Show t corn III HIT SO A RECORD THAT WILL UVE A wideawake wide awake man so mourning jo in our came into TUB editorial boonis yesterday afternoon after wearing on his face nil hie BAtista clion belonging to one who lias made u pleasing discovery ho reported aaa in his restless bearth tor information lie encountered tho local representative of one 0 alie five largest mercantile houses in alio united states and began to ply libin with questions about the business re of the community in tho course of other interi abing data the merchant was to furnish the fact was casually mentioned that during the six years since liis house had established ita agency liere eix years too leavo been fall of commercial trials and difficulties they had loot a pinelo dollar at alie hands of their patrons in this section and biad never had more thau tareo or four orders in all that time but what biad been filled alie statement was so surprising to our journalistic friend that he was for a time disposed eitnier to doubt its correctness or to ascribe to the particular giouse mentioned foresight in the selection of their customers further inquiry however convince J him eliat what had leen the experience of this firm biad been tho experience of all in other words that although might be found communities which in proportion to their size invested more largely in aliat may be called lie fine things and tho of life there was nowhere 1 community more scrupulously honest in its business dealings or more cautious about running into debt this reputation has always been enjoyed by the people cf utah although tempted by the most flattering flittering flitt ering of unlimited credit aney have in their individual affairs as in larger commercial enterprises sturdily refrained from buying ft aliat liat they rould not at the moment pay for until within the last two or three years tho same rule governed their public affairs and even now the counties or cities of alie territory which leave a public debt may be counted upon the fingers of one liand to aliis caution enst be attributed a great deal of the prosperity which is now general throughout the land it is the highest endorsement which a people can possibly receive and inasmuch as all have contributed toward acquiring it it stands to reason in the benefits for which their pm benco laid so enduring a foundation |