The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-07
CITIZENS MEET PAUL
MORTON AT LUNCHEON
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found elsewhere and was an optimist
as to the future.
Former Senator Kearns paid hand
some tribute to Mr. Newnouse's part
in the upbuilding of Salt Lake, and
said he wished there were a dozen
men like him here. Mr. Morton, as
everybody knew, was at the head OF
one of the greatest financial institu-
lions in the country. and it was a
pleasure to have an opportunity to
meet him and show him how the city
has progressed and what It's promise
for the future is.
Following this, Mr. Newhouse called
on w. S. Mccormick, introducing him
as one of the best friends he had ever
had. Mr.. Mccormick said jocularly
that he had arranged with Judge
Goodwin to talk for him and take his
time. The judge had fulfilled the COM
pact, and he could add little to it ex-
cept to say he appreciated the honor
OF meeting Mr.. Morton and promising
him that any money he might send
into Utah would be well cared for.
District Attorney Booths text was
the rapid growth of the city and state.
with a brief tribute to the high char
acter of citizenship here.
Mr. Morton, who followed Mr.. Booth,
Is an interesting talker, and embel-
lished his conversational style with
several good stories. He said he had
come west to see conditions for him
self and to do business for the Equita-
BILE. The company had adopted the
policy of investing Its funds in eommu-
mites that gave it business. and he
wished to see what opportunities the
west offered Besides" he said, II
have always been of the west, and aft
er three years in New York | felt the
call Of the west, the call of the wild,
if you will In Pittsburg / found the
people had suffered considerably from
the hardships incident to the closing of
plants and the pressure of money con-
ditions. In Chicago they had got
through the financial trouble well and
were feeling more cheerful. St. Louis
was optimistic and had managed as
well or better than Chicago. Kansas
City conditions were satisfactory. From
there l went by the Santa Fe to Cali
fornia. Los Angeles seemed to be
cheerful. and although there may be a
little too much BOOM the people are
not at all depressed, but hopeful. San
Francisco is building at a wonderful
rate. and l have no doubt but that in
another ten years 1t will be even great
er and a finer city than before it's great
catastrophe. Portland and the Puget
sound cities are all on a substantial
footing and sanguine of the future.
LAS 10 Utah and Idaho, believe in
their future. Irrigation is doing great
things for them, and here in Utah you
have made great progress since L was
here last, about four years ago. Here
in salt Lake you have a splendid Com
merciaI club, and you ought to find it
a powerful factor for good. One thing
reminds me of a story in one of George
AIDES fables. The girls name was Luz
ella. She was not pretty. Her eyes
were crossed: she had a pug nose; her
complexion was bad. and AIDE said,
'LuelIa's features didn't know the value
of team work
Team Work Is Everything.
You people of Salt Lake know, per-
haps, that team work is everything If
you work together, with an organiza-
ton like your Commercial club. you
can bring people here and you can keep
a good many of them here You can be
like man in Oklahoma who made a
speech to Chicago men / took down
there. This man said to the Chicago
ans: You're the kind of people we
want down here. We want you to come
and stay. but If you can't come your
selves, give your sons $4,000 apiece and
send them down. They can double
their money or we can get it; anyway,
we want them 20 come So" continued
Mr. Morton, you can get people here.
and if they don't double their money as
they ought to, you can get it your
selves"
Mr.. Morton closed his talk with a
praise for the pioneers who had dared
the dangers of the plains. They had
passed his fathers home in Nebraska
City on the old California trail, and
they were a sturdy, strong race OF
men, the kind who build empires
w. ]. Halloran, president of the Com
mercial club. followed Mr.. Morton. He
told of Mr.. NewhOuse's munificent gift
to the club and of the plans, now an
assured success, for the construction OF
a 100000 building. In all his business
experience here he had never known a
dollar of eastern money which had
been lost on bad loans. and it was true,
as Governor Cutler had asserted, that
very few Utah homes We're encum-
bered by mortgage. 1t was a place of
solid financial character, an attractive
place for investments.
A ]. Davis. president of the coun-
ell. spoke briefly of the progressive en-
ergy of the city as evidenced by its
public improvements, and T. r. Cutler
told of the success which had attended
the beet sugar and irrigation enter
prises of Utah and Idaho with which he
had been associated. The speech-mak-
ing closed with a talk by Governor
Thomas, who dweit upon the sobriety
and industry and loyalty of the people
! here.