The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-05
CALL SOON TO
BUSINESS MEN
Meeting For Commercial Club
Expected This Week.
MINING MEN ARE IN LINE
FAVOR AN ORGANIZATION TO
PROMOTE STATES INTEREST.
MINING MEN ARE IN LINE

Indications are that a meeting Of
business men win be called some time
this week TO take up the organization
of q commercial club. A number of
prominent men have been discussing
the matter among themselves, and the
sentiment IN favor Of such a club is
expected to take tangible shape within
e few days.
The general tendency appears to be
In favor Of a club, with social features,
rather than a chamber of commerce.
1t is urged that if some quarters are
kept Up in the heart of the downtown
district where members of the club can
yather to eat smoke. lounge a few
minutes and talk, they Will support
the organization with much more en-
thusiasm than If it were a straight
business proposition.
Besides the merchants, bankers and
real estate men, the mining men are
taking an interest in the movement.
All who have expressed themselves
say Chey believe a commercial club
could De successfully run, and would
be a great benefit to the city.
Mining Men Interested.
J. F. Bamberger, manager of the
Daly-West coTnpany's mines, was
highly in favor of the proposition.
I think" said he, that organized
On proper lines it would result in great
good TO the city, and state also. for
that matter. All cities of moment in
the country have their commercial
clubs. They tend to stimulate a fra
fernal feeling among the business men
OF the communities, and their closer
relations with each other often result
In movements being undertaken that
rebound not only to the benefit of the
members of the organizations, but to
the entire communities in which they
exist. 1 am heartily in favor of the
movement. and hope it will be pushed
TO a successful conclusion"
MI. Ilcw;g' Views.
A. 3. Lewis, manager of the Males
tic and Imperial Copper companies,
now attracting no small amount of at
tention to Beaver county, demurred to
expressing an opinion, as he did not
claim a residence in Salt Lake, Frisco
being his home.
L believe, though" said he, that a,
progressive spirit in any community Is
10 be commended, and l have no doubt
that a strong commercial club would
greatly benefit business men and add
10 the fame of Salt Lake and Utah. In
Chicago my old home, we had such
en- organization in the ward where l
resided. and now many of the districts
and wards of that city have most sue.
cessful organizations of that characte'
They have done much toward buildir
Up that most aggressive and thrivf
business city, and I feel sure that s
oh :
an institution as that now under con-
temptation
Mr.. Leary Favors Club.
]. c. Leary, manager Of the stock
yards, is greatly Interested in the
project. "A commercial club viii sue.
coed where a chamber of commerce.
viii not" he said, and it viii do as
much for the town and more. My idea
would be to have first-class quarters
fitted up in the center of the downtown
district. One of the big features shouic
be the restaurant, where two meals
day would be served. Another should
be the lounging room or smoking room
adjoining. You know how il is il
Paris, where so much business is don,
in the cafes, and where there is some
thing going on all the time. Well,
believe some of the same principles cal
be applied to a commercial club. Thi
big lounging room would be a plac
where the members would gather ant
smoke and talk, and then If anybody
had an idea he wanted TO bring up, n
could do so before the mem bers as the,
were gathered there. 1t would be
sort Of clearing house for ideas on mat
ters of interest to the business me-
and to the city at large. All sorts o
matters could be taken up there ant
discussed by the members as they go
together, and important movement
sta, is they had the approval OF tn
club. The restaurant and lounginl
room would bring the business me
into closer daily contact and woul
tend to make them act together wher
ever the general good was concerned.
Welcome Strangers.
Another feature, to my mind, shoul
be q public room-the of1ce Of ne sec
-etary or manager--which 81 ould b
out in front or the ground floor, look
ing on one of the principal bushes
streets. Here would be a place
which strangers would be welcome an
where they could get information abou
the city and state. Of course, the set
rotary would also have charge of
large amount of outside advertising
4 Many other things would come up ]
lfconnection, but 1 believe that a res
ltaurant and lounging room for men
hers and a bureau Of information fC
che public would be three impOrtaT
factors in the success of the club
Letters Of Inquiry.
W. A. Nelden. th- last president {
the old chamber of commerce, yestel
dav spoke of the large amount of le
+ers still coming to him from all par
of the country regarding busine.
cpenings and other matters on who
a commercial club or chamber of con
perce should act. He cited as an e.
ample a letter received yesterday fro
the United States Export associatio
which is seeking to arouse sentimel
IN favor Of the reduction Of the tart
on Cuban raw sugar and other proc
ucts.
Here is an example" said Mr.. Ne
den This is a matter which vital
concerns one of the leading industri
~ Utah and the citys business int
ests. but there is no organization
evnress the sentiment Of the busine
community. Answers to that letter
action upon the subject viii have 10
taken by business men as individua
and this will have comparatively lit
weight.
o,ttryo RAcE 0C0DEuEN