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Show CONDITIONS I IMPROVING I National Copper Bank I Issues Pointed Letter I PASSING NEEDS OF UTAH ' I IN "TRADE AND FINANCE" IT IS H SHOWN WHAT WILL MOST H BENEFIT THIS SEC H TION OF COUNTRY. H Tto Natlonul Copper Dank of Salt H Lako City Is Issuing a monthly letter M on "Trade nnd Klunncc," which It has M been our good pleasure to read. The M purpose of theso letters Is to pro- M sent a monthly review of conditions M with reference to trado and finance, M and to briefly describe the several In- H dustrtcR of tho Intcrmountaln country, and to point out tho apparent needs H of this section of tho west from H commercial and industrial standpoint. M Tho March letter is Interesting nnd M recites in part: There has been a gradual Improvement of conditions M throughout the country during the H past,. thirty days. Tho court decision M on tho rato question has caused no M pauso In tho program adopted by the M railroads for the spending of millions M of dollars on Improvemtnts, new -equip- . M meat, double tracks nnd now lines. The stool plants of tho country have continued to Increase tholr opera- tlons. Monoy is available for safe un- H dcrtnklngB. Trade generally is good, H .though pcrhups lighter than it Iih H befcn. Some Increased activity may bo H oxpected in most commercial lines be- H cnuso of n general return of confl- H denco. Tho mobilization of our "army H on, the Mexican border will glvo lm- H potus to this activity, no matter what H the purposo or the outcome of thU H movement of troops. As to Matters Local. H The fact that wo havo hero In thorfo H mountains and valloya sufficient nat- H ural resources to mako this ono of tho grontest sections of tho country H Is constantly being forced uptm us, H nnd the world is now bolng made fani- H lllar with this truth. Tho llboral H though truthful advertising now be- H ing dono by some of our local lnstl- H tutlons, by tho railroads, by lndlvldu- H nl firms, by tbo Utah Dovolopmeut H League, by tho several commercial H b'ddfes and clubs of tho stato through H their publicity bureaus, by tho Homo H Industries Association, by tho Utah H Manufacturers' Association nnd organ- H lratlons of like character, is produc- H Ing results. Between the Stato Leg- H islaturo and tho Utah Manufacturers' H Association, J1C.00O has been raised H for tho purposo of maintaining a Utah H exhibit in the Vermont building. Tbo H Western Development Association, re- H presenting tho concentrated energloA H of this nnd cloven neighboring Btatcs, H has Just hold Its second meeting In H Salt Lake. This organization is staud- H Ing guard over tho vital Interest or ' H our west nnd is proving itself to bo a stimulating bond to tho energies of E the region wo aro developing. The fl Utah Conservation Commission, creat- , ,ji od by act of tho Legislature and ap- ill pointed by tho governor, has for Its (H purposo tho preparation and publlca- 'M tlon of rellablo data concornlg Utah, iB her land and water ways, her miner- M als, hor forests nnd her political sub- 'jBt divisions and geography. This daU Wn was given out In the rough in Janu- l nry, 1910. A sorles of most complete B maps and accompanying tablos are -T Just bolng complotod. Thoy will toll D tho prospective citizen' muaU that Do "" should know about our state, H The Outlook, H Utah and tho adjoining section of? H Contlnuod on Pago 4. H CONDITIONS ME IMPROVING Continued from Pago L tho mountnln stntos are now receiving receiv-ing much attention. More oyes aro turned toward this par tof the west, and more Inquiries ns to our resources resour-ces and tiade possibilities aro bolng received than over In our history. Never has there been a more determined deter-mined spirit of got-togethor-and-stay-together. Novor has our future been more hopeful. In addition to the splendid splen-did mining outlook, wo bellovo that present commercial conditions and tho prcsont stato of development of oyr agricultural Interests, coupled with a renewed Interest therein, warrant our indulging In great expectations for tho future. , Agriculture. Thoro are in Unh 22,000,000 fieros ot arablo land. Only one-tenth of It is under cultivation -nd only dCai acres of that under irrigation. ,The opportunities thus offered tho non.e-seokers non.e-seokers nro almost unllml.?d?'Thr stoto has the itn'l and tho r'tm fot-hundreds fot-hundreds of thousand of settlei and It wants them. A prospective ctMeu i.eed not hesltato nbout veniiirlin; Into In-to Irrigation or dry farming b'ieauue ol lack of knowledge .Our AgrmuUii'Ti college and otf farming experts are prepared to advise thorn. Professor L. A. Merrill, co-oporatlng with the railroads, rail-roads, has Just returned with his exhibition ex-hibition train. During a period ot seven sev-en weeks he and his associates covered cover-ed over 4,000 miles of territory, visited visit-ed 121 towns, held 221 public meetings meet-ings and talked to many thousands of people Interested In dry and irrlgatod farming. You should read his "llulle-tin "llulle-tin No. 112" on dry farming, or Dr. .1. A. Wldtsoe's treatise on tho same subject. Professor Morrill says that -tho winter has been ideal and that tho crop outlook for liMI Is good. Fiult conditions aro also good. With the aid of the weather bureau and tho telephone companies the orchard-Ists orchard-Ists will bo ablo to keep postod on the weather prospects and light their smudge pots when frost threatens. Thoy havo also Just perfected an organization or-ganization of all the local fruit growers' grow-ers' associations into a Utah Fruit Exchango for tho pooling and market-Inn market-Inn of their entire crop. In this con nectlon wo wish to suggest to thu farmors of this Intermountaln region that through co-operation only along all Hues can they nchiovo tho beat results. One expert has said that tho fanners of tho United States could annually an-nually save themselves two billion dollars by propor organization and tho uso of better business methods iu the handling and marketing of their products. pro-ducts. Co-operatlou in France, normally, nor-mally, Donmark, Englaud and othor foreign countries, as well us some sections sec-tions of our country, has accomplished much larger results. Dairy, Creamery, Etc. Without agricultural development uuiat como an Increased Interest In tho raising of more and bettor cattle for dairy and creamery purposes as woll ns for packing, Utah and Idaho want many thousands of good milch cows. Our farmors aro Junt a!ng forcod to reallzo thorn, The Intermoun taln states consume many Umes their annual, output, thus offering a splendid splen-did opportunity for the development ot this Industry. Ono firm In Salt Lake lu the past throo years has increased Its' Investment from $50,000 to 250,-000, 250,-000, has pushed Its employment roll from 33 to 300 people, has added two plants In Utah and ono In each of three other states. Dy advertising and working nmong tho farmers it haB greatly Increased the total output of the stato and has added over 40 per cent to the volume of goods distributed distrib-uted nnnunlly, and yet It must send East for one-half of the milk, bultr, eggs and poultry handled. Another firm In Ogdeu shows a similar record. This Indicates .the very great possibilities possibil-ities in this line and lends us to urg.' more nttentlon to It. Tho thro-s big milk condensing plants In Cacho Vnl-ley Vnl-ley also uso many thousand gauouj of milk. If they could ?et It they nib propared to handle vastly moro. 'I ho meat-packing companies nro complaining complain-ing becauso they aro unable to get In these valleys moro than ono-thlin of tho beef cattle and hogs they aro prepared to handle. Threo million dollars dol-lars worth of cured meats aro annually annu-ally shipped from Eastern points for the Utnh market alone. We need no longer follow the western horizon for golden opportunities. They are hero. Manufactures. Our manufacturing - Interests deserve de-serve attention and encouragement. We have many prosperous concord s Working up our raw materials Into finished products for our uso and .comfort. Wo nre, as a people, on'y partially loyal to theso Institutions, and wo. bespeak for them your consideration con-sideration and your patronage, providing provid-ing tholr products can be purch.irod as cheaply and nro as good as totelgu manufactures. Remember that it your neighbor prospers you may prosper nlso. Wo need certain other factor les here, but only those that will make use ot our materials at hati I, and en-Iv en-Iv thoso which will give us tho finished finish-ed products which we require. Tho Manufacturer's Association Is encouraging encour-aging tho location of a glats factoiy to uso our rich deposits of silica sand, which Is 90 per cent pire; cereal plants nnd starch foctorljs to cjh. sumo our grains and potatoes; linseed oil plants, for flax grows nliunduntl) In theso valleys; an alcohol distillery to uso up our waste mnterlals; woolen wool-en mills to work over our annual wool clip of twenty million pounds; n mulch factory; plants to uso mountains ot sulphur; and moro potteries to woilt up our marve,Ious clay deposits. At tho present, prospects seem lal.- for th fMHbllshment of n bolt cutting f,w-tory, f,w-tory, n plant for making tho iichd-lengor iichd-lengor rrult grading machine, a steam ptysBitre plant or making silica brick n factory for making spring wheels for nutomoblles, nnd a mill for working work-ing marble and onyx. m |