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Show Sliiilv Indirsilfs Poor Grading llmls III all Produce Aliirkel ' ""v mdliojls ol' utilization ol' Utah's fruil crops nm iu,w iW.,Mh1s o luuull.no' onulino- shipping ami nmrkelinc, d'i t ! of the slate ' L not tVw yo:u-s, it was point-, "1 ,t'to business, industrial and &.ral l'Uors of Utah co.m-' co.m-' .i moetin.S' roivntly in the !!nh Count V building- with mom-1 mom-1 ..ml ros.vu-cli.M-s of tht Nat-""TnV'wmws Nat-""TnV'wmws coniniittoe of the' Association of Chanb-r of rmew oxocutivos The nuvline, third of a series Jar hold tlinnigliout the state, .irrincod bv Clayton Jenkins, i'lrv of the Provo Chamber Sttmmoroe and prcidod over by a ,ri C Hatch, president of the Vh,mbor. It was attended by rep--nt'itives from American Fork, innVillo. Orem and Provo. 'Vt-ih onoe rated highly in all markets for its fruits, is losing its . Ltion due to strides by other, Lit.pnxlueing states rather than Town losses, according to Dr. FIRov Nelson, acting director of the bureau of economic and busi-re-iearch of the University of rt'ih which is directing a survey ,d analysis of the state's re-lirces re-lirces under the sponsorship of ;he Utah Chamber of Commerce and the Industrial Committee of the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce. In the case of the apple crop, he pointed out, a surplus went to waste in 1947. Last winter, however how-ever Utah housewives were buy-incr buy-incr 'apple sauce prepared, packaged pack-aged and shipped from New York state. Lack of processing plants in Utah was responsible. On the Denver Den-ver market recently pint cups of Orem raspberries were selling for the same or lower price than Colo-: Colo-: ado berries in half-pint cups. The Kason was the reputation being i acquired by Utah horticulture products pro-ducts due to improper or no grading grad-ing at all. More and more,, indications are being given by the survey that un- less Utah obtains standard or uni- form grading either through laws or through voluntary cooperation through cooperatives, all markets will be lost. With top fruit only in size, color and texture going to fresh fruit and canning markets, he pointed out, the remainder of the fruit crops could be salvaged : through juicing operations or the ; manufacture of jams and jellies. Theron Nelson of the research staff now making a survey of the state, pointed out the ramifications ramifica-tions of the effect of industrialization industriali-zation upon Utah cities, using the Thermoid plant and Nephi as ex-; ex-; amples, to predict what might happen in a varying degree to the : economy of Provo, Orem, Geneva, i Pleasant Grove, . Springville and other Utah county cities. . Dean Beuhler, U. of U. staffer, making a study of the metal in-, dustry, dealt with cost and .market .mar-ket factors of Geneva and the processing pro-cessing or satelling plants connected con-nected with it as a source of their steel supply. The tax situation in regard to Thermoid and Geneva Steel were discussed as parts of the cost of operation in competitive markets. J. K. Richardson, of the Utah Mining Min-ing Association, pointed out that these production costs were directly direct-ly affecting the development of known ore deposits in the American Ameri-can Fork area which were now deemed "marginal" only because of the high costs of production. J. A. Theobald,. president of the Utah Chamber and H. Wright Vol-ker, Vol-ker, secretary of the Natural Resource?, Re-source?, committee, also were speakers. |