Show time for long pants Like it or not Utah Is in a race raco with our neighboring states state to attract new industry and so to provide new jobs Statisticians will tell you that Utah is growing fast growing as fast in terms of population as most western states But our growth is slow and uneven job job- wise We need new jobs every year just to keep pace with our tion t Otherwise our young people must go elsewhere for employment Well WeH how do we attract new industry Remember each time we speak of Industry industry in In- we dont don't mean some abstract symbol Wo We mean jobs paying dollar Jobs provided by industry Weve We've learned that there are several things about us that manufacturers like Theres There's our location close to the big booming west coast markets They like our people our labor force our climate and our level of education But Bub they dont don't like Uke the laws tax wise under unde which they must operate as compared to Nevada Wyoming Arizona Arizona Ari Ari- zona and now Idaho All AU of these states have Freeport laws and we have been placed in the unfortunate position of losing many new industries to those states simply because we dont ont Now we have the opportunity when wo we vote on the Freeport port Amendment Constitution Amendment Proposition No o. o 1 in the November general election This is an amendment with one simple I open purpose It is intended to remove any ny possible constitutional objections concerning bills biUs already passed by the Utah legislature It simply proposes to extend the terms of those old bills making Utah attractive to industry It simply proposes at the very least to wipe out the handicaps Utah suffers in attracting industry when compared with our neighboring states It proposes to do so not for selfish motives but because because be be- cause the only y way we can bring outside wealth and increase our job opportunities ties ia is to make more goods than we can use ourselves and sell sen that surplus outside outside outside out out- side the state state Its It's that simple The Democratic Party and the Republican Republican lican Hcan Party have endorsed the Freeport Amendment So have labor unions busIness business bus bus- iness mess organizations manufacturers organizations organizations organizations or or- and civic leaders in every section of the state Its It's time we M grew up to be competitive competitive tive with our neighboring states Its It's time for long pants Lets Let's not drop the ball Lets Let's all aU get out and vote FOR the Freeport Amendment Amend ment mont in November I |