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Show UTAH MUST II AVIS CHEAPER CHEAP-ER FUEL. Utnli 1ms gotten to tho plaeo whore it is absolutely essentia that, manufacturing pursuits bi encouraged if tho State is to progress. A constant influx of now people, is impossible unless un-less there is a means of livoli-f livoli-f hood for thoso people. Tho , opening of new lands of course 1 attracts settlers, but not in suf- ' ficient numbers to make an on- V oouraging showing either in tho census figures or in the amount k of new business they bring to ,5 the merchants of the State. It 1 i is a fact that our chief indust- ' I rios in Utah are not such as 1 will encourage new population, or will hold them for any con-M con-M j aidorable length of time after f; ' 1 k they arrive, j,- The acreage of tilled and f tillable farm land in Utah is ILL constantly being extended in p , Utah, and it is an excellent thing for the State, indicating progress and increasing the number of producers as against .11 consumers. Hut the constant jr oxtension of fenced-in land de- T'.ff- creases the range land for live- lf " "tW,WHl-ii(u-itAiUj;tv)iifiiiiiig I more narrowly each year that I vocation, which, in past years, I has counted in its numbers a I r large proportion of the people II of Utah. We tiro about up to I I the limit in live stock produc- ' ' , , tion in Utah, and it will bo ini-i ini-i possible to predion! o much ar- t gument of growth tdong that , 1 lino. ' The mining industry still oc- . ' ,w cupies the attention of largo nuinbors of our people, but it is 'i ' not on the increase. Rich as ' . tiro the minoral deposits in this jjj State, and much as they con-! con-! tribute to our matorial prosperity, pros-perity, no Stato can establish a " '' satisfactory basis upon which w to expand with mining alone as f ' its foundation. Nevada is show- rff ing probably as small ti per- L ' , contage of growth among tho! States as any others, yet it is, rich in minerals, ard has within with-in its borders the largest, most productive and wealthiest gold a mines in tho world. No Stato I over grew great, beenrao dense-! dense-! ! ly populated, or mndo a strong I bid for commercial prominence by reason of its mining business. busi-ness. fFrom now on, Utah must tako up manufacturing pursuits. pur-suits. This Stato will have to dopond upon the manuftictur-m manuftictur-m iug business for muoh of its W wealth, and this statement 1 grows moro eompleto as tho years go by. There will not"be - any largo incrcaso in our popu-lation popu-lation until the cities of tho Wk State bocomo mnnufaoturing centers to a greater or lesser degree; because any lasting prosperity the State may hope to attain must come from that source. That opinion is common com-mon among the leading men of the Stale, and it is stated as a frank conviction of tho business busi-ness men of every community in Utah that has any reasonable claim upon prominence. H is the duty, then, of every citizen with the welfare ol the Stiite and its cities at heart to throw the weight of his influence influ-ence toward the encouragement of the developing of manufacturing manufac-turing in each city and town in Utah. Factories and workshops work-shops mean new people; they mean moro business for the merchant; they mean a wider market hero at. home for Utah products, and much of the food products that are shipped from the State would find a ready market at home. Manufacturing, the establishing establish-ing of factories and workshops in Ut'ih cannot be hoped for until the coal question is settled. set-tled. As the chief neccessity to the manufacturing business, coal must be sold more cheaply in Utah before manufsictuiers will come here. We believe there is not a person of any intelligence in-telligence in the Stato who will dispute that statement. Cheaper fuel then becomes a primo nec-cesssity nec-cesssity to the growth of the State, and the obstacle at the present time is the Utah coal trust. Moans must be found, therefore, there-fore, for obtaining cheaper fuel ; competition always lowers the prices. There can be no coin-potion coin-potion so long us the coal producers pro-ducers are permitted to combine com-bine and dictate prices. That there is a combination that dictates dic-tates prices no one doubts, and there is such ti combination or trust. The Utah statutes forbid for-bid such combinations, and they point out the method by which the law shall bo enforced. Tho punishment under tho statutes of the State comprises tho dissolution of the combination, combina-tion, tho dissolving of the corporations cor-porations that form tho com-bino com-bino and the loss to thorn of their right to do business in tho State of Utah. It is not known whether tho Utah law is effective. Tho only known mothod by which this can bo accurately ascertained is to put the law in motion and test it Tho Commercial Club traffic bureau is arranging to put the ovidence that there is such a trust in the hands of the proper officer, after which action ac-tion may bo oxpeoted. If it is found, after the courts have said that the law is effective, the people will get relief from the curse of the coal trust. Jf not effective, tho Utah legislature, legisla-ture, which will convene in a few weeks, can be depended upon to do its duty in the matter. mat-ter. Moro and effective law will, in till likelihood, be the result. Jt is important that the present pre-sent law bo tested, for the courts, if they decide it is not operative, will undoubtedly point out wherein the law tails. The advico of the courts will prove of great help to tho legislature leg-islature in framing a law that will be effective. This is a matter of grave importance im-portance to every community, to every man, woman and child in the State. The prosperity of Utah depends upon it. And it is reasonably fair logic to argue that what eflects the welfare wel-fare of everybody, if inimical, is going to be corrected, and, if salutary, to bo sustained. The people are aroused on this subject. It is altogether probable prob-able that the longer cotd ro-mains ro-mains at this prohibitive price, so far as manufacturing is concerned con-cerned in Utah, the greater will be the demands of tho people when the final ''show down" comes and everybody's cards "tire laid on tho table." This" is not a matter of local Salt Lake sentiment. The feeling feel-ing is the same, in every community com-munity in tho State. Some-j thing is going to bo done, and the more insolent and persistent persist-ent tho trust, tho moro drastic and all-embracing that legislation legisla-tion is likely to be. Salt Lako 4 Uv'tvl 4 -! ft W kfTiTi'.' " |