Show FIGURES PROVE FUTURE OF SALT LAKE H 1 N No 0 City of Similar Size in inThe in u. u S. S Its Business Equal 1 The Past Year Has Seen Great Strides in All ZB Branches of Business and Industry Building Build Build- m ing Permits Show Big Increases 4 Many New Industries 1 I. I HE answer answer to the question What docs docs' the future futuro hold for J fHE H Salt Lake City is being answered energetically by the chamber of ci amber of commerce For several years cars Salt La Lake e City has Ims been nationally advertised 7 as a vacation center Now a campaign is under way to make it not only a vacation vacation vaca- vaca tion city but a good city in which to live livo and do business While Vb le the tho figures for far 1922 1923 ore ar are not yet complete indications indica bops lS are arc that in ill practically every line linc business volume qU sh show shY Y a decided increase over over 1923 1922 according to tot t esti- esti limber cr of commerce esti esti- mates No city In America of ot equal size t c with Salt Lake Lak City as a business city says President Ross D son In rn its class It leads every clip city In America in bank clearings with Ith In 1922 There Is here herd a diversity of or industry a di diversity diversity diversity di- di of or income s farms cattle ranches and sheep herds U Utah ah produces annually approximately H In wealth or 1000 for fore e ery ej ery person perhaps the highest per por capita production In America POSITION ASSURES GREATNESS its grits present greatness rand potential poten poten- t dai strength lies In Its s strategic po po- Salt Lake is the tho only city with more than than 0 population between Denver and San Francisco i 1 distance of or miles and between between between be- be be be- tween Mexico and Canada In the I same ne east and wes west area Building permits provide the b bas s Index of or community growth Let Letl's Letus us qS see sec In 1921 the total was slightly slight slight- ly ly ly- und under r in 1922 It was 55 Up to December 1 the J permits to totaled aled Basin Basing D December cember conservatively at Ire lre total for tor the year will be 7 or a 40 per cent Increase ase 1922 During the y year ar a e. dozen doren oren new In- In were added to the city an additional annual of or and employ- employ ns ngo 1500 men and wom women n and rep rep- Sen capitalization of or his Chis work orl was done by tho the Indus- Indus rial department of ot the chamber of ot oto o snowS A A. A INCREASE This years year's city directory shows he greatest number of ot names In he he- history of ot the city a a. total of ot names representing a po u- u atlon of or for Salt Salt ake City Including Murray Midale Midale Mid Mid- ale Sandy Magna and Garfield his is names more than 1922 n 1921 the next highest year tho the otal number of ot names shown In he directory was Salt Lake City Is the grea greatest inciter city In the western hemis- hemis here handling more smelter ton- ton age ase than than any other die die- in North and South America t t RIng Bingham twenty seven miles west is the Utah Copper mine the tho greatest g open cut copper mine In Inthe Inthe inthe the world and one 0 ot of Americas America's greatest industrial enterprises The tourist travel In 1923 will otal total more than double the 1921 total 31 The business done by Salt Lake City due to Its strategic position exceeds that of ot any city of or similar size In America Tho retail business business business busi busi- ness for 1922 Is estimated at 55 Tho wholesale business ss for forthe forthe the same year was 45 l while the manufacturers ut re totaled 1 The metropolitan area served by Salt Lake City Includes a radius of or about forty miles s In which are twenty prosperous communities communities communities com com- and many thousands of or acres acres of ot farms farmR and more than sev sev- five enty-five opera opera minas This territory Is served by Interurban electric railways In addition to the tho steam railroads CITY HAS JIAS I I FOR On n. n ILACE TO LIVE But most of ot all aU Salt take Lake City Is a good place to live It Is the cl city y Ideal with good water good schools a city of ot home hom owners who o 0 opportunities are abundant for tor life lite in in the great grent outdoors The city lies at an altitude of ot feet teet above sea level In an arm of ot the great Wasatch mountains overlookIng overlook- overlook Ing Great Grea Salt lake and the valley to the th west Here lIere Is the best four- four season climate In the United States winters are never severe and the city Is almost free tree from the devastating devas ta tating ing storms and blizzards Just what the future holds for tor Salt Lake City is almost an ImpossIble Impossible impossible sible question because of ot the great variety and extent of natural re resources resources resources re- re sources which are to be found In all aU see sections lons of the city Utah's fu future future tuI tu- tu ture growth tall Is J Inseparably f linked with I h the certain development which h is now being experienced on on- the Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- coast and which is certain to tomake tomake tomake make of the Pacific slope one great groat Industrial empire rivaling In time the Atlan Atlantic le seaboard Proximity to the large centers of ot population which are certain to tobe tobe tobe be found on on the Pacific coast will utilize not only Utah's raw materials materials mate mate- rials but the he possibilities of Utah's agricultural development are far greater than anyone can possibly realize The chamber of ot commerce Is committed to the progress ss of ot a a. greater city and state land Is exertIng exerting exerting exert exert- ing every means within Its pow power r for persistent ent advertising to advise the world that this ls Is in reality not only a a. good place to rest bu but t a 3 j good to Ito work and to live |