The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-02
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The following is the address OF NJ.
S Browning of Ogden. delivered be-
fore the Utah Bankers convention on
June IS, the subject being Our Unde-
veloped Resources"
Gentlemen, as to the matter of
Some Undeyeloped Resources
thought when Mr.. Haywood assigned
this subject to me that ii would bc
easy Like my predecessor, Mr.. Fer
ry, [ was foolish enough to think |
could say q little on that topic, but
when ] get to the subject. which /
haven't had much time TO do, | find
that we have very few resources that
are undeveloped that is, they are
nearly all developed to a certain eX-
tent, and IL is O. question OF what is
undeveloped / know when our
Saints first arrived. we went to maxi
ing bitches and planting crops; we
built log houses. and developed the
counary right smart With the hand
loom made of native timber. our mo-
theirs woye enough jeans for our
pants, and we probably brought
enough denims from the east for our
shirts, This would make a suit that
would last for several years. In the
course of a few years there might
not be much OF the original suit left,
the protection against frost was none
too good, but they helped out con-
siderable when a mud daub from a
real smart switch spatted the boys
ribs
hi tNan l,aI 80
money. Mr. Mccormick could charge
us five per cent or ten per cent a
month, but he could not loan any.
for there was nothing TO buy We
lived entirely within what we had.
and 4 nickel laying around the house
found no takers, Later. the greatest
developer. the railroad, came and
then our mothers and wives wanted
calico dresses and hoops. Then we
began TO find the value OF money, and
went to developing the resources of
the country to get it.
when the railroad was built, the
engines looked like tremendous iron
horses the rails were too large Tor
a strong man to lift. Development
in this line has been so great that
those engines would look like In
fants by the side of the present loco
motives, and strong man can now
scarcely lift yard Of rail. AT the
present time. through this section OF
the state. railroads are fairly well in
terSpersed. but as yet the southern
part Is suffering from the lack OF
transportation that would open up
new lines of development there.
I'VE have great state. Probably
no state in the United States, no
country, kingdom or empire ON the
globe has more diverse resources than
this state. We so almost from the
iriGid 10 the tropic. We can produce
almost every variety OF fruit, much of
1T the finest in the world If we were
shut off again. and only had the
means OF getting to the markets OF
the east once In year, we could pro-
duce within the state almost every
thing with which we are now sup
piled
"Of course, 1t is hard to keep our
development balanced Al the pres
ent time some OF our resources are
developed beyond the others-so much
so that we are exporting consider
able-probably nearly as much as We
are importing It is the articles that
we are importing, and that can be
proiitably produced here that should
have our attention These are nu-
merous, and would enrich the state
and its people. In the last five years
our production of Portland cement
mas developed from something less
than 25O barrels a day to over 5000
barrels day. The production OF our
canneries has Increased SO that