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A Production Function For The Structural Steel Fabricating Industry Of Utah, Don Ward Thomas

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The steel industry, comprising one of Ut ah's largest payrolls, is a highly significant industry in the economic structure of the state. Furthermore, a highly specialized steel fabrication industry has developed as a subsidiary of the steel industry in Utah.

A Comparative Study Of Economic Development: Thailand And India, Charnchai Charnchayasuk

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Quickening the rate of economic growth and the conquest of poverty are the primary expressed objects of public policy in the underdeveloped countries of the world. In the new countries, particularly in Africa and Asia which have recently become independent, it was necessary to start almost from scratch in the construction of an advanced economy. Such countries have usually had (a) a high proportion of population in agriculture, with low productivity; (b) little capital per person and crude technology; (c) major expenditures for food; (d) high birth and death rates; (e) poor health and sanitation; and (f) a low level …

Economics Of Airlift, Riggs M. Tucker

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Purpose.-- The purposes of this paper are to analyze past airlift conditions, show why airlift should be adopted, and to determine an effective airlift policy and method of operation that would provide the United States an economical, flexible, and efficient airlift force, helping to ensure the security of the nation.

An Economic Analysis Of The Logan Cow Pasture Water Company, T. Lynn Stewart

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

West and northwest of Logan City there are approximately 2,372 acres of land irrigated by water from the Logan Cow Pasture Water Company irrigation system. This company is a nonprofit corporation organized by a group of land owners for the purpose of arranging conveyance of water ta their farms and ranches.

External Sources Of Funds For The Economic Development Of Venezuela, S. S. Shinde

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Economic development of a country is generally regarded as an urgent need. It is necessary to improve the standard of living, promote mass education, and improve the general health of the people. The economic development of a country is important not only for the welfare of the people, but it may also promote the establishment of a democratic form of government which many regards as a highly desirable goal.

A Study Of Thailand's Balance Of Trade 1953-1962, Suchin Worawongwasu

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

International trade theory suggests that trade can be advantageous to the industrial as well as to the underdeveloped countries. For the latter, specialization and exchange brings about an increase in total productions.

Thailand, an underdeveloped country, has for the past decade experienced an unfavorable balance of trade. A primary producing country, Thailand principally exports rice, rubber, tin, and teak. Her principal imports are manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, mineral fuels, lubricants and chemicals.

The thesis is intended to investigate the causes of this adverse balance of trade. Thailand's four principal exports accounted for an average of 74.7 percent of …

An Analysis Of Prices At Utah Livestock Auctions, Mcneil Glenn

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

From the time of Don Hernando Cortez, livestock has been one of America's greatest industries. The cattle in Cortez's time were Moorish stock which had been bred for centuries in the Andalusian Plains of Spain.

Following this beginning in about 1521, cattle were bred and brought from South America to Mexico. By 1583 the first herds were grazing in what is now Texas.

This was the beginning of the livestock industry and with it carne the endless search for fertile valleys, waterholes, feed in the winter, long trail drives, cattle rustlers, railroads, range wars, and a great American institution, The …

The Role Of Cooperative Societies In The Economic Development Of India, A. M. Rananavare

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The idea of cooperation is not new to man. It is as old as man himself. Cooperatives are an almost universal form of organization today found in practically all countries and used by people in many ways. The cooperatives are formed to secure low cost credit, to purchase supplies and equipment for farming and household needs, to market products, even to secure many services, like electric power, irrigation, health, and insurance. Cooperatives can be used in many ways to benefit people in the everyday needs of life.

The meaning of cooperation is that isolated and powerless individuals can, by combining …

Some Effects Of Modern Weapons Systems Development On The American Economy, Maurice Braginsky

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The Cold War goes on! And the use of military strength by the United States as a backdrop to other forms of persuation--political, ideological, diplomatic, and economic--continues. The use of a military backdrop as an instrument of national policy will probably continue indefinitely because it is unlikely that the Soviet Union or Communist China will change their objectives of expansionism; it is too much an integral part of their ideology. The easing of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union since the Cuban crisis in 1962 is perhaps an indication of a change in tactics and diplomacy, but …

The Role Of The Federal Government In The Industrial Expansion Of Utah During World War Two, Anthony Thomas Cluff

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

For ten years the American economy had been depressed. Unemployment haunted economic planners, low production plagued manufacturers, low incomes impoverished wage earners, and everyone hoped for the dawn of new prosperity. It was as if recovery had waited for an untrodden decade to arrive before heralding the new day. The New Deal brought Social Security for old age, insurance for bank deposits, new guarantees for labor, and a score of public work projects, but it did not bring economic recovery.

International Cooperation In The Economic Development Of Latin America, Antonella Picchio

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

As an Italian, with less than a year in the Western Hemisphere, I now find myself with a “mixed” personality. As someone else expressed it, "I am physically Italian, Latin American by adoption, and gaily American." This may well be a good combination for writing a thesis on Latin America. My "Latin blood" may help me in understanding the mentality of the people of Latin America, while my studies in Italy--a country with a long experience as an underdeveloped country--may contribute toward a personal understanding of the problems of poverty, social injustice, and political instability. Three months of experience in …

European Economic Integration And American Business Strategy, Paul Andrykowsky

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The term “economic integration” recently has been used for various forms of economic cooperation. Many writers have tried to give a working definition of it, but a review of the literature does not show any generally accepted definition. The term is used for several degrees of economic cooperation; harmonization; trade agreements; tariff-agreements; advanced forms of cooperation like tariff communities, customs communities, customs unions, free trade areas, common markets, monetary unions; and complete economic unions. Integration furthermore has been split into sector and total integration and has been determined by various criteria. Thus, it is very difficult to judge where economic …

Economic Development Program For Thailand, Visit Boonyakesanond

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

After World War II most governments in the world made economic rehabilitation the most important objective of their policy. The war destroyed not only material things but also cultural and spiritual values. Many countries faced serious unemployment problems as the soldiers returned to their homes. Crime increased enormously, establishing new records.

An Economic Analysis Of The Retail Raw Milk Industry In The State Of Utah, H. Kent Dewsnup

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

For 98 years after the first "Mormon" pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley there was no statewide control of the sale and distribution of fluid milk. Prior to any statewide control, however, laws were passed in Salt Lake City and Ogden outlawing sale of raw milk to final consumers in those cities as of January 1, 1945.

A Description Of The Policies And Procedures Of Retail Feed Dealers In Utah, 1958, Orson B. Roper

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The retail feed industry has grown continually in importance during the past 60 years. Increased population has placed ever greater demands upon food production to feed our nation's people. During 1968, the average American consumed 80 pounds of beef, 63 pounds of pork, 8 pounds of veal, 4 pounds of lamb, 26 pounds of chicken, and 11 pounds of lard. This amounted to an annual per capita consumption of 188 pounds of red meat. With 173 million people to feed, vast quantities of livestock must be produced, finished, and marketed to satisfy our nation's needs.

The Economic Impact Of The Geneva Steel Company (United States Steel Subsidiary) On Utah County, Utah, Charles H. Holmes

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

"The Far West is the Golden West. Of all the regions, it boasts the largest wartime gain in population and income. It looks to the brightest prospects." This prophecy, made in the immediate post-war period by Business Week, has indeed become manifest in the economy of Utah.

Banking And Finance In Cache Valley, 1856-1956, Patricia Kaye Hurren

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

For one hundred years Cache Valley has been a growing segment of the American economy. Alternating periods of national financial stress and prosperity have been reflected in this Valley. In addition, Cache Valley has been confronted with certain distinct economic and financial problems and has produced her own solutions to these problems. Although her economy is based in large part on agriculture, the existence of the state agricultural college and a number of industries in her midst has induced economic growth and influenced economic development. Cache Valley provides fertile ground for study of a representative segment of the American economy. …

An Economic Analysis Of Merchandising Fluid Milk In Utah, E. Boyd Wennergren

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The basic problem confronting the dairy industry today is one of utilizing its total fluid milk production. During recent years the industry has witnessed a general decrease in per capita consumption of dairy products while per capita production has remained fairly constant and in amounts approximating the average for the past 16 years (Table 2 ). As a result the dairy industry has produced a surplus of fluid milk and manufactured dairy products. The Federal Government, under its price support program, has been the ultimate recipient of these surpluses and now possesses huge warehouse stocks. The cost to the Federal …

An Economic Analysis Of Alfalfa Seed Production Costs And Returns In Utah, 1952, Jack B. Goodwin

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Alfalfa is the most important forage crop in the United States and a crop vital to the livestock industry. It is the ideal to which other hay crops are compared. In terms of total digestable nutrients and as an economical source of these nutrients, it is without equal. Other features in which alfalfa excels over other hay crops as a forage are: high yield, palatability, high protein and calcium content, and value as a source of vitamins A and D (4, p. 340). In addition it has great value in soil conservation practices for controlling erosion losses and nitrogen depletion. …

The Economic Impact Of Hill Air Force Base On The Ogden Area, John D. Mcconahay

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The people of Utah saw the first federal military installation established in the area almost a century ago. They were not pleased in 1857 when they heard that President Buchanan was sending some 2500 soldiers to set up camp in the Salt Lake Valley. As the troops approached the Territory, every available means was used to resist their advance. Trenches and other defenses were prepared and all forage burned on the routes to the Valley to hamper or prevent their approach (17, p.303). When the troops arrived in 1858 they were permitted to enter the territory of Utah without further …

Cost And Efficiency Of Producing Canning Peas In Cache And Box Elder Counties, Utah, 1951, Lynn Herman Davis

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The production of canning peas has an important place in the economy of Utah, particularly in the counties along the western slopes of the Wasatch Mountains. The enterprise is one which adds intensity to Utah's small farms. This intensification is accomplished with little additional equipment or labor other than that owned or supplied by the farm operator and his family. The crop is seeded in early spring and harvested in early summer leaving the ground available for summer fallowing or planting to a short season crop such as grain pasture. Peas are a satisfactory nurse crop for small-seeded legumes such …

Affect Of Specified Factors On 1951 Farm Prices Of Utah Peaches, William N. Capener

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Utah ranked nineteenth in the United States in the production of peaches for a ten year period 1940-49, producing 1.2 percent of the national total. Peach production is an important part of Utah's fruit industry. The 1951 peach crop estimated at 800,000 bushels, valued at $1,520,000 represents 32 percent of the value of all the fruit grown in Utah and 0.8 percent of the value of all agricultural commodities grown in the state.

Costs Of Marketing Cattle In Utah, Eugene S. Sanford

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

In 1951 the cattlemen of Utah produced 126 million pounds of beef (2). Very few of these cattleman knew what their marketing costs were and what their marketing costs would have been if they had chosen some alternative method of marketing their cattle. The knowledge of what marketing costs are should be as essential to the individual cattlemen as his ability to feed, fatten, and care for his cattle. The marketing costs in the cattle industry in Utah are not generally known because they have not been compiled and made available to cattle producers. In this study the marketing costs …

Changes In Agricultural Production And Cash Farm Income In Cache County, Utah, 1909-1949, Lavon S. Fife

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

During the period 1909-1949 many changes took place in agricultural production and cash farm income in Cache County, Utah. Important factors which caused changes in agricultural production and cash farm income during this period were technological developments in farm power and machinery, plant and animal breeding, changes in consumer demands price changes, and climatic conditions. The influence of these factors on both production and income varied with the enterprise, the commodity, and the year studied.

Marketing Of Chickens In Utah, Glen Downs

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Chickens and eggs rank fourth among the farm enterprises in Utah as a source of farm cash receipts. In 1949 about 21 million dollars of cash receipts were received from sales of chickens and eggs which represented 13.2 percent of total receipts from farm marketings (table 1). In the same year 17.7 percent of total receipts were derived from cattle and calves, the largest enterprise. Receipts from dairy products represented 15 percent and sheep, lambs, and wool 13.8 percent.

Receipts from chickens and eggs have increased in comparison with other enterprises since 1924. In that year only 5 percent of …

Farm Organization And Management In Egypt And Utah, Aly A. Morad

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Agriculture in Egypt is important to the economic structure of the country today as it was during the ancient days of Joseph and the Pharoahs, which dates back more than 3,500 years. As for Utah, agriculture is still important to the economic structure of the state as it was a hundred years ago in the days of Brigham Young and the Pioneers. These two statements should not hide the fact that the importance of agriculture to the economic structure of the two areas is diminishing. Since these ancient days, new techniques and methods have been introduced and used in agriculture. …

The Demand For And Consumption Of Fluid Milk In Logan, Utah, 1949, Edwin B. Jones

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Dairying is one of the most important agricultural enterprises in Utah. Income from the sale of dairy products by farmers within the state comprises about fifteen percent of the total farm income. Milk and its products are an essential part of the diet of practically all consumers. Its widespread use makes it a commodity that should receive special consideration and study. The continued growth of the industry depends upon how well it can meet the demands of the consumer in supplying quality dairy products at reasonable prices. The problems that need particular attention to bring about continued growth are efficient …

An Examination Of Union-Management Relations In The Garland Plant Of The Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, Theral V. Bishop

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The problems presented in Union-Management Relations affect the whole economy. When collective bargaining breaks down and economic warfare, in the form of strikes or lockouts, results between industry and labor, the effects reach far beyond the two parties immediately concerned. Strikes in industries, such as the Coal or Steel Industries, impose depressive imprint upon every segment of the economy. even in purely regional industry the effects of labor dispute spawned shutdowns cannot be isolated to the parties directly involved. Therefore, any efforts that seek to find and remove causes of Union-Management conflict are worth while and should be encouraged. This …

An Economic Analysis Of The Possible Implications Of The Abolition Of The Basing Point System Of Pricing On The Steel Industry In Utah, Lester T. Hansen

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The production of iron in America began in a limited area east of the Alleghenies, centered around Philadelphia, which was also a principal port of entry for foreign iron. As early as 1750, pricing was done on a rudimentary basing point structure. Apparently, all prices on domestic iron were quoted on a Philadelphia base and were higher in the outlying territory where the iron was actually made. The manufacturers absorbed freight in order to move their iron to the central market, where it competed with foreign iron.

Productivity Of Cropland In Cache County, Utah, Quentin M. West

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

In order for land to best serve the present and future generations it should be put into the use for which it is best adapted. To determine the proper use of land, the factors which influence its use, such as soil, climate, and location, should be studied. Then the land should be classified as to its most economic use, based on these factors.

In Cache County there is much work to be done toward a classification of the land. An ideal study; not limited by time nor expense; would include a complete study of all the factors associated with land-use. …