| Show lo 1 A 1 Y 11 I 1 j 1 l 1 A 1 i tl i 0 V F t J 1 aW y m tAw Q I i i sill silla a t tr r f 1 t I i lyd I Io Lt o t n 5 t t m Lr r t s l non to a on j Y Y t mt r li M n s st J t f fly ly r i It It II t a r it e eY Y rt i r N k tk Q t re f Y Y 1 a t Il a a 1 i a 1 J M MI 1 IJ I et a S t w P i l a t 1 n I 1 Jv t L ii r S r i S S S r r r r I THE FUTURE OF UTAH nY y COV CUTLER m 11 4 a I tj t M Jt 1 s co 1 K 1 00 On t 0 11 1 11 t il tI I 0 I t i l 1 aop op opO opI o I O O t OR foretelling the future of our great com commonwealth iF we have an infallible guide in inI I its glorious To judge of what ma mabe may maylie lie be from what has peen been is safe afe The past is the Furest prophet of the future Applying this test to cur own state we can have none but the most hopeful and jubilant feelings at this Christ mal time splendid past is the earnest of n brilliant future I In material lines our prospects are Agriculture and smelting man manufacture stock and sheep raising and other industries in are flourishing beyond our greatest hopes md and prospects arc even brighter than present conditions Two elements clements of agricultural al 1 growth which will witt reach mammoth proportions proportions in the next few years year are the great ex expansion Co of dr dry and the reclamation of and lands The first will be largely largel the out outgrowth growth of c in dry farming by the experiment stations and by bi veteran farmers in j parts of the state I b by the 1 success that has attended these experiments and the tho placing of this industry on a thoroughly basis hasis men of wealth and influence are forming companies with the object of taking up tip thousands of acres of land heretofore considered because e of water not b being illg available It requires no prophetic eye to see in prospect these desert Ics rt lands Innis teeming with the fruits of agri agriculture agriculture culture One great reclamation project t is i nearing I and others are arc in contemplation of acres of land hitherto considered k available only for limited arid cult cultivation will soon oon take lake rank with the fertile lands of ancient 1 pt For there is iN no more productive land 1 thin the virgin soil which has lain for tor ages un tired gathering for r th the support of t j lions yet ct unborn The Thc work of the t tab talt Pion i r ill in commencing this reclamation and of the president and his hii nd in giving it so o great ln an impetus will hear bear its great fruition ill in Utah in inthe the thc near future Herein would be glory to command the admiration of the world were acre Utah to advance in iii no other particular lIow Ilos Important thi this great work is and what renown it wilt will soon Oon bring to Utah may mar be gathered from the following extract The Reclamation Act and Service ill is the greatest modern advance in national improve improvement ment 11 It has been said That although the tha tomb of Moses ill is unknown the thc traveler of to today today day slakes his thirst at th the well of Jacob The gorgeous palaces of the wisest ant and wealthiest of monarchs with their cedar and gold Id and ivory and and even the thc great temple of Jerusalem hallowed by the risible i ibl glory glor of the Deity Him self are arc gone krone j but Solomons r reservoirs Ire are IS as perfect as ever Oi Of the magnificent and costly architecture oi of the lIol Holy Cit City not one stone is left eft upon but the pool of Bethesda com coin commands mands the pilgrims pilgrim reverence at the pr present ent day dayTime Time The columns of are moldering into dust but its cistern and aqueduct r remain to challenge our admiration The golden house of Nero is a mass of ruins but the Aqua Cloud ia fa still pours into the cit city of Rome Rothe its limpid stream The of the Sun SUII at Tadmor ill in inthe the wilderness has fallen but its fountain sparkles in the rays of the morning sun as when thousands of worshipers thronged the loft lofty colonnades And if any work of this shall rise over the deep ocean of time we mu may maywell well believe that it will be neither a palace nor nora tlora a temple but some vast aqueduct or and if an any name shall hereafter flash brightest through the mist of antiquity it will witt probably bo that of the man who in his liis day sought the thc hap plus pincos of hi his fellow men an and linked his memory to some such work of national utility or 01 bur bu Yet not alone agriculturally but in many other ways was Utah is on the of ofa a wonderful destiny Never has there been heen so great int interest ret and activity ill in the multi min mining ing industry The production of mines during the year just closing will far e cx coed in variety ariet and amount the record of an any previous year And it is a notable and gratify gratifying in ing fact that activity in this direction has been of of time solid serious honest kind kinu rr If other states have suffered from the inflated boom all and the dishonest promoters promoter Utah h has been blessed with a substantial growth And Ail one nile docs trot lot need to look vcr very fear ar into the future to see sec the great copper lead ead and silver camps camp many of which have but re recently sprung sprig into prominence develop into wealth producers far the dreams of avarice Igor For honest honcH ming mil ng there has hall never been a brighter future than af affords affords fords today And the faith of the mining magnates in future is proved 11 by the in investment vestment of their millions in nab t tali real estate n and Utah industries in every direction The enormous production of beet heet sugar ugar anti the steady y and gratifying gro growth th of that tine line of manufacture augur well 11 for the future of this great industry It a certainty that time the isn im immediate mediate growth of beet sugar tugar m will trill more Ilore than thun fulfil the promise of present cum con conditions The only possible check to this thill progress would consist its ill the removal of Ih the tariff from thi this article or time the annexation of Cuba and the Philippines with time the consequent competition oi of their cheap chlap labor I wish we could he n assured that other lines of manufacture will keep pace with this Yet it seems doubt that the manufacture of iron amid steel 1 ant amid textile t fabrics wilt will soon assume large proportions For the good of the stale this is iM devoutly to be wished Sheep cp and stock raising looms large on oms time the horizon of If future Thanks to the active e interest taken uy by the agricultural experiment stations ill in selecting the best hest breeds ant amid testing their fitness for Utah cou COli and the greater attention paid each cads year yearby yearby by to 10 time the of their animals the wealth of the state in it its lire stock birds hirs fair to increase with In r J r r r r r tir this f 1 ll particularly impressed with the advantage c to he gained by the of packing plants whereby the stack raised for food fond may mar he be prepared for consumption and amid for export instead of the animals being sent out Olt Oltof of time thc state Il at a low figl figure rc an and the cured meat imported at a ruinously high price I look for the time to cone soon SOOIl when Utah wilt will not depend upon peon any nn outside source for its dressed rc sed or cured meats And r recent event are arc justifying the hope It is cas easy to draw a picture of edu educational future The proud eminence the state has readied is evidence that its people will not be contented with anything short of the highest ex excellence ill in the scho schools ls anti and low per cent age of illiteracy j and I sec cc no reason wit vhs it should not soon reach second second or even first place rhe distinctions and the favorable mention re received by our schools its in the past few feu years ut sit utter sitter ter more eloquently than words the prophecy of conning coming greatness The only obstacle I can see sec in the WilY way of thi this proud advancement is the large immigration and the consequent difficulty in absorbing into our educational system a numerous foreign clement But since with very cry T x fC few exceptions the migrants rap Americanized I 1 see ce no muss fr i r dish In b anent oil 01 this thic account 1 hould fa favl fr r 1 tali I fug as it its slogan all First Firt in II a 1 m R While on this subject I desire t I s Iha ha again time the necessity of increasing ti II to I tc manual training of the young youn p pr ph ill nm 11 I N I Ithe time the grade and time the high schools The all at n 1 of the brain and the hand and the eve must s 1 together and be properly and n r laced latell if our citizenship is to he bt what wt It de ire And I 1 ant 1111 sure that one olle of the elements ill iii the future tests of the efficiency nf the schools will he be the test of t 1 tab tah will trill not lIt fall a whit behind time the other states when this test is applied Socially the future of nail is all that could he be wished Our state has halt always beets bren fl flits flits its ideal home life and for social purity and re ft refinement r I can not help thinking n that our ar and hope in this irN a lir inn HI great part from the large prop it f Il II tt and village lif life in do It has d and growth of schools of rat 41 a of social circles and of other 7 t e f 11 I i f fi S i 1 j M MS MI I 5 I 5 S i t ti i r i is s r i 1 wF f fa a r l tc f 1 l lr On JJ 1 L ll lC j i I I I 1 fJ c P L jI 01 I U A I |
