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Show Utah's Governor Encourages Prospector ;' r -x I lep , d J o ) 3 ' fs Governor Maw tries hit hand with gold mines' pan; encourages development of State's resources. "I liellevo In encouraging capital to coiiui lo our State," writes Governor Gov-ernor Herbert B. Maw In an artlclo contained in the booklet "The- Mining Min-ing Industry of lUah." His state ui nt, In part, follows: "Utah is blcssi'd with more varied I natural resources than most any ututo in the Union. In many respects re-spects it has a natural setup for a great indiiHtrial center, though Its distance from regions of heavy population aro other factors provide pro-vide dlilicultlei. Since statehood the government has never taken tho lead in developing Its possibilities. I'tahns have been converted to tbfl thought that they should wait and pray for outside capital to coie in and develop what we have. "Like most of our citizens, I be lluvo in encouraging capital to come to our state. I believe In pro vlillng reasonable Inducements to get It here. Hilt I do not believe In standing Idly by and waiting for It to arrive. I think tho time has comu when Utah must take the lead !n getting things started for Its own people. The Leglslaturr should eliminate every posslh! restrictive measure which discour ages capital InveHtments. "Tho administrative departnienls should adopt a policy of helpful regulation, and business should ho made to realize that tho state nV sires to assist it, not discourage It In fact, I believe that all state of flcluls should be required to work on the assumption that tho aver-ago aver-ago business man is honest not a rogue and that the state need not employ a corps of workers to get something on someone as has s often been tho 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. "The mining Industry of Utah provides a total or partial living for nearly 50 per cent of our population. popula-tion. Every means should be adopted to help this industry." |