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Show SUNDAY HERALD 7B 44,200 Jobs in 1959 Manufacturing Becomes State's No.l Employer 'Executive Secretary, Utah Manufacturer Association -- ? .f sbavc CIS ' if.if rvn j,iiv " of the 'state, by improving in all of the categories mentioned above tte categories mentioned ! ) 24.f Kilt ttWVC : ' t a small (148 people) hardy band of "Mormon" pioneers entered the Valley of the Great Salt1 Lake. Within hours after their arrival they had been 1847 Oompany is the most recent big name steel fabricator to establish itself xin Provo, having acquired the Hammond Iron Works at the conclusion of 1959. The company has its head office in Pittsburgh, Pa., and has 14 fabricating plants. The Provo works comes under the western division with headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif. own way? tne industrial climate f '. ill WMiLia ALL THAT GLITTERS. ST. ALBANS, Vt. (UPD C-ty- Jerry Winner has organized a club which will hold "gold panning parties" next spring. He admitted that "we may not1 find much gold dust, but we'll inhale plenty of fresh air and absorb plenty of sunshine." h Main product made here consists of steel tanks shipped to municipal and petroleum industry markets in the states of Washington, Oregon, California. cUtah, Idaho, Nevada and Arizona. Mr. Belding said 50 men are currently employe at the Provo works. There are no immediate plans for expan- sion, although we expect to production manager at the Santa Clara plant. The Provo plant soon will , have a $200,000 press in operation, able to stamp out spherical and eliptical sections. Steel produced at Geneva is Moinused by Pittsburgh-De- s es in the main, although some steel is shipped here - from the Kaiser plant at Fontana. pe Jill r T- 4? One Of The Nation's Top ; " as a I IIP 4 f f V, f"'- mm ' - XxS ', ;.,, . .VAV.VrV;i '::. v.'.'.'.v.'.v.v.'.'.v.' .' .vv?gHiffii( wmmi, , ; sf f ,,'twt,"ii.)..Mi.jr i j,iai.L3, " ? X V' . '''' jf ' : j. -- " ' fV r, 'JAW 'it. j & rn ! 1 During the "1950's, at the same time that manufacturing was assuming the roll of Utah's number one employer, personal income increased faster than the national average by a wide margin. During the year August 1958 to August 1959 personal income in the State of Utah increased 12.1 while the average for the nation Thank You Central Utah... the wonderful reception given us upon our acquisition of The Hammond Iroji Works. )Ne are proud to become a member of the Fine Family of Industries in Central Utah, Fon 5.7 increase. From July 1953, when our monthly income was $98.1 million, to August 1959 our personal income arose to $141 was monthly. If anything the future looks Just as bright as the past. Growth, in manufacturing, however, depends upon Business Climate, and this is the responsibility of all of us. If any group of citizens does things not conducive to good business climate the entire state suffers. Some of the elements of a good climate are: 1. An intelligent, alert citizenry. 2. Community Progressiveness. 3. An adequate supply of well trained, dependable labor. 4. Honest and efficient govern- Strategically Located To Bette Serve the United States and World Markets In the Manufacture o ment. 5. A sound working relationship between employers and employ- FOR AIRPLANE AND MISSILE TEST ING Wind Tunnels , 6. Sufficient raw materials. ; 7. Competitive industrial costs 8. Adequate community facilities such as good schools, hos- Elevated Water Tanks pitals, doctors, recreation, shopping districts and social and cultural pursuits. Water Works Storage Tanks Since the growth of Utah depends on all of us, we" should Petroleum Storage Tanks Structural Steel for Buildings Buy 29,000 '60 Cars ir.. Utah motorists will buy at least cars during 1960 com an estimated 25.600 with pared last year and 20,200 in 1958, an executive of the nation's largest Welded and Riveted Bridges 29,000 new independent automobile finance company predicts. . "The introduction of compaqt American-bui- lt cars should boost total new-ca-r sales, Including imports, to a minimum of 6,800,900 this year," said George R. vice president of Universal CJ.T. Credit Corporation. The impact of the automobile Industry on the economy of Utah McElhany said, can be judged by these facts from a 1959 survey. In 1958 the state's 200 franchised auto dealers had sales amounting to $140 million, equal to 15.8 per cent of all retail sales in the state. Dealers employed 4,000 persons in 1958, he, said, and there are many more employed in jobs dependent on, the auto industry in service stations, garages, accessory stores, as road builders or as drivers of commercial vehicles. .Nationally, the automobile for one out of every seven jobs. .sfec - . M!k -.! A i--'r- ji V PITTSBURGH-DE- S ' V " v ' ''S X " on persons a year each month the equivalent of the population of a Phoenix; Ariz., a Charlotte, N.C., or a Flint, Mich. 69,300,000 pounds of chewing tobacco were manufactured in the United States. MOINES STEEL COMPANY Neville. Island (Pgh., Pa.) . . . Baltimore, Md. . . . Des Moines, Iowa Give. Iowa . . . Santa Clara, Calif. . . . El Monte, Calif. . . Firesno, Calif. Sacramento, Calif. . . . Stockton, Calif. . . . Casper, Wyo. . Warren, Pa. Bristol, Pa. . . . Birmingham, Alabama . . , AND HERE AT ' ac-cou-nts on Pipe Line Bridges - prand Stands Steel Warehousing ny, BABY BOOM FORECAST NEW YOKK (UPD The birth rate will level off during the early 1960's, but 1965 will see another boom b babies, reaching five-millia year by 1970. The eomhhiation of new births' and increasing longevity of our existing population will add three-milli- i y VS!- - H X ''III , East . -- . ... A J raw increase.' 1958 r JVtfUUVtflU'WJi! (FORMERLY HAMMOND IRON WORKS) . Mc-Elha- III ',',','.W.,mww.'.v.".'.v,v,'.W,v mm QD - employer is that ' keeping pace with the exploding popu lation growth of the state. the tl" During to added Utah's 1959 value year economy by manufacturing reach ed $465,000,000.00. It employed directly 44,200 people as compared with 39,400 in 1958 and 36,700 in 1957. At the same time employ ment in agriculture was stable and mining employment continued tc decline. Government was the only other employer showing an During one-wa- y. ' '.V.'.-- only . j j fact, it is 'Bow the . Motorists in Europe who come across the words "Verboten," "Vletato" and "Inderdit" are being told that the street or road is vy N manufacturing lead all other industries in the state as an em- , j AT JOINS THE CENTRAL UTAH "INDUSTRY FAMILY (1959) Utahns to agenda for construction, in addition to the tanks and bins already being built - , industrial society today. ees. make some modernizations soon' Elevated tanks are on the STEEL FABRICATORS many other manufacturing industries which remain part of our ployer, matter of ager at Provo; formerly was t divided into committees, each with a specific work assignment. By early fall they had .erected a sawmill, a grist mill, i and an adoble works. The next spring the first real flour mill was built and by fall the first crop of grain was harvested and made into flour. During the early colonial years home industry was encouraged and by the turn of the century Utah had a highly diversified manufacturing industry in embryo. Already there were woolen mills, iron and copper smelters, sugar refineries, canneries and Last year R. L. Belding,the,new man--i Moines Steel Pittsburgh-De- s . each strive to improve, in: our By ROBERT. HALLADAY Moines Steel Co. Joins Provp Industrial Family Pittsburgh-De- s SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1960 Utah County, Utah ',.i .. . 6t h South' |