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Show BROWNING'S VIEWS. M. S. Browning', in bis address to the Bankers of Utah, in convention con-vention in Ogden, pointed out the undeveloped resources of this state and toW of the possibilities for a great industrial awakening. He said that there aro in Weber, Davis and Utah counties 100,000 aores of undeveloped fruit lands, which, if cultivated, would increase the assessed valuation of those counties. $20,000000 to $30,000,000. H stated that only 5 to 10 per cent of the water of the streams of th state are utiliied-and h advocated more reservoiring of the flood flow of. tht rivers. . .. Mr. Browning- said tho railroads had helped to develop the state, but there, is a greater need for further railroad building, in order that the coal, iron, salt, phosphate and other like resources shall bo made to sustain a greater industrial activity, and he advocated advo-cated cheaper transportation td allow of the development of those low grade products, having- in view the ultimate possibility of reach'-ing1 reach'-ing1 that mighty army of consumers in the Orient. Mr.. Browning- is on the right road to the successful betterment Cf conditions in this state. If that which he advocates could be accomplished,. ac-complished,. Utah would be by far the most prosperous state in the union. Men of the affluence and connections of Mr. Browning, laboring labor-ing indefatigably and with earnestness for the success of better railroad rail-road rates, for water storage, the fabrication of raw materials and the conservation of our resources, would make for themselves a lasting last-ing name and add to the industrial welfare of our people beyond tho expectations of the most optimistic. |