The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-08
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SWEEPS count,
WideIy-KnoWn TRAVELLING
Tells of General Con-
ditionS.
SAN FRANCISCO, HE SAYS,
STILL QUEEN OF PAC
Bryan Boom, 1t Is Added
Alive All Over the
Land.

George Moncur OF Worms a.
the BELT house importers" of drv ~
of New York and Chicago, Is a -
at the Knutsford, having lust ma
belt" trip from San Francisco tofl
cago, New York, New Orleans nn,t
termediate points, and gets bar
Salt Lake I'm great CLEO at the
condition of the whole round coiI
Among other things he said:
The burden of conversation in %
places, from San Francisco to Nev
leans, is the general results of the
of the recent Congress. 1t Is really
prising how thoroughly versed In
details of Congressional legislation
the men whom one meets In a
trip around the country. 81
Frisco Still Queen.
Beginning at San Francisco on,
port trade is enormous, and even
when fortune has been fierce tof
she is queen of the Pacific. Their
and down the coast work is pleu
and well paid and values are Incl
Ing. At Salt Lake we find the
mination of inter-mountain terri
trade, punched, and I am free to
there is not a city OF It's size II
the land so prosperous and growil
''On to Colorado and Denver. W
the great mining interests OF the
trail west are crowdlng every av
OF trade and commerce with une1
pied prosperity. Then to Kansas
and Omaha, the key points of the 2
valley trade, and no man may be
or poor If he cares to be otherwise
Entering the eastern section of
great belt trip 1t is positively as
ishing how great is the mass of I
| throughout the Atlantic coast
Manufactures are increasing, acr
to crops is gaining ground. railr
arc being built, our shipping facil
are enlarged and the great mas
American commerce Will soon g,
American bottoms.
LAS we proceed South, the same
der is found to be general Mil
milling, manufacturing. lumbe1
shipping, railroad building, ban,
and general commerce, all are d,
Gated In action and doubled In vol,
TO what they have ever been.
Conditions in South.
Approaching Mobile and New
leans we find this section to be a
ular New England in the South. T
sands OF former Idle acres are in
ton and tobacco, and the added I
prestige, through tidewater OUT
all swell the general activity and
fen the natural backbone. Confer
trade circles is absolute and no
can be raised.
THE Bryan boom2 Yes, there
decided boom for Bryan. and 1t is ,
all over the land, From surface
cations it appears to me that If b
can raise up a healthy issue he wi
formidable if he gets the Democl
| nomination. 1t was customary to-
| the lips and elevate the eyebrow
mention OF Bryan's name, but oil
is changed and all sorts OF men
proud of William j. Bryan as a tyI
American.
Socialism Is Growing.
Socialism? Yes. Socialism Is a
to be reckoned with, mainly becau
embodies all the restlessness Of the
tional nerve system. l view II q
check on public abuses, just as all
er organizations are, and for that
son 1t has It's uses and duties.
growing In great trade centers.
largely erratic. but very popular.
Competition Is a good thing,
we can have too much Of good th
and when trusts force small capital
of the race we have reached the II
and the reaction is now set In.
"In Chicago a few days ago I saw
old man hobbling about the Lake #
park, and asked who he was. I
told me he was Lazarus Silvermal
one time millionaire. now a paupel
asked for F. r. Chandler. once Y
known millionaire. and learned h
now In the penitentiary; Old Hu
Is In a pauper's grave, and so the J
of the greedy and the CRATER Is str
wit hhuman wreckageall ALT
from the path of honest trade by
spirit that brought trusts into be
I repeat: the reaction has como.
the great national prosperity b
seen on my belt trip makes mo
1t has come to stay"