The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

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in the efficacy Of hard warIl in develop
ing great characters and maintaining
great nations. He has nad experience
among all classes and IN many lands
and yet he still holds that the plebian
CidSS are 10 solve the destiny of indi-
vidual and national greatness
IL is worthy of note that in the ac-
complishment of the work Of this en-
terprlsc and the other mines which MI.
c-eWhouSe has developed such care
has been observed that no accident of
any consequence has occurred and no
person IN any capacity has been in
jured.
Evolution of Great idea.
The accomplishment of this project
has not been the result Of chance. The
whole has been an evolution, from
We'll studied plans. While the progress
has been phenomenal, the element of
mushroom growth has been absent
Behind il all there has been "A motive.
and that motive has not been of a
Venal character. 1t has been based
upon the broad principles of equity and
humanitarianism- The accumulation
or dollars has not been the prime OBJ
Ject, but only 4 means for obtaining
Broader and higher ends Great en-
Ierprises are, in the main, brought
eA''uN ny AAC q lJDlltdLlOfl OF llIOlllldI 10 n
obtained from the worlds rough school
OF experience Mr. Newhouse's first
business observations were made at
scranton. Pa. the important center of
the anthracite coal producing industry
Here was seen the squalor and priva-
ton of toll which falls TO the lot of
helpless poverty that INCREASINGLY
works TO enrich the Golfers of sordid
capital. These abuses prevailed, If they
were not juSti6able for the reason that
a vast tonnage of mining products were
handled at an extremely close margin.
The profit on the unit was small. Later
his experiences We're transferred to
Colorado, where larger profits were oh
tanned on material handled and money
was spent with a lavish hand The
Cactus embodies, somewhat of the fea-
lures found in both these places While
the tonnage in the Cactus may be less
than the coal tonnage of PENNSYLVANIA.
the values are greater and approach
those of the mines in Colorado. The
Cactus is. therefore. in a measure. a
composite Of his former observations
After having satisfied himself that the
proposition would produce enormous
pronts he saw in ii the opportunity for
satisfying and exempHfying a greater
'DlDltlOn and that was to contribute
10 the financial and social welfare of
his employees.
In fact, the circumstances conspired
10 enable him TO work out 10 a certain
extent but just how far is yet to be
determined, the labor problem Mr.
NeWhouSe'S achievements cannot be
nkened unto the story of Aladdin's
lamp He has been a laboring man
himself He realizes that the greatest
Denefactor of mankind is he who gives
employment TO the wOrl1ingman. This
work has been preceded by the man.
agement and development of two other
great mining properties in Utah. viz
the Highland Boy and Boston Console
dated mines at Bingham. While in
these properties he has been the ruling
spirit there We're strings attached in
the way Of interests Of other investors
In the Cactus enterprise he is the UNI
pre- absolutely in every feature In
speaking of this some time ago. he said.
i propose TO show that this is cor
DOratlOn Of which il cannot be said that
ii has no soul I believe that Ia Dor is
responsive to gO0d treatment In this
corporation the profits VIII not all go
TO the shareholders. With this pre-
face he outlined a number of innOva-
tons that win De observed, all Of