The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-29
National Copper Trade and ri
nance Circular Is Inter
esting Document.
DIVES RIGHT INTO THE
GIST OF THE SITUATION
Reference Is Made to the
Demand for Additional
Livestock.

Fresh from the press. up-to-datc facts
concerning local conditions. from an In
dustria standpoint. the third issue Of
the monthly trade and finance letter is-
sued by the National Copper bank Is be
Ing distributed among the friends and
the patrons OF the bank. As usual, this
number Is filled with concise. snappy in
formation and CARRIES weight wherever
it goes. as sound conserva tive resume
OF the actual business and industrial
outlook. In part the letter says:
ment OF conditions throughout the coun-
try during the past thirty days The
court decision on The rate question has
sS@S9a b2 & m the or .pand
ing OF millions of dollars on improve
mcuts, new equipment. double tracks and
new lines. The steel plants OF the coun-
try have continued 10 Increase their
operations. Money is available for safe
undertakings. Trade generally Is good,
though perhaps lighter than II has been,
The fact thnt we have here in these
mountains and valleys sufficient natural
resources TO make this one Of the great
est sections Of the country Is constantly
now being made familiar with this truth.
The liberal though truthful advertising
now being done by some OF our local
institutions, by the railroads, by In
dlvidua firms by the Utah Develop
mcnt league, by the several commercial
bodies and clubs of the state through
their publicity bureaus. by the Home In
dustres association. by the Utah Manu-
facturers association and organizations
of like character. Is producing results.
Between the state Legislature and the
Utah Manufacturers association 900
has been raised for the purpose OF main
tanning a Utah exhibit in the Vermont
building. The Western development as,
sociation, representing the concentrated
energies of this and eleven neighborine
states. has just held its second meeting
in Salt Lake, This organization is stand
ing guard over the vital interests OF our
west and is proving itself to be stlnlu
lating bond to the energies OF the region
we are developing. The Utah conscrva
tion commission, created by act Of the
legislature and appointed by the COVER
nor, has for Its purpose the preparation
and publication of reliable data concern
minerals her forests and her political
subdivisions and geography
Utah in Limelight.
Utah and the adjoining section of the
mountain states are now receiving much
attention. More eyes are turned toward
this part of the west. and more INQUIRIES lie
as to our resources and trade possibil :
ties are being received than ever in our
history. Never has there been more
determined spirit Of Get-together-and J.
been more hopeful. In addition 10 the
splendid mining outlook. we believe that
present commercial conditions and the
present state of development OF our
agricultural interests, coupled with re-
neWed interest therein. warrant our in
dulgng in great expectations for the iu-
turc.
The people of Utah are to be congratu
lated ON the success of the state officials
who, by their zeal and constant efforts.
covering a period Of several months have
hcritancc tax This with the Sl,00O,0oO
bond issue authorized will nearly cover
the cost OF the new capitol building. the
erection of which will shortly be begun
and in which we shall all feel posses
sorry pride. Let us here express the
hope that this structure may truly rep
resent Utah: that the stone, brick. ce-
ment and all OF the materials used in
its construction, as well as In that OF
the new 100000 Salt Lake high school
bHdng be take" 2a SrTm CsahS eaG poi
go beyond our own borders for materials
or talent TO serve these ends.
There are in IT., Utah 200 0e acres re- Of
der cultivation and only 6l6.32O acres Of
than under irrigation The opportunities
thus offered the homeseekers are almost
the room for hundreds of thousands Of
settlers and it, wants them a pros
pectIve citizen need not hesitate about
Ncnturing into irrigation or dry farming
because OF lack Of knowledge.
More Livestock Needed.
planning because they are unable TO get
i'm these valleys more than one-third of
the beef cattle and hogs they are pre-
pared 10 handle. Three million dollars
shipped from eastern points for the Utah
market alone. We need no longer fol-
low the western horizon for golden op-
portmiticS. They are here.
Our manufacturing interests deserve
attention and cncoura cement. We have
many prosperous concerns working up
our raw materials into finished products
for ou: use and comfort. We are. as
people, only partially loyal TO these in
stitutious. Remember that il your
ncighDor proSpcrs you may prosper also
We need certain other factories here,
but only those that will make use OF our
materials at hand, and only those which
will give Ms The finished products ne
require. The Manufacturers associa-
ton is encouraging the location of a glass
factory TO use our rich deposits OF 81 lica
sand. which Is 90 per cent pure: Cereal
plants and starch factories 10 consume
our grains and potatoes: lnseed oil
plants. FOR flax grows abundantly in
these valleys, AN alcohol distillcry 10 use
up our waste materials; wcoicn mills 10
work over our annual wool clip OF twenty
million pounds: match factory; plants
90 use mountains OF sulphur: and more
pottcrcs to work UP our marvellous clay
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