Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-31 | Page 7 | Mineral Meet Asks U. S. Funds

INE AAL L MEET ASS KS U. U 8 FUNDS t pOCATELLO r TELLO Idaho Seeking a federal agricultural s subsidy h establishment of i e erg I plants In the Utah Idaho-Utah- I ning phosphate region for ring f l ig ng of rock phosphate was tied Thursday by President E. E r eterson erson ol or Utah tate State Agri- Agri i ural urai college keynote speaker western phosphate confer confer- which opened in University je te e f f Idaho South auditorium present and future needs of our y Justify the federal gov- gov ent in cooperating with states Hindering dering the feasibility of sub- sub the processing and trans- trans J. J ng r tion of our phosphate he frayed fared to governors ltd fed d congressmen from the states dates ft t unite in a serious consideration f IS this problem looking to Its presentation pres pres- V to the national congress Farmers to Help They governors and congress- congress En en will be j joined i by those whose stake in it is asas as feat as or greater than ours ourse ours ours- L e f farmers and their tilts of the Pacific coast and the est a prosperous agriculture ture Jpe that is farmers who can buy great n quantity according to their needs American industry indus- indus try TT American labor and onal life fife will wUl be forced to a lower plane lane of income he said fit It is not sentiment alone which prompts aid to agriculture Ab- Ab Abstract Abstract tract Justice enters the picture as a v very y strong American emotion but ut self-interest self if jf nothing else justifies industry and labor and ande the e professions in supporting any Reasonable plan which will keep I greatest of all markets Amer- Amer AmerI I Han farms and farm families open t fo them he declared lorida and Tennessee valley Phosphate p deposits only 10 per percent perc crept cent c t-of t of the nations nation's phosphate resources reces re- re sources ces are being bein reduced at such Late lite 1 te that the west should immediately immediately immedi immedI- tely attack the problems of rel releasing re re- releasing l leasing the larger supplies in the Western estern states for use Dr Peterson Peterson Pe Pe- Pe- Pe terson tenon continued The problem of costs enters here bere he pointed out The essential essential essen- essen al objective is that of getting our material on farms in sufficient quantity to sustain fertility and earning power t I I believe belie industry manufacturing ing g and transportation would welcome wel- wel come come the opportunity to lend itself I generously to this enterprise I I Presiding Officer Dr Peterson chairman of the national committee on phosphate resources resources for the Association of American merican Land-Grant Land Colleges and Universities also is chairman of the administrative committee of the four western phosphate states- states Idaho Utah Montana and Wyoming Wyo Wyo- ming He is presiding at the con- con daxe clave 1 ve Imps Trips to phosphate deposits are ares s scheduled for Friday and ing mg session of the conference is to tobe tobe conducted be at Logan II