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Show FARMERS ENLIST TO 'BUILD UTAH' Federation Members Hear Leaders Africuhurs Joined band with eommsrps, labor and Industry sta Thursday la a eoopsratlv sffort ts build Utah. The "Build Utah" aaasioo waa tha feature of the second day at the Utah Stats Farm Bureau federation convention at the Newhouss hotel, which Is expected to attract KM visitors by the conclusion of ths convention Friday. The program, which waa unprecedented unprece-dented in the history of state acrt-cultural acrt-cultural meetings, featured invitation invita-tion I addresses by leaders of various vari-ous industries, labor and commerce and was presided over by Clyde C tCoatiniw mm ran MUel Colum a On. FARMERS ENLIST jojuildjiah: r (Coetlnued from Pes One) Edmonds, general manager of the Utah Poultry Producers' Cooperative Coopera-tive association. Ttrup Cited Stanley J. Stephenson, executive , Secretary of the Utah Manufacturers' Manufactur-ers' association, described the modern mod-ern farmer as sitting next to the business executive as a result of - modern means of transportation and , communication. "The man in the sheep camp at the top of the Uintah mountains knows as quickly and as completely the market sod weather trends ss , does the man who sits in the hotel lobby." he said. "Therefore it is necessary for us to sit together and work out our problems." he said. "Before there can be cooperation and coordination coordina-tion there must be generated an atmosphere at-mosphere wherein these virtues may breed. On top of the conference table ta-ble there must be engraved Mutual trust and confidence.'" Duty Outlined He pointed out the serious drop In purchase of raw material during the depression and told th farm people that it was their concern also ' f,pi,yynfnf and cnn sumption in order that their products prod-ucts would find an Increased market. mar-ket. Conversely, he pointed out that the prosperity of industry and com- i mere depends on the farmer's income in-come and termed increased income for farmers also as a duty of industry. in-dustry. "Educational services should be Justly paid for," he continued. "And ' this depends upon the development of agriculture, livestock and industrial indus-trial resources more than it doe upon taxes withdrawn from delinquent de-linquent businesses which eventually eventual-ly means the drying up of the source of taxes." Labor's Need Aired Representing labor, Paul M. Peterson, Pe-terson, president of th Utah State Federation of Labor, asserted that only when workers are prosperous Is industry able to increase production produc-tion and establish prices that will bring profit. 'The merchant is benefited as are alt classes of society when more money Is circulated, when hours of work ar shorter, thereby eliminating eliminat-ing some of th unemployment," ha Said. "Until such time ss the right to work becomes a part of the bill of rights of this nation, until men of agriculture receive an honest and fair rate upon their labor and investment, in-vestment, and the people In professions profes-sions are compensated commensurate commen-surate with the dignity of their professions, pro-fessions, democracy is not functioning function-ing as its founders Intended it to." Results Seen "We feel that our actions hsve been productive of results beneficial to th commonwealth as a whole," he said. Mr. Peterson, In conclusion, urged the A F L and the farm bureau to work shoulder to shoulder in the fight against poverty In the ranks of all groups working for economic freedom. Kail Man Speaks Earl O. Reed of Omaha, supervisor super-visor of agricultural development for th Union Pacific railroad, asserted as-serted that a high rats of industrial indus-trial snd transportation activity with the least possible hampering or restriction by the government is the greatest factor In th prosperity prosper-ity of agriculture. "Pauperized, impoverished and Inadequate railroads would be disastrous dis-astrous to Utah and Utah's agriculture," agri-culture," he said. "The future of Utah is inseparably linked with good railroad transportation." In absence of Paul H. Hunt of Keetley. his address was resd by A. B. Young, assistant manager of the International Smelting At Refining Re-fining company. Mining Explained "Mining Is peculiarly susceptible to confidence," th paper read. Th metals w produce mainly ar used in capital industries, and when these ars depressed, mining is likewise like-wise affected. People can poet pone the us of metals, but not ths use of food. Mining is a self-destroying industry, slwsys depending on new capital with ths exhaustion of Its mines" Mr. Young added that as wealth and population Increase, th cost of government does not Increase proportionately, thus enabling the government to obtain mors taxable ' revenue, although it Is In a posi-1 tion to decrease taxation per unit. I Desirability o4 cooperation of agricultural ag-ricultural agencies was discussed in ths 2 p. m. session of A. W. Chambers, Cham-bers, vice president of ths Utah Stats Farm Bureau federation; John H. Kemp, president of the Utah Poakry Producers' Cooperative Coopera-tive association ; James H. Ellison, president of tb Juab County Farm bureau; John Hansen, president of the stat board of agriculture, and W. W. Owens, assistant director of extension at th Utah Stat Agricultural Agri-cultural college. |