The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-31

venience OF arrangement and in the
beauty Of its furnishings While the
operation or the club I'm the new quar-
ters involves many serious problems.
the patronage has Tar exceeded our am
ticipation and there IS every evidence
that tho financial successes recorded In
the Old quarters will De repeated i'm
the new. seventy applicants for mem
bershlp have been accepted since our
move a month ago These all came
without solicitation and give MS but a
faint hint OF what will happen when
Mr.. QuiElevg membership committee
gets into the harness early next month.
As the Commercial club grows. new
Ideas arc born and these sometimes
result I'm fractional feeling. but the club
is big enough 10 shelter the hopes and
tho ambitions OF All It's members. n
you find that your ideas are not receive
ing sufficient attention. don't conclude
that you are out Of place and that 20 is
your turn 20 resign. but bring in an
OF your friends and make the particular
kind OF noise that suits your ears. and
some day YOU viii find your noise is
being heard above all the roEt.
The Commercial club is big enough
for an the members 81 now has and for
an the mem beers IL ever will have. Il is
big enough FOR the traffic bureau and
the railroads. too. 1t IS big enough FOR
the publicity bureau and for those who
would hide their light under huglc'.
u is big enough FOR the regulars. and
themselves. 1t i> big enough for an the
people or this great state. so long as
they are decent self-rcsp cctinR citizens
and 10 VIII always stand as tho home Of
freedom OF political. religious CONNER
clsl and social Thought.
brigham H. Roberts presented ono OF
evening when nc responded TO the toast.
saints and sinners" In part. ne said:
saints and sinners
The terms Saints and sinners may
be applied 90 parties in communities
as well as TO individuals. And 70 is
ell known DID, flnH i'm am eft
and state. the terms. in a good -naturcd
sense. and somewhat uncqually as yet,
divide our population They are terms
half-lumoroUsIy employed to designate
our Mormon and nOu-Mormou people.
between whom DO iS supposed there rN-
lists some differences more or less dis
agreeable. irrrcouCilable and misrhirv-
ou~- preventing free social intercourse.
and the IomuEeuIty OF the community
that should characterize an American
state. think an are agreed that these
local differences and conflicts tend To-
render allen TO- each other those who
ought to be bound together at least
boy ties or mutual friendship. All are
agreed that these local differences be-
tween Saints and SiuuerS'-ouly. the
At any rate Tor the purposes or this
discussion. the party names FOR Nor
mons and on-Mormous-all are agreed.
Z say. that these local differences. anil
furious 60 the material progress and
prosperity OF the state.
ar. ToastmaEter. there are the sub
iects that underlie this half-huuorous
toast-utle. sinners and Sain S. And
when viewed from this standpoint.
confess that Tor me all the lumor fades
out OF the title. and I am facing.
har0. serious question. or questions. Tor
the subjects involved may not be re-
solved into one simple question. IT !
misapprehend. in this view. the pur-
this subject. then J say again. I shall
beE your pardon as soon - that is
made clear to me.
Mountains Not Waste.
eve have in Utah an area or $1,000
square miles Of territory. much OF b.
mountainous. shank God. for I DO not
count the mountains waste. Though
they render so much Of tho state inn
possible TO the purposes Of agricul-
ture, they more than rcCOmpensc Tor
that In the grandeur they impart TO
the commonwealth. and the inspiration
they shall be Go our people. TO poets.
musicians, painters. sculptOrs. orators
and statesmen yet unborn. who shall
stir the emotions. sway the intellccts.
guide the passions and inspire the ac-
lions Of our people. and uplirt all 90
higher planes Of thinking and OF liv-
Besides. but FOR these huge uphcavals,
these crumplinEs I'm the old carth's SUR
face. there never would have been
stored away. perhaps. I'm our state.
those vast treasures OF yellow. white.
rcd and other valuable metals. destined
60 enrich our people even more than
our fertile valleys. and the industry OF
According 20 the annual report OF
state StatisttCian u. T. haincs. pub
ffvhed only Yesterday there arc in the
state 22.000. 900 acres OF land suscep-
tible Of cultivation. And OF this less
than ouc-tcuth rs actually under Cul-
uvation: and our people arc import
ing annually millions or dollars worth
Of agricultural products that should be
1--WE have tho same advantages in
Of Zoe Il
enacted by the general government. as
obtain iu ofncr states. our state
shares equally with other states. de-
pending I'm part on IRRIGATION Tor the
reclamation OF some OF her agricultural
lands. I'm the munificence Of the gem
eral government. I'm the construction Of
| immense reservoirs FOR irrigation pur-
poses. The general average dry farm
/ ing yield per acre. according to Mr..
Haines' report. IS 266 So bushels and the
cost OF producing II Is but S5-59 per
| acre. The unappropriated public lands
| In Utah. surveyed and uusurvcycd. to-
| tailed on the first Of July. 1909. accord
ing to Mr.. Haines' report Ss,S96,4l4
'rrhe total production Of metals in
/ 1903. according to this report. is S2S,-
| g36.O9t. and since the year. 1877. TO
/ January I. 1910, Utah mines have pro-
duced s436.764. $50; and yet 81 IS safe
70 say that Utah's mineral wealth has
not vet fairly begun to be developed.
Utah Is Unsurpassed.
IT think I shall be sustained by the
/ facts. though I may not here specifi-
I Cally verify them. when 1 say that
] Utah IS not surpassed in natural re-
l sources. En- the great variety and wealth
| OF them. I'm climate. in point OF van
Ifaue from continental position. in his
torical and romantic interest. by any
I OF tho western mountain states. Nay.
IL believe that I'm all these things she
IS superior 60 any or them: and also.
Utah is oldest In permanent settlement,
which ought TO be 10 her a material
/ advaufawc
an light or these facts. tho re-
lcentfv reported national statistics for
tho decade 1gO0-1910 are both interest
ing and-humiliatinE. for Utah. with
l eff her superior resources. ADVANTAGE
~ position. and age OF permanent set
tlernent, IS outstripped By all the other
western mountain states and territories
/ suu,ablv tn all other respects which
mark at least material progress. All
nfher mountain states, save only Colo