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Show HISTOkV IlKlLATS I I SI IF. No one can revii-w the history of mini i 'ni rilieu n-itliiiiit liiiimr li-iiilr Itv , ,.,rt the common experience of all iu the stubborn resistance they encountered from the non progressive elements in-diiigeiiuous in-diiigeiiuous to each. Even Paris, the most beautiful capital in the world, when it planned a reuovation under the third Nai'oi.kon, aroused the fossil specie to rebellion against ltarou IIal's&mam, who bad chargo of the improvements. The moss-backs moss-backs cried out against taxation taxa-tion just as the mossbacks in all other cities do; yet no. sooner was the work accomplished and the modern crusadu turned Parisward than these same obstructionists wore the first to avail themselves of the pecuniary benefits bene-fits resulting from the work they had cursed to the last. Washington city furnishes an example exam-ple even more striking than Paris. Twenty years ago the national capital was a mud hole equal, perhaps, to Salt Lake today. A few public, pub-lic, buildings and the faith in the future were the only visible signs of her coining greatness, "ltoss" Siikpahd was driven into bankruptcy and exile by the wrath of the negative men. Ten years ago these saino people, having waxed rich meantime through his enterprising spirit, fairly crushed him with admiration wheu he rtvisited the place of his earlier labors. And who would today undo tho work he has accomplished? Chicago is another monumental evidence evi-dence of the conquest of the positive and enterprising citizens. And as we come further west Kansas City, Omaha. Lincoln, Sioux City anil Denver may be named in a long list of communities who owe their domiuance to the pluck of enterprising men. It would be interesting to know in this connection how many promising places have fallen by tho wayside, while those niinicu (iii.siK-u aneau, lor mo soie reason rea-son that tho negative men had tho pre- pouderance of influence. Certain it ia that tho iirst step is tho most dillicult one. Once this is taken and the bene tits become apparent, then the reactionary reaction-ary set is willing to drown its cry of "burden and taxes" in tho general hosannah of elation. There is nothing iu thn alarm of the timid. Only in such cities as invited an Inflated boom, unwarranted by tho re sources of tho tributary country, did disaster follow in the wake of the boom. Hut even those examples are few when compared with those cities whose growth is substantial and euduring. Salt Lake belongs to the latter class and history is repeating itself here. Which way will we turn? |