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Show ,. ' UTAH'S IDUSTRIAL POSSIBILI- r k ' TIES- 7 '' An excellent summary of Utah's Jndustrial Possibilities has just been '' given by George S. McAllister, President of the Utah Manufacturers Manufactur-ers and Merchants' Association, in a local daily. Wc take pleasure in 1 reproducing it here. !t $ The intense intcnest that is taken in all parts of Utah in the important topic of industrial Utah is indeed to be commended' by nil her citizens. Utah's natural resources arc greater than those of most of her sister i states. She enjoys a more divcrsi-j divcrsi-j . ficd climate and soil wealth than any I other state. In the extreme south wc have about a tropical climate. Here the figs, almonds, grapes, etc., are in their glory, and the cotton and flax eV plant grow to perfection. In the fc-- middle portion of the state wc find ideal conditions for the peach, etc., as well as most wonderful crops of all the grains. In the north the ap-i ap-i pic and kindred fruits arc producing wonderful 'results, while the grain ' x fields are among the richest In the . country, so that the fruit and agricul-y agricul-y tural industries arc among the best of Utah's resources. &- While our mining and smelting in- ' dustrics have brought wealth and J honor to our state, these industries I'm & arc yet in their infancy. At one time " it was thought Utah was a lead 4 - ' state, and later a silver state, but she ! is now well in the front among the ?v gold producers, and it is said of her ' ' , that before long she will excel all f; the famous copper states in the pro-i pro-i 4 duction of copper, Her mountains of iron arc as yet untouched, and 't when the capitalist turns his attention atten-tion to these wonderful deposits, er- rating blast furnaces, 'Steel work's, roller mills, stove works, itc, Utah then will excel Pittsburg or any oth- . tr of the great iron centers in the magnitude of her richness in this most useful of metals. The oil industry is yet in its infan cy, 'Init those most familiar with this subject say that wc will some day be among the greatest producers in this valuable product that is now playing such a part in the various in-dustrics in-dustrics of the world. This is a cement age in the building build-ing world, and Utah is now forging to the front in the production of this valuable article, and wc have yet mountains of material that can be used to produce the very finest grades of ccincnt known in the world today. Utah building stones tare of great variety, from the hardi granite, such as the Salt Lake Temple is built of, to the various grades of sand stones, most beautiful, as well as onyx and marble. The making of brick and fling fl-ing is one of Utah's thriving industries, indus-tries, and is destined to grow with even greater speed than in the past, owing to the great demand for this class of material, and the facilities that many of our manufacturers have added to bring these plants up to a high state of -efficiency. Structural Steel is now being manufactured in considerable quantities, and it is an industry that is worthy of every encouragement en-couragement by our business men. The wool industry is one of great importance to our citizens, and our only regret in this connection is that most of the wool is shipped away from the state instead of being used here in the manufacture of cloth, "blankets, yarns, etc. At one time wc had several woolen mills, among them the splendid Pioneer woolen mills, but their wheels arc silent, only awaiting the hand of some energetic, energe-tic, pratical man to set them in motion. mo-tion. There is a great field here in this line for someone, and I am sure the people of Utah would r.cjoice to have this industry revived. A wool scouring plant is also much needed to save paying freight on the dirt audi 'dross that is now shipped with the wool. The dairy industry is rapidly becoming be-coming one of considerable magnitude, magni-tude, but there is yet great room for development. Wi- have two splendid splen-did condensed milk factories that are producing just as good1 a quality of goods as can be found anywhere. The milk and butter and cheese business is hot yet equal to the demand, de-mand, and it should be encouraged, (Continued on page 11.) 0 UTAH'S INDUSTRIES. ' (Continued from page 9.). as our valleys and hills arc able to feed "and pasture sufficient cows to make of Utah an exporter instead of of an importer of these products. Utah honey is already famous in many markets, making Utah the land of milk and honey. The poultry and egg business is being carried on successfully by many ma-ny of our farmers and some others, but the supply is far from being sufficient suffi-cient to supply our wants. The beet sugar industry of Utah ranks among the first in the land, and has added many millions of dollars dol-lars to Utah's wealth. Our candy factories ar among the best in the world, and some of Utah's candies arc sold in all the larger cities of our union and in Canada. The manufacture manufac-ture of cocoa and chocolate has recently re-cently been add.cd to our industries. There arc about thirty canning factories fac-tories in Utah, but large as this num-is num-is there is yet much room for development, devel-opment, as wc do not yet -export very ve-ry much. In connection with this, Utah should have some evaporators or fruit drying plants, so that much of our fruit that now goes to waste . in thia orchards could be cared for. In the preparation of foodstuffs Utah has a pickle factory, two macaroni ma-caroni factories, vinegar works, two or three cereal factories, a score or more flour mills, most of which produce pro-duce some of the breakfast foods, two cracker factories, several spice extract and backing powder houses, and a nurribcr of other miscellaneous factories where foodstuffs arc prepared. pre-pared. Utah is famous for her "salt" industries. We have an inland sea of salt, thousands of acres of desert that are impregnated with salt, and in southern Utah whole mountains of this most valuable product, so that Utah is indeed the "salt pf the earth." The shoe and leather industry in Utah is among the oldest, as we had tanners and shoe shops as early as 1850, and one shoe factory established in 1874 has continued to furnish solid' and serviceable shoes up to the present pres-ent time. Two tanneries are now producing a good quality of leather, but in a very limited way. Two ov erall factories arc in operation, as H well as about twelve knitting factor- H ics, where socks, knit underwear, H sweaters, etc., arc produced that are H known in many sections of this wts- H tern country for their style and dur- H ability. Many other industries arc now H thriving in Utah that arc worthy of M mention, and Utah today has the M natural resources to develop a glass M factory, chemical works, porcelain M works, and' others of a similar nature, M as well as factories for the manufac- M turc of clothing, shirts, skirts, yarns, ,M breakfast- foods, and many Qther H articles. H A brief glance over these lists will H demonstrate the fact that every citi- H cn in the state of Utah can be fed, M clothed, housed and buried in Utah- H made products. So let us all unite M together and make a greater, better B and grander Utah out of our home H : 6 . H |