The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-15
LOOK AHEAD.

The future of UTAH Who may fore
tell it? At this time when wonderful
discoveries are being made in such
rapid Succession that no one brain can
comprehend even those relating TO a
single branch of human industry: When
science is probing to reveal the secrets
Of the universe with astonishing re
suits; G the inventor is utilizing old
principles and methods in many new
and effective combinations; when pro
gress' is the w~atChwOrd in every de-
partment of industrial life, l. is pre-
suming to predict what forces may be
m in the material world fifty,
or en-, years hence.
It is within the brief space Of twenty
five years that the telephone has been
developed n h telegraph has been
perfected to It's present stage; that
most of the marvels Of electricity, a
force of which as yet we know so lit
tie, have been unfOlded: that new pro-
cesses n methods have revolutionized
the manufacturing Industries: that la
bor-saving appliances ave enabled the
SUBSTITUTION of human by mechanical
labor, saving the muscle and stimulat-
ing the brain Of the workman, multi
plying his capacity almost indefinitely;
that free thought and free labor under
a free government have advanced the
United States to a leading position
among the nations of the world.
IT is as one of the most favored. of
the constituent states of this great re-
public, but recently admitted to full
membership. that Utah enters upon the
new century. To merely glance at the
accomplishments of the last quarter
century, n within the personal
knowledge of the older residents, and
the realization of what has been done
is a suggestion to the pessimist thai
he should not depreciate the p%ossibiTi-
ties of the future. Nature is no lag
gard, her movement is ever forward.
her laws are i~nexorable, her great
forces are never at rest, but she is
generous with her gifts. In Utah she
has spread before the intelligent and
the enterprising a feast of good things
as alluring as any portion of the earth
can show. The man who aspires
to become a partner in her achieve
mentS or to profit from her bounty will
spend no time ~grumbling or bemoaning
his limitations.
Natures Smiling Face.
Look over our beautiful city and at
the thriving centers of industrial COM
munities dotted over the state every
where; look across the broad valleys.
gray and grim, as though resenting
the neglect which in the past has been
where beauty and utility combine to
suggest the possible; lOOk at the
sparkling streams tumbling through
h mountain ravineS amid scenes of
n AeAAAAAA bEdlLg AOOh dl the SIltW-
caps on yOader mountains waiting for
the summer sun to turn loose the vi
talizing forces that are lingering there:
seek the aid OF the telescope and scan
the mountain sides to discover the di-
mlnutiVe openings. from whose narrow
portals come the mineral treasures
from natures stores. an ev~er-increas-
ing stream Of bOunties TO reward the
industrious. while contributing to the
necessities Of all mankind: climb the
mountains before you and note as you
go the work Of volcanic forces beyond
our comprehension in disclosing to view
here a deposit of limestone. there Of
marble. beyond Lodges of granite. veins
Of iron ore, of coal, of copper, of lead.
Of silver and gold; see the great herds
of cattle and millions of sheep roaming
over mountain and plain, feeding upon
the sCant but nutritious heritage that
nature provides for their sustenance:
look at these in every direction and
the eye of intelligence will read writ
ten upon each and all. as in letters Of
light, the magical, inspiring legend.
Here is opportunity"
There are three primary sources Of
power-humau. animal n mechanical.
The muscular power of the human be-
irg is the most insignificant of the