Chapman, J. NJ.
Stout. George Y. Wallace, Frank Knox,
I'D w Duncan, George a. Lowe, Major
Downiey, Q. J. Salisbury. Sam j. Ken
!. s. HIS. H s. Young. Governor
Wells. George @. Carmen, George NJ
Cannon, J. e. Dcoly. A. G. Campbell,
Clarence Mccormick. j. Barnett. T. r.
jones, A. L. Thomas, S. II. Fields. S.
f. Walker John Dern. E. H. Airs. r.
G. Chambers, Mr. Wie,EWani J. T.
Little, H. T. Duke. Moses Thatcher. Ex-
Senator Brown, c. c. Goodwin, p. H
Lallnan J. j. Daily. G. E. AIen. H. L.
A Gunner, III. j. Cheegeman, Richard
Macintosh, Marshal Glen MiEer F.
j. Hill of Denver, Governor Osborne Of
Wyoming and e. A. Mcdaniel.
VISITED SALTATR AND RATIFIED
In the evening, escorted by several
officials and prominent. citizens, Saltair
was visited. MI EelSels was deter
mined to miss nGne cf the good things
he had heard about and took a dip in
the brinY lake. His delight and sur
prise were complete, and after his bath
he stated $llat [he found the water not
so cool as the Atlantic surf and not I'M
hike his experience on the shores of the
A6Tiatic sea After bathing an appe-
ttzt1lg luncheon and social amenities
were INDUCED in.
THE COMPTROLLER INTER-
VIEWED.
Mr.. Eckels cordially received a Her
aid reporter at the Knutsford in the
evening and consented to an interviw
and during its course said:
Il have been taking pleasure and
sightseeing trip through the north
and west as far as Montana and
through the National park Salt Lake
City was on my itinerary and l have
been fully compensated for making a
visit here. Sunday evening we leave
for Glenwoed Springs. where my wife
and daughter will remain while L join
| g hunting party into the mount ins for
a week. From there we will go to
| Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis
and on to Washington. In our travels
we met President II. NJ. Conner of the
Georgia Central railway and steamship
lines and his party, and part of the
i time we have travelled together"
HIS IMPRESSIONS OF THE WEST.
What are your Impressions of the
western country, Mr.. EchelS?" asked
the reporter.
Never before have I been farther
westward than Iowa, From what l
have seen in the west I conclude that
IL ID d CUuIlIg IudI ctlILdClo duyOHC .
attention and interest from every in
dustrial standpoint. You have marvel
ously rich and varied mineral and ag-ri-
cultural resources. beautiful and fertile
valleys, enchanting scenery, grand
; mountains filed with every treasure of
nature, splendid railway facilities, de
lighful climate and industrious and
thrifty people. 1t is a vast, immensely
rich country, such as [ did not expect
TO see"
ANTI SILVER VIEWS UNCHANGED
"Have you seen anything on your
trip to cause you to view the silver
: question in a new light 2" the reporter
} ventured.
mo I have avoided any discussion
, OF this subject in my travels. My views
! are well known and have not seen fl
. to modify them. That your readers
! may know my position I VIII state
! that l believe that silver has not best
. served the purpose of money metal and
: as such it has lost It's place in the
: financial and business world 1t does
] not fulfill the requirements OF COM
Inerce and transferring property, and
: can't see how il can be restored TO its
! old place The best money metal is
i that which can be used in commercial
, transfers with the greatest economy
As to international biTnetalltsm l car
see no trend of sentiment in its favor
; and 1 do not believe it will ever be
! accomplished"
r AS TO THOSE BETTER TINES.
: What is there to warrant the reviva
in business down east and what meas
! ure OF prosperity viii come to the Wes
? and why?"
, ON account of the improved trade
: conditions and larger demand for prod
ucts OF ali kinds" replied Mr. Eccles
whose views reflect eastern sentiment
: Business is rapidly getting better il
( the east. The increased foreign de
g nland for our agricultural products ant
: the bounteous harvestS through TIT
I grain districts have made railway traf
,, fc lively. and all this has benefited
= nearly every line of business.
2 THE west has every natural resource
4 but like all other new countries having
[ great undeveloped wealth, it must have
the assistance of the investing capita
of the older parts of the land. Thi.
unity of natural resources and capital
| while yielding q. fair return on the in
vestments. Will bring the largest meas
: ure of benefit to the people out here
Between the older and the newer sec
; tions of our country there should al
ways be an adjustment of such condi
tons as viii unite interests There
: should be no adverse but mutual inter
! ests-
with confidence restored look for ;