The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-28
THE MOST PROSPEROUS.


bv a complete admission of the facts
of salt Lake : wonderful progress auo
advancement. but il qucers itself again
by The stupid proposition that Salt
Lake would advance Just as we'll if i,
were in the hands OF the church parties
always dcadcncd the advance Of Salt
Lake and held it down 10 a dcath.iu.
lfc existence, completely disposcs of
the unwarranrcd assumption OF the
bunch organ in this respect
The Dcscrct News. the chief organ ot
the Mormon church rals at aud false.
/ ly accuses The American party. but
still has Ia admit thai ''Sali Lake is
talked Of all over the coast. and is cou-
Sldcrcd the most prosperous city today
in the Union. The News also trIcs in
u feeble way TO insist that this would
be the case with either of The church
parties in control The fact that those
parties have always damaged the city,
decreased property values. and put a
stop TO It's progress, completely disposes
of that assumption of the News.
| The fact is that the progress inaugur.
atcd by the American party is in cyi-
dcucc on every hand: all can sec il.
all know the facts: all know the things
done. and all are aware Of the idiocy
of stating that the progress which en-
sued upon the accession of the Nmcri.
can party to power is mere coiucr.
dcncc II was no coincidence lt was
simply the cause that has brought the
splendid effects in due sequence.
How would the church apoIoeiSts cx.
plain the wcll-know1l facts! When
the Liberal party obtained power. there
was an immediate and tremendous in.
crcnsc in property values in Salt Lake
the assessment roll went up to high
figure, and money was abundant The
properties continued TO increase in ral.
nc until the dissolution of the Liberal
party and the accession 10 the control
Of the city was rcgained By the church
parties. Then nothing was done; prop.
ertv values fell away aud they con
linucd 10 fail away in the churcb-con.
trollcd administrations until the com
ing 10 life OF the American spirit. and
this received It's emphatic forward boost
when The American party was organized
and obtained It's first victory in the
municipal election in this city in 1905.
lJ is impossible TO dodge the force of
the facts as rccitcd The city lang.
ushcd, was a mere overcrown country
village. without municipal facilities.
without metropolitan advantages. The
incoming of the Libcray party to power
made the first advance This advance was
checked at once upon the dissolution
Of the Liberal party and the incoming
OF the church people to power. and the
whole period Of that power. no matter
under what name il was excrcised-Citi.
zens, Republican. or Democratic. Even
up TO the year 1905 the paralysis was up.
on the city. People were moving out:
vacant houses were numerous; and the
city appeared To have entered upon a
period of decay. Instantly upon the
accession of the American party TO
power all this was changed Life sue
cccdcd death: enterprise succeeded stag
nation; energy succeeded lassitduc.
The victory Of the American party
in 1905 arrested Inc attention Of The
country. aud focused the ewes Of enter.
prising people upon Salt Lal.c. They
began coming here in crowds, and pres
entity in swarms The vacant houses
=, 70 Sonn GIlc6 ,t, aud , ~ ,,,,-.;,1, =, ,..,.
of building activity set in, absolutely
Unprecedented not only in Salt Lake.
but in any city in the Union. For
the past two years salt Lake City has
been at the head Of all American cities
in percentage of increase in building
compared with the year before.
Public improvements have kept
pace with this magnificent building
energy The American party found
seven miles Of street paving. and
has added nearly seventeen miles;
it found scvcniytwo miles Of side
walks, and il added cighty.fvc
miles; ii found fortv.six miles of sewers
and has added sovcnty.four miles; it
found one hundred and forty-fivc miles
Of water mains, and has added nearly
ffty-onc miles. besides enormously. in,
creasing the distribution service by
cnlargin2 The mains and putting in
scores of miles OF water pipes: it found
thirteen miles of curbs and cutters and
has added forty one miles.
And il has not Increased the city
taxation since 1907. The increases in
taxation since that time have all been
hy the special church party, and have
been not for any public Improvements,
not for any public facilities. but
merely 10 square their books on graft
and to pay bills for partisan thcfts
il is not only all over the coast
that Salt Lake City IL considered the
most prosperous city today IN the I'm
ion. but il is so considered both East
and West, and the reason it is so con
sldcred is because of the splendid work
of the American party, and the vital
izing lcaven infused by American prin-
ciplcs. and the energy and uplifting ad
ministrations Of the American party
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