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Show ! INDUSTRY WANTED . - ' ', . 7J;' : ' i Under the leadership of Governor Maw, Utah steps out for more industries to add to those already here. Pictured is a unit of one of Utah's great industrial units, the Magna plant of Utah Copper. "I bflieve In encouraslns capital j to comu tu our sliitu," Btutus Cov-crnor Cov-crnor Herbert 1!. Maw In an nrtlclu contained In tln new 1!)U edition of "Tim Mining Industry of Utah," a publication sponsored by the mining min-ing committee of tbo Salt I-a1e ; City Chamber of Commerce, which bau Just been released. Governor Maw sounds an encouraging en-couraging note for thoso who are willing to assist in tha development, of Utah's vast store of undeveloped resources and takes tlio lead In a movement to attract Industry to Utah. His statement, In part, follows: fol-lows: "Utah Is blessed with nioro varied natural resources than most any 1 state In the Union. In many respects re-spects It has a natural setup for a great Industrial center, though Its distance from regions of heavy population and other factors pro- 1 vide difficulties. Since statehood the government has never taken the j lead In developing Its possibilities. i Utahns have been converted to the I thought that they should wuit and pray for outside capital to ccino In and develop what we have "Mko most of our citizens. I bo-Have bo-Have In encouraging capital to ! come to our state. I believe In pro viding reasonable Inducements to got It here. Hut I do not believe In standing Idly by and wa'tmg for It to arrive. I think the time baa come when Utah must tako the b;ad In getting things st.'.rf.'d for Us own people. The Legislature Rhould eliminate every possible restrictive measure which dl3COur ages capital Investments. "The administrative departments should adopt a policy of helpful regulation, and business Bhould be made to realize that the state de sires to assist It, not discourage it In fact, I believe that all state officials of-ficials should be required to work on the assumption that the aver ago business man Is honest not a roguo and that the state need not employ a corps of workers to get something on someone as has so often been the case In the past. The state should be especially willing will-ing to cooperate with Its own citizens citi-zens In the various business fields. "Such a program as this will go a long way toward giving hope to Utah business and Utah citizens and will reduce the relief roll. "Th mining Industry of Utah provides a total or partial living for over 50 per cent of our population. popula-tion. Every means should be adopted to help this Industry." |
