The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-18

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ofeathlng given hope to all existing ac-
INVITES IN this state. in southern Cali
tornia- IN that vast commonwealth soon
1 70 be within touch of the new road. and
Iar across the vast Pacific has sent prom
lSe OF certain commercial intercourse q,
tte untold NUMBERS that need only the
impetus OF modern commerce to their
| distant lands 10 make them sharers i'm
our desires, to quicken them by our ne
ceSSlJy, and thus add to our material
/ achievements.
Before leaving this immediate topic
I 10 one evidences OF wisdom on the part of
our honOred guest Daring is q great and
valued characteristic. but wisdom Is
greater ana more desirable While, be-
/ yond doubt. Senator Clark possesses dar-
/ ing, his record nevertheless shows that ne
/ IS more TO be commended for his wis
Senator Clark's Wisdom.
/ Neither the interests Of the investor nor
OF the public are served by a contest for
/ bustness-save as guarantee against
/ some mOuOpOlies. For a time there were
/ possibilities that rival lines might
/ Ettory between Salt Lake and the
/ city Of Los Angeles. Not only
! would such an event have prov
l en- a serious and burdeusOme misfortune
to those whose capital would have been
Z invested in both lines. but it would have
/ proved a serious hardship to the public
/ especially so, as any danger Of mOnOpo-
/ nsIc exacuonS was obvlated by the
| tranScOntins entail lines already connecting
Salitornia with this state and the east.
Of Such double investment at least
/ one-half would have been worse than
wasted.
! Since one line could well do all the
D work required. half the money invested
I would be practically destroyed, though II
J would always exact as much return as
/ eial force To the wisdom which con
J trOlled the daring in the men, therefore.
4 much credit is due. since, because OF K,
/ and to the sound Judgment Of his erst-
while rivals. negotiations began which re-
| suited IN the elimination OF an an
/ tagonistic contest for the business Of the
i territory to be covered.
The Happy Result.
| The happy result is an amicable ar
rangement by which all interests can
and viii work for the success Of one
/ line soon certainly to be completed, which
viii bring into touch the shores OF the
dead inland sea of Utah with the placid
I waters of the Pacific ocean at San Pedro
! harbCr. Nor IS It unfair TO presume
pacification removal of the obstacles
mentioned viii be the guiding policy OF
Senator Clark and those interested with
MIN IN the enterprise winch means not
/ only so much for Utah and California
/ but for our country at large and for the
/ extensive provinces that lie beyond the
waves of the Pacific ocean
One need not be a prophet to declare
I that a mind capable of grasping the facts
/ necessary to bring chaos out Of a scheme
! that for years was rejected as practically
K worthless and force its acceptance by the
public as an unOcCupieQ Industrial ave
/ nue. promising limitless returns. viii not
( be content with the building Of rail
road merely We shall find the harbor Of
/ San Pedro alive with shipping that by
| ing portions of the Orient which. IN the
main and to many of us, is as much an
unknown land as was Mexico before Cor
/ teZ began its subjugatiOn-
San Pedro Harbor.
What connection Herewith means to
fuh F.a To oil ne~%
I be tributary to the new roadway be
SpeCUldted upon only. when we COntem-
plate the prominence into which the great
natural narDor OF San PEDRO VIII leap
when the Panama canal is completed and
/ becomes a waterway for oceangOing yes
sells Not as idle talk do I accept.
/ Angeles, Salt Lake & San Pedro rail
road will be made to connect with lines
OF steamships AZ san Feqro Inat are 20
speed to the Orient laden with the
products Of Utah and California and that
| viii return bearing the excess results
I Of the toll Of those who live in those dis
/ tant lands
Upon this topic one might Hnger in
/ confidence until imagination sinks eX-
+ hausted from flights which, however
long sustained would sun IeaNe ueldS
untouched and possibilities UnexplOred.
But the assurances that face us make
sufficiently for our immediate necessities
or commerce is but the disposition OF
products We do not need in exchange for
| products that we do need. And to this
] end we must have facilities for trans
portatiOn- Whatever makes for prodUc-
| ton, by that same effort makes also for
! Transportation, and that which makes
! for transportation creates commerce
Commerce Great Civilizer.
| Commerce is the great civilizer. At its
command all existing natural forces and
the stored up wealth of all peoples are
combined, and. in serried ranks, march
across the earth TO peaceful cOnCuests
/ IN behalf of all men, Where commerce
! is not there civilization is not AS mans
| highest ideals have found nobleSt express
] sion in the twentieth century so COM
merce is the highest achievement Of all
the material aspirations of the human
race since time began
Commerce is the one word that, in itself,
funds the results of all the struggles Of
all people of all times for the betterment
| OF all races Its brow IS adorned WITH
mans material hopes OF the 1uture- II
raises armies, builds fleets, encircles con-
tinents by wire and steel 1t creates new
desires, whose qualification is the in
centive to nobIer and more potential Ia
bors than the world has ever known
Where bloody war once waved its tat
tered banners today the hUsbandman
PrOSpers. and waving fields of rlpeninS
grain bless his patient toll. Where car
! mage and shot and shell held high reveIry-
and where the rent earth drank In the
blood of those it was created to sustain.
listening ears are now gladcencd with
the SONGS of birds peace holds the earth
in blessed thraIl. and the air Is redClent
with the breath of fragrant flowers Com
merce is the offspring of desire. the help
meet Of industry, the handmalden OF
prosperity, the mother Of civilization.
He. therefore. that makes for prOduc-
ton makes for transportation He that
makes for transportation makes for com
merce also, and he that makes for com
merce, by that same effort makes Tor
civilization. Gentlemen. give you an
swer to the toast Commerce '-produc-
ton. TRANSPORTATION, commerce. ciVlllZa-
ton. and our hOnOred guest, Senator ".
A Clark. a civillzer-
Advantages Of New Road.
Frank Knox, who was not on the
regular toast list, was called on 10
| discuss the Advantages OF the san
Pedro Road
I believe the building of the san
Pedro line will be an advantage to the
CITY at large said he. first, because
il will give it another line TO the
1 southern Pacific coast and VIII put SAT-
Lake on main highway of the con-
tinent-
zone Of the things which is Of great
interest to US is that the union shops
| shall be located here. This VIII slim
I3late n7anufa ctures and increase our
prosperity and population.
ct is highly necessary for US 10 solve
the problem here of water supply II
the municipal government viii take up
Ibis question and solve it. II VIII never
| be necessary for US to turn away man
ueacturers for this reason
The time has come, said Mr.. Knox IN
| conclusion. for al citizens OF salt Lake
to bend their united efforts toward
making this "The Queen City of the