Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-28
Pledge Taken Al Last Nights
Banquet 10 Work for
Utah Art.
WILL PUSH GULL MONUMENT,
Early Closing. Home Labor, Insurance
Rates, Merchants License ana
other Live Topics Discussed.

With a pledge that II win do all in
its power to centralize interest in west
ern manufacture. that it will work al
ways to beautfy Salt Lake and that
specifically 1t will begin at once TO
raise n fund for the erection OF NJ. NJ.
Youngs beautiful "Seagul monument"
the Manufacturers & Merchants as
sociation has now 4 better understand
ing of its mission. as the result OF a
banquet held at the Commercial club
last night.
The dinner was one ON which the
club chef did himself proud. Taste
full floral emblems, music from
Hawaiian troubadours, and solos by
Horace Ensign and viii r. sibley kept
the auditors to the after dinner speech
es In good humor. and the large assem-
blage OF business men thoroughly en-
joyed the occasion.
Here are some of the plans for bet
tering Utah commerce which were
talked over:
Early closing. to save the strength
Of clerks, now ovorworked.
The opening of the Provo Wooden
mills, as a symbol of hope for home
industry.
The supporting of western art and
home artists, now so totally neglected
The employment of citizens as labor
ers instead of foreign labor especially
while American labor is idle.
The encouragement of every local en-
terprise that means n larger pay roll,
for in this every citizen may partici-
pate.
Cooperation with the city admins
tration to secure needed helps for the
business world.
Active support of the mayor in his
work to determine the cause for high
fire insurance rates and the effecting
of q remedy,
a demand for the repeal of the mer-
chants license law, on the ground that
the merchant is already taxed amply
for doing business.
Formation of a traffic bureau to con-
slider freight rates, and secure an adj
Justment of rates equitable to Utah
manufacturers and merchants.
The speakers OF the evening were
Chas. n. Strevell, L. II. Martineau, Me-
phi l.. Norris, former Mayor Roylance
of Provo, and "a number OF others who
were called Informally to respond.
cHAs. N. sTREvELL.
In speaking OF business unity" as an
essential Of success. Mr.. Strevell de-
example OF business unity than that of
the banks, who had stood together i'm
the panic, rivals helping rivals the la
Dor unions that had removed the la
boring man from the mercy OF his emu
ployer, and except for the rival union
among employers would have put T. en-
at labor's mercy; or organizations such
as the State Fair association, the Com
mercial club and the Chamber of Com
merce, all of which he said. represent
cd spirit Of cooperative sel1shness.
We in the Rocky Mountain region
should take advantage of the oppor-
tunities of cooperation and stand to.
sether to build up this region. A pile
driver aceomplishes its work by con- |
slant pounding and we should con- |
stantly pound away until we get re- |
suits"
Lyman r. Martlneau smoke on Tho |
subject of the NJ. and MS past. and |
the men who had been strongly its |
supporters, We are on our honor" he |
declared ms Utah manufacturers "to |
make good goods. to make goods that |
WIN appeal TO western buyers, and |
thar VIII leave no chance for people |
to feel that because they are made |
near at home they necessarily lack |
In quality" In closing Mr.. Martlneau |
paid special tribute to O, II. Hew- |
lett who had been the associations or |
ganizer.
NEPHI l.. MORE
ON the future of the NJ. and NJ. Ne
phi J.. Norris was the speaker. I'VE
should watch the legislatures" he said,
and carefully guard the legislation In
trodueed affecting our interests. In the ..
past we have not watched, and those
State of Ohio, City OF Toledo. Lucas
County, IS,
Frank j, Cheney makes oath that he IL
senior partner OF the firm OF II j.
Cheney & Co. doInK hnslnras In thn f,lt,,