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Show Community Prosperity Depends Upon Keeping Money at Home Utnh Iiiih cmtKlit tliu spirit 1 Utuli now knows Hint IiiTcMiimunlty prosperity pros-perity depends iilniost entirely on how nenr homo Utuli money lu kept I A few weeks iiko when tho citmpnlKn In tlie Interest of Utali-tmulo Roods wns Innuenrnted, hy tho Utuh Manufacturers Manu-facturers Association, his things were expected, hut It was hardly thought tliut tho enterprising people of the stute would take hold of this Import' ant matter with the vim and vigor that are everywhere In ovldenco. Utuh li apparently aroused to the fmct that If this state Is to be built up as a commonwealth of great com-tnarclnl com-tnarclnl Importance, It must bo done with Utuh money. It Is now evident that If Utah "money Is more Interested In developing tho business of Illinois, Now" York, and other eastern states, our own homo Muto will suffer Immeasurably. Im-measurably. It Is Important toN note, howover, that even with tho effort .put forth on every sfdo right now and tho great Improvements recently mudo enough money Is needlessly leaving Utah every yenr to build a great city jorjtkpjuLluoiiiJrjEilJLfJJ night and duy. '" "If my observation Is correct," said Secretary Karloy of the Utnh ,Manu- focturors Annoclutlon recently, "Utah people are Jimt as far-seeing as tho people of California, Colorado, Illinois Illin-ois or any other progressive state. Although some aro a little thoughtless most of our people reullze that home enterprises furnish the very life's blood of every commonwealth. The spending of an American dollar achieves Its maximum effectiveness' In community building only when tliut spending takes place very close to where It wuu earned. "Utuh roads would naturally bo poor nnd Utah communities almost Impoverished Impover-ished If the bulk of Utah's wages uiul other sources of Income were sent to pay the tuxes and build up the cities of Illinois. Of course Iheso good people peo-ple In tho east would be very much obliged to Utuh for her rongnunlmlty, but In their quiet movements they would smile a meaningful smile. "No, I feel positively certuln that Utuh Is going to stand whole-heartedly by her own people nnd by her own Industrial enterprises not because of sentiment either, but because It is common sense to do It." The" way things arc, moving with tho 'campaign (il TlIB IntcresT oTUTaTT JSRF" ducts It appears that Major Earley la exactly right. |