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Show I Commercial Club: 'What It Has I)oneand''W Expects, to .Do I II ' By FISHER HARRIS, Secretary of the Club . ' , ' H Jail A discussion of tho bonefits of tho I -5LJ f Salt Lake Commercial club to tho com- 1 ninnity naturally includes a considcra- "Sjfl I uon of -what tho club lias done during Mil the seven years of its cxistonco and somo m K statement of what it hopes to accom- 9 m plish in tho immediate future. An or- 8 HI ganization nis sort is alwavg open I -to criticism nnd it is fonnd that the aiiC - Snlt Lako organization is no exception fart? io this rule. As most of theso adverso Si fir Comments come under tho following six H m heads it Trill be interesting to present lb? i i-lhcm as an example of tho difficulty of 'itrji i .pleasing cveryono in a commuinty. m , Pirst. You pay too much attention ,lo the social features of the club. .pjj4 - Second. You do not pay enough at- pjj , Mention to the social features of tho club. n ; Third. You are not active enough in i?fa "your attention to your civic duties, ufl , 7 Fourth. You aro too active hi your "05 work and interfere in many th'iuga datj .which you have no business "to undcr- tditl " take. aij . .. Fifth. The club has never done an-- igjp . nothing for tho communitj-. cJ Sixth. The club 1ms never dono mo c 3 anv good. aj( The rather curious inconsistcnev in- m S eluded in these criticisms shows some- BcJ fc thing of tho position in which an organi- aaj : ..ration liko tho Salt Lake Commercial ap club stands and the need of canying tf ..forward overy thing undertaken with tjf ...-great care. It may be said, however, & : .that .iust this sort, of criticism is of nd- jjjt -vantage to the officials of the club and tU ; .-insures a care in the conduct of tho fj.r ..organization which might not otherwiso ItT L ln' So trreat. jjj i Evervthing considered, wo feel that reu ' our nas accomplished a good many ; . things of which it could well be proud Jfe- . and which have been of almost incs- mm timnblo benefit 1o tho community and 1 it is only necessary to allude briefly twd to some of the splendid accomplishments W rtf the past to show whv Salt Lake poo- ; plo should be proud of their Commercial ' organisation. j What it Kas Accompllshd. tLiv4 - Beginning with the freight rate victory eefsK. vhich was won after three years of tin-iiow- If ceasing work and which was pronounced oads 1j.v railroad men to bo the greatest con-tho" con-tho" it session ever won from a railrond com rudo vl Pany by a western commercial organi-ollcd organi-ollcd 1- z.at' -II a generation, U1C3- form .1 long lard T "nr vcnts. -.'--. should not bo forgotten that tho idT ''t'b raised $35,000 and kept open tho blti IF public schools of the city for six weeks rT-j J nftev the Hoard of Education had abau- onH i uoned the field. f The entertainment of 325 of tho most ; prominent business men of Los Angeles j ?' for five davs in this city and as' a re- I HfS ' -nit of which thousands of dollars of ! , .California capital has been invested t - hero and the industrial and social relations rela-tions of 'tho two cities have boon more closely cemented, was an event of great importance to the city, and is commem-MK commem-MK orated by tho handsomo loving cup L presented to the club as a token of good - fellowship nnd in remembrance of its rrL unbounded hospitality. Tho cup is now iriVf oti -0It'0" nt the rooms of the club. I The club fathered tho "See America 'il 1 First League.5' and advertised tho stato iui more extensively than could have boon I done by the expenditure of $500,000 in beg 1 - cash JiS I The club raised $6,000 to aid tho city 'hen I of Ogdon in ihe entertainment of tho ldEf( I Eleventh National Irrigation Congress, nny, which was the most successful meeting fit : of that organization that has ever been pi'ib held. irioa Tho club was instrumental in raising jBoa money for the exhibit made by tho sTSt r stato of the products of its irrisatcd iiry , "hinds at the Fourteenth session of the iitj? ' National Irrigation Congress held at .ipl ' 33oise. Idaho, where we carried away the , , sweepstake trophy. j'lo'J , The Salt Lake Commercial club mado ! .-M Possible for the State Board of Hortl- w5 ' 'culture to make the display which it 'x& ,dii at the Fifteenth session of the Na-ivfft! Na-ivfft! " iional Irrigation Congress at Sacra.-brod; Sacra.-brod; nicnto last vcar and there arc now on dsc exhibition in the rooms of tho club pert many of the most beautiful prizes over Udijl won b' any exhibitor at similar affairs. to" Brief 'mention only can bo mado of h'e ihe trade excursions to Nevada and to TdpcJ . Idaho and the excellent results a"ccom--'SlS plished b.y the efforts "of tho club on motif tthoEo occasions. ;.'zWj ' Tho club secured tho forty-third an-laijtt an-laijtt nual convention of the National Wool JIV '- Growers association and the second ses-edJbk ses-edJbk .j. -.sQn of .the trans-Missouri dr3r farming corner?. onftvcs"s. driverfi Theso are some of the larger things 011 thjjj h which have been accomplished by the 3d" thfli club in the past. Tho great benefit of of 'Mi , tho organization is felt in another manlier, man-lier, one which is more quiet but which is nevertheless productive of tho highest, high-est, results. Scarcely visitor of any eminenco comes to this city who is" not enter tained at tho Commercial club, and tho banquets and other social functions conducted con-ducted by tho club have become 'eclo-bratod 'eclo-bratod throughout tho west. Onl recently re-cently tho club had tho honor of entertaining enter-taining the loading representatives of the Grand Army of tho Republic, and letters received from them and from other people who attended 'tho affair indicate that it was rcgnrded as one of the most beautiful affairs of tho kind cvor given to tho G. A. It. veterans. Tho fifth annual outing and grand council meeting of the United Commercial Com-mercial -TravclorB-lnst-spring was carried out under the auspices of the club, and the Hharo which it took in that affair prpduced results which more than re- I alized. the hopes of the promoters. The biennial convention of tho United Brotherhood of Carpontors and .loiners of America owed much of its success here to the efforts of tho Commercial club in its behalf, and reports from of- j--. ' ' 'New Home of the Commercial Club .r5,. ..if r'"-r t Tho now home for.Lho Salt Lake Commercial club, which" was mado possible by- the munificence of wsdt. otk r?v,r j.v; JTI I , F:?::'-, . . ,iv-v ' Samuel Ncwhoufcc and Colonel E. A. Wall, will bu 0110 of tho finest .structures of-tho-kind in the West. v - . 'P'-'a Standing at tho corner of Exchange place and Cactus street, .iust oast of the magnificent skyscrapor, W-'K'Mi io bo called tho Nowhouso building after tho name of tho owiior. and in tho immediate vicinity of tho ( '' big thirteen-story Newhousc hotel, the postoffiec and otlror proniinonfc business-structures, the now Com- wWjf&iF$ Jy '-. f : tp3i mercial club building will mark the center of the commercial life of the city and represent to" tho wSp' I ' V. 'l fullest extent the foundation of the business interests of the state. 0 0mBr" Jy f :" ' oto-S 0 -Tl113 Salt. Lako. Commercial club will be ' the only , building of its kind , in tho West which IwJKmWs ij k i$&? :'MmMiMm s devoted exclusively' to the needs of a commercial organization. Designed by Utah architects, con- f a? myjit.. . ?vj A Q ?0 Pfce f)' structed entirely of Utah material, built by Utah workmen, tho building will present tho embodiment of ffc pt4ttM WTi ( ' M&WM& h Salt Lnke's progressive spirit. . . Hi WmM- ' 3n -) ' -'&Wm- n " "Thc"l)uirdihgwiirbo six'stbries high, with a basement devoted to tho display of all tho resources v &m 'n of tho state, mineral agricultural and industrial. The two upper floors will be occupied by bedrooms, Vr WS Z4$1 SSJ W v&m' Ij' f which there will bo fifty, for tho accommodation of visitors from out of the city. There will bo ,.V gKLWkar Yf (V; ' 3sl0M offices for tho board of governors, the president and secretary, and special facilities will bo provided )Yi ff'. ffijfflft&f lffl$k Tr Vp 1'or 11,0 aceoInnioJat'011 or t'10 wives of members of tho club.' The building is 75 by 109 feet, aud was ' :y t ? . wl - if yk&Myyi w&mm tmy 1 m iiccrs of the organization indicated that the convention was on" of the most successful over conductcd'by that great labor oi-gauizatioii. These are things of tho past. Al-ready Al-ready the club has well under way an undertaking which in size and benefit to the state will eclipue anything of tho MMu hind ever held in thiS'Cily. I refer ro MMm the .forty-third encampment of the MMm Grand Army, of the Kopublic. which is MMm to be held here next August., Few B people can realize tho immensity of the B undertaking or the vast amount of dr tail involved in the arrangements re- quired to present to the veterans who B come lino next' summer an encampment thai '-M compare favorably with r.i.n B ilar afT,:vs in the eastern 'cities. - B ready officers of the club are active. r B competent executive director has bceu engaged to carrv out tho details nf tho affair and everything is bring done pr HH sible to make I in affair what it should fB be. In spite ol' vrhat has been dono bv iB every one in tho city to obtain the B .encampment and the ti import which Ins MMM been giyen to tiic club, not only bv fl Grand Army men here, but by prae tically all the. citizens, it 5s neverthe- mmM less true that the enorvy displayed bv 'MWE tic club and the Care its members aud B ofiiciuls h,-ivo L'ivfMi to tile affair, havo HH been of the highest benefit in scctir- HH ing the encampment. How Club Building. HH Miirh ha? ben fjiid of the new club B building, which is already under way, and yet a brief mention should be mado B nf l.iie undc-rtakMif in this connection. B It is a source of disappointment to all MMm members of the cluh tlmi the new build-ing build-ing will not be ready for occupancy b tho time of holding the G. A. E. na- MMM tion.'il encampment uext August. Tho B amount of monov already raised to pav fl for the n i v.- building, the attitude of tho MMM citizens in regard to carrying out tho MMM rroject and tho confidoni'e of tho neoplo B hat the structure will fulfil all tho re- MMM quiremcnls of the organization guaran- tees the tillmato completion of a now" lH building wlncli shall be representative MMM of tho club in over- particular. It has MMM been felt that under those circumstances MmM there was no particular need for hasto MMM and that every move made should bo MmM considered carefully. HH It is possible that, tho new club build- MmM ing may be readv in time for the celc- Mmm bration of th" eighth annual banquet MU of the club. The occasion would form an appropriate time for a dedication of HH such a character as would be warranted HH bv tho importance of the event. It has been folt tlmt after the completion of the now building and the installation mm of an exhibition of the resources of tho state which will bo placed there, tho Commercial club will find an even larger outlook appearing before it and that without disregarding in any way tho excellent record of tho past thcro will Mmm be found n still larger field of useful- ness and activit-. HHj State Development League. HBj Tho recont organization of a stato HHj development loague. formed by repre-scntatives repre-scntatives of the different commercial nnd industrial bodies of the slate, marks the boginuing of a propaganda of adver- Jm Using of the entire conimunitj' such as lias never been undertaken here be- HH fore. Tho movement was started by tho Mmt Commercial olub of this city, but thcro 5s no intention that the city of Salt Lake shall receive a larger share of mmm exploitation than' anv other citv. The Mmt real purpose of- tho Utah Development loague is larger than that. It is in- Mmt tended that tho whole of the stato and Mmm the different cities of tho stato shall bo Mmu included in an immense propaganda for Mmt the improvement of' all conditions hero. mmm There are mnuv undeveloped resource, MM mineral.' agricultural, and industrial, B f which require the assistance of now- MM comers to produce their best results. No B ! one community can afford to live on- Mm itirolv within itself and those things mmt which conduce to the prosperity of in- I dividual localities produce results for tho whole slate. It is this exploitation which will on- gage the attention of the club for tho Mm next year. The holding of the great LM Grand Arniv encampment may be sad mwm to bo almost a part of the scheme, so Mmt closely is it linked with the general ex- ploitation of the state. In carrying out Bfl such an enterprise we require the co B operation of every one here, and wlnlo BB wc must of necessity urge the enlarge- Sfl ment of Salt Lnke City wo still fool MB that our best interests aro conserved B by the enlargement of the interests cC H Utah. BB |
