Show VOICES FROM THE PEOPLE the stagnation who Is I 1 to blame imbat to do I 1 I 1 EDITOR 11 IRALD cannot the state of affairs now existing here and hereabout be altered utah and ogden have reached a state when wit the only thing thin that raises any question of interest is a funeral or an assignment and the great question for the citizens to solve is is who is to blame we are under the impression that the railroads the C P and the U P have something resti resting ng on their shoulders it is generally supposed sup posed that the opening up of a cou country by a railway is for the mutual benefit of both no one in these days is such a idiot as to think that a railroad is run tor for the public benefit but there are people eople in thu this portion of the world who have an idea that a road would promote its own interest by encouraging a ging i a new co country antry through which it passed have the railroads c omin ginto ogden done that the answer ia ii not in one single instance the U P has not only discriminated i 1 against but actually worked against ogden while the C P has hits never shown t the he slightest disposition to increase its eastern terminal facilities many other things might be mentioned in the various departments but outside of the city itself there are others who are responsible for the lack of trade in in the city and territory and slid to those the people look for relief the acion ion of the union pacific railway in n cons conscientiously ciet working against ogden especially in northern braf ic fic dates for years back the message of his E excellency xcell ency which gives alves utah a black business eye tile he work of the senate and house in in regard to the utah question either elther pro or con and the general attitude of the country are things that all tend to the ame same point and now a few words to the government of ogden city it is an n indisputable fact thaviu that in any business us iness if a man a company or a government buy from everywhere and sell to nowhere there is going to be a break iu in tho concern the simple i ale explanation panati is that where everything bryth lug Is ia outgo and nothing is is income the business s cannot last for some years past there h has iceie an immense amount of corns coms on en the tile part of our citizens of continually increasing dull times j the question has been asked innumerable number of cimei Is there no relief we night might just as well get down 0 plain facts and look the matter squarely in the tile face in tho the place the city government has pen en putting ogden in the position f a camel in the desert and making t live off of itself there has been no endea endeavor vot on the part of the city fathers to make the railroads that ome come into this town stand up to the agreements gree ments they have made and find the is the railroads dont lo 10 it 4 high license to traveling men has kept every traveling man who could possibly stay away out of the city and has thus sent a large amount at of money to be spent in salt lake like city and injured the hotels af this city not content with stick ng a licence license on the traveling men who would come here not only to lell sell goods but a spend end money and in some cases bolster up the city sury by paying fines flues the city in in its drisdom dom must put a stop to a number of boys trying to earn an honest living from buot boot blacking by nitting putting a license on them these are facts which how show for them themselves selvo and in the endeavor to put iut a paltry forty dollars per annum in the city treasury t those hose who do that are taking hundreds of dollars out of ogden business for why there is no license in salt lake city and the drummers for large houses louses skip ogden go to salt lake kid not only spend their money there but also pay railroad fares ares for ogden merchants to go down and look at their sam pi asand salt lake betsall gets all the money which should be put in circulation here there was some idea of receiving a benefit from the D L it G but where is it we ive have regretfully come to the conclusion that like all other corporations it has no soul CITIZEN V OGDEN CITY jan 17 84 |