The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-19
CRITICISM IS HELPFUL.

Some days ago there was an Interview
in The Tribune from Mr. p A. Dix Of
this city in which he condemned the
Utah exhibit at the Denver apple show.
He said that exhibit was disgrace to
the State and TO the exhibitors; that the
grades and the quality were inferior;
that the packing was bad. and that the
display Of the exhibits was worse, that
the display was not in the first place big
enough TO cut any figure, and that, in
the second place, what there was of ii
was disgrace. Upon this Provo con.
temporary makes the following com.
ment:
1t is evident that Mr. Dix has large
sized hammer and Is not at all ashamed
To use II. He refers To the Provo exhibit
when speaking Of Utah. as this was
ttah's only representation at the Denver
Apple Show. While he Is partly right In
discussing the packing and display. he
is decidedly wrong when he says that the
grade and quality of the fruit exhibited
by this city Is inferior At the close OF
the exhibit, the Provo fruit sold for the
same price as the fruit which received
high prizes Those who arc authority on
fruit had many good things to say con-
corning the quality of the fruit from this
city.
II may be that Mr.. Dix had not thor
oughly investigated the auspices under
which the fruit was taken To Denver.
When the Commercial Club Of this city
first discussed the Denver exhibition they
fully expected that Salt Lake and Ogden
would send representatives and displays
to the exhibition. They did not do so
and the fruit taken from this section was
not picked from tho very best that could
have been obtained during the entire sea-
son. as other exhibitors did Local peo-
pie gathered what apples were left and
did the best they could under the clrcum
stances
notwithstanding any remarks that Mr..
Dix may make. The representatives from
this state had an opportunity To distrib-
ute literature and discuss Utah fruit
lands with thousands OF people and this
viii undoubtedly be of great benefit to the
state.
Mr.. Dix probably did not mean to use
such strong language I'm making tho above
statement , He s absolutely right when
he states that Utah has better climate
and Is better all around for apple raising
than Colorado and his suggestion that
the land owners should awaken to their
opportunities is a good one.
All told the state was we'll advertised
in the exhibit from, Provo. and next sea-
son, when preparations arc made In
proper time. this state will he heard from
I'm tho prize line. one cnterprIsiug city.
however should not he asked 10 do It all.
All fruit raising sections OF the state
should contribute 10 the success OF the
exhibit.
Now it is perfectly evident that Mr..
Dix is not out with any hammer, His
criticism was an honest, expert criti-
cism designed not to injure but TO build
up II is idle for Utah TO send out
exhibits that are not creditable and at
the same time make home boasts about
thnm ITiah ic canablo of raisino nc
good apples as any State. IT ought to
DO so. And in place of our people and
our newspapers making extravagant
claims about what we show when that
showing is not worthy, we ought TO be
our own best critics and condemn any
false attitude and especially when any
one takes such an attitude as that of
the Provo paper with regard to Mr.
DIX. He is a man who knows well what