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Show causes, or the prospects of an early Improvement. Im-provement. The fact that willing hands are unemployed is sulFicient to give us pause and see if no remedy can Le devised to euro the evil. In Salt Lake there is positively no reason why this state of affairs should prevail. We have improvements enough in view to busy every brain and muscle now here. We have the upbuilding up-building of a great city on hand. The timo is ripe, and tho preliminary steps are ready to start in with tho laying of our sidewalks. Tho condition of our streets is disgraceful. Citizens anxious for tho prosperity of this capital cap-ital are growing restive under the constant con-stant delay of this work which throat-ens throat-ens to put us in bad odor with strangers whom wo fain would invite to cast their fortunes with us. At least one public building may be pushed to rapid completion, com-pletion, l'ivo school buildings aro in contemplation, to say nothing of the conduit that is already contracted for. The city government is pledged to paving and other public works that shall lift lis not nf I ho iirimitii-f alutn in which of nil the communities of eijual wealth wo alone are left. There is ample private enterprise ready to follow in the wake of public enterprise, the building of tho Jieep Creek railroad among the rest, and the duty of the city to lead the way is therefore doubly manifest. The work must be done; then let us be doing it. LET IS KK UOINO. On every hand tho cry of hard times is heard; more to the east and west of us than right at home, but it is heard ! even here. Troop of men eager to ! work are idle all oer the country. It j is unnecessary here to discuss the j |