The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-02

large percentage Is exported. as is
also our dairy products.
Probably the article that is the
least developed of any in the state
Is our iron. We have one Of the
largest deposits in the world. and as
the visible iron supply of the world
is figured to last less than hundred
years, attention must soon be turned
to this section, and development must
be made here very soon. Adjacent
to this iron arc almost ineXhaustiblc
coal fields of the best bitumlnous
coal in tive world, with less than two
per cent moisture; veins up to thlr-
ty feet thick, almost level. that can
be mined with a steam shovel
We have I'm this state great fields.
but our agriculture is YOU might say,
undeveloped We have over 10000
600 acres of land, over 20.00000o
acres of which Is agricultural We
have little over 100000 acres that
are devoted to agriculture, and less
than tbreequar!ers of a million acres
that are being irrigated We are us
ing between five and ten per cent of
The water from our rivers. the bal
We have numerous reservoir sites in
the mountains. in which the water
can be held back and used to irrigate
our very valuable ground. In the
counties of Utah. Davis. and Weber
alone, there are over 100000 acres of
the best fruit land in the world. This
land without water Is worth less than
twenty-five dollars per acre, With
water it is worth over two hundred
dollars, without tree on It. This is
a difference OF twenty to thirty mil
lion dollars, and when the trees are
planted. il becomes vastly more val
liable. We are continually developing
our farming methods. We find we
can get better crops with less water,
and scientific experiments have shown
that We can raise good crops of grain
without water; In TACT some of our
most profitable farming for the last
few years has been dry farming.
"Our metal mines have been de-
veloped until at the present time we
arc producing over twenty-five mil
lion dollars annually.
1--WE have in the lake billions of
tons of salt and other chemicals, and
we have In the salt beds probably
lOO,OO0.OO0 tons OF salt that is clean.
white and dry, all of which will pro-
duce chemicals if the proper factor.
les are established for extracting them
from the salt. making the salt pure
and chemicals of great value.
We have IN the state, In the way
OF hydrocarbons. deposits OF fabul.
Gus value that are being developed
They are valuable for many uses, in.
Guiding paving
Included in these hydro ,carhons is
mineral rubber, from which most ex-
cellent tiling, mating. etc. has been
manufactured The value of these de-
posts has been figured at billions Of
dollars
"All of these things. however. re-.
ouire a low freight rate in order 10
make them of very much Importance
and while the railroads are largely
responsible for building IN our coun.
try as It Is. still more liberal policy
might produce better results. would.
believe, soon produce more revenue
for them and certainly would build
up the country faster. IT, for instance
they would make the freight rates that
are made In the northern country bv
A''' N'Nih dNlllt dlu tue Great
northern on coal. etc, they would
permit the establishment Of manufac-
tories that are now impossible.
We have at our doors very large
phosphate deposits that. with the |
same low freight rate can he shipped /
10 the Orient, and all over the East |
and West-a very valuable article for
the fertilization Of the land
We have marble deposits, equal to
The vermont product: also gypsum |
thar is rapidly dSplacing all lime for
plaster and work for which imported |
plaster paris was formerly used.
Our oil fields are Just being open.
ed, and the present small amount OF
development would indicate that we
have in the State oil fields that are
more valuable than the oil fields oi
California or Texas. for the reason
thar the oil Is of a higher quality
One thing that have frequently
spoken about Is the lack of enough
poultry and eggs for our home CON