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Show Utah Pours Forth Metal For War I '? k. V J , - v.-.;..-' Molten metal from Utah's mines has been flowing into war program at rapid rate. Development needed to restore reserves. Utah has Riven much to make America strong and xtn help win the war. Anions the contributions she has made has been metals melals which will nol be returned to the hills of the static Utah's metal inclustrirs have contributed con-tributed to the war effort approximately approxi-mately 3d per cent of the nation's supply of copper; 20 per cent of Hie molybdenum; 10 per cent of the vanadium; approximately 15 per cent of (lie lend and 7 per cent of the zinc. This record was achieved in the face of a serious manpower shortage short-age which made it necessary for the industry to place virtually all available men on production and neglect development wor';. Tin1 resull has been that Utah's known ore reserves have been reduced 1 a low level. For every pound of ore mined another must be found if the life of the industry is In be perpetuated. perpetu-ated. Utah's operators have ad-beared ad-beared to this policy in their programs pro-grams of balanced operations ami that is why the stale's mining in : duslrv has fi'iiwi and expanded. While tile sit v, it inn is not alani:-hfg alani:-hfg today, a enndiiion does exist thai calls for (lie cooperal ion of everyone in order to insure proper reliabiliat inn of the industry when the war with .laiian has been won. An atmosphere of eneoui axemen!, rath"r than re"t i ietive taxes, low tariffs and laws whieh retard the flow of venture capital into the flu-aneini; flu-aneini; of pnispets, wnuld be l'oimI postwar tonic: for Utah. |