Show S SI I Utah's Industrial Payroll I 4 HE f future turc economic greatness of Utah li lies f 1 in th the exploitation of its industrial poten poten- Textbooks used to refer to Utah as an agricultural state The plain fact is that the products of industry long have exceeded the products of the farms The hc wealth of our people has come chiefly from our mines and from factories utilizing other natural resources and raw goods Utah is is' an industrial state state state- has been for generations Yet industry is still in such a youthful state here Iler that we often overlook o this fact Sometimes Sometimes' we are not deeply enough cognizant of the fact that the great future of our people lies in the more efficient d development of the states state's vast manufacturing manufacturing man man- ufa turing possibilities Here is one note of progress however it is a report by the state industrial commission commission commission commis commis- sion showing clearly the growing importance o of industry in Utah Utah's industrial payroll for last year ear amounted to f breaking by several several sev eral million dollars the 1928 record Metal mining alone paid out an increase of over the preceding year There were industrially employed last year as compared to for 1928 Those ar are straws that point to increased industrial activity in the state Ve We are still only at the threshold Yet when it is considered considered consid consid- ered that all the products of Utah farms amount to about a year as compared com corn pared to the industrial payroll it can be seen that the economic progress of our people stretches out in the direction of manufacturing The raw materials are here in astounding quantities The Lincoln statement that Utah is the treasure house of the nation is borne out in an amazing way Untold mineral wealth is still untapped The power possibilities are sufficient for scores of generations yet unborn unborn enough enough coal to take care of the worlds world's demands for a hundred years years nat nat natural ural gas for industrial and domestic use use use- great reat sources of hydroelectric power yet un un- un- un harnessed The populous coastal country is isa isa isa a growing market for our products both agriculture agriculture agriculture agri agri- culture and manufactured It will mean much to the state for its leaders to catch th this s vision and to concentrate on the development of Utah industry |