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Show Governor Dern Tells California Resource of Utah and their value-to value-to the Pacific coast formed the keynote key-note of Governor George H. Dern's address before the Los Angeles chani ber of commerce last week. Because of hlsj clear explanation of the slate's value the address is herewith given in full: "We are here today r.s a delegation delega-tion of Utah people paying a friendly visit to our good friends and neighbors neigh-bors of southern California. There are several reasons . why we have come, but the principal one is that we want to find out whether the cer-rect cer-rect pronunciation Is Los Anjeles or Los Angeles. If we can get our minds set at ease on that burning qSestiop. we shall feel that our pilgrimage has not been in vain. "The cordial welcome that has been extended to us by the business men of your great city is 'highly appreciated ap-preciated and we reciprocate the expressions ex-pressions of good will that have been so graciously uttered. "The only thing we have against you is that you have taken so many of our good citizens away from us. If you will promise to cut out that nefarious practice, it is our earnest desire that the good understanding that already subsists between Utah and California bo more firmly established, estab-lished, and that the community of interest in-terest between these two units of the Great West be made more real, to the end that we may both profit therefrom. there-from. "Owing to the characteristic modesty mod-esty of your citizens, we have been kept in ignorance of the greatness ot your city and we have come down here to find out something about Los Angeles and, the surrounding country We trust you will see fit to enlighten us, for we thing there is no reason why you should continue to hide your light under a bushel. You ought to learn that it pays to advertise. "In exchange for the information that you may furnish us perhaps it will be appropriate for us to invite your attention to a few facts about your hinterland. Our view is that the growth and development of Utah and southern California are closely intertwined inter-twined and that they must go forward for-ward together. "In our effort to analyze the relationship rela-tionship between the two territories we have endeavored to visualize your situation as well as our own. We do not wish to be presumptuous in speaking of your future, but it appears ap-pears to us that if you are going to build here the greater city of your dreams, with permanent stability, you must have an ample supporting territory; otherwise you will be hedged hed-ged in and your astounding energy will encounter embarrassing obstacles. obsta-cles. "To the west of you lies the Pacific Pa-cific ocean, which offers you the sea lanes to foreign commerce, but no dependable contiguous producing territory from which to draw the raw materials required for your sustenance suste-nance and development. To the south lies the republic of Mexico, another definite barrier to self-contained in-( dependence. To the" north you cannot go far without encountering the competition com-petition of your sister city of San Francisco and Its environs; hence, you are pretty definitely limited in that direction. It Is only Jo the east that you can turn for unbounded opportunities op-portunities and an Inexhaustible source of supply of the goods that you must have. And in the1 midst of that territory to the east lies Utah, your land of opportunity. "The resources of our state are. j we think, indispensable to you and, hence, you need us as badly as we i need you. You need our foodstuffs to i feed the ten millions of people that you expect eventually to ouse within with-in your far-flung city limits. I heard ; in a song the other day that your 1 city limits had been extended to Clin ton, la. Whether you keep them there or not you are going to have several times your present popula-j popula-j tion, and you will have to call on us to help you feed them. You will de- velop into a great industrial center j and for the raw materials for youi industries you will need to draw up-! up-! on the diversified natural resource: j with which nature has so richly en-! en-! dowed our state. "It is no dlsparagemept of youi position to suggest in this fashior how we In Utah can contribute to the j increased development that your cli- mate, your harbor and the enterprise j of your people make certain. W( jhave nothing but admiration for th j wonderful things you have accomplished accom-plished here by individual and com tnunlty effort. We sometimes may speak in playful mood, but In out hearts we have profound respect foi the Los Angeles spirit and the inr possible deed It haa done. The wholt j Wen is proud of you. Our idea now i that you should extend that coni-'muniiy coni-'muniiy Spirit until it permeates and Umbra.-., all th territory that logically logi-cally is tributary to you. j "That t.-rritory, by and large, is the ini r:ii'iui!'.'in country iymg be-!tw.-en the Rocky mountain and the Siena Nevada. 1 have particularly in mind. howev:r. that portion of ii 'which is 1mhihu.i1 on the north by an exten-ion of the south line of Yellow-i Yellow-i stone National park; on the east by ;ihe main ranpe of the Rocky mountains; moun-tains; on the west by the Sierra Ne-' Ne-' vadas. The territory so hounded em-j em-j braces all of the state of Utah and I Nevada and parts of Idaho, Wyom-1 Wyom-1 ing and Colorado. Regardless of state i lines, it is an economic unit, and economic ec-onomic ties bind it together in an inseparable in-separable bond. Our conditions, our !cl;mate. our resources, our potentialities potential-ities and our problems are all similar What affects one part of this inter-mountain inter-mountain section affects it all. Utah is the heart of this section, and nature apparently has showered her gifts more lavishly upon our state than upon our.neighhors; but what I shall say of Utah applies in greater or less degree to the rest of the territory. ter-ritory. It' would be ungenerous of us to make a special plea for Utah to the exclusion of our immediate neighbors. neigh-bors. Neither would it be good business busi-ness on our part, for the interests of Utah business men not restricted to ; Utah alone. For example, the pros-j pros-j perity of southern Idaho is hardly i less important to Utah business than lis the! prosperity of Utah itself. "Our people keenly and gladly realize this fact. We hve no desire to be provincial and it would not profit u.-i lo live apart if we .could. Isolation Is-olation and seclusion to our minds j spell retrogression and decay. Con-j Con-j tact, intercourse and trade with our sister states means progress and growth. We aspire lo do our full share of the world's work knowing that our reward will be proportionate proportion-ate to the efforts we put forth and the service we render. We look upon ourselves as part of the great west j and we are ambitious to have a creditable cred-itable part in the building and development devel-opment of the west so that the Pacific Paci-fic slope may speedily arrive at the commanding position to which its boundless resources entitle it. "Utah is a producing territory, and her greatest need is a satisfac- tory market for her are so far from the eastern of population that the .gh - - :: ; fmamg suimng ternto.y. Uave become due the development and gro ifornia. We have a selfish te.es seeiug Los Angeles grow because ery individual added to the pop tion of vour city is potentially an i"r customer for Utah pducU-that pducU-that is to say, as the populous of Los Angeles grows, Utah s ma. ket . enlarged. .., have intimated that I think you need Utah, but I am very cer-U.n that Utah needs you. It we need each other whv not get together o. out n utua. net. Why not study each other's needs in order that each may profit by service to the other -Los iUtgeles can serve us by furn ishing us a market for our products and by helping us develop our natur-al natur-al resources. We can serve Los Angeles An-geles by supplying her with food for her people and raw materials for he industries and by buying such of her products as we cannot grow or manufacture man-ufacture ourselves. 'Already this interchange of commodities com-modities has assumed important proportions. pro-portions. The approximate railroad uonnage interchange' between Utah and California points for the year 19 25 is as follows: From southern California to Utah points, 14,507 tons. "From Utah to northern California Califor-nia points, 127,523 tons. From northern California to Utah Ut-ah points, 41,234 tons. "Of the tonnage from Utah to northern nor-thern California, coal represents approximately ap-proximately 4 0 per cent of the total and pig iron approximately 11 per cent. "Of the tonnage from northern California to Utah, fruits, produce and vegetables represent approximately approxi-mately 21 per cent. "I was unable to secure a classification classi-fication of the commodities we ship lo southern California, but I know in a general way that wheat, cattle, hogs, poultry, dairy products and gypsum are conspicuous items on the list. (continued on next page) GOVERNOR DER TELLS CALIFORNIA (continued from page 4 "This growing trade relationship between Utah and the Pacific coast is a most wholesome and encouraging encourag-ing development. It is true that Utah's Ut-ah's present consuming power is somewhat limited, on account of her population of only half a million. The city of Los Angeles alone has more than twice as many people as our whole state. We want you to help us increase our population and consequent con-sequent consuming power by assisting assist-ing and cooperating in the development develop-ment of our latent resources. If you want us to be a better outlet for youi wares, come over into Macedonia and help us. We need money and people to enlarge our irrigated areas. Already you are moving in that direction. di-rection. "The newly discovered pumping districts at Beryl, Lund and Milford, where an underground lake lies at a shallow depth, are rapidly being opened op-ened up by California people. Water storage projects await capital to bring many thousands of fertile acres under cultivation and furnish homes for new settlers. "Some months ago while drilling for oil in eastern Utah, a deposit of potash was discovered, of such magnitude mag-nitude and richness that enthusiasts say it will make the German potash deposits look like thirty cents. -Los Angeles capitalists have acquired leases and will proceed forthwith to develop the deposit. It promises to form the basis of large operations. "Thanks to California capital, Utah's iron ore deposits, after many years of patient waiting have formed the basis of a successful operation by the Columbia Steel company. The blast furnaces now running are producing almost, if not quite, the cheapest and best pig iron in the United States. It is shipped t0 California, where it is converted into steel and fabricated into finished products. It is our first completely integrated industry and it operates to the joint advantage of Utah and California. "Our latest development is oil. The only well so far drilled to the Pennsylvanian series brought in a gusher. It has been plugged up until facilities can be provided for taking care of the oil, but all the -experts agree that potentially Utah, has one of the greatest oil fields in the country. coun-try. We have every encouragement to believe that the activities resulting result-ing from this development will bring us a vast increase In wealth and population. pop-ulation. You Californlans know better bet-ter than we do how much a genuine oil development means to a state. "Utah's metal mines produced' $82,000,000 in 1925 and are in a! most flourishing condition. Of all the' states in the Union, Utah now ranks' first in the production of silver, sec-, ond in lead and third in copper. Our bullion all goes to the New Jersey refineries. Is it too much to hope that eventually there may be refineries on'j the Pacific coast and manufacturing industries that will fabricate the refined re-fined lead and copper into articles ready for use? "Even a cold-blooded business man is interested in some other thing besides dollars and cents. Are you I fond of fishing? Come to Utah and I demonstrate your skill in our beau-j beau-j tiful trout .streams and lakes. Do you j like to hunt? Our Bear lake marshes jare one of the world's famous breeding breed-ing places for migratory birds and i furnish duck shooting that is unexcelled. unex-celled. If big game hunting is your hobby, come to Utah to get your deer or elk. "I suppose it is like carrying coals ! to Newcastle to talk to a Californian about scenery, but it is my painfu. duty to inform you that if you have not seen, the' wonders of southern ' Utah, 'You ain't seen nothing yet.' Zion National park is Yosemite done in oil. I wish I could convey to you the sense of awe that comes over one as he looks up at the Great White Throne or gazes from the Temple of Sinawawa over toward Angel's Land ing. No wonder the Indians regarded it a,s a spirit land. "Come to Bryce canyon that entrancing en-trancing fairyland, with its spires towers and minarets of brilliant hues so delicately carved by nature that 'stone resembles lace.' Nowhere in all the wide world can you find anything any-thing like it. It is unique and its sensuous sen-suous beauty lingers long in the mem oi y as a masterpiece of the Giver of all good and perfect gifts. "Driv-ei down through the beautiful Kaibab forest, seeing herds of deer as you pass along, to Bright Angel Point on the north rim of the Grand canyon, and if the majesty of that stupendous spectacle does not Impress Im-press you you are hardboiled indeed as hardboiled as the Los Angeles I contractor who, upon getting his 1st j view of the canyon, appeared to be deeply moved, but finally said: 'Well she's a hell of a big hole, but I'd fill her for ye for a dollar a yard.' "Utah is a land of business opportunities oppor-tunities and a delectable summer playground, and, withal, It is th home of a kindly, hospitable honest, warm-hearted, progressive, people. They are waiting to welcome you. Come and see us, and let us nhow you our wares as you are showing us yours." |