Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-05


Nj lines. Strong and virile. its aims hay
| i been so racticai and Its membership 8
4 fair minded that 1t has made Itself ia
bly, known \ frough out all the land
/ and 1T is recognized as the strong rest ant
most potent commercial Organization
z + In the Union * II
The proud position that the club nov
h I5occupies $ hows what can be accom-,
II plished by unselfish and united effort
II Selflshness has not been a moving force
81 In its management Its work has beer
n for Utah and for all Il u tab, " and fol
II seYerylnan, woman and child In " tab
and 1t has not been prejudiced by the
4 chickering's Of tfleologi ans nor the blind
4 parti sanship of poll tlcians "a
4 7 do not know who first conceived the
Il idea ofSsthis new great and powerful
Organization. Indeed Il believe that it
a was a thought that entered the mind OF
4 more than one man, for; 1t was born
a from a general recognition Of the neces-
4 sity for something of this nature, and
3lSyet Of those who attended the prelim-
4 mary meetings i doubt whether there
4 was one who dreamed how successful
4 1t would become.
II shall not weary you with a. historical
i review of the proceedings of the Com
i nercial club and It's successful organi-
4 Azation. 81: n; III i55'aas ss
4 But since the new institution was
/ launched, so we'll was 1t commanded
lthat 1t steered clear OF the rocks and
valiantly bllffeted the waves that Mt
| times threatened its extinction At m
early day the board of Ks governors
brought to its assistance one who has
since served with pre- eminent ability.
/ club and Its work, if he be a fair and
just man. witt oilt giving recognition to
1.-the services of # Usher Harris. Modest.
faithful, always patient, # a ways pos
sessing tact. Fisher Harris In serving
| the Interests of tho club has written
| his name indelibly upon the history
of this state, Ills place Will be among
those who have helped to advance the
Icommonwe TIL. II an ,lnkind fate had.
| not taken from him the power to ex-
I.press lin audible tones the thoughts
| that crowd his active brain he would
stand, as in all Justice he should,
where stand now. speaking OF the
past and of the future Of this orgaaiza-5
ton; and here thout his consent. i
desire to present some thoughts which
he kindly furnished me for this occa-3
sion, giving him full credit for the
same. for he cannot speak to you, yet
4 glve3,to you his words. This Is what
he wrote: b lin 5J3
here are one or two phases of the
work of the Commercial club, not com
monty noted by the casual Observer
that you may want to enlbody in your
soration. III Ssi 5s5i3l4 !S n 4 III
VT" In the first place the club has never
confined is public activities to a Salt
Lake CT ty and the State of U tab. but
It has also taken an intelligent and
frequently effective interest in every
5movernnent affecting that wide extent,
OF western country, & a great part OF
q a tn AT
This policy has not been altogether
$unselfish. but was ba sed upon the eco-
3nomic principle SO eloquently expressed
4 by our old and valued friend when ha2
said. in effect: 4;
s's You may destroy the cities and the
nation will still flourish; but destroy
the farms and grass Will grow In tho
cities Streets, i n 4 6 5fi IN "a
81 IN recognition OF the fact that abid-
ing prosperity Of a community depends
upon the prosperity of the country that
lies about it and Is tributary to it's
markets, the club has taken an active
part in every step in the development
8of mining mimi irrigation. dry fa sr
sheep and cattle raising, agriculture
and general business in the inter-
mountain west sts & "a
y The board of governors understands
that you cannot add a. ollar OF wealth
or a family of opulation to the vast
area i Of rapid " deYel looping country
surrounding this city for 500 miles in
every direction, without adding to our
volume Of business and increasing the
sum total CT our bank clearances.
d The club has frequently departed !.
from the worn and beaten tracks of the
old fashioned chambers OF commerce
and Instead of compiling statistics and
circulating gaudysand metriciOus book
let's the contents OF which few real
of It's time to the encouragement Of it,
erature, science, art and educntion,
"A BRIDE FOR THE COMM
* CLUB.
s5'sI understand, of course, that there
never was a chamber OF commerce,
board OF trade. Commercial club or
other public body, that received or per-
haps deserved the unqualified commen-
dation Of every Individual in a COM
mun1ty and there never will be, so long
as men are human and OF various
minds. l can see no reason why this
club should hope to escape the uni-
-versal fate. but can see snnumerabla
reasons why it should strive not to
deserve it,. ..t u n NJ
The club. can very we'll afford to lg-
more criticism that Is obviously ignor-
ant, selfish or malicious, but it can
not a ford to ignore criticism that Is
honest and Wholesome. i always has
and always will invite and welcome the
latter kind OF criticism from whatever
source 1t may come.
The percentage Of adverse criticism 4
of the Commercial club, Salt Lake
City, Utah, has been notably smaller
than that of any similar organization
in the United States. and among in
formed people all over the country It
is regarded as the leading and most
body of its kind in the
west, and Is pointed to as the best
known example of what a Commercial !
club should be- Id Il ASK
"A striking testimonial to the clubs
deserved reputation is the splendid, |
continued and loyal support 1t receives
from at least 80 per cept of its great
membership. They believe ID It ard I
they show their faith by their works.
I. ~ 4 should attempt to recite every
thing the Club has attempted to do in
the seven and a half years Of its ex
istence, / would fill a, volume too large
for your ready %perlsal If I should at
tempt to relate In detail all5it has done
for the advancement of this city this
state and this interinountain west,
would become tedious and you would
grow weary long before you. had reach
ed the end of the story. +;
& DO YOU remember the great freight
rate victory 1t won after three years
Of urceasing work? That was pro-
nounced by railroad men as being the
greatest concession ever @wrung from
4 railroad company; by IA Weste rn COM
mercial organization III a generation
+ DO you remember that while 1T was
vet young and had not reached a