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Show Sunday, April 18, 1920 UR, JeW future, of Utafo PresMent of the Wltfpdj Utahs University ByJ,0HMMDT W"V. - V r v Vi V4 ' - - V f tj - m V :Vv'. - -- - , tV f , v.- v ,. - '- , . t v V' . - x. S. j ... - : y v. I Tr'v, ' & .. rV-- ' A - " . '' V.N w "f ' ,rA , T v Trs3r' - m4 f JT Tf rr ,V.: W , -- Tjr f,,'';!' '7' AV, ' t iJh.xaa l Vir s 4v a A A.n ' ' '' ,r iv X'V'-V-- " . 'y X' V - ; 'i'A fT A i ,v i r V' ' ' - v ,, v v ' 'J fun it '!' v . y' v v v- i 4 ,'f ' H w yf1 h , , , .VLasv. i Ji , -- 4.. .t X V! , -- ' w r u J v I o n empire of resource of marvelous proportion and of unusual et It la to bo rememextent, bered that not all the materials needed In the conduct of a modern civilization are found althin Utah's borders. Our forests, for Instance, are of relath ely little importance, a hen compared to those of other states or other sections of the earth. We need to beeome thoroughly familiar with the recurves actually existing within our state In sufficient quantities to warrant exploitation with a nope of permanent maintenance, and then to develop with all our might t lie resources peculiar to Utah. Anv person who Intelllgentlv studies the map of Utah future Is Impressed time and again with the great possibilities within the state for developing a Our attention huge chemical Industry. has been so largely fixed on the production of the few chief metals that the possibilities of other mlnetal resources have largely escaped attention. - : X $ , One of the largest and. purest deposits of Gypsum nine world. rr Mearjfephi. 1 MLB , i, ; S-- , X T'' f ft if f V. V f j: crf: ' twv . 1 V -- v L ' 4 t - . v,'. V. ;. yv. cv v ; V j i ;;V'A'k ' ' ' t-,- ; A y X f k r V , ',v . o'l 1 : . -- . tv un-d- eloped i V w m ZZaej&M- The chemical Industries are remarkably well provided for in Utah by the existence of the necessary raw materials. Of the th'rty-nln- e minerals held to be necessary by the government for the of the war, eighteen were alprosecution ready known to exist in Utah at the aiming of the armistice, and others were It Is not am being rapldlv discovered. likely that tha chemical Industry is the most promising within the state, because of the wealth of the raw materials which be at the basis of the Industry, and that In time It will rise to be Utah's chief In dustry. Sulphuric acid Is one of the fundamental substances of the chemical Industries. economists have often declared that the prosperity of a country mav be measured by Its consumption of sulphuric acid. This It because so ninv of the basic elements Involve in their acid. production the use of sulphuric From the stacks of our smelters issue great quaptitles of sulphur dioxide, which may be converted bv somewhat simple processes Into sulphuric acid. ulphuric Acid Produced. In fact, some of the smelters In the Lake valley are already manufacturing large quantities of acid more, perhaps, than the present development of the chemical industry in Utah really warrants, since the conversion of sulphur dioxide Into sulphuric acid prevents much of the damage which occura when this gas descends upon the crops, especially In wet weather. Without the aid of the smelters. Utah could provide herself with anv quantity of sulphuric acid, for within the state are deposits of sulphur. which could be manufactured Into Balt sulphuric acid, and limitless deposits of pyrites of Iron, which lx also a common source of sulphuric add. The Great Salt lake is a vast chemical storehouse, although we have treated the lake very largely as we have our Iron We have bragged about It deposits. possibilities without making much use of K. Some salt, of course, hag been made for many vears from the Great Salt lake, hut very little else. The watcra of Great Salt lake contain other substances than salt, of much value; and from the salt Itself basic chemicals can he made. Underlying the lake Is a deposit of sodium sulphate or Glauber's salt, necesaary In many Industries, and which can probably he produced cheaper in Utah than elsewhere on earth. Potash Manufactured. Potash occurs In the lake In tremendous quantities. Tha potash problem requires the establishment of plants according to the best knowledge of the day. for the most economical extraction of n potash from the lake waters. One Is already using the seepage waters from the lake and Is manufacturing potash at s profit. Another, which Is making It directly from the lake water, appears to be handicapped primarily by of scientific questions management, which undouotedly will he overcome. By the use of sulphuric arid orr self won from the lake, hydrochloric add may be produced, which Is on of the staple necessities of nearly all manufac- making Pof-assiu- ente-prie- ee VT fcw''-- 1 iwwift a x. t , m v r rvw 2M4t-yi - rfWd ra,, . v, r sv ' 'aw wvlsasow - nt Chloride from Bruies- W other Important v ' aub-stanc- also he won from many of the salt springs found In various parts of the state or from the large, but poorly etudled deposits of rock salt. The numerous mineral springs and streams should be Investigated, not only for salt, but for other valuable substances which mav be of use in developing the chemical ' . - . f Cement production ha a fair start within the state, though the first mill found It difficult to secure a safe and sound financial footing. The materials from which cement is made are found in numerous localities In soma places the naturally ooeuring soil la practically ready for the cement manufacturer, as witness the cement plant operating near Brigham City. The cement business has a great future, limited only In this state by tts possible markets. There are also in Utah unlimited deposits of gypsum, occurring in different forms. It is used In the making of cement, In building, and as an Indirect fertilizer In agriculture. Utah gjpaum is winning Its way on the markets; but Utah's future demands that it should have an increasingly larger outlet. In erpecially, gvpsum has a agriculture, large future. The plant food in soils may It be availaole or unavailable to plant is the available plant food that makes sevuse Bv the of gypsum, plants grow. eral of the somewhat Insoluble plant foods are made soluble and thus available to plants. The need for this use of gypeum will not be great within Utah, but In other states, with different soils, it may be of tiemendous extent. is limited in y . Vhi? e' ' -e- - - ' .. .t'-- v V V;. c ' 'M " B x ; - rr v r. ft It ,y T i faLlO nftrto e j. Jail Ponds for the Manufacture ofSalt from the wafers of I the Great Saltfake rniW"7'.T f r' Yh :: 'fv-e- Gemeit Plant near s y. - .. . tVM'V ' I ,U , . Vxx Brigham Cvbf. Fertilizer Industry Promising. The supply of nitrogen e ;X- Cement Mills Operating. Nitrogen Limited. y e S - Industry. It Is probable, also, that Utah mav become the natural fertiliser center ot the Our soils are rlcu and United States. will last longer, perhaps, than any other soils in the United States, yet In time will be benefited by the application of The older countries on Shis fertilizer. and the older continents are already depending upon cmynerctal fertilizers for Not only their sgrlcultural prosperity. do commercial fertilizers supply the deficiency of plant food In the eoli, but they may be used profitably on somewhat fertile soils. When used on such lands the Increased fertilizer applied produces vields that psy for the fertilizer, and leave a large margin of profit. The three plant foods whUh most commonly must be supplied to soils are nitrogen, potash and phosphates. - 'nytjs tSoda may this state, but large quantities may no derived from the coke ovens; oil shale nitrogen., and the yields considerable slaughter and packing houses supplv Of recent much nitrogenous material. vears some nitrogen has been obtained for agricultural purposes from the air bv the uee of electric current, fuiring the war, when nitrates were much needad. the government eetabhshed a plant for the purpose of making nitrates directly from the air. The armistice led to the abandonment of the plan, but the method proposed Is In successful operation tit several pis es. For instance, turing Norway, Coke and the electric current used with with Us large water power, undertook aulphurie acid and salt may be mada to the fixation of nitrogen by the use of ,teid carbonate of soda, lye, chloride of electric current, and In about two con-cor- 9 Saldurp factory for lime and many Chemical Resources Many. - A decades has developed one of the largest We have in Norwegian enterprises. Utah much electric power, harnessed and unoHrnenaed. It would not be surprising If Utah's future requires that thla power te used in :art at least to fix nitrogen from the air. Should this be done. Utah might plav an Important part In supplying the nitrogen needs of the world. of f i ,Tr r dv (Continued on Pete 5, Column 6.) e . 4 v- - x. i 2 W i . X Potash Abundant. With respect to potash, however, the Utah situation Is quite different. As said, there are inexhaustible deposits In the Great Salt lake and In many of the springs and ground waters of the state, which may be extracted br the use of In adprocessca dition. near Aiaisvaie, in southern Utah, are Immense deposits of alunlte, containing potash, readily manufactured from the rook. Two potash mlil are already In operation In aouthern Utah, but the state la not yet conscious of Its a leading figure In to the potash markets of the world, which are connected with one of the largest Industrial activities of civilization. The German claim that victory would be theirs in the late war was based largely upon the possession of the only producing Utah future demands potash depo.Ut. that our commercial interests gn tie potash possibilities within the stele eert- ous and full attention, and that the day be not too long delaved. Within Utah, and in Its Immediate i r 1 ' V V 'ozwa Plant for the Manufacture'-- 1 ofPotassium SUlphate . ; ' i US. 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