The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-16
UTAH RESOURCES
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Perry 5. Heath Says State Is
Probably Richest in
Union.
BELIEVES INVESTMENT IN
SALT LAKE PROFITABLE
Says People Should Pull To-
gether for Advancement
of Commonwealth.

MANY times in the east | have been
| taken To task when | have maintained
that Utah contains natural resources
! sufficient Ia become the richest state In
tho United States if the outside world
never entered the state, Build wall
eighty feet high and OF sufficient thick
ness around the state and the people on
the inside need never call for assistance.
There is everything within the borders
OF the state OF Utah that mortal man
needs and plenty of It, so said Perry
:. Heath Wednesday night at the Alta
club as he talked of the natural great
wealth Of Utah. Mr. Heath was at one
time publisher and general manager OF
The Tribune.
II hear things said about Utah from
time TO time that causes me To- arise In
defense of this great state. know what
is here. | am afraid sometimes the Deo-
pie of the state do not realize what great
natural resources arc at their doors
Why, think. II the state had the right
TO coin into money all the silver and
gold that is taken from it's rich mines
II would mean adding AT least S30.O00 OOO
TO the. wealth OF the state each year.
Then the other resources are 10 be con-
sidercd, What need TO go outside for a
solitary thing?
"'rhe wool industry could he made to
supply al needs. SILK could be produced
here The climate permits the growing
of citrus and seini-tropical fruits-no
need TO call on the outside world for
these things, They, all arc here, in
abundance. / saw thousands and thou
sands OF acres of untitled soil as | rode
along OF the Denver & Rio Grande. every
acre ready To produce the minute II is
turned over and water touches it What
a pity everybody can't pull together to
mold out OF the great resources and OPP
portunites the greatest commonwealth
in the republic. Some day the people
must realize these things.
Sees Wonderful Growth,
what a wonderful growth / see in
last October. That was my hrst visit
back TO Utah for period OF several
years. Tho great strides the city has
made in the past few years almost Is be-
yond belief, My first visit to Salt Lake
was in 1889, twenty-five years ago. At
that time | was in company with sew
cral congressman who were making a
tour al tho western territories 10 collect
data relative TO admitting them To state
hood, | well remember standing on Main
street at Third South. w, ). McCor-
the population OF Salt Lake then. | well
remember how. with PRIDE. he answered.
About 27.0Oo.' we found it Il trine un-
der that number: in fact, about $4,000.
BHt what a growth in The space OF
twenty years! Now almos, 5000. And
the growth has been steady. growth
that will endure.
Yes. / have recently invested In Salt
Lake real estate. am here in connec-
ton with that purchase. Plans soon win
he completed FOR building on the
ground at Second South and Second
West. | certainly regard Salt Lake
property Gilt-cdged Investment.
II have travelled in every stale and
territory in the United States and have
made seventeen trips abroad. and ] want
To say that nowhere In all my travels
have | seen the great resources and pos
stblities that are here in Utah. Salt
Lake. as the metropolis of this great
state. naturally has grown and Will grow
l hope the people OF Salt Lake City have
come TO realize that the time is here TO
change the sentiment that causes forty
or fifty thousand people TO visit the state
out OF curiosity and not for business.
Believes in Salt Lake.
"rhc overcoming OF this VIII he a great
step toward bringing certain growth TO
Utah. l am a firm believer In Salt Lake
and Utah and am doing all within my
power TO turn tic tide of eastern immi-
grafton to Utah-homcscekcrs and per-
maDent residents. not curious tourists"
Mr.. Heath arrived in the city Wcdncs-
day afternoon. He met his agents as
soon as he arrived and was busy with
business matters until late in the even
ing. He is staying at the Alta club, and
after dinner he met number of former
salt Lake associates.
After tTdnsaCtinE business which may
take several DAYS. MIR Heath will return
10 his home in Washington City. He
for stay OF several months in Europe.
Mr. Heath has built a magnificent resi-
dcnce in Washington city. where no
spends the greater part his