Show UTAH AT THE MIDWINTER FAIR there was a large attendance at the public meeting called by the chamber of commerce friday night to discuss whether utah abou should id make an exhibit at the california midwinter pair fair which opens open next month governor west was invited to the chair the mee edg was first called to order by W E hubbard president ol of the chamber of commerce who directed attention to the importance of utah being represented at the pair fair when governor west went took the chair he made a pleasant speech and suggested that by a united effort utah could gain new laurels at the midwinter exposition and attract more attention from capitalists capitalist to the resources of this locality bachard mackintosh a member of the utah worlds world a pair fair commis idon said there was a considerable proportion of the exhibit that was at chicago which could available he would also permit his iralu valuable able mineral cabinets to go he urged that utah make an exhibit of agricultural arc ducts and of wood coal iron and manufactures mr hubbard named Z C M I 1 the provo woolen mills Culmer brothers the utah sugar facto others who would exhibit there was waa some discussion on the rates of transportation of exhibits to the fair mr hubbard giving the information that practically free transportation would be given the railways had expressed a willing ness nese to do the best they could A motion was then carried declaring it to be the sense of the meeting that utah should make an exhibit also that a committee of twenty five with president hubbard as chair chairman mart be appointed appo Anted to consider and to carry into effect this idea the committee to be appointed by the Cham chamber berof of commerce and upon organization to divide itself into subcommittees committees sub in order that the work in hand band might be prosecuted with vigor the committee was re quested to arrange for the holding of a mass man meeting in the interest of the fair air at an early date and to invite each county to send lend a delegation thereto A resolution was offered by J H bennett and passed as am fol follows Jows whereas silver mining which has been an important industry in this territory has been severely affected by unfavorable legislation making necessary a new adjustment of business in utah now in the sense ot this chamber utah would have been a great and prosperous region though silver mines had from the first been eliminated from its it resources therefore be it resolved that with silver mining temporarily suspended we still have abundant resources to make with wise wine management a prosperous territory and that under the patronage of this chamber a compilation of resources and the opportunities which it offers to capital and enterprise as well as the unequalled unequal led advantages for lor invalids and the establishment ot of desirable homes shall be prepared for distribution in confidence believing that a frank and fair exhibit a will make it clear to 4 capital seeking investment and to people seeking now new homes that no oiher locality affords as many inducements as our own territory of utah when the document was introduced it contained before the word unfavorable 0 in the firby paragraph the word rece recent nv this evoked considerable discussion in which gov west richard mackintosh J H bacon and others took a lively part the ments were vigorous both for and against the retention of the word the governor thought that to retain it would be a reflection on the political party now in power in the nation whereas it 16 was not alone responsible for the be anti silver legislation which began in his view as an far back as 1878 1871 mackintosh and bacon contended that it was recent i legislation which reduced silver to the condition of a commodity i and it should be so BO stated they did not believe that either party was to blame blam as it was not it a question of politics representatives of both parties being responsible for the existing legislation the word was finally stricken out and the resolution adopted as here given A motion to the effect that each person present constitute himself a committee of one to advance the in sereeta of utah and the midwinter fair prevailed this was followed by another motion to the effect that the meeting endorse delegate rawlins Baw linse is efforts to have the uintah and uncompahgre indian reservations thrown open to settlement this was also aleo adopted adopt ej and the meeting adjourned |