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Show NELSON ALDRICH i ADDRESSES LIONS TUESDAY NIGHT Nelson W. Aldrich, director of public relations for Utah Copper : company, Salt Lake City, was ! guest speaker at the regular semi monthly meeting of the Bingham Lions club held Tuesday evening at Bingham club. A new member, mem-ber, J. Lynn Booth, was welcomed welcom-ed and Harold W. Nielsen was a guest Mr. Aldrich spoke on the importance im-portance of civic clubs in the future fu-ture development of Utah resources. re-sources. He complimented Lions on membership in a civic group, remarking that most persons arc cognizant of the fact that the or- j ganization and activity of civic clubs is a true example of democracy de-mocracy at work. If civic clubs wtTf tint in pxisli'iicp tn handle the many necessary jobs in communities, com-munities, it is highly probable that government agencies would be even more powerful, as is the case in many other countries. One joins a civic club to take part in movements for civic betterment bet-terment and the group effort aids individuals in crystallizing ideas on worthwhile projects, Mr. Aid-rich Aid-rich commented. Upon the mining future of Utah depends the economic future fu-ture of the state, Mr. Aldrich stated. Utah's possibilities do not lie in agriculture and it is not likely that Utah will ever become be-come a great manufacturing state. But, emphatically, Utah's economic future does he in the development of natural resources, and to make this future possible Utahns must lend ingenuity and every effort to see that the proper prop-er atmosphere is created to make our state inviting to new business. busi-ness. To create this atmosphere we must keep taxes at a minimum and eliminate all unnecessary regulations re-gulations which could cause a company to remove its business to another state. In the early days there were many bonanzas in the mining industry in-dustry in this state, as all know, but they are long since gone and today we have sizeable deposits of low grade ores- Ninety-five percent of today's non-ferrous metals come from what was once known only as marginal ores. In his discussion of mining in Utah today, Mr. Aldrich went on to say that during the years the trend of prices of metals has been predominantly down, while costs have risen. Today, metals (outside (out-side of gold) are highly competitive competi-tive and there is not always a good market. Increasing taxes have played a large part in the increasing costs of metal produc-1 tion. Mining is different from agriculture in that soil can be enriched for the growth of crops, while ore deposits, once exhausted, exhaust-ed, cannot be rebuilt. Mr. Aldrich concluded his talk by urging that civic groups work to invite new industries to Utah 1 to stay and exert every effort in making the state the proper atmosphere at-mosphere for industries. |