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Show 'NATURE ANI1 MAN" IN UTAH. M, S. Shaler, in Sc.ribner's magazine for the present month, contributes his second article on "Nature and Man in America." Ho aims to show that nature, na-ture, in her distribution of mountain, plain and valley with their various productions, pro-ductions, in close connection with cli-matal cli-matal characteristics, seriously affects in fact materially controls, the character, char-acter, extent and diversified industrial occupations of the populotion of a given extent of territory. A little reflection re-flection will substantiate the statomcnt. In this connection, Utah occupies a superior position. With tho singlo exception ex-ception of maratime advantages, her productions, soil and climate, furnish a field for the largest development of diversified di-versified and protitable labor and for the formation of stalwart qualities of body and mind. Mining, manufacture, agriculture, horticulture, stock-raising, find exhaustless stores of raw material out of which to supply home and foreign markets upon a collosal scalo. Health and wealth are tendered with a goner-ous goner-ous hand sufficient for a teeming population, popu-lation, Tho configuration of the territory, terri-tory, its central situation, its perfect and varied climate, its hoalihful, invigorating invig-orating mineral waters and batning resorts, re-sorts, its grand and inspiring scenery, supplemented by sure foundations laid for religious and educational institutions, institu-tions, invite and provide for a douse population, In the near future, these fertile valleys, mineral-laden moon-tains, moon-tains, rich pasture ranges and fruitgrowing fruit-growing foot-hills, will be occupied by such a population and the hitherto obscure ob-scure territory become one of tho brightest stars in the galaxy of states. |