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Show Utah Must Have New Industries, S.H . Chamber Told B. Richards had called for committee com-mittee reports. John C. Barnes, chairman of the membership committee announced an-nounced the approval of five new members, bringing the total membership to 97. The new-members new-members are Harold Driggs, Texaco station operator at 5th E and 21st S.; Wayne Brown, operator op-erator of the Gordy-Brown chemical manufacturing company: com-pany: Dr. Fred P. Kesler, chiropractor; chiro-practor; Morris Johnson, pro-Sec pro-Sec (HAMIiKli on Pne S After the end of the postwar ttom, the era wnich we are now entering and in which a long accumulated demand and 3 bounteous purchasing power will combine to produce a period pe-riod of prosperity, Utah faces a grim economic future, unless there is a vast increase in the state's manufacturing and industrial in-dustrial development. This was the warning sounded sound-ed Wednesday by Thomas T. Taylor Jr., president of the Prudential Savings and Loan association, as-sociation, in an address to the regular February membership luncheon meeting of the Sugar House Chamber of Commerce Mr. Taylor traced the steady increase in the state's population popula-tion in the past two decades and the converse shrinkage in employment em-ployment in the basic industries; indus-tries; agriculture, mining, manufacturing, man-ufacturing, construction -And transportation. Despite this unhealthy trend, Utah does have one real "ace in the bole," which might very well solve the future problem and make for a prosperous economy, econ-omy, and that is the continued operation of Geneva steel, Mr. Taylor declared. As things now appear, Geneva is the only single factor capable of bring Utah to the fore as an industrial state and providing the basis for the industries necessary to support sup-port the growing population, he asserted Mr. Taylor illustrated with charts and demonstrated with census figures that among the 48 states in 1940 Utah was next lowest and far below the national na-tional average in the number of persons employed in proportion to population. Figures showed that Utah had only 267 per thousand thou-sand of population employed, while the national average was 344. This was a result of a steady shrinkage over the past 220 years from 97,067 employed in Utah's basic industries in 1920 to 78,906 in 1940 in spite oj; a constant growth in population. popu-lation. The cold facts are that after the' present boom resulting from I an abundance of ready casn ! and a long accumulated purchas-1 ing demand, Utah will need an I additional 35,000 steady jobs in j the basic industries to maintain a stable economy, the speaker said, and manufacturing industries indus-tries based on continued opera' tion of Geneva at the present offer the only solution to this vital problem. Chamber Pres. Horace A. Sorensen presided at the meeting meet-ing and introduced the speaker after First Vice Pres. Horace Chamber - - (Continued from Page One) prietor of Johnson's electrical and appliance store on 11th E. just north of 21st South, and H. Paul Langton, manager of the Bradshaw Auto Parts. Mr. Barnes introduced a reso; lution which was approved favoring fa-voring the transfer of the Airways Air-ways suburban bus routes to the Salt Lake City Lines company. AlJ.n Seegmiller, chairman ot the ii dustrial development committee, com-mittee, announced the chamber board had gone on record favoring fa-voring the proposed establishment establish-ment of an airport for private planes and instruction on the southeast bench. E. P. Leitz and E. J. Curtis, two of the persons per-sons interested in this project, appeared before the chamher board Monday night to explain their proposition and solicit the chamber's support and endorsement. endorse-ment. . Mr. Sorensen announced th;" a committee consisting of Mr. Barnes, Lincoln Hansen and Samuel J. Nicholes had be-jii appointed to investigate and formulate plans for a proposed southeast associated clubs building build-ing in this area. This committee which contains con-tains representation from the pharnber, Rotary and Lions clubs will meet today and after consultation with the presidents of the three groups will work out a plan of procedure. According Ac-cording to Mr. Barnes it is planned to buy an acre of ground - on the present prison site for i the construction of a $50,000 building which would include offices and a large banquet room. Plans for formation of a corporation embodying the memberships of the three groups will be drafted at the first meeting meet-ing today. Mr. Barnes announced the following fol-lowing c h a m b c r members chosen to serve with him on the membership committee: Less Taylor, Ed. Reimann, Don R. Hobbs, Albert V. Mackie. A. V. Tompkins and Lincoln Hansen. |