Show PROSPERITY The Era ol Good Feeling in Salt Lake City A gentleman who has just returned from a visit through most of the Eastern States says that the result of the recent activity bus been good Every man he talked with who had noticed Western affairs at all and there were a good many of this class seemed to have the impression im-pression that Salt Lake is thoroughly prosperous exist Now this impression could not outside of Utah unless there was real cause for it and it is not difficult to see r C < this During the present spring dozens I of eastern capitalists havo visited Salt easter capialsts Lake some of them openly but most of i them in a quiet way which best suited their object prejudicial observation From what these men have said of our city the impression has gone abroad that we are not i only fairly prosperous but that we are now on the verge of a good time that will put the booms of other cities to the blush The gentleman who brings this information is an unbiased observer and his word may be taken as an expression ex-pression of the general outside feeling in regard to Utah presen and future In fact everything indicates that the feeling outside of Utah is favorable just what it should beamid i there be a fault it must be on the inside I our business men and property owners could only realize what they have in their grasp said the abovementioned gentleman there would be a stir jn Zion that would make the earth shake God helps those who help themselves and i a gracious Providence is not hanging over Utah now ready to give us a hand then I have missed my mark You newspapermen newspaper-men dont want to quit your boom talk simply because you cant get hold of enough sales to make a handsome showing every week for if the truth were known there are more transactions going on now ever day than a casual observer could ever dream of The real estate men are working work-ing for their own interest he added with a knowing smile and the fact that they are not willing to give away everything every-thing they do is no sign of dull times This is only one of the many similar I expressions that have been heard by DEMOCRAT representatives within the past few weeks The public may be assured that TImE DEMOCRAT will never be blind to the welfare of Utah and while it will endeavor to keep as nearly as possible in the line of news in reporting progress it has still a great work before it which will sooner or later be accomplished |