Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-10-09 | Page 7 | Utah Industry and Cheap Power

Utah Industry and Cheap Po Power rl I SIGNIFICANT NT staten statement nt- nt is contained in Governor Derns protest against fh federal fed fed- cr eral cral l power commission rejecting three power filings in Utah f. f We ve do not concede that it if is the proper f function of f your commission to tp Decide wh whether 0 or not there is an m economic need for ap a p project JJ said the chief ex executive j Jj It is our opinion that thai cheap neap power createS creates cre cre- ates ateS' its market and we have rather definite nite assurance that certain large industries would o ld locate in Utah Uta if cheap power ver were a available vall able here U J III reg regard id to th tie the first sentence hoe power commission may be pretty y certain that there is an economic need f for r developing more mote resources resources if the Utah Power and Light c company or any other big utility is willing to spend immense immen e sums in developing such projects Utilities are not known for risking cool millions on useless developments Whenever any public utility is willing to Io agree gree to fair terms and construct and pay fora for a a. a power project at Flaming Gorge Dewey Rattlesnake canyon canon or on the Green Gree and Yampa rivers then it is a concrete testimony to the probability that the undertaking is economically eco ceo non cally feasible le Regarding the governors governor's second sentence quoted above Las Vegas with its boom and Los Angeles with its wild enthusiasm certainly certainly certainly believe believe- that cheap power creates creates' its own own market They vision new factories springing up as is result of Boulder dam This we know as an actuality that hat Utah lias has lost some huge smelters b because ause other states offered cheaper power Trainloads of Utah mineral products are shipped to Mon- Mon tana and also to states states' farther east This is industrial activity that would mean mu much h to Utah workmen and business men if about all the refining operations could be kept here Utah does have potentialities for fot far- far reaching industrial development The raw materials are here in abundance Laboring resources are ideal Governor Dern suggests t that at cheaper power would help the state de its unscratched opportunities This is not an attempt to face all the ramified problems involved in new policies of the federal power commission We Ve do believe that the commission should protect the gre great t natural water resources with wisdom and fore fore- sight A duty i is owed to future generations But a prejudice against private enterprise should not not- prevent power projects that might give Utah its needed industrial impetus This states state's industrial industria destinies ought to be QC gi given en thorough and sympathetic consideration by bythe bythe the f federal deral bureau A