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Show Utah State Depends on Development Of Basic Resources, Educator Tells Cedar City Civic Organizations 'The future 'of Utah depends upon the development of its basic ba-sic resources", said Dr. Elroy Nelson, Nel-son, acting director of the Bur-eau Bur-eau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Utah, when he addressed the members of the Cedar City Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce, Lions and Rotary Ro-tary clubs at. a joint meeting held at the Escalante hotel Tuesday Tues-day noon. Dr. Nelson was the speaker at the meeting called to hear reports re-ports on the studies being made throughout the state by six graduate grad-uate students of the University Bureau, and sponsored jointly by the Utah Association of Chambers of Commerce, and the industrial committee of the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce. Through personal Investigations Investiga-tions the researchers are gathering gather-ing data on all of the known natural resources of the state, and to those unknown to them, but suggested at meetings similar simil-ar to the one held here. The facts will be assembled and anayzed, then printed and will be available availa-ble to the entire state, as well as t Y N ' L - ' - - I 4,i;S M - ' ' V fi r" f DR. E1BOY NELSON to capital outside of the state which is seeking investment in Utah. Every possibility of new business brought out by the meetings or suggested through business or industrial groups in any community, will be investigated investi-gated and reported upon. Those attending the meeting from outside were Dr. Nelson, with graduate students Quinton Cohenour, Claron Nelson, Theron Nelson, Dean Beuhler, Dorian Mikkelson, and Ferris Hillyard. In addition there were at the various meetings, H. Wright Vol-ker, Vol-ker, Salt Lake secretary of the Natural Resources committee; Paul Ashworth, Richfield, manager man-ager of the Telluride Power company; com-pany; Nelson VV. Aldrich. Salt Lake, public relations director, Kennecott Copper Company; L. K. Irvine, president, and Ames K. Bagley, Manager of the Utah Manufacturers' association; Stephen Ste-phen J. Moloney, publicity director di-rector for the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce; N. H. Els-more, Els-more, Union Pacific R. R.; George C. Miller of Beaver City, representing repre-senting the Utah Association of County Officials. Dr. Nelson pointed out that if Utah is to furnish employment for its population, and to show continued growth the basic resources re-sources particularly agriculture and minerals, must be developed, develop-ed, and new industries developed and present ones expanded. He pointed out that new markets for Utah products have been created cre-ated on the Pacific Coast, which should be an inducement for industrial in-dustrial expansion. Dean Beuhler, one of the graduate grad-uate students, addressing the lo cal group, pointed out that adjustment ad-justment of freight rales must be made if Utah is to benefit to Its fullest by the development develop-ment of Coast markets. The young man also maintained that tax adjustments are needed, pointing out that Utah ranks 2G among states in ability to pay, and at the same time is first in education and near the top in many other fields such as pub-lie pub-lie welfare payments, etc., which i means that property in Utah must bear an unfair tax load in comparison with surrounding states. i ) Following the meeting the vls itors spent sometime in discussing discuss-ing the possibility of industrial development in this area, and in studying the resources of the area in order to compile detailed information on possibility of in-dustrlal in-dustrlal development here. |
