The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-06

more rapidly than Utah? There are
homes for thousands In both states. and
| thousands and thousands OF acres of irri-
gated lands to be had with cheap water
| rights, on easy terms. and intelligent dry
farming can be carried on In Utah more
| successfully than in the drier climate
OF eastern Colorado and western Kansas
and Nebraska. where, however, there Is
more scientific. application of the
| Campbell system which means more
than merely raising crops without irri-
CATION
Again you have had for many years
TWO through lines Of railroad, the Harri-
| man system and the Rio Grande, where
as YOU now have the San Pedro Route TO
Los Angeles and the Western Pacific
to San Francisco. Both these new lines
are opening up new country; new towns
are springing up along their lines and
| this growing population requires dry
goods. clothing, groceries, hardware.
furniture. farm implements, ETC. and
Salt Lake City is the logical supply
point for the local dealer TO get his sup
Now. What is the matter with Salt
Lake, First. the knocller. and YOU have
him In abundance. and often where you
would expect TO find a booster l know
OF number OF instances where some of
your bankers who were asked to make
loans on real estate or other security
10 let the applicant down easy, have dis
couISed at length to him ON financial
the money market. etc, instead Of po-
litely saying they could not or would not
make the loan; and then these remarks
OF the banker, considered an oracle on
financial matters. are repeated again and
again by the intending borrower and his
friends, ad iniintum. until the general
opinion opinion gets abroad that money is
money tight" 4 few progressive bank
ers. willing to lend money on. good Sc
curlty and at a fair rate OF interest
could make wonderful Improvement in
business conditions here in very short
time
] have heard a good deal of talk about
the high freight rate on coal keeping
with cheaper hydro electric power al
your doors the freight rate on coal has
nothing to do with 1t; and as far as coal
one third of the price paid bv the con-
sumer goes to the dealer, who. II any
one. Is the extortioner in this business.
To try TO force the railroad freight rate
down to an, unreasonable figure is 10
kill the goose that laid the golden
egg With the population OF the state
Of Utah less than that Of Milwaukee. or
sense To- expect a railroad company. with
long mileage and thin population along
It's line, 10 make the same freight rate
that would apply In a thickly- y-settled
country!
=. 1t is an open secret that the Rio
cirande is surveying line OF railroad
from southern Utah TO southern Cali
iron resources Of Washington and Iron Iron
counties. Steel mills should follow the
building OF the railroad. and with pig
iron and semi manufactured iron that
can be laid down In Salt Lake City at a
less freight rate than the eastern article,
other factories making numberless other
iron products should spring up In Salt
Lake City.
A Progressive Club.
In most respects you have progressive
Commercial club, thanks largely TO the
generosity OF a public spirited business
man. Sam Newhouse. and It is a pity
he isn't twins', or triplets. or that you
haven't fifty OF him. II your Commercial
club would inaugurate a campaign TO
raise funds for advertising Utah and her
resources-not Salt Lake City alone. but
Utah-you would bring many people TO
this city and state and the city would
Salt Lake City alone. in the settling up
of the state.
Lastly. poIygamy is a dying issue. and
with education, and an influx OF popula-
the rank and file OF the Mormon people |
do not believe in it. but persecution and |
agitation Will not decrease it, Let us |
quit family quarrels and spend the |
wasted energy in letting the outside |
world know what good things Utah has |
Yours truly, a GENTLE.
good and comnendabIe But when the |
writer OF II says that poygamy is "a |
dying issue we must emphatically dis |
sent. On the contrary. II is a very much |
alive and vigorous issue. We doubt IL |
at any time in the history OF the Mormon |
church there have been as many young |
men in polysamy as now. And we must |
all remember, that the supremacy OF |
law is the first step In any sound and |
lasting development or progress.-Editor
Tribune.