| Show I NES' NES Y a WED WE'D DO WHAI Analysis If t. t 1 Analysis of oil th the Part t PI Pled Played I by Pi 1 and an Drill lit in Utah's Existence stence I In May 1931 a group of ec economists who had had- been engaged at the task for or manY nany ino months months' ihs ihs' c completed an Inquiry In i- ri q CJ into nt the e th Question n I How many y of n are axe basically dependent de dependent de- de pendent upon upon pon the metal mining Industry In In- in industry It was well wen known that a considerable considerable consid consid- considerable erable number numb r of depended mines for fora a living but brit nobody knew how many the statis statis- I They had not riot only to make a study of ot the population of at the state i but nt th they v had to tn devise devise- an an original method method of classifying sources sources' of f a which would distinguish the basic from the s secondary condary sources Nothing of the kind h had d been done don before As th the study progressed i it t became apparent that in order tobe to tobe tobe be conclusive the thc answer required a complete reconciliation of the estimated esti estimated esti estimated mated population dependent upon the metal mining ind industry stry with the populations pop pop- s dependent lent upon other basic industries and with the total population population tion of at the state A community must Jae be long of enough products to pay for what it has to have from outside In the ab absence ab- ab absence sence of excess production with which to balance its trade a 8 a given gil community community community com com- could not subsist Many mining communities in Nevada Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- vada offer after excellent this principle While these communities were ere pr producing uc ng exportable surpluses or metal to balance their trade th the e communities thrived As so soon n as their exportable e excess productions production s ceased these communities could not support themselves Their populations drifted away leaving unI habit habit- gh ghost st cities as monuments to the necessity necessity necessity ne ne- ne- ne of at excess ss production n in community com com- unity maintenance an and d development develop develop- ment ment- Obviously therefore all communities ties tics or governmental units are economically economically eco eco- dependent upon their theft excess excess excess ex ex- cess producing industries In this study such industries s are are termed prIm primary ry industries All others are arc service industries In order order to to to- determine which industrIes in in dusty es or economic activities ar are e primary and which are service it is i only ne necessary to consider the Uie con con suming markets for their products From the standpoint of at the state of ot Utah it is is apparent that the prima primary prImar ry industries are those whose products are consumed consumed outside the state All other economic activities are service in ch character and ar are e dependent for f r their existence upon the primary primar industries in in- in of the state After carefully considering all in industrial in- in Industrial activities carried on within the state the conclusion was w was s reached that only six primary or basic industries indus indus- tries s are responsible for Utah's present pres pres- present pres ent state of economic de development nt These six primary industries in the order of their importance are as fol fol lows 1 2 Metal mining and smelting 2 Agriculture 3 3 Transcontinental K nur rInI 5 5 Coal mIning t s. I 3 dc the populations O each of f the he sh es 1 Jt it to first the numbs number r of at direct em- em fis Ush of e ch primary To to be added the t. t i oyt i i- i ithe the wives wives wives' and families pl of bf tha industrial workers t Wherever it was Wa p possible to do so do-so so 80 1 those tl sc portions s of the thc direct ti its its' of other Industries ies dependent on MI on each each ach of the primary prImal Industries were onre re add added d. d to the direct population n of as described d. d After th thus s establishing th the total di- di red dependent upon each in- in indirect six prim primary industries the thc in indirect direct ors e population of the the state slate was was' established and apportioned aS a acc accurately rat ly as as possible among the Ithe six primary industries In this this' way the entire population of the state was was acco accounted for tor and ana apportioned logically among the six primary Industries s according to the princIples of ot population dependency developed In chapter 1 The final results of the computations computation lionS tion as described demonstrate beyond beyond be be- yond vond question that hat the metal mining ini g industry constitutes the ne' ne e economic the state AItho Although gh the technique of the thel study has been ex ex extremely co conservative tive in lit respect to the thc metal mining industry and very generous to other primary industries industries industries indus indus- tries the results show that metal mining is responsible for approximately l- l 47 per cent centt of the population population population tion of oC the state The primary agricultural agri agri- agricultural cultural Is second importance In and andIs Is responsible for 17 per percent cent of Utah's Utah s population Transcontinental trans transportation manufacturing coal mIning mining mIn min- ing and intermountain distribution tion combined s support the remaining 36 per cent of the population It was found that the t population directly dependent upon th primary mar mary industries of oi Utah totals This This' population classified I by y industries industries industries indus indus- tries is indicated in the following tab tab- Dependent Industry Industry- Population Metal mining and smelting v Agriculture re excl exclusive sive of at service service ser vice 1 Transcontinental transportation transports transports- transportation tion tion Manufacturing exclusive of service service 13 Coal mining exclusive of ser service service ser ser- vice la Intermountain distribution exclusive of service The population indirectlY indirectly dent upon on tn the six primary industries i through services services ren rendered to the IndustrIes industries in industries In- In and nd to their direct dependent dent populations totals peri per per- sons This This analysts analysis of the extent to which different sections of ot the population rely upon the extraction the of nO rous m metals compiled by Rolland Holland and associates specialists In n economic and governmental tal re research re- re search in behalf of ot the metal mine operators of t Utah |
