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Show San Frandsco Publisher Declares Pacific Coast Now Striding Forward; Senate Blamed for Industrial Break I Bay City Newspaper Man Advises Salt Lake to Advertise Its Assets and Attract Stream j of Tourists to Utah DECLARING that Ran Francisco and the Pacific coast generally were now striding forward, industrially and commercially, and jthat the financial situation was better than it had been for a long time, with the prospects appearing to be still brighter, Loring A. Pickering, joint publisher with K. A. Crothers of the San Francisco J Bulletin, arrived in Salt Lake yesterday. With Mr. Crothers, he is leaving this afternoon for New York City to attend the annual convention of the American Newspaper Publishers' association, April 25. Mr. Pickering said that San Francises had for long felt financial atringency. but that In common com-mon with other sections of the Paclflo coaatlt had risen from lheJJnctl. of dcpresBlon and was now going over the top to prosperity. Indicative of the present situation, he said that Western storks were rising and that optimism born of confidence, rather than born of Idle boast, prevailed. This, he considered, sugured well for the Western country as- a whole, showing that conditions generally were on the upgrade. NOW ON CREDIT SIDE. In ' substantiation of hla remarks, Mr. Pickering aaid that San Francisco Fran-cisco now appeared as a white spot on a national Industrial man. the white indicating that It was 'ln the clear," or in other words had been placed on the credit side of the ledger l In that depression had given way to stability and high business rating- In the economic fabric of the country. Mr. Pickering said that Salt Lake City's water was a revelation to him. He considered that the city with such a great asset should advertise it extensively. ex-tensively. He also -thought that ths picturesqueness of the city reflected splendid foresight by those who mapped It out, and that If Kalt Lake City shouted Its wares like other cities It would soon have an Increasing Increas-ing stream of tourists and others flowing her. CROTHERS BLAMES 8ENATE. "Had the senate ratified the covenant cov-enant of th league of nations I believe w would now be well oa th road to recovery financially and industrially. in-dustrially. Even as it la, however, there Is a continual Improvement going on within the country," aald Mr. Crothers. "I believe the effects of the peace conference and alao thoae which will accrue from the general International conference at Ger.oa, Italy, will be beneficial to the financial condition of the country. There are many dla-cordant dla-cordant eleinenta thrown together at the general conference. Including the Ruseian factions and France, who now considers herself sole guardian of har lntereats. "The matters of adjustment of exchange ex-change and obtaining raw materials are highly Important to Kuropean countries a', this time, and their final settlement would go far toward stabilising sta-bilising industrial conditions throtfgh. out the country." |