Show GOOD W OR RK OF f fL L COMMERCIAL L LL CLUB It Is Recounted in the Annual Address of Prest Edwin F Holmes HEW BOARD OF GOVERNORS It Will ViII Meet Next CIt Week and Elect a for or the Ensuing Year Older OiLier Important f The Commercial club climb of this city held heki h d Its annual meeting Saturday evening when the time following nix ix of ot the th board of at governors were elected For three years lov M Veils ell Richard 1 I P Morris torris Louis H It Joseph W Houston James I 0 McDonald Kor one L Charles CharlesA A Next week the now new board will meet anti and organize electing a n pres president ident ilent of ot the club to succeed Col Cot Edwin 1 I Holmes th incumbent S JOL mS The annual of ol Colonel Holmes was WIS tta then mend as ns follows Salt Lake City Jan I u II 1904 Hoard of o Governors Commercial Club Salt Sail City Utah In sub Hub for your our approval my annual report as ns president of ot club ciul it U imi my laY In duty hut and anI to first of or all pay tribute to tho the able and earn earnest est mariner manner In III whim my lilY place has hI been tilled lilted during the months of ol my absence by Ely the vice sico president Mr Jos JosA A lie Ho has leen een diligent nt anti and art actiVe YO Ve In hI season and out ou t of ot season In Iii Inthe Inthe the Interests of o the club and has given much nUth of or his hIM valuable time to tho the many attain affairs which tho the club has Imas hn 1 at nt different times hall had under consideration lion tion Special Sp commendation IH ill also algo duo duoto duoto to the tho clubs treasurer Mr filmon tor for his hili laudable and sue euc f ruI efforts In raising tho the largo large sum SUII of t money necessary for tor time the continuance cf of f tho the public schools school for or thu the full tull term The dub club generally Is to bo be congratulated upon Its Us success during time the pros Krous year ear Just closed rime Tho records that through Its lis board of ot governs govern governors overn ors rl anti Imd Its various standing and spec 1100 lal id committee It hIs has Hell RIven attention to almost every overy question of or public Irmi within Its province and aini while its efforts have havo not always been as al suc sue successful as nil was perhaps desirable It ItUS JIM tas US nevertheless and unquestionably been b fR the means of ot accompli accomplishing u n great Front amount of ol good for tho time community oily lilt nt at largo large tins has demonstrated 1 Worn royal envoi time the necessity fur for Us its ox lr as liS t a 11 conservative but vigilant of tho the public welfare TUB TIm IY Much M lIeh has lias been b means or organized and continued 11 effort that have hlo been Impossible by Indi mill Individual vidual I ual worK It can c be bt te expected that with tho time liddil V experience of or tho the passing years ant nil the Increasing membership hll which thA Inn hils a 1 right to outlet pat Its itA of ot usefulness and In III MUPI win bo ho greatly broadened ami tho th clubs record of ot effort anti 0 Is contrasted with Its 1111 RIM alii Inexperience the in has every right to claim claiman an 1111 nit t reef vo tho loyal lo al support of oC Its ni m timid and of ot the tho public 10 at It large nil Itt I i to without tear fear of failure that it t will viii Iu III tho time future Justify th the hopen of at Its most t enthusiastic fri Crl In is anti and become a it I great power for tor or RONi go m in III the community should bo be horne borne In mind III h however it there may arise many o or of a public nature with which It would J t ii a thy y bo be b proper for tor the time club climb to Inter hiter f f 1 ll u it III la In my m JH Jut ns nR Important that some nomo things riI d be let atone lH its H It Is la that others en SIt uld ba bo discussed ed and remedied WOULD NOT TAKK TAKI BIDI S lIme club climb re nil 1111 time the people lii In m my m ti y opinion not nol bo ho expected t take toke sides Hides between labor and capi t tL i but bu should Jealously guard Us its It rep rem t i for tor no that lint in n of ot strife may successfully not net ns its in 1 i between these I I but frequently inter liter interI I t cor enjoying pub 1111 I are aro certainly legitimate subjects of ot criticism by hy this hotly body they fall to provide tho time PeOple Ith proper service limit but It U Is a 1 serious i iw ci II to tho the extent to which their 1 nure to do tie HO I w should bo ito to 10 th the J world o injudicious nd nIl ng of ot our disadvantages In this timia t m IY not th tha best advertising and j nin too frequently III In Is like my to away from us its IS desirable and capitalists searching 10 mr r and to seriously retard uh of ot the tho municipality On thu 11 other ether hand Imand corporations such ns aim ir r ro hero ro referred to learn to know that the tIme club Is quick to resent any almy nil Imposition upon the public imbue but that thai In III doing to io It will act with a firm determination to be fair lair to tD all the thu Interests Involved MUST NOT Under no circumstances should the club attempt to Indirectly usurp the functions of or tho city council or other legislative body but It should hold It Itself Itell itself self ell ready lendy to assist and advise when coiled called upon to do ito no KO or to voluntarily proffer prof tel advice or assistance when ex cx sting listing circumstances would seem to justify or require time the same U It Is neither the desire nor the time pro province ro I vince of the club climb to either Interfere with or 01 to lo endeavor In any nn way o regulate the conduct of ol private enter enterprises en lor and any attempt on Its KH part to do so could only result In great harm harmIn In short the tho club Is not hot to bo be boand and should not be bo n a common scold but should anti doubtless will bo be so IO broadly and patriotically conducted that its ac no actions notions will vill meet with the tho approval of ot all nil conservative and amid people AS TO ADVERTISING In advance of ot more specific mention of ot the club has done duno during time thu year Just closed I desire to refer to tim the th work continually being done In III the time omee club rooms the results from which arc nrc ot of determination It Is Impossible Im to estimate certainly time tho ultimate from the tho circulation tion of ot the thu clubs chilis literature the tho corres correspondence In answer to Inquiries con concerning corning the tho city state the tho enter entertainment Of at visiting strangers and tho the exhibition of ot the time works of ot our local loral art artists artists However uncertain tho time effect of ot tho time referred to may be bc there thoro can cun ba bo no mia doubt ns as to the time good results tint Hint have already followed time the min mingling mm gling of Ill tho time various ariotta classes of ol our citi In iii tho the club rooms every day dl upon special occasions mich Ruch as OR the thu lectures and banquets which have h c been of ol frequent occurrence dur duro during ing IlIg the past ly 11 means of ot these thele meth methods methods the business and professional men of ut our city and state arc are thrown to together gether under time the circum circumstances stances they thoy learn to know each coch other socially to better appreciate tho time tact fact that the material Interests interest of at all 1111 tho time citizens o ot of the tho state tire arc Identical and Inseparable In time the club rooms religion anti and politics are uro properly bar barred barred red and neither creed nor party parly affiliation tion IH considered In tho the public or private vate va ate te work of or tho time organization In my lilY opinion the tho social loci III feature of or tho the club has imas played a ii most Important part partin In its general success ns liS a business organization tion WHAT TUB TIlE NEWSPAPERS DO DOThe Tho The club has hM been most niost fortunate In III thA friendship anti ami anI commenda commendation tion of time the th splendid newspapers of ot time the city owes them a II debt of at gratitude for tor their support for or Its plans for lor the tho public good Rood and for lOl the time great advertis advertising ing lug they the are continually and Intelligent Intelligently ly h doing for lor tho time advancement of ot tho the It would hardly bo ho 1 profitable now to discuss tho time which led to the th defeat by h the time Legislature of ot IMS 1903 of time the club water commission bill Tills bill hili was wan framed after atter much thought by b the tho clubs committee on laws and It Wilt was the tho culmination of ot time the long and arduous of ot tho the committee on the thC Improvement of at the time cli y water AUPP Ru ly contemplated the tho appointment by II the tho governor with subsequent continuation by hi b tho the son sen senate ate nIl of ot a n commission of lit reputable table resident citizens who to servo without pay rnY and whose duty It should be to begin carry to com cum a system of ot water valor works cap capable capable able of ot providing for tor the water needs of ot ofa ofa a city of ot people Nople Thero was WlM nl at alIO atO so IO O submitted a plan which was Willi only n it I IRU suggestion RU for lor the accomplishment of ot this purpose There was n also a R plan for tor a II proposed bond Issue for lor the tho fin financing financing ot of the enterprise ent These TheRe plans plan hail had received recell the unqualified Indorse Indorsement ment of ot the leading engineers and bankers of ot the time tate md while not tho the only plans planA discussed by b the committee they the were wert considered the wisest amid most feasible II It Is iN needless however to recapitulate the great work done domme by bythe bytho time the club In this connection for lor It Is matter of ol common knowledge but It Is probably proper to state that the time Im Important data will undoubtedly edly prove proe of ot much value In settling this most Important question of ot the water supply which Increases In gravity with our development I will wilt add however that the question que of ol pro providing viding hUng the future city It Of ot Salt Snit Lake Iko with witha a 11 satisfactory end comprehensive wa wn water Water ter stands an as It unfinished busi busl business business ness neRs on the clubs records and It hag hos ha hano no Intention of ot abandoning tho the fight ABOUT TIlE THE SCHOOLS The ThO clubs cluba successful effort to keep time the public schools open for lor the full lull term after atter the board of ot education hud had de do declared dared Its inability to continue them was vas particularly commendable and di dl directly hi in line lne with Its duty ns as a 11 public lody hod Tho 1 he great banquet given In tho club roomi to Senator Sen tor William A Clark of ot Montana as IlS a n a token tok n of ot appreciation of ol his work In opening a II new line of ot communication this city und amid the Pacific coast was a ll m splendid gather gatherIng gathering Ing of at the th wealth and Intelligence of ot th community and amid cannot tall fall to re reo bull In material mn benefit benent Time The entertainment by b tIme the club of ot time Washington correspondents of at tho time Im portrait newspapers of or the United Stubs States who were In attendance upon the time eleventh session of ot tho time National Ir Irrigation congress at Rt Ogden OIlen was n R sac flue success cess cells from rota every standpoint and Ind not only gave great pleasure to those tholO of ot our members who wha were present but won tho the lasting friendship of at the brilliant anti able gentlemen who were wore tho time guests of ot honor The good feeling that now exists In Inan inan an Intensified J form orm between us IUd and am our ulster city of or Ogden Is largely the re cc result reo suit sult of o the policy molicy of time the club iw mm shown by its work in Iii il obtaining from our pub citizens material financial rid cil r hi for the reception and cn on of tho the Irrigation congress which held In the latter city Us its greatest and amid moat successful meeting RELATIONS The establishment of ot reciprocal r rela relations tiara with tho he energetic and Influential Weber club climb of or Ogden was another step stepIn stepin In tho time right direction cud was fitting fittingly ly Iy celebrated at al time tile annual ban baim banquet of ot tho the flub dub which occurred tho time evening cf of f Dec 14 H 1903 1003 and amid was WM at Rt attended attended tended by II many mummy citizens of ol both tho time commercial commercii renters centers of at tho time state The Th constitution of at tho the club requires that It shall not only on encourage tho timo commercial mining and agricultural of ct the commonwealth but that It shrill also foster tho time arts and no boter work has been done by any ammy of or Its numerous committees than timan that done tione by b l time tile ono one on art and anti literature under tho the ruble able direction of ot Mr H II L A Culmer Its chairman It Ills Is a 1 well ree fact tact that n a community Is III Judged largely large I by tho extent and amid char character acter of or If Its artistic anti educational life lire Tho The exhibition of at tho th works worl 1 of ot our local 1 artists In tho the club clubrooms 1111 rooms anti Ind open ollen to tho the public under tinder the direction of ol tho time Utah Art Institute Indicated a mm development along niong time the lines referred to that would have been emi eminently creditable to tl a n much larger and anti wealthier community In Iii this timis lon eon It may limay Ilia be he well to state that Urn time club rooms have become the time re cc repository reo of ot time the Alice tnt mt property of or the state consisting of or the tho best examples eX les of at the genius of or our local loci artists amid those thoRe of or our members who may not mot have lowe seen Heln this collection have havo hili vo Ito tar fill missed n a 1 rare mare opportunity fur for enjoyment Injo ment REDUCED PRICE OP Oh COAL COAt The recent advance In th time the pi Ice of ot coal adversely luler el affecting UK as It 11 did every family In time the city ell furnished the time club an nn excellent opportunity to demon Its u Time Thu promptness with which the price of at this necessity ty was put back to time the original level upon uJ Jn the lime of or the time clubs committee of at Investigation was WIS ex cx extremely gratifying ns us It saved to time tho citizens of ot this community many mony hundreds of or dollars dollar each day Recognizing the thu vital Importance to Salt Lake Ial City us as a jobbing and manu manufacturing center of ot the existence of ot a fair muir and Impartial schedule of ot freight rates the club has huts given much and amid xe se serious rious attention to this ques question tion lion I urn um glad to report that Its Iti labors arc uro about to be bo rewarded by an adjustment which will greatly benefit benent and amid extend the tho trade of or our cur wholesale merchants The organization or of ot the successful alert and amid active Heal Iteal 1 association lion tion which bids fair to accomplish no so for tor tho time realty Interests of ot tho time city was also tho the war work worl of ot the club AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT D Economists have been beell n a unit In con contending tending that the time enduring prosperity of ot ofa ofa a 11 city elly depends upon U OlI tho time developments of ot thu country surround surrounding surrounding ing and amid tributary to It rime Tiie club has hus not been unmindful of ot title tills fact and consequently has hall devoted much time and amid spent a comparatively largo margo sum Hum Humo of o money In iii an effort to remove tho the that stand In Uto way stay WI of ot our securing government aid In III re reclaiming reo reclaiming 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