The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-07-04
AN ULTIMATE i! AIM IL.
IN.COMMERCIAL
a..@9. ORGANIZATIONS
II N4eNlIll
w Matter IN Western Monthly.

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Commercial expansion typifies, In
our day and age, the radical craving
of the heart of civilized man.
When nation vies with nation re-
course is, in extreme cases, had to
martial exploit, military conquest and
political annexation.
The dominating metropolises siren
uously compete with one another for
complete predominance; whilst the
lesser, though still sturdily ambitious
and loftily aspiring, communities, pos.
sessed of ca environed by latent com.
mercial possibilities and greatness, di-
rect their every energy toward the
fullest and most intensive develop
ment of their natural resources;
grimly determined that naughr that
may be possibly achieved by human
ingenuity and industry. in the way
Of securing unto themselves their
just and rightful heritage of progress
and prosperity, shall be indolently
neglected or supinely shirked noes
True 1t is that, at the root of all
this national and communal enter.
prise, supplying its primal motive en-.
ergy and power, is the ambition of
the individual to excel in personal
achievement, and the acquisition for
himself of the greatest obtainable
share of the good things of life. 1t
does not necessarily follow, however
that the broader public.spirit, manifest
in the onward movement is therefore
or thereby, essentially tainted with a
narrow spirit of self-aggrandisement
of that obnoxious form of soul.stifling
'commercialism that is so justly ex.
ecrated by the man of ardent ideal
istic temperament who detects in this
spirit of all-dominating avarce the
utter subversion of the higher life
that should be the cherished destiny
Of this proud and eager republic
On the contrary; when and where.
ever men are imbued with keen
sense of civic pride and devotion, and
this more exalted sentiment is the
actuating motive in their strivings for
the attainment of the highest possible
commercial destiny of their respect.
i've communities, then are they true
patriots, to whom the world must rem.
der its full need of respect, admira.
ton and esteem. And the influence
of those men-their aspirations and
their achievements-must inevitably
rebound to the lasting betterment and
well.being OF the race OF man
This essentially altruistic spirit of
commercial ambition and enterprise
finds its most common and vitality eff.
fective expression in the various
quasi-public organizations, whose de
voted purpose is the explorations OF
the latent resources of their respec'
tive communities, or the conservation
and fuller development of the active
enterprises extant in their midst Els
pecially is this comparatively fallow
though wondrously rich domain, tn,
lntermountain West--whose matchlesi
wealth lies in the main quiescent an,
awaiting the quickening touch of CAP
ital and enterprise-does there aboun,
associations OF devoted and aspiring
men, banded together for the purpos
OF effecting the vitalizing union tina
shall prove fruitful of inestimabl
good-not alone to the present, but I
generations as yet unborn. A NOR
striking instance of the vast inflI
ence for good that may be exercise
by commercial bodies of this chara
ter il would be difficult TO cite tina
that of the Commercial Club of Sa
Lake-great in its past achievement
but greater sim in its promise OF Il
future.
But It is, above all, the minor con
munities of the state that would ju
now absorb our attention--our soil,
tude and fondest hopes-iu respect
the benefits that may be the saluta