Show A GLOOMY on the ath dinst a special meeting of the board of directors of the salt lake chamber of commerce was held pursuant to the call of the president W A nelden esq at ait which occurred a full fand and free di discussion of the fhe past history and achievements of the institution and of ats it future prospects what was said upon the latter point was spread upon the minutes in the shape of a formal declaration and comprised a gloomy rectal which has haa been made public through the columns of the city press prias it is a matter of profound regret that the directors of the Char chamber riber of commerce should have been con fronted by conditions that justified them in their own judgment in giving out such a statement concerning that body it has the character of an official reP report ortto to the effect that the bustness business men of this city are deplorably la lacking eking iv in public spirit and that form of patriotism which begins at home instead of in cuba for instance the statement ement spread upon tm minutes tells of the good the chamber of commerce has done for the city and state of the efforts that have been made to ta keep up its membership and interest in its work and of the utter failure that has followed those eff efforts orts the following conclusions are expressed by the board pir first that the business men of salt lake as a class apparently do not concur in the opI opinion rilon of o f this board that a cordially SU supported POrted Chai chamber riber of commerce conducted for the p purposes and in the manner that such institutions tio are conducted elsewhere in the united states would be of benefit to salt lake and utah that jat in view of the general apathy of business men toward the present chamber the manifest c clin Stion of these men and property owners generally to support and encourage here herb movements having for their object the benefit of all classes atad arid the wen well known chown lack of unity among our people which Is present toad nd potent fn an other comm communities community unitt there is no longer any hope of successfully maintaining tills this Ch chamber charnner arnber or under arry any other named name or rhana gement any bri of business men having like objects and purposes and therefore third that immediate steps ought to betoken betaken be taken by the stockholders of this chamber to pay atit debts and up its affairs 1 1 here her then iss Is a deliberate proposition backed up ayd lengthy and ex elicit statement of reasons aind a afir f ments th b terminate the the salt lake chamber of Com commache ComM mace tasee how does the idea strike the tw chants and business men of the elly city do they disbelieve in operative cooperative co en ef fort do they believe they can db better by pulling dulling separately than they can by pulling together do thy bhoj regard disorganization as better battet than organization have they lost falth faith in da the maxam which says that in union there Is strength are they willing to see dissolution overtake an institution whose purpose Is to foster foater and protect the financial interests of the ity develop the resources of the state and bring to it capital and population the abolition of the chamber of commerce would be a most regrettable reg retable thing it would be most discreditable to the capital city of the state it would hurt its credit abroad and would spread discouragement at home borne but it were better dead than better make it a thing of the past than a mere pretense of the present and unless the business men of the city oan can come together and make it approximately what it ought to be they had better let the recommendation of its dl directors rector be carried out and edve it a decent funeral |