Show THE GROWTH OF THIS CITY thic recent action of the city council in opening a large number of new streets is a tangible taa gible proof of the rapid growth of this city despite the operation of those influences that have sought bought to prevent it in proportion to its population it already covers more territory than almost any other city in the union hence the opening of so many new streets is all the more SIR sig ant of its rapid expansion and consequently of the decadence of ef those agencies that have worked in au an op cosite dime direction tion As the circumference of the city extends lands in its central portion become morel mor valuable and aad hence the aggregate wealth of tile the municipality is increased this added wealth by the way does not need to be earned by those who will enjoy it but bat it comes to them by the operation tiou of natural laws and while it enriches its recipients no one is impoverished or wronged why were not these streets opened years ago why was not real estate in the centre of this cit city y made madea a ion lonu time ago far more mare valuable le than it toas bas ever yet been way is not this city today to day the populous and wealthy metropolis which its natural resources situation and advantages entitle it to become with all those public improvements prove ments s suited to the rank of a great commercial centre it is pleasing to note toe the manner in which these questions are being answered by many business men ot this city rig regardless ardless of political or religious religions affiliations with one accord th this is class of citizens atio are in I 1 n most communities regarded as p possessing os as great a degree of intelligence good sense and honesty as any other class seena seem tu to have come come to the conclusion luata a new order of things should be introduced in order to enhance financial and material interests of this city and territory in pursuance ot this conclusion the business interests of several of the leading cities of the territory including this are striving to counteract c t those forces that M have ave operated so long to the injury in every way of the welfare of the commonwealth in 0 A other words they are making an earnest effort to spread true instead of false information about utah if nothing but truth were told or published about utah and its innabi tants arvery few years would work a y par marvelous tralis formation within its borders truth produces harmony and harmony res results litts in prosperity ane most intelligent and influential elements pf af our population embracing various shades ot 01 religious and poil political faith have reached anit an d are acting upon a firm conviction that the prosperity of the commonwealth in every respect requires that tae unscrupulous agitators who in the hope of accomplishing tain selfish ends are witting willing to do immeasurable able injury to the whole territory be robbed of their batir power to do evil and relegated to obscurity early in the present year it is looked as it if an era of great commercial activity aud prosperity was dawning upon the territory the attempt mude made by business men to introduce ane new or der of things above alluded to inspired capital with a confidence it had not in utah for many years and within thirty days more tha than a a million dollars do llara worth of real estate was reported as having changed hands in this city but the flow of this tide of confidence de ace and prosperity has latefy becia suddenly sad dealy stopped tile the attempt to rob the mormon people of their property under ander tile the thin disguise of an action to wind up the affairs of an ecclesiastical corporation alleged to have been long ago is a sudden revival ot the worst features of the agitation which has so long held back the growth of f this territory it is an event which reveals in a somewhat startling manner the fact that there exists in utah a clique which as in an agency for evil has gone so far in the overturning of constitutional r rights i gats to property as to create widespread distrust and a general condition of things throughout the whole territory of a nature calculated to inspire timid capital with fear and impel it to seek elsewhere for safe investments toe appointment of a receiver in the church suits will have a widespread and disastrous effect upon the busin ss interests of ef ting this territory it ikast is a st gering blow to the commercial condid n ne e which was rapidly becom ing so strong and had bad already product d marked and tangible results in raising prices increasing the demand for labor and swelling the volume of trade itis it is an event which shows that a ring rine comparatively insignificant in numbers is engaged tn a determined debei mined n rt to roo the great majority of the y s population of the property held b by y them in all parts of utah and elsewhere as the in definite language of the decree has it the harm resulting to the business bubines 3 and commercial interests of this territory Terii tory by the developments in the baurch suits cannot nw now be measured but it is easy to see that it will be immense tile greatest good of all the population save an insignificant fragment of it who prate rate so much about a virtue of ai which they are destitute viz patriotism demands a suspension ot the ruinous and senseless agitation that has inflicted such unmeasured harm barm upon every interest of our commonwealth and upon every class of its inhabitants |