Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-14
mEAKIN ABROAD.

oonts and IruIhi"i re- a. fro;nde
l meme neople of the east; IL rne ntei nnn
tGe P Tnow Utah as it is, Will put one
WIZ VIII The effort forth that her enemies
tLiiI Irtah can be placed in her proper
do, ,, Uo%n IN the front rank of states
p POD her population doubled in few
anu ~ hut now, with the misrepresen-
yeal0, and ignorance of the real condi-
ta'loA neonle are afraid to even talk
uon1t TItah. let alone invest their
apouS or come here to make their
n nuno thousands of people are
thinking of the west and thousands
ore moving out west, but not to Utah,
Socause of the false impression exist
mo az TO the character OF the people
and their religion.
anu IN a nriyae hotel in Chicago, | was
,Dtroduced in a jovial way as the man
from paradise. A lady exclaimed:
a0b I'd like to go there" l remarked,
VOC from Salt Lake City. The lady
almost tainted and then cried: ooh, |
wouldn't go to that horrid place." and
such is the impression of the major
ity of the people. A friend of Nor
mons is almost as big a curiosity as
fullfedged Mormon. l have dis
abused many minds of the silly preju-
dces existing about our state and its
neople. There is keen interest every
where as to the growth, industries,
climate. etc Business men should
make an effort to advertise this city
and the state; it must be done, by
good, earnest men, and by proper
methods which will get the ears of
the people.
had the PLEASURE of giving my side
of the story, as to Utah, and in doing
so showed my friendship and conf
dence in Senator Reed Smoot, by his
request, and in his stead l spoke be-
fore the Phi Beta Kappa Alumni as
ISOLATION at the Savoy hotel in New
York City, on December 20th. My
audience was notable one-three
hundred of New York's men of affairs,
cultured gentlemen who wanted the
truth. After the lecture the meeting
was turned into quiz class, and I'M
til after midnight questions came
thick and fast, which, in their nature,
were much like scrambled eggs
mixed.
New York City might be called a
world in itself. Every phase of hui
man life, from the highest to the low
est, can be seen there. The line be-
tween the rich and the poor is strong
" defined. On the one side can be
seen the extremely wealthy; on the
other side extreme poverty. The "tip"
system is prominent phase of New
iork lie. In many cases manhood
seems 10 have gone out and syco-
phancy has taken it's place. Big men.
physically, fawn and wobble for a tip
az anu Ine tip stream" flows continual
~ Inc cost of living is very high,
o anu When the Tip stream" is coupled
%i,n the bllls, poor man in New York
% o'anus ABOUT as much show to exist as
a SNOWFALL in an orthodox he'll. The
81 Ssanueur and beauty of the city must
M seen to be realized. Broadway.
nmtn and Sixth Avenues and that
non5 are scenes of magnifi-
So nS splendor. The Hotel Aston, Wal
ouo ,i astoria and the great theatres
a NJ seeming palaces of gilt and gold
Sbo nisht: When Illuminated by every
tho vi color and electrical design,
No NJ scene is simply a blaze of glory.
yOr,. wo o the people flock to New
tb U'h City The people who dwell in
sleonp palaces va ride in palatial cars and
MI on beds of softest down, touch
WAN T%'t ~ and seemingly every human
into ~ Is supplied, yet when one looks
tion Incl. races, instinctively the uues-