| Show I 1 THE IRON WORKS AGAIN I 1 in another column will be found a bit of information that ought to be rei toi bened with the keenest relish by I 1 every man who is interested in the material advancement and welfare of this city W 0 e o allude to the steps that 1 1 4 have been taken to secure a meeting I 1 of gentlemen of ogden and salt lake who are alive to the importance I 1 of the iron industry in this part of the country and may be inclined to take hold of it with a view view to establishing tab lishing and operating it no admonition from us ought to be necessary I 1 1 at this time as to toe the duty of our public spirited citizens in in the matter in hand the mere announcement of the meeting and its purpose should be sufficient to fill the hall to overflowing if there is any thoughtful man who believes bal ieves in the face of the reports I 1 analyses estimates and statistics that have been presented that the miau minu facture of pig iron iron cannot be suc casi fally fully and profitably undertaken in I 1 ogden haaf ha af pf all othera others should ba I 1 la in attendance at tuesday meeting it is due to the community that he came come fir forward ward with arguments that shall put a check upon their over sanguine expectations if it the enterprise is is not I 1 practicable the public ought ti kno know w it a good deal of time and labor and means has hag been upon ital it already but it is batter to let that all KO go and begin on something else than to go on throwing away wood money after bit bad oaly only to tohaid farid I 1 ourselves at last much worse off than at present in a word if it there are reasons why the iron iron question should not be pursued further lets have p them and then dro drop it bat but it if as we believe no such reasons can be adduced why not proceed at once to the further and de decisive ca consideration of the question an I 1 shape ourselves for appropriate action upon it nothing that has yet been mentioned as a desirable alq begins to compare with this in in the stupendous possibilities that it con balne nothing that opens up such a prospect pros pact for aloun abundant dant aid profitable ble labor certain and ever increasing returns and varied and imposing collateral industries the development of our coal r resources sources would be an immediate result A thorough examination of our mineral possessions would follow if it did not precede the establishment of the works foundries stove works machine shops carwheel car wheel factories nail and wire fence works and possibly a plant or two for thel tha manufacture of agricultural implements could not be kept away if once a success is made of the iron the in creise in in wealth and population need not be ment ionel that would come as a matter of course all this worthy of consi consideration deflation defa tion we urge then that whatever may be the result of the meeting called for tuesday evening it may at least leas ba be said that odena citizens did not let their opportunity ed ej and unimproved it is understood that a number of gentlemen from salt lika have sig signified alfted their intention to be present we cannot alfrord ti let them so go away with the imalea bion sion that we are not aroused to our own interests ahey are friendly disposed and it we do our duy duty we will make of them staunch allies |
