Salt Lake Herald | 1890-10-19 | Page 1 | In Praise of Utah

li PRAISE OF UTAH I E P Ferry Interviewed on the People and Politics p TH OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN In Losm Jennings Confesses to Murdering Hutchins Queen of the Hills Accident Acci-dent Mines in Idaho TACOMA Wash Oct 1SSpecial telegram tele-gram to THE HERALD Hon Edward P Ferry of Utah arrived in this city this evening from Park City Mr Ferry is one I of tho promoters of the big lumber mill project pro-ject here o Utah he said in an interview with THE HERALD correspondent is one of the most profitable markets for Puget sound lumber The lumber interests of Utah make it necessary to import all the better class oflumber When the Union Pacific completes its sound division it will open up an extensive trade with this section sec-tion Utah extends her hand t < welcome the future trade of the sound country The Northern Pacific and its connecting branches will gradually feel their way to tho channels of Utah trade which is steadily increasing The present practically prohibiting pro-hibiting tariff of tho Northern Pacific and connecting branches will be overcome and the Puget sound lumber product will find a profitable market When asked as to tho general feeling among the Gentiles of Utah in regard to President Woodruffs declaration he said People are inclined to view it not as a genuine conversion though the courts take official cognizance of it as for instance in-stance in cases pending for polygamy polyg-amy the accused have since been let off with merely nominal fines Under the old court rules an applicant a member of the Mormon church would not be admitted t citizenship but since the declaration they are admitted People seem to regard it as a diplomatic ruse to obtain statehood Statehood movements will therefore be looked upon with suspicion inasmuch as the Mormons outnumber the Gentiles about 4 to 1 Of course this is the political version ver-sion of the situation Others art inclined to think conversion genuine Leaving politics out of the question the Utah people have the typical push and energy of the western population they are alive to the interests of the country at large and possess pos-sess wonderfully the spirit of development I think Salt Lake will be in time the greatest great-est railroad center in the west a it i advantageously ad-vantageously suited for such