The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-22
CHEER UP!

CHEER UP!
There has never been a time in the
history OF salt Lake when its CONNER
cial life was more more prosperous or
ITS every branch Of industry in as
healthy condition. Probably the best
index of this fact is the table Of clear
iGgs published weekly, adording a
comparison with other cities and show
ing the proportlonate amount of busl-
ness done.
The figures yesterday show that Salt
Lake ranked thirty-SiSth in total of
ninety-four cities reported, and above
il in volume OF business there was no
city claiming as small population ex-
cept Spokane. Immediately above it
i'll the list were Atlanta, Toledo. Fort
Worth and Portland-an cities with Il
greater claimed population, all dis
tributing centers of Importance. With
the single exception noted, no city in
salt lakes class came anywhere near
its total of cleared business.
That the comparison is more than
fair. is shown by the fact that Salt
Lakes transactions showed an increase
yesterday of only IS per cent over the
total of the same week last year,
whereas nearly every week for months
has shown an increase of from % to 80
per cent over the year beforehand this,
too, in spite of local conditions that
would deaden a less prosperous COM
by. TO make such gains in the face of
continuous depreciation of the city by
some of its own residents is little short
OF the phenomenal, and shows what
may be expected when the boosters"
succeed in putting "a quietus on the
fractional lighters as they will eyentu-
ally.
1t is easy. TO account for Salt Lakes
business activity ana progress. The
completion Of the Salt Lake Route has
uuquestionably brought a large amount
of travel through here that formerly
was diverted to other routes: il has
opened up valuable new mining terri
tory and offered an outlet for Salt Lake
capital which has gone into the new
camps. II has drawn attention to the
recently discovered empire of gold in
Nevada. and what benefits Nevada
helps this city. The same railroad is
building an extension from Las Vegas
10 Buufrog which viii add to its terri
tory and 10 salt Lakes. Ultimately
this feeder viii astonish the railroad
men and mining men of the country
Who are unfamiliar with the immense
wealth awaiting development in south
eastern Nevada,
Add TO this accomplished railroad
achievement, the construction work
now in progress on the Western Pa
cine and the most ignorant must real
ize that Salt Lake has been for two
Years the center of the greatest rail-
road construction In the whole coun-
try; and viii continue 70 be such
center for at least two years to come.
No amount of argument or discomfort
can minimize the fact that Salt Lake
is going ahead in spite OF those citi-
zens who prefer 10 be q brake on its
Roadway; and at its present momen-
tum, even they win be compelled TO let
go the brake and climb into the band
wagon of a greater city IL they don't
want to get run over.
Entirely apart from the material
achievements accomplished and in
course of accomplishment. salt Lake is
bound to be the biggest, most a.trac-
tive city in all the mountains. Geo.
graphical advantages alone would as
sure that. but it has the climate. the
schools, the site, and win soon have
the water supply, TO make it an ideal
place of residence. Il has some disad-
vantages in distance from other cities.
but they are more than offset by the
monopoly such distance gives il In the
tributary country. The farmers find
their markets in the camps close by;
the labor market is within easy reach
of the city; local transportation facili-
ties are rapidly improving To keep pace
with the growth of the city and state,
and it VIII not be very long untn the
fertile lands along the Wasatch from
Logan to Provo wiz be an almost con-
tinuous series of communities. all CEN
tering their trade in the capital
The Commercial club aud Real Estate
association are right in dwelling upon
such facts as these and urging others
to think about them. Meditauons and
reflections Of a pleasant sort are just
as easy 10 cultivate as the other kind,
and they are much more profitable
both 10 the individual and the cOmmu-
nifty at large. When in doubt, cheer
up! Try it once and you'n try no other
system. It's good for the pOcketbook
as well as for the digestion. The world
has mighty little use for the man With
a crouch Cheer upl