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Show Ori'OIITUNK SliddhSTKlSS. A lllltfn'a Vlra on Ilrlialf (if Home tcnlriu.lor and Jlatiulactiirrt. (Corrcipoa'leact of tbt Deianar Miwa. Theao are days that try men'a aoula If tbiy have any at leant th eta arc tlmea that will prove whether we bavo 1 roper local feeling, natural (tttrjollrm, love of homo and home Interest. The next few deyi will how whether all of our Chamber ol Commerce talkt, the effort of our In duitrlal journal, our Territorial fair, our home talka ly real t elate men about Iioiim for enticing Induttrlet our way, ttc , mennt luncomb,or whether ourcltlrena and their repreaentallvct In the City Council really I ave our ltitjuterteta at heart. The hoard of I ubllo work, In their report to the Ceuncllou Tuesday night ray they have awarded n contract fir ttreet laving, amounting to JloO.OW to the llarber Atphalt Co. of 7,ew Wt, and have the gall to eay Unit "It la the unanlmoua opinion or tlila hoard that It waa to the but lntcreale of the city that tho Hurl er bid li accci twl, at It la an old andixiicrleucedconipMiy, cto Thu board had In their iicbIoii other I lilt, ore of which waa from n firm well known In thla ell), rcaiuiislbln builneta men who have already done I ubllo work for thecity In an accejt-able accejt-able manner, and oiler all manner of iroofaato their laraotly and ability to handle thlt Jib. Ihttn la mi romilalnt about the tmida of time gentlemen, an 1 o far at the board have made ll public, 110 rraaou for their not filling the Job, olber than that their bll waa n Irllle higher high-er than tlia ew York poele. There waa a, ttlll lower bll than the one Ihey choae to accri t lu tho name of Ilyau and Urlllln. The board, how. iver, for reasons they do not ore to make 1 lain, over this lowed Lid and arcrt the next. Why? If It la within their provlnco to pou over the lowest bid, why not the others, until they come to one that tulta them? And may we nut iiiiioiu Ibat this Is what thry did du, and that for llnoiul. al lo rimous the llaiber bid n 1 eared to IhemUst? Are they Lorrect In their Million that thu bent Interest of the 1 Ity ure served In nw ar ll'ig a contract Hint will 1 try onu hundred thousand dollars out of tliuclt that could lu avolded7 Coilalnly not, and It Is thu cltlteiis' duly to loudly rotrst agalmt any such luMnleri relation of their wlalua. I know full well that a big malorlty of tlio owners who ml scrll lo the ctt 1 f this work ale witling tuglvv prctereticu Uihonio inulirial. In'lact, the) bavo begged the Council to provide home material forlhein. Over fit) er cent, of the actual abutlt la whoare thus taxed have Igiililrd their willingness to uo Uuli invlug,irovldtd the 1 lly riijlucer will 1 an It asall rlkht. Thu Ulah roduit lias stood the test, thu engineer has caiefully scrutinlied and usnutd Ills r refen nee f or It. rhoclt)' luectir liMaleoirouoiinced iiumlitakably In Ita favor. Illcharda Unit tUtnle as a monument of ttrenktli In favor rl Ut It aluir nud the enter-irlau enter-irlau of our citizen coutruclors. The Mriti. Itlchards who own and who 1 all for tlio avlug of this street are 1 leared with It, and fully endorse Its being used elsewhere In tin Ir Interests. Inter-ests. If wu are afraid that the Utah contractors cannot makn good their I romUo of good and teedy work, does not their bondrolrct us against au) lueslbllity of low? Aa n mailer ol Imalneiaiael. are weauv ino'uiurnof belnit swindled by the Ulah than I) the New Yolk paveri Have we not tome good reatoli for lacing must confidence con-fidence In our ou n oitlieur, whom we know, whom wo now trust, and whom we can watch? And Is It not (0 our Interests ill every possible caso to give thla work to eolo who we kuou will t end both irlnclpal and prollt light at home? In my o lulou 101 la are taking too little Interest lu this most leuorlniit mailer. If, ly our aiathy, we fall to arouse the Council-men Council-men I rlday iilgtittonfuluna ol llitlr dutlea to home lutereata, )uii will hear huudiidauf ua "euHliiK" and kicking omselvia lor this uiglUence, wlieu wesiu Trluldad jltch lelug ut down, and the Axreeor crowds ua for money which wu can never, never hoe to no again. It mutt be terribly lll.eourajlt g to our local coi Itul to see so little Interest taken in Ita safe Investment. It must la a com-I com-I lete I lock to any co Hal tbat may be on the eve of Investment In any In-duilrlal In-duilrlal enteri rise here, la It tiosalble that any one would start an ludutlry In the here of such a throttling of one wo have? I havulnvistod all I have In an riideavor to build up Ulah, I have rellglouily trained my fumlly lo wi rk In hoinu interests, 1 havut rayed for, hoped for, worked for Ita advancement. advance-ment. Huoh disaster as now threatens us makes lue feel like I ouL,ht lo convert con-vert all Inlo cash bifororulucomesoud lly thecouutry. Up, everybody, and show you have nosynialhy In this alteuij t to block home manufacture. Youra truly, Willi AM 1 mi Kit. |
