The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-27
ANSWER BY COMMERCIAL CLUB.

ANSWER BY COMMERCIAL CLUB.
.sXYYHAT has the Commercial
Wv club done for salt Lake
city," is a question that, in a serious
way, would come naturally 20 the
mind OF one who learns for the first
time that salt Lake, a city OF less
than 100000 population, has one OF
the largest. most active and best
equipped commercial organizations OF
any city In the United States.
The Commercial club. In providing
for the erection OF a building that,
with site and furnishings, is worth
$500, Gee. has given Salt Lake one OF
the handsOmest and best appointed
club buildings in the United States
and probably the finest club building
occupied and owned exclusively by
any commercial organization IN the
United States.
Furthermore. and. in fact the
principal answer 10 the question:
''Why is the Commercial elub? ia
the undisputed statement that the
Salt Lake Commercial club furnishes
the one location In the city of Salt
Lake where business and professional
men representing every interest in
the city Of salt Lake and the state OF
Utah can meet on common ground.
There, with differences OF creed for
gotten and with prejudice and mar
roWness OF every kind eliminated, the
men who have made Salt Lake CITY
what IL is and who are making the
salt Lake OF today and the Salt Lake
of tomorrow. can meet and work for.
the pest good OF all the community.
This policy OF the Commercial club
Is foremost In the minds of the men
who are actively engaged in the ad-
mtnistration Of its AFFAIR and Il IS a
principle that will be maintained con-
sistently so long as the club shall ex-
ist
II nothing more than this could be
said for the salt Lake Commercial
club. the one statement would be
sufficient reason for the existence OF
the organization and would entitle
every man, woman and child within
the limits of Salt Lake.
Has It's ups and Downs.
The salt Lake Commercial club has
been IN existence a little more than
nine years. and for the first few
years II was story OF ups and downs.
and there We're many times when il
looked as though the predictions OF
the 'croakers' who said salt Lake
could not maintain a commercial or
ganizaron would be fulfilled
As part Of the regular work OF
the Commercial club. thirty or more
standing committees. composed OF
carefully selected business and pro-
fessional men OF salt Lake, give their
time and talents freely 10 such work
as may properly come before these
committees.
Among these committees are the
following: Advertising and promo
ton. commerce. conventions dry
farming, good roads. immigration, ir-
rigation, lands. laws and legislation.
mines and mining, soil, coal and gas.
public improvements and parks, and
sanitation and public welfare.
The convention committee. with
George +. Merrill as chairman and
Joseph s. Wells, vice chairman. is one
that is continuously doing good work
for salt Lake II is this committee
that arranges for work 10 be done I'm
getting conventions. large and small.
for Salt Lake.
The good roads COMMITTEES. OF
which l.. L. Terry is chairman. ana
Frank Botterill. vice chairman. has
been an important factor in the
movement for better roads in Salt
Lake county and the state OF Utah.
important work has been done by