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Show Salt Lake's Apathy! i Ely Man Says Smelters-Are Likely to Be Moved to That Town. The Salt Lake Tllbnne thinks that on account of the apathy of Salt Lake there Is a liability of the smelters being be-ing moved to Kly. A picmincnt inln-hit; inln-hit; man of Kly Is said to have spoken as follows: "I am astonished at the gencta! air of apathy that 1 II nd existing in Salt Lake city icRatdlnp; the .smelter question. ques-tion. Few people, apparently, rcallc how Impoitant an Industry for their city Is lianglnp; in the balance. Do people not realize what Salt Lake is to the smelting uotldV It certainly seems they do not. I cannot account for this condition, for the smelters mean an enormous Income to this community, and, what Is more, to all Utah, for what will vour low-Kradcoiesdoshould the smelting facilities here be curtailed. cur-tailed. It will mean the shutting down of a score of mines in practically all districts. I should think these things are worth while keeping away from Utah. Hut what Is your city doing? "Do you know that a vcll-urgani.cd effort Is going to be made to bring these plants that must close down to Kly? It Is a fact, and some mighty powerful Inlluences arc hard at work. Kly lias a great deal of argument on her side. New railroads aie going in, some leading from many of Utah's big camps or camps to be, thice, and perhaps four roads to Kly are elhter contemplated or well planned. This will divert the better grades of ore. for therfc will be abundant competition competi-tion to secure rates for ore. Von can put It down that the smelters arc going go-ing where they can do the busjiies-. "Salt Lake is the present center for the ores of Utah, western Colorado, of Montana, a part of Oregon and even Mexico. It is tho present smelting center of the nation, and "while this honor and source of Income is apparently appar-ently about to fall Into other hands, Salt Lake sits calmly by and waits for outside Interests to present their claims. 1 would think it time for the city and her most Influential interests to get busy, and to work hard. You aro goin to hear something from Kly pretty soon." Salt Lake always was aptathctic about home matters, even the Salt Lake promoters tire interested in the mountain fastnesses of Idaho and of Washington, on tno deserts of Nevada and In bblwecn California and Mexico even as far away as I'cru, but you take the names of the people who arc handling hand-ling Utah piopcrtlcsaud you lind the same are easterp people as a rule. Take the men who have biought Utah mines to the front and you I! ml their nnt. oi1lii. !iddrpps in f!nlor.'uln. Ohio. Nebraska, Pennsylvania, New York and other states. Utah people are too busy following the rainbow whose base appears to be in another state, to notice the riches which are being trodden under foot. Why, it is Utah men who are driving the smelters from the valley. Kven the Salt Lake papers arc full of the riches of Nevada and the surrounding states, publishing column after column col-umn about so mo new find away off, and telling the news ot Utah mining camps in half-a-do.cn lines. Hut, Salt Lake has had these things thrust on her, and conditions today are such that there Is very little chance for the smellers removing to Kly. In fact arrangements are well under way for removing them fiotn Hlngham Junction and), Murray, but not from the county. Kxchange. |