| Show AFTON MAIBEN WINS IN ESSAY saint george girl gives good and sufficient reasons why we should use utah products samuel of the salt lake high school and afton maiben an eighth grade pupil of st george won the honors in the essay contest on why use utah products Pio ducts conducted by alie salt like commercial club each has received a check for 10 from the club carlos C of the jordon high school was awarded second place in in alic ingli school class and preston relt of the emerson school of salt lake second place in the eighth grade claass alie second prize in each cascia 87 50 honorable mention wis given by alie judges to an unsigned essay from a second year student in alie schofield high school and milton merall of the eighth grade of the richfield school more than essays w ere submitted and they were considered exceptionally good the efforts of the school children that the pu pila of the public schools were alive to the movement to use home products and were impressed with a loyalty the judges of the contest were mrs A J gorham and mrs I 1 ytravis DT ravis of the utah federation of clubs W C stark assistant secretary of the Comm erual club georgo C cowing assistant manager of the publicity bureau of the commercial club and frank P stew art afton maidens Mai bens essay follows As a state utah ranks high in n resources the mountains hold abundant stores of gold fiher and other precious metals her streams carry unlimited potter to run the machinery of mills and factories the grassy hillsides hill sides and pasture lands furnish feed for herda of cattle ind sheep the fertile alley s yield bounteous harvests her chimato varies from to semi tropical producing conditions favorable to the cultivation of A great variety of fruits and vegetables even the marshes of great salt lake cart bo in the manufacture of salt with such advantages to industry mining and agriculture utah boners work to hundreds of her people this great army of workers must be fed housie and clothed each factory mill and miep each farm and dairy furnishes the necessary clot lies sugar fuel flour and butter why should these people then send their money to other states for goods procurable at home every dollar sent away rutih one dollar poorer if people soend more money than they get in they are sure to go bankrupt it is the same with nations states and cities if utah imports more goods than she exports is to follow to buy from home industries pro motas their growth and induces new industries to make a start for example before st george had the lights the people paid a month for oil thia money did not go tp alie support or improvement of alie community but every dollar went to the oil trusts in the east the people of st georgo built a power plant and fitted up alie town with electric lights alie money paid to the company lured men necessary to do tho work connected the running of the plant men their money at alie stores in town theire stores in turn buy good from utah wholesale hougee utah companies utah sugar fic tonea and utah mills yet there abc wine roods tint must bo purchased outside of the state this money seldom if ever returns it remains for the people of utah to patronize home industries thereby putting more money into circulation at home the increase in ahe supply of money and the demand for new industries will encourage manufacturing then for every dollar spent in the of utah goods two will grow in its place and butali will bacomo a great and healthy state |
