| Show f o 0 Industry Seen Seen as Basis of States State's Welfare Salt Lake C. C of C. C Secretary Sees Future Pro Promise lise it 4 r B By GUS P. P BACKMAN IAN Secretary Chamber of or Commerce of Salt Lake City In the broad sense industry me means the producing of usable wable and useful usefull wealth We speak penk of the the- them m manufacturing 1 ing Industry the mining industry th agricultural ll industry and tr lion industry and man many other indus tries tries tries-all all more or less wen well well defined divisions of the more or less Interconnected activities by which men convert convert con con- vert ra raw materials into useful products prod prod- nets and make those products available available avail avail- prod prod-I able to p people in any OIny given h-en h community nit There could be no modern modem li life as we know it without modern industry industry in in- Utah has a fairly fairy well balanced industrial industrial in in- setup today with all the requisites for almost unlimited expansion expansion sion ion in is many lines in the future through more more- extensive development de of ef natural resources which are are- known to 10 e exist within its iu boundaries Primary S Source of Wealth The ne basic industries mining manufacturing manu nunu- f agriculture and livestock not only form torm the primary sources of ol wealth but they also aLo arc are the backbone backbone back back- bone of ot employment nt within the st state It is estimated that for every person employed in a basic industry two and anda a half hall persons are arc required in the Sf so- so called service ence industries These latter latter latter lat lat- ter co consist of salespeople truck drivers ers err laundry workers cleaners and dyers dyer restaurant cooks and waiters office workers repair men doctors dentists s lawyers and a long list of other ether classifications en engaged g in the rendering of ot services ices rather than inthe in inthe inthe the actual production of commod commod- ties From this it 11 will be seen een that many y more snore p people are dependent up upon n Utah's basic industries for a eli li livelihood ho hood tood d than just t those e who vho arc directly engaged in manufacturing r ng mining agriculture and livestock Heavy In Minerals Fi Figures ures as a rule are arc inter interesting tin only to statisticians but the general genera general public will find food for tor thought in inthe inthe the following comparisons which h have ha been selected d at lt random as cal o of Utah's place Flace in the nations nation's tion's industrial in industrial industrial in- in sun With only about 42 hundredths of ol one ne p per r cent of the nations nation's population population population tion Utah in 1933 produced 14 6 per cent of or the nations nation's copper out out- put p pr r cent of oC the lead 4 48 8 J per percent percent r cent of or the gold 77 per cent of the zinc jn per pcr cent of the silver sih per er cent of the gilsonite and 2 28 8 per percent percent percent cent of the coke That gi gives es an idea l lor of or Utah's importance as a l mineral state te In other lines too this state ranks well up toward the thc top lop In comparative comparative comparative tive production Dairy products is a good food example In 1933 Utah produced p per r cent of or all aU the evaporated milk produced in the United States or more than seven times time its share based on population The four primary industries in the state slate accounting for per cent of Utah's basic production of wealth are are divided ss as s follows Mining 31 9 per percent percent percent cent value added by manufacturing per cent livestock per cent agriculture 17 8 per cent Th These e figures figures fig fig- ures ar art are b based cd on a recent study covering covering cov cov- ering 1931 production made by the state tate planning board It is likely that tha the figures for the p past st year jear will ill bear approximately the same ratios I Utah very cry definitely y has another basic resource which more and more every 5 year e car r is being r recognized cognized as one of cf the primary assets o of the thc state This is her unsurpassed assed scenic and tourist attractions t tr Recognized as Hub During the past year tourist trave travel Into Utah far exceeded that of another anther an- an any an other ther year ar in jn Its history The devel- devel development program being undertaken by the federal government to popularize popularize American scenic centers will wil probably bring hundreds of or thousands thousand of visitors to Utah during the coming year and these visitors upon returning returning return return- ing home hom will encourage thousands I of t others to come to Utah to enjoy its its' scenic wonders and recreational ad ad- yan vantages tag es Utah will be recognized by the fedral fed fed- ral government go as the hub from which the Pacific coast will be served Close proximity ot t Salt SaIl Lake City to all Pacific coast points has been recognized recognized recognized rec rec- and the fact that all aU transcontinental transcontinental trans trans- continental highways airlines and railroad lines radiate fr from m Utah gives Oes this state great potential advantages in the forthcoming intensive development development develop develop- ment of the west New Industry Promised Further recognition b by the business I Interests ts of America that this this' country country coun coun- try is now definitely facing west we-st. will within a short hort period bring to the Intermountain In In- area particularly to Utah Uta factories of or all types fo for lor the production of what is required for tor the entire western coast and th the Asiatic trade especially in such lines as woolen goods and shoe m manufacturing and the processing of minerals These activities will provide employment for thousands of or workers As to the immediate outlook for tor increased increased increased in in- creased expansion the development of or phosphate lr salt alt and md other minerals which lie in unlimited quantities in inthe inthe inthe the s salt lt deposits o of Great Salt lake may begin during this year Helium I wells VeIls may prove a source of tremendous tremendous dous v wealth to th the state as may also the development of or a hundred and andone andone one other resources lying within the state practically untouched With these facts in mind the people people people peo peo- of or Salt Lake City and Utah ma may look forward to 1935 and the years cars ahead with enthusiasm secure in m the knowledge that their city and st state will continue to develop and provide as always the most delightful pla plain place in m which to live |
