Irrigation in Utah . and building and farmingmaterials, from the rugged mountains andcanyons many miles away 10,000,000 Cost of making settlements on the Muddy river,at Calls Landing, Florence, Sunset, and otherlocalities afterward abandoned because of ad-verse conditions subsequently developed 100,000 Losses by fire 800,000 Taxes 8,000,000 Miscellaneous expenditures 12,000,000 Total $562,900,000 After making the generous allowance of $20,000,000 forpersonal property brought into the territory, we find thatthe Mormons have taken from their farms and workshopsthe magnificent total of $542,900,0
Irrigation in Utah . and building and farmingmaterials, from the rugged mountains andcanyons many miles away 10,000,000 Cost of making settlements on the Muddy river,at Calls Landing, Florence, Sunset, and otherlocalities afterward abandoned because of ad-verse conditions subsequently developed 100,000 Losses by fire 800,000 Taxes 8,000,000 Miscellaneous expenditures 12,000,000 Total $562,900,000 After making the generous allowance of $20,000,000 forpersonal property brought into the territory, we find thatthe Mormons have taken from their farms and workshopsthe magnificent total of $542,900,000. In the light of thisconcrete illustration, it is plain that the industrial systemof Utah has sustained the Mormon Church just as theMormon Church has sustained Utahs industrial system. To-day the well-tilled farms of the Mormons are furnish-ing an abundance and paying handsome dividends, whilethe large tracts of the rain-belt section are being sold fortaxes. At a cost of only $36 per acre, the irrigators of Utah. A MAIN CANAL AND LATERAL. Conclusions. 103 are constructing and maintaining their own canals, whileother people are paying tribute to water monopolies in theform of rentals. They are diversifying the products oftheir farms to meet the demands for home consumption,while other farmers are impoverishing the soil and gluttingthe market by raising a single crop. As small producersthey are gradually organizing industry and controlling themarkets in such a way that the middle-men cannot controlthe situation and consult only their own interests. Theyare developing the associated industries to consume the pro-ducts of their farms, while other producers persist in form-ing entangling alliances with outside manufacturers. Theyare reversing the percentage of tenantry prevailing amongthe industrial workers of the United States and are estab-lishing the economic independence of the family unit. Welldo the pioneers of 1847 rnerit the stately eulogy of Conk-ling upon Grant, Great
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