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Show - . f Concentration of Purpose UTAH people ihuU heeJ the lessons taught , bv California. A few ears ao California ; was cut an J torn by Motional loalty wh'kh ' 5tunteJ rtat. growth. Material development and ' progress began when the people started boosting I for the Mate first and the section after. Cali- ! fornia cities still compete with one another for civic and population advantages. The rivalry, j however, is of a different variety than that found ; in most states. The state's welfare is held para- mount and competition between cities does not j encroach upon this ideal. ! Here in Utah we stick more or less to the) j sectional viewpoint. We are pioneers in the j theories of cooperation, but are slow to grasp, the principles. Sectional jealousies deprive thej state of its natural development. We have failed in what California has succeeded, sectional com- " petition which docs not destroy state growth. California is now reaping the harvest and is look-j look-j ing to a bigger and broader vision, one which will make the West coast ' a live competitor of . the Kast. ! ' With this object lesson before us, it would I seem that the need of a broader vision should ! impress itself upon our people. When the state i ' prospers all sections share in the prosperity. For ' this reason sectional competition should not be , waged to the point of ruin. New industries should j It. - not be driven out of the state, because the sec- ! . tions cannot agree on the location. A factory in Ogden is better for Utah than one in California. Cali-fornia. Likewise it is better for Salt l ake. The reverse is also true, for Ogden profits more from . the factory in Salt Lake than from the one on the Pacific coast. State rights and concessions are more readily j obtained when communities and organizations are i " united. This cooperation helps to get just freight j rates, fair taxes and other elements vital to indus-j indus-j trial growth and stability. Cooperation between j cities and sections might be encouraged by a I clearing house, representative of all sections and " all organizations. It should not be difficult for the people of the state to ajree on matters of constructive import. It is easy to see when a ' thinj? is ooi for the state as a whole anJ if we Could but broaden our vision to stimulate this effort our progress and development would be j more assured. Concentration of purpose is vital I to the welfare of any state. 1 |