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Show Speed Up Business The hour is at hand to speed up business and to place the commercial world on t basis similar to that which existed before the war, or, if possible, to improve the trade that prevailed in those flay. There Is a need for leaders in this reconstruction era. Development Devel-opment of capacity earning commerce is an acute necessity to place on the credit side of the ledger against the war debit. On the quickness and thoroughness with 'which American business leaders take action to stimulate and stabilize trade depends the future greatness and prosperity of this continent. SaH-fcakc and Utah generally, in tuiumoii with tllf rtSl of the country, must grapple with the big and perplexing problems that will undoubtedly arise. The influenza ban has unquestionably proved a punctuating detriment locally, but there is no reason with the elimination of restrictions why this city and state should not w ith more aggressiveness go forward to the goal of concentrated action. As a 'matter of fact the ban is, more or less, providing a rest. With the ban being lifted, commercial and industrial leaders should proceed with impetus to regain the lost ground and with the strength reserve afforded by the respite should more than gain the objectives objec-tives sought. Many businesses of Salt Lake and Utah, as a result of the influenza in-fluenza epidemic, have lost fortunes. This is not the hour or the day for sorrow. The sun will be shining tomorrow and Utah, to safeguard its interests and to join in open competition with other sections, must see to it that all are "on their toes" ready to join in the fray when business, unfettered by health orders, is able to resume re-sume activity on a greater scale than ever before attempted. The fact must not be lost sight -of that looo men a day are being released from each concentration camp in the country. This means that a hundred or two hundred men will return daily to Utah. Jobs must be provided for them. These men will clainf employment,, which is their due.. It behooves be-hooves every Utahn to put his shoulder to the wheel and to furn the machinery of industry to its highest capacity in this period when the situation is fraught with the greatest possible import to the welfare of Utah and its citizens at large. |