The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-09
PROSPERITY |Sl
ABROAD IN Ian
Frank Knox. Views Outlo
With Favor: Big Crops
Are Certain.
RETURNS FROM EAST
PLEASED WITH U1'
Eastern Capitalists and Men
Affairs Impressed With
the West.

" After careful study of busiI
conditions and activity and hearing
opinions Of men OF affairs in all
large eastern cities, | am of the opir
that this courtry soon is to pass
Que of the greatest periods of matt
progress and prosperity that we i
ever known and with ii firm basis
viii brook no slump or rctrocres|
Of any consequence. said II
Knox last night after spending B
sine in the east.
What most greatly impressed
on my trip both ways. continued
Knox, ',s the tremendous crops
will be harvested this year. In
memory ! do. not recall year h
crop conditions were as favorable a
this season. One who has never f
eled across this country at hnr
time, when the great wheat belts
busy with harvesters or about re
for the harvester, and when the !,
sections show assurances OF big e.
for fall harVests, cannot realize u
big crop in all parts of the codI
must mean. Even after seeing all
as ] have seen IL in the last few M
one can scarcely make an cstimafI
what tine coming prosperity of
country will be under these condifi
In my trip from Sail Lake TO
York | traversed the part of the e|
try that yields the great crops of
and wheat, do nor believe ther
any part of all this country that
yield crop under the average
year while much OF it will surpase
former records,
Prosperous Times Ahead.
" 1t appears TO me that with all
natural wealth coming in, big cr
d ready market and all, this con.
cannot go back ward if il wanted
While conditions do arise that ID
tine hold business in check it
physical impossibility it seems "a
for any condition 20 arise that
spell panic, rum or destruction.1
long as the millions OF acres Of A
land well farmed turn out the
of MILLIONS bushels of grain; as
as there are industries depending
JUS wealth. llplI tllb SUI duU dS L
as men want work we mnst be
sured OF prosperity.
''In the east ! talked with busi
men, manufacturers and men in
ties, While all hold that the re
Investigations have put mild 81
on investments, the depression is
small consequence aud cannot last
Washington City | met Senator Sn
He assured me that the general fed
Is that the Canadian rcciprocitya
will pass. While ] believe il will
the western country some Tor s
time, in generals way il is Id
to help. Around the capital ant
New York it is generally talked
the adjournment Of congress in
tember will have a good effect on
ness and that natural conditions'
follow, The next presidential elec
may begin to figure in affairs, hnf|
to any extent at this time, surely.
Money Is Plentiful.
Money is plentiful in the cast
legitimate ventures and is constr
seeking them. ! could not help|
ticing the attention this western q
try is receiving from eastern capita
We are on the map to them and
same is true of big manufacturlng|
Germs. More business Is coming TO q
from the west-our securities ont
are attracting investors. IT wa
agreeable surprise to ME TO ind
Utah industries and business enterp<
of all kinds are known in the east
that large number of farmers thTo|
out the east are seriously contempla'
coming to Utah, where farm laud
plentiful and cheap.
81 believe it is good for snyon|
make these long journeys just to y
how tremendously prosperous this q
try has grown in the last few y
Ont here let ME say we are keeI
up with the procession. am
ashamed of Utah's standing in
respect.
Z" II believe the go-ahead spirit ia
Lake is equal to any city or comnu'
anywhere and if our people viii cle
TO this spirit we will be among
prosperous and wealthy states.
things look good to me away :
home, so they look all the better
at home. - Il