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Show UTAH PRODUCTS REACH GREAT TOTAL IN VALUE; Prospects for Present Year Are .Better Than in Any Other Period in History of Progressive Pro-gressive Commonwealth. WITH a production of minerals of a value placed by the United States geological survey sur-vey at 55,000,000 the greatest great-est since the discovery of metalliferous metallifer-ous ores in this state; with au output of approximately $47,001,280 by agricultural ag-ricultural and kindred industries; with au output bv manufacturers of $37,- 000. 000; with upward of $50,000,000 on deposit in state, private and national banks, and with equal prosperity in al other Hues of industry, Ltah more than shared pemiral pood times prevalent preva-lent throughout the United States during dur-ing the past twelve months, and 1915 will go down in the annals of this state's history as tiuly a notable year. Until 1015 the year 1013 stood as the greatest in the history of the state so far as the production of minerals is concerned. In that year the output of mines and quairies of this state was approximately $5-1,000,000. In 1. H3, however, the production of minerals min-erals reached the enormous figure of $55,000,000, and with $10,000,000 to represent the value of the output of the quarries and coal mines, added to tills, the grand tr-tal is brought to $135.000,00 0 $11,000,000 more than in 1913. Help to State. Here are some ng-ures to illustrate what the mineral industr- means to Utah: Total pav-roll for ,-year, $15,000,000 or $16,000,000. Number of men emploved, 13,000. Dividends paid, S9.6S8.S-i8. While some branches of the agricultural agricul-tural industry siow slight decreases in the value of their respective productions, pro-ductions, the year just ended', considered consid-ered as a whole, was as favorable to those engaged in the cultivation of the soil as to those devoted to the ex- gloitation of the state's mineral wealth, ly Rn increase of 945,000 bushels the income from Utah's wheat crop of 1915 was swelled to a point $S12,700 in excess ex-cess of that of 19H. v In the total acreage planted to grain and bay there was an increase ot 25,-000 25,-000 acres, though of the actual amount Planted to hay there was a decrease of 2,000 acres. " Much of this hay land is thought to have been planted to beets and horticultural crops, the returns re-turns on which do not yet snow in tho crop report. Passes Seven Million. With wheat selling at S6 cents a bushel on December 1 of both years, the 1914 production of 7.275,000 bushels bush-els shows a valuation Of $6,256,500. while the output of 8,220,000 this year shows a valuation of $7,069,200. 'The corn crop of 442,000 bushels this year exceeded the crop of 420,000 bufheU of last year by 22.000 bushels. Selling at 75 cents a' bushel, the crop of last year was worth $315,000, while the crop of thi6 year at 80 ceuts a bushel mounted to i value of $353,600, showing show-ing an increase of $38,600. Oats showed a falling off in production of 50,000 bushels between the 4,750.000 bushels of last year and the 4,700,000 of this year, though at 45 cents a bushel this year the crop was worth $2,115,000, as compared to a total value of $2,0-12,-500 for the 1914 crop, selling at 43 cents, showing an increase of $72.o00 in the income in-come from the oats crop. Tbe output of barley remained the same this year as last, 1,400,000 bushels, though a raise in prica from 50 cents a bushel last year to 52 cents a bushel thie year resulted in au increase in cash returns of $28,-800 $28,-800 from the barley crop. With a production pro-duction of 202,000 bushels, selling at 65 cents a bushel, the rye crop for this vear amounted in value to $131,300, while in 1914 the output of 228,000 bush-els bush-els at 60 cents amounted to $136,800, showing a decrease in cash value ot $5500 only, though -here was an actual decrease of 26,0000 bushels in the production. Potato Crop Decreases. From the potato crop of 2,800,000 bushels in 1914 the crop of ii,500,000 bushels this year was a decrease of 300,000 bushels, last year's crop, belling at 60 cents a bushel and amounting to $1,680,000, exceeding the $1,673,-000 $1,673,-000 value of tbis year's crop at 63 cents by $105,000. With a decrease of 12,000 acres in the acreage devoted to hav raising, the difference between 106,-000 106,-000 in 1904 and 394,000 in 1915, the crop decreased by 131,000 tons, the difference dif-ference between 1,116,000 tons in 1911 and 985,000 tone in 1915. At $7.7(1 a ton, the 1914 crop was wortb $3,593,200, while the 1915 crop at $8 a ton amounted amount-ed to $7,830,000, snowing a decrease in the value of the hay crop of $713,200. After agriculture, the manufactu-in industry is perhaps next iu importance in this state, and manufacturers agree that 1915 was oue of prosperity for them. While the output of the factories, may not ba.ve been as large as in 1911 due to unfavorable weather conditions better prices prevailed, with tbe result that tho output by manufacturers reached $37,000,000 in value. And, while these circumstances combined com-bined to make 1915 a great yc3r from the standpoint of the investor and laborer la-borer alike, capitalists in close touch with financial affairs predict that good i times will continue in thi .-niHtiv ,i:h1 state, regardless ot' condition iii i-rore. i-rore. Colonel I). '. .lack ling voiced t'. opinion in a recent intcn .ev, :y u which the following is t:ike:i; But, in mv opinion. !h:'ir is no reason to believe that ihe lvjsr(e of the United states will snler :i depression at t be end of Mi - ivi' j pean war. wiieuever that innv be. The business of the coun'rv -: t:iblishetj on a firm ''oiU'diU '.Mi. :iM 1 believe there will be an ii,. nn-, activity in the industries of ti.e country at the end ol' the .-on.li-i. I can see no reason why ne;e-e mi Europe should affect the' prosperitv of the United States. With conditions such us I'.iese hi Ulrth generally, 8aH Lake ot iie.'essuy pn.ju.,I unprecedented prosperity, an-l with" ;-et-ter renditions assuror for )EM6. it- tollewi" that S-iH T-ke will li.ie eeti n cic-Mler measure of prosperity. Men who t-r-i,! the purse-strings of the country in search of likely investments, anil uiln the situation such as it is in this se.-tu.n. it Is forecasted that rt.nh in ihe t'nst st:i?e ot wh:it v:h he the rcale;:.! v:e-vclupment v:e-vclupment ii: its history. Location Advantages. The status of every eonuuerriai or m-vesunent m-vesunent center is has-ed largely on its natural advantages, ehi-Mly tiie develen-nieul develen-nieul of, the natural resources ot 1 1 lit-ritory lit-ritory it serves. In this respect ,S.ih l.;ike is withijiiU n e 1 in ihe west ;ni'.i ii.is few rlviils in the entire I uited Suites. It senVs ;is e'-!i;ner'-!.-il . . 'i 1 1 T ter pr;t, -tleally file entire interinonntaln region. ;i territory of approximately a quarter ur a million square miles, tilled witii tie.tural resources not. excelled in tiie wori l, A quarter of a million square tidies is ahm-M too large a territory io he :,-.uiily appie-ciated. appie-ciated. but it is appi-oxlinai'-h- 01-pial to the suate of Texas. It , emprises i suites ot Utah and Idaho. praetirRllw ail Of the state of Xe:lda. .1 pari oi weceivi Wyoming and part u!' 1'olnrado. Almost since, the pioneers penei rat ed the interinowlilain lepii-n. its nnaae-M standing has eetn hased larcrly upon mineral min-eral prouuetion. hut the de ipeieitt uf irrigation has hroaght ahoit 1 1 it- dev.-V.'P-ment of agriculture and alh'-d ihdusi ev by leaps and bounds, until now it a close ral tor tirst la'sltien. And iw of these industiies. are oven near th" maximum' of their possibilities. The mineral resources of the territory hae been scarcely mere than tun hrd. The. great iron deposits in thg southern pa ; l of Utah have not been disturbed-.- .nl the other metal and hydro-carbon deVoMt.i have merely heen scratched. Prosperous Banks. Great coal and giisonite deposits ot th Uinta basin await adequate transportation transporta-tion facilities. The coal deposits of Hi" basin are said to excel in qi.uniiitv of anv other section of the western c"ti-trv, c"ti-trv, and according to eonset a live estimates esti-mates the gilsonlte deposits are worth approximately seven billion dollars, m enoutch to make several inans sii'-li as the allied powers requested irom Aim t-tcart t-tcart bankem. There is no better barw.ftrr ot eon. ditions in a state or city -bun a statement state-ment of bank conditions. rl h- most notable not-able feature in this hue in I'tah in i!'ir was the fset that nearly uO per rent of tho stale banks show no overdrafts. It has been announced by the state bunking department that In it will he insKi.d that overdrafts he eli tci r.i i r d entii-. During the past vear ftve im-w Mate nanKa entered the field In this s-h.i". Coinnifi -clal deposits increased $:. "i'.h'iu, while savings deposits and loai.s show a slight decrease. The following table, iasue.1 by 11. I. Haines, commissioner o( the staff bureau bu-reau of Immigration, labor and slati'-. s. shows the value of the. ll'U output of the various products nientlene.l : RijsltYds. Value. Wheat ....Ni-o.eiin $ .?! Oa(s 4it.ti-l.IMHI l.Ss,.0i"N Barley.'. '. . . . ' l.s".0iW f?:i.:u Rve ' -L!'o. nun k'li.i'-w com t-'l'i.oo'i , W Potatoes 'J,'hi0,i.MI' l.tc.ei. noo Hav; tons .ihv.oo,, S.S'is.i "0 Sukhx beets, tons S'U.,00" ,:."Mu pVcd ' , Alfalfa W' Sweet clover ' '?.? Red clover f11' Orchard fruit -,,,, Apples .) Peaches 7.0O ';"'" Pears -. - . .1 -, u '.' 1 ' Other fruit, tncludlns cherries, apricots, plums and prunes. ll.iii.'i'io Bmall fruit '''J1-'-'.1"'' .rnraery products ;,-'."'' Flowers and plants lOu.'.'On Vegetables 1.6..0n'i Dalrv products Omi.teio Miscellaneous l.eeO.iJ'i'l Eegs and poultry a.itnn.ii'ni Honey -. , l'yi"" Livestock If. V"'J Wool, pounds 1 ii, ss 4,Sr,2 47.0HI,r.u |