The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-08
CREDIT MEN IN
SOCIAL SESSION
Annual Banquet of Utah AssO-
citation Attended by Repre-
sentatives of Many
Concerns.
WHOLESOME FACTS ON
BUSINESS CONDITIONS
Suggestions on Means of In
creasing Business Received
With Enthusiasm.

NtIHDclS VI tne Ildn ASSOClbllUH VI
Credit Men held their annual banquet al
the Commercial club Saturday night,
mixing business with nonsense In a man
ner which was at once a astronomical,
social and business success. An excellent
menu was served and musical and
vaudeville programme followed, with a
list Of toasts in which there was food
for sober reflection, mixed with good.
sound business sense in just the right
proportion
Arthur Parsons. who entered his fifth
year as president of the association,
acted as toastmaster. reviewed the re-
ports OF the officers of the association
before introducing the speakers. Robert
Porter. speaking on In Union There Is
Strength paid his compliments TO the
numerous wildcat companies organized
for purposes OF conceallng the RESPONSE
bility oil their promoters, and created
lot OF enthusiasm by alluding TO the re
The Rev. Elmer /. Goshen responded to
the toast, The Credit Man" with a
mixture OF cleverly narrated anecdotes
for united efforts Tor the advancement
of Utah Gene owen. announced as
The Kornikal Kuss.' gave a bit OF ex-
celent entertainment as Chinese
sleight- of hand performer, and Kenneth
c. Kerr. In some limitations. delighted his
audience with varied series of imita-
tlons. Mr.. Kerr first Initiated George
Cohan in one OF his popular songs, then
he told story Of A. Conan Doyle, and
wound up with buresque on Chinese
theatrical performance, which won round
after round OF applause,
Good Talk by Mccarthy.
The serious part OF the programme of
toasts was furnished by w. S Mccarthy,
bureau, who furnished food for reiiec
ton ON the part OF the business men In
an address on Traffic Topics" Mr.. Nc
Carthy said in part:
IT we can round up and corral lot
OF millionaires who earn their daily bread
by the sweat OF their stocks and bonds,
all right, let us advertise but il we must
take people as they come. and as a re-
suit OF our advertising they do come,
what can we do for those who require
something more than climate to live on?
Where are the factories in which tn$y
can earn n livelihood? There is no
scarcity of workmen In Utah. and under
present conditions IL seems 10 me that
an advertising campaign, while IT may
be temporarily successful would ultl
mately fail, for the reason that many Of
the people who come here would soon
have to move on for lack of employment
The men who work In shipping rooms
and the factories OF the cast do not help
to swell the population Of Salt Lake City.
nor Will they ever do so until we obtain
a fair rate adjustment, which will en-
able us TO so Increase our business that
1t will bo necessary TO employ them here
in handling the trade which they are
now serving from the east.
Why with an abundance OF raw ma
terial and fuel at our doors, can we not
establish industries that will provide EN-
ployment for all the people who may
come? Some carping critics blame the
highest coal rates In the United States
a statement which is not quite true. as
understand that for the same distance
coal rates in Alaska are slightly higher.
Irony ON Railroads.
The railroads are entitled to full
credit for their treatment Of Utah indus
tries. For instance. they carry bullion
worth $500 ton and wool worth 5000 a
ton from Utah 10 the Atlantic seaboard
at rates OF about SO and SAC ton, re-
spcctively. Sugar manufactured In Utah
worth 500 ton goes to Chicago for
an $11 freight charge. while the Utah
junk dealer is charged S1S4 AZ a ton for
his junk. which has value about one
tenth that OF the sugar Is VI possible
that the mere fact that bullion and sugar
are produced by trusts has any bearing
on the freight rates?
THE railroads have also done much
TO Utah since that memorable day in jan
uary ten years ago when complaisant
Utah Legislature converted one well known
railroad company into an Investment com
pany. thereby making millions In bonds
grow where no bonds grew before. and
you and your posterity will pay interest
on them.
What Legislature Did,
II am told that the very voluminous
bill by which this result was accomplished
was passed within the first three days Of
the legislative session before being print
ed and yet when our bureau presented
to the late legislature a considerably short
er bill for the establishment of n public
service commission II was defeated be-
cause Il WAS too long and the legislators
could not take enough of the time for
which the public was paying to read Il,
l,,1A Nh.t,a <.fT
the salt beds and various other things
around the state were sadly in need OF
expert inspection, and the price OF coal
In Salt Lake City Is still SETS ton. l
pass legislation was enacted.
I'VE have here one Of the show citle3
OF the United States, one which possesses
more attractions than any other through
the country He buys his ticket In the
east with the Pacific coast ns his desti
the privileges extended by the railroads.
stops almost wherever ho pleases for a
period OF ten days until he reaches Og-
den or Salt Lake City. where he finds
that the privilege of seeing the place he
most desired TO see and the one OF the
greatest interest is denied him
Something About Rates.
"The colonist going from ST Louis to
Los Angeles pays S32 for his ticket 1t
permits him to stop at poinltts p9nltst IN CGlo, ,,
not at Salt Lake City or Ogden; Should
he desire to investigate the advantages
of Salt Lake as a place of residence he
can do SO by purchasing a second class
expense OF sS5, Note those amounts
ThIrty-two dollars ST. Louis TO Los An
geles S25 Salt Lake to Los Angeles. AZ
Ter leaving Utah on his S32 ticket should
he desire TO stop over ten days In such
Commercial centers as Cobre OF Hazen.
New. or Waucanza' Ida. If you know
where those places are, he Is at perfect
liberty to do so without additional eN-
pcnse or what benefit will our adver-
Using campaign bo while such conditions
exist?
s.In the face of these facts how can we
expect any relief In transportation mat
ters until some organized effort Is put
forth? Those who are familiar with the
work of the bureau feel that n good he
ginning has been made, and believing
that they have the confidence and respect
OF the business community, think they
should also have liberal financial sup
port"
of the association and ]. w. Abbott OF
Ogden proposed a toast to Our Mothers
which was drunk standing. The banquet
closed with tho singing Of America