Show TO ADVERTISE UTAH what is belne done and the prospects for the future some abreo or four days aw mr J II 11 bennett of the rio grand western railway sent the following letter to mr W E hubbard president of the salt lake chamber of commerce regarding the very important matter of advertising utah tho letter is given in full as follows air W E II president chamber of commerce city dear sir referring to our conversation yesterday regarding pamphlet on utah the publication of which I 1 suggested sometime ago bo delayed until after november election say that in my opinion the work should now be pushed to completion with the least possible delay at this timo it is especially ally necessary that we should make it generally known that utah does not regard the repeal of the sharman act as of much importance in the silver question that the real question is for the future and the people are hopeful of remedial legislation they are fully aware that the interests of the whole country must be considered and their interest is with the country at large silver can he produced in utah as cheap as anywhere in the united states miners are accepting reduced wages other economies will be practiced and the prospects for 1894 are encouraging that utah is not wholly dependent upon silver but has other resources of as great or greater importance to alie prosperity of her people and I 1 would suggest that an open letter bo addres sod to the citizens of utah calling attention to her other resources and tho importance of utah proclaiming to the world the nature of the various resources she possesses which are entirely adequate to the welfare comfort and happiness of her people and her ability to support the surrounding states with almost every commodity necessary to their existence 1 hope you will seo your way clear to go to work on this proposition at once and beg to say if I 1 can be of any service to you in preparing the letter or the pamphlet I 1 am entirely at your service and shall bo happy to join in subscribing to the amount necessary for the publication of the pamphlet referred to yours truly J II 11 BENNETT in regard to the matter sir hubbard eaid 1 am preparing a letter in anwer to mr bennetta in which I 1 shall review the matters referred to however I 1 should like to emphasize that for some time our chamber of commerce has been gathering data and statistics on the various products and natural advantages of utah with the earnest cooperation of alie ogden chamber of and the committees named by various county courts throughout the territory we appreciate the excellent work accomplished by the rio grande western railway in the distribution of literature bearing upon the subject and also their willingness to further substantially ly assist the undertaking now in hand the subject merits and needs the united efforts of our public spirited citizens wo leayo a wealth of resources which must command the favorable cn of capitalists and home if presented to them in a manner commensurate with the facts yesterday afternoon mr charles meighan said in regard to the letter that the ogden chamber of commerce stood ready to do everything possible to help along tha work the work which was undertaken some time ago by a rial meeting of men interested in this matter nils the plan exactly it is doing the work which mr bennett suggests ought to be done As far as the ogden part of that work is concerned alie committees are giving their attention to it and when the time comes will be ready to report he said further 1 I fully agree with mr bennetts suggestion that now is the proper time for this advertising ver to be done and it ought to be done in a way to impress upon the people that while wo have unlimited quantities of silver in utah we have other resources of more value than silver raw materials which are tl basis of more real wealth and employment than all the silver mines in alio west I 1 feel that utah ought to bo very thoroughly advertised right now for just at the present time the people of the country will give more attention to advertising matter about utah than to any time tor years past at some time not far distant utah will become a state and public attention will be diverted this way advertising now will be like sowing seed for the harvest of investment which will come when utah becomes a stale |