Show THE CHANGING UTAH ECONOMY although governmental functions and activities have expanded many fold since 1900 the framework and tools of government have remained relatively unchanged this conclusion was reached in a research study released this week by utah dounda tion the private nonprofit tax research organization state tax collections in utah multi plied 70 times and federal taxes paid by utahn s have in multiplied ua ti ph ed times during the past 50 years the report notes revenue from local property taxes has increased about eight fold between 1916 and 1954 despite this tremendous increase in the scope of government many governmental units not only in utah but throughout the nation are at tempting to conduct operations with the same tools and techniques that were used fifty years ago ac according cordina to the foundation report barly has local government failed to keep pace with accepted standards of accounting auditing budgeting reporting and other fiscal manage ment proceed ures in analyzing utah economic trends during the past half century foun dation analyst observed that utah had a net outward migration during each of the first four decades of the present century this trend was re versed somewhat during the 1940 50 decade when there was a net inward migration of approximately persons to utah however indica eions are that this in inward ward migration from other states has ceased the report points out that most of the upward swing in the states e conomy has occurred since the begin ning of world war II 11 tor for example the increase in labor force during the past fifteen years has been greater than the cumulative gain during the previous forty years I 1 indications are that manufacture mg in utah is growing at a rate approximately twice as fast as the average over the nation the re port continues however despite the fact that utah appeared to be coming of age in manufacturing development it still is far behind the national average in total manu fac factoring turing activity mining has also made some rapid gains during the past fifty years the value of mineral production in utah has rison from 17 million in 1900 to million in 1954 the foundation notes that much of this change results from greatly expand ed copper production virdow blind castle a castle like rock formation located in the san rafael region of emery county is famous for its or old indian writings which m may ay be plainly seen on its high lar sides |