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HUNTTo HUNT HUNTTo I To Associated Civic Clubs of ofSouthern ofSouthern ofSouthern Southern UtahC UtahAPT Utah UtahAPT APT Stansbury in his revort report revortto reportto reportto CAPT C to congress on a "Survey Survey " otGreat ofGreat of ot Great Salt Lake ' In 18418 18418mentions 1847 18478mentions 8 8mentions mentions a horrible practice ot of o ( the theIndians theIndians theIndians Indians in Utah of o selling selllng their theirchildren theirchildren theirchildren children to the Navajos to become becomelater becomelater becomelater later slaves of the Spaniards Svaniards in inMexico inMexico inMexico Mexico This practice is un unpre unprecedented unprecedented pre precedented cedented in biological blOloglcal history . In Inthe Inthe i ithe the lowest forms of o vegetable and andI andanimal andanimal andanimal I animal life , parents sacrifice them themselves themselves I Iselves selves that their young may sur Bur sur- survive survive . - vive . , Plants gh gis give e a the last drop drov ot of otjuice ofjuice ofjuice juice from roots , stalks and lea leaties leatiesto leasesto , es esto to nourish the seeds , fish batterthemselves batterthemselves batter themselves themseIvesLtq to Vl pieces ces jm on the rocks la in ascending ascendmg rivers 10 to spawn spawnwhere spawnwhere spaw where the voung young j oung may be free from fromtheir fromtheir fromtheir their natural enemies enenues in the sea ; the females of certain certam scorpions in inMexico inMexico inMexico Mexico lay their thelr eggs on their theirbacks theirbacks theirbacks backs and are consumed allvewhen alivewhen alive allve when the young scorpions scorplons hatchUtah hatch Utah with wlth an area of ot 82000 82000square 82 82000square 000 000square square miles , 33h 3 % % under cultiva cultiva- cultivation cultivation - . tion , has about 520 520000 pOO 900 population populationor , or slightly over 6 to the square squareIIllle squaremile squaremile IIllle mile Coming to maturity each eachyear eachyear eachyear year are about 5,200 5200 , young men menand menand menand and women Surve Surveys s show that thatin thatin thatIn in order to earn a livelihood livel1hood , these theseyoung theseyoung theseyoung young people veovle al aie are e lea leaving , mg the tle tqe } state stateat stateat stateat at the rate of o 3,600 3600 , a year , 300 a amonth amonth amonth month , or 10 each day We are in infact infact infact fact exporting our own flesh and andblood andblood andblood blood that the remainder remamder of o us usmay usmay usmay may survive We do this , not like likeIndians likeIndians likeIndians Indians , for profit vrotit , but at huge hugelosses hugelosses hugelosses losses to ourselves and the state stateThere stateThere stateThere There has been expended by ma ma- maturity maturity maturity - turity on the average boy or girl girl$1200 girl1200 $1200 1200 $ to $ $1500 1500 $ for education , $5000 5000 $5000for $5000for $5000for 5000for $ for food , clothing and housing and at atleast atleast atleast least $1000 1000 $ foi fOl church , recreation recreation- recreational . - al and medical purposes vurvoses , a total of of57000 $1000 1000 17000 $ to $7500 7500 $ We are exporting exportingthis exportingthis exportingthis this Investment in our young peo peopIe peopie peopie pIe at the rate of $70000 70000 $70 70 $ 000 a d\Y d Y dap daymore ' \ , more than $2,000 2000 $2,000000 2000000 $ , 000 a month and and$25,000,000 and25000000 $25,000,000 25000000 $26,000,000 26000000 $ , , a yearBut year But monej money mone is the least of o our ourlOSS ourlosses ourlosses lOSS losses S The blood losses v . we e suf suffer . fer cannot be replaced We are aresaPPlDg aresapping arecapping saPPlDg sapping our future vigor , initiative initiativeand initiativeand initiativeand and vitality at an appalling appalhng rate rateIt rateIf rateIt It If continued contmued v . ' we 'se se e shall become a astate astate astate state of o old men and women and andSplDsters andspinsters andspinsters SplDsters spinsters SplDstersJ J 1 ( The Southern States lost 500,000 500000 500,000vigorous 500,000vigorous 500,000vigorous 500000vigorous , vigorous , courageous men out of a apovulatlOn apopulation apopulation povulatlOn population of less than 10.000,000 10.000000 10000000 10,000,000 . , , in infive infive infive five years ot of warfare Such 103ses losses 103seshave losseshave losseshave have stunted the natural growth growthof growthof growthof of the South to this day Here in inUtah inUtah InUtah Utah i'I iI ' we e are losing our best blood bloodat bloodat bloodat at the rate of o 23 2 3 of o 1 % a year anddo anddo and do not seem to realize the serious seriousness 'ness ness serious'ness ' ness of o the situation These young ' 'people people young'people ' people , earning earnlDg their livings l1vings inCalifornia inI inCalifornia in I California or Detroit , are as mucha much a & lews 1M3 loos to the future welfare of . . _ _ n . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Utah as it if their bodies were ferti fertl fertilizing . lizing tho the slopes ot of Cemetery Ridge Ridgeat Ridgeat Ridgeat at Gettysburg GettysburgIn In addition to the loss ot of two two- twothirds two-thirds two thirds - . thirds ot of our young people veovlo , we wehave wehave wehave have between 25,000 25000 26,000 26000 , and 30,000 30000 , un unemployed . employed This fundamental tundamental social socialand socialand socialand and economic problem vroblem , beside besidewhich besidewhich besidewhich which all our other difficulties difllculUes are areinsignificant areinsignificant areinsignificant insignificant , will tend to disap disat disap- disappear disappear > - - pear vear when we are growing at a arate arate arate rate that will offer otter ovvortunitles opportunities opportunitiesto ovvortunitlesto to our young people peovlo to earn a liv l1v- l1v liv- l1vmg living living - ing mg ingWhile mgWhlle While Whlle the industrialization ot of otUtah ofUtah otUtah Utah ha ha-s ha s has & - been going gomg on tor for many manyjears manyyears manysears jears years , , a great deal ot of our economic economicthinking economicthinking economicthinking thinking Is based upon uvon the outlookot outlookof outlook of a pioneering Vioneering agrarian state , al although . though the opportunities ovvortunities for pio Vio- Vio pie Vioneermg pioneering - ' neering neermg in agriculture and stock- stock stockraising stockraising stock-raising stock raising - raising have long s'nce snce since ' ceased W9 We W9fear Wefear Wafear fear industrialization because WQ wa WQdo wado wado do not understand it and , becauseot becauseof because ot of these prejudices vreJudices , "we we " are hostile hostiletoward hostiletoward hostiletoward toward it , although , as I see it . , it itis itis Itis is our only salvatlonLet salvationLet salvation salvatlon salvationLet Let me point valnt out some ot of the thebenefits thebenefits thebenefits benefits we all receive from these thesegreat thesegreat thesegreat great aggregations ot of capital cavital we wecall wecall wecall call corporations In 1927 I bought boughta a General Motors car tor for 54160 $4160 4160 $ and andin andin andin in 1935 turned it in for a small al- al al10 alIs al-lo al lo alloance - - 10 Is /ance ance lance 'ance / ' and aud bought a far better bettercar bettercar bettercar car for about $1100 1100 $ The purchas purchas- purchasing purchasing - ing lag value ot of my automobile dollar dollarin dollarm m in these 8 j years vears ears had increased mcreased al- al almost al almost - . most 400 % , oi or or , * , I had received recelved the theequivalent theequivalent theequivalent equivalent of nearly a 50 % divi dlVi dividend . dend dead in purchasing vurchasmg power vower a year yearI I did not receive recelve this dividend as asa asa asa a stockholder ot of General Motors MotorsHad MotorsHad MotorsHad Had I been a stockholder I would wouldhave wouldhave wouldhave have received about 5 % a year yearbut , but as a consumer I got 500/0 500 0 50 % / a ayear ayear ayear year , this thlS because stochholders stockholders stochholderswere stockholderswere stockholderswere were permitted to receive thelr their their5 5 % dividend dlvidend , , if earned The rea reason . son people would invest mvest their thelr sav sav- say savings savings - ings lags In General Motors stocks and andbonds andbonds and.bonds andbonds . bonds and thus finance facilities by bywhich bywhich bywhich which a bettci bettel better automobile could be bemanufactured bemanufactured bemanufactured manufactured each year at a vrofit profit vrofitand profitand profitand and etill sUll still at a smaller selling selhng pnce price pricewas , was because so 80 far our laws la\\8 la 8 ' \ and andthe andthe andthe the judgment of a majority of our ourpeople ourpeople ourpeople people have hae ha\ ha has \ e protected from con con- confiscation confiscation . - fiscation of private property I ImIght Imight Imight mIght clamor against General Mo Motors Motors : Motors tors stockholders receiving receivmg 5 % a ayear ayear ayear year becauseI because , I am not a stock stock- stockholder stockholder . - holder , but in so doing domg I would be beupsettmg beupsetting beupsetting upsettmg upsetting our whole mdustrlal industrial mdustrlalsystem industrialsystem industrialsystem system , throwing throwmg hundieds hundleds hundreds 0 of ofthousands otthousands f fthousands thousands ot of men out ot of employ emploj- emploj employ- emplojment employment employment - ment and endangering endangermg my own in m indirect . direct dlrect di dn dividends Idends ot of 500/0 500 0 50 % / a year yearLet yearLet yearLet Let me cite you another eMmple example eMmplecloser examplecloser examplecloser closer homeIn homeIn home homeIn In ( ( In the second halt half ot of his ad address address address dress , to be given in m another issue issueMr , , Mr . Hunt points pomts out the relation relationship relationship relationship ship ot of nonferrous metal mining to tothe tothe tothe the population vopulation and unemvloyment unemployment unemvloymentproblems unemploymentproblems unemploymentproblems problems in Utah ) . unemvloymentI I |