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Show of Mr. Gould w ill be sine ho raptured the Union Taoilin as regards Salt Lake I'ity. I have not the lightest doubt that thn Union Pacitic will be bettor operated and the people receive better seme than heretofore, but I feiir it has knocked us out of several other trunk ill(,g from tie ca8t With the Union Pacific under another manage-Ji'ent, manage-Ji'ent, the Could interest would have been forced to extend the Missouri Pacific Pa-cific to Salt Lake City. With Huntington Hunting-ton and Could at the head of affairs there is certain to be a unity of feeling and action as regards the Union Pacitic and Central Pacific, and Salt Lake City will not get the advantage of competition, competi-tion, I am glad to note that the building of The Deep Creek Koad is probable in the near future: also that a road will likely be built to the north tapping the mines in and about Hailev. These roads sioiild be built by Salt Lake enterprise and money so that they would not bo swallowed up and made mere switches to trunk lines. Salt Lake readers are familiar with the fact that they would serve as great feeders to the city and no better investment of home capital could bo made. It is no wild fancy to predict that in the near future we will e a diagonal Koail From Salt Lake Cltjr, by way of Albuquerque, to deep water at Galveston, which will be to us at Salt Lake w hat the Denver & Ft. Worth is to Denver. Such a road would put us almost at near tide water as Denver, and add largely to Salt Lake's advantages advan-tages as the great distributing point for the inter-mountain region. For this ami other reasons, it appears to mo that everyone in the great northwest should feel an interest in this port. It is the powerful factor which will equalize equal-ize freight charges east and west and keep the railroads of the country from robbing the farmer, stock-grower, miner and general producer of natural wealth. At, this time I cannot tell just when I shall return h iiiic. In fact, I may remain here for some weeks, as the sunshine and flowers are very alluring. al-luring. Sincerely yours. M. S. Wallen. Iiij.ll) TO THE (i!LF. Colonel Waller Believes a Railroad will be Built from Salt Lake to (Ialveston. WHAT WILL GCULD'3 POLICY BE? With J.vu?s Q- Biaino and Reciprocity the Solid South Can be Broken in 1892. Colonel M. S. Waller is always an intelligent in-telligent observer and reliable chronicler chroni-cler of what he sees and hears, and the following letter of the commercial anil political conditions in the south is interesting reading, as coming from tho standpoint of an old reliable democrat who spent a large portion of his life in the south, but who, of recent years, has allied his business ami citizenship iu-leroMs iu-leroMs with Salt Lake. The letter is as follows and was written to his friend Mr. Harry S. Me-Callum: Me-Callum: Galveston, Tex., Dee. i). Mr. Harry McCal urn, Salt Lake City. Friend Harry: Since my arrival in Galveston aboiu four weeks ago I have enjoyed many cxpuii 'iices and witnessed miiiiv incidents which would bo of interest t many of my friends in the northwest. During the past ten years I have traveled extensively over the United Slates, and have often been Impressed with its greatness. The trip made from J Salt Luke City to Galveston started me to thinking about the enormous area of our country and its almost unlimited resources, re-sources, fn this great republic there will, of course, be many large centers of population. It is my opinion that the city of (ialveston possesses peculiar advantages of location, and is destined to become a groat trade center, and is today the Chi, r City on the Cu t coast. It is hero the great west and south will find an open sea to all the countries of tho civilized world. The territory ef Galveston is enormous. In the first place she is the receiving port for the products of Mexico, South and Central America and the West Indies, In-dies, mid this is more especially true of tho tropical fruits. She is of course tho distributing point for these same products to the north and west, and is nearer tide water to 25,000,000 of our people than any other port. To bring this question down pointedly to U tah readers, I have not only seen l-ru't Consigned to Salt Lakn City mid the principal cities in Colorado, but as far north as Helena, Montana, (ialveston is located upon an island about thirty miles long w ith an average width of a mile and a half, about four miles from tho mainland, with which if, is connected by tw o bridges used by live lines of railroad. The climate at this season of the year is absolutely charming, resembling the weather we have in Salt Lake in May. (ialveston is not by any means a typical southern city, but is full of push, energy aud enterprise, en-terprise, reminding one very much of the lively cities of the west and north. As a wholesale and jobbing point this place occupies an enviable positiou, and last year the sales of ' Morrliand se Kxreeiled .0,000,OOt). For years Galveston has been the sup-ji'iV sup-ji'iV point of Texas. In the growth of business many fortunes have been accumulated, ac-cumulated, until today over twenty-five millionaires reside in (ialveston. Tho shipping interest is, of course, the most prominent. At the docks you see ocean going steamers and nailing vessels ves-sels from all parts of the world receiving receiv-ing and unloading valuable cargoes. Pardon me, however, if I quit this business busi-ness talk for a while and give you the result of several conversations' J have liad here with prominent men of both political parties. The intelligent people of the south cannot understand the policy of the republican party. It seems (itraugo to them that the republicans north should refuse the friendship and association of tho cultured, intelligent i and wealthy people of the south, and pander entirely to an ignorant and unreliable un-reliable class of people composed almost al-most entirely of negroes. I may surprise you when I say I find many in tho south w ho Are Not Favorable to that school of political economy propounded pro-pounded by Cleveland, Watterson, Mills and Morrison. It is my opinion that tho south, takeu as a whole, are for a moderate rate of protection, and with Jumna . Illaina aa the Leader with his reciprocity ideas, it would not surprise mo to see the solid, south broken and a few of the states fall into the republican ciiliimn. People in the north seem not to be able to understand however, that the social question hero is paramount to polities. The white people whether they be republicans or democrats cannot afford to allow the negro supremacy. They havo had a taste of such government as this and they look back at it like you would at some dark, dismal dream. Just as long a the republican party champions the cause of the ignorant and vicious just n long will we have the "solid south." I aui anxious to see what the policy |