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Show WEALTH OF UTAH AS DISCLOSED I IN STATISTICS OF RESOURCES I MANY THINGS ,N WHICH UTAH LEADS A . B, 0F . A LARGE ITEM, BUT AGRICULTURE IS AT THE TOP HYDRO-CARBON FIELDS UNEQUALED SALT FOR THE WORLD GOLD, SILVER I s AND COPPER GRAINS, HAY, FRUITS AND SUGAR BEETS A STATE OF VAST POSSIBILITIES. - H Utah has more than twenty thousand thous-and farms, comprising 3.397.699 acres having a total value of over $150,- 000,000. Farm products in 1912 amounted to 530,000,000 The value of the wool clip In 1911 was over $2,000,000. The best sugar indu9tr Increaspd five-fold from 1900 to 1910, when the output was 78,542.800 pounds. The annual hay crop is nearly 1, 000,000 tons. The potato yield in 1911 was over 2.000,000 bushels Upwards of 6,000.000 bushels of wheat, 2,000.000 bushels of oat9. 500.-000 500.-000 bushels of barley, and 400,000 bushels of corn are produced annually annu-ally In Utah. The value of live stock in 1912 was $36,000,000; the product was $22,-000,000. $22,-000,000. The value of the mineral output in 1910 was $44,000,000. Manufactures vield $".5000,000 an nually, exclusive of smelter products and cost of raw material. The following figures as vividly tell the story of Utah's unused natural wealth : The state has 30,000,000 acres of unappropriated and unreserved land, a large part of which could be profitably prof-itably tilled It has 194. 46S 000,000 tons of coal, and 500.000 brake horse power power, only one-tenth of which is at present utilized. There are 600,000,000 tons of iron ore In Utah. There Is merchantable timber to the extent of eight to ten billion board feet of timber, and more than ten million cords of cedar, plnyon pine and aspen, seven million cords of the latter fit for the manufacture of paper pa-per pulp There are hydro-carbons of unknown un-known extent, natural asphalt, ozokerite, ozo-kerite, elaterlte, and many rare minerals min-erals The value of the gllsonite deposits alone is estimated at $7,000,000 and the salt deposits of the Great American Ameri-can desert appear sufficient to give It a very important place among the resources of Utah. There Is building stone in abundance abund-ance sandstone, limestone, marble, onyx, slate; there are brick and fire j and potter's clays of excellent quality; quali-ty; plaster, silica and alum The enumeration of all of Utah's resources would be as long as Homer's Ho-mer's catalogue of the ships And that was an epic. And nature has been quite as generous gen-erous with her attractions: Unrivaled climate, pure air, cool mountain resorts, fine flshinp. mineral min-eral springs, the Great Salt Lake, a wonderful flora, wild song birds In great variety, big game, infinite variety va-riety of landscape mountains, valley, plateau, forest, lake, river and des ert Prehistoric remains unique geoloc leal formations, rare gems and minerals, miner-als, natural bridges and other scenic wonders A.dd now the works of a prosperous American commonwealth Good roads, big railway systems, great farming and grazing enterprises, enterpri-ses, mammoth mining enterprises, rlv er and lake transportation, extensive manufactories Beautiful and unique churches and public buildings, numerous active social so-cial organizations, splendid schools. Result. A happy, prosperous and hospitable people. |