The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-14
DOC. FAUST ABROAD.
A Visit to the Diaries of Elgin,
Illinois.
TO &c Editor OF THE 49,.

To the Editor OF The HERALD.
Here We are in one OF the. cIeansst, as
well as the most beautiful cities, of
about Is coo inhabitants, in the world
Elgin-the place where the cycle OF
time reminds US that we are growing
old. JUST think Of 8, SO people working
daily earning their bread by making
time keepers to tell US that We are
growing older, and still their demand is
more time, more laborers wanted. not
to make US older, but to I'll the orders
for more ladies' watches. Juss think of
1t! A lady wants a watch to keep time.
and tell her that she is growing Older.
when so many never get above 20! The
orders IN ladies watches alone will ts,a
a years time to iii. The Factory u
simrly beautiful, surrounded with grass
PiatS ana walks; the inside you can not
see except from the outside, and that
at great distance. The hotel the one
ratlves have Is simply perfect. ami tbsv
live with all the comfort OF the time tbs
hnest OF rooms, and the best of b,ard
Elgln mas no houses OF ill-fame, so am
tolu. no whisky shops, or but few: we
sax no DRINKS, and bat few police ami
these were dressed up IN blue and theIr
boots BACKED, and they walked the
streets alone; just think of it, A M
.lIceman all alone, walking the side
walk!
Here is another industry, that of the
mix condenser yBhis establishment
takes the milk OF 400 cows daily add
the cOndenSerS can il for the markat
E.giu is surrounded by dair,s farms viii
from five 10 200 cows. that sell all their
milk TO diaries or -condensers. not even
making their own butter. A gentleman
VINO mas about 100 cows Ia ths harry.
with 80 Holstein cattle all told. IN
formed me that ail the milk-men mr..
chased their butter of the far,i,
they sold their milk to. He also rold
as that the highest price in the summer
was ten cents gallon. and then II lad
TO be hauled from one TO ten miles. or
shipped on the railroad still fsfCner:
that before they went into the COW and
mix business they were all poor, and
most OF tnelr land was mortRagrd. Now
II IS not alone clear, but tine houses.
large barns, large fat sleep-Io1king
cows and mostly on milk az
the above places. Think OF il.
ye slothful farmers of Utah.
What else2 See the carloads of pickles.
carloads OF tomatoes, carloads of
peaches. carloads of green peas, car
loads OF corn, and carloads. of every
thing that We do not but can produce
and sell. Where is the enterprise. the
head TO dlrect2 1t seems nowhere. and
we still 20 on raising wheat at 90 to so
cents per bushel to purchase all these
Things with, go on to employ b : brains,
and hands OF the east Wnen We
oil
can produce better fruit than
any State in the Union. exceDt
California; have more labor that couId
De utilized, provided that somebody
would wake up and lead out But. saws
the GROWER, 1t can't be done. No. il
can T.. 80 you said boots and shoes
could not be made TO profit until VIM.
Rowe stepped in and said: I'VE can
make them, ana he did make them
too, with a profit to himself and the
stock holders. OF COWS seen in diaries
and farms aroUndlhere, many are short
horned Durhams or half breeds, costing
rom SIC 10 $50 each. These cows are
put TO N liking at four or five wears old
used for four or five years for that mr.
pose, then sold for beef for more than
they sold for in the first place. BEING
kept tat so as to give plenty of milk,
they make plenty of butter The HOl-
stems are fast coming into use, and are
vastly sought after, making them nigh
In price. Nearly every herd has some
OF them. The Herdfords are
not known around here. The Jer-
seys are not IN the dairy. A
gentleman to me they were kept bV
tanclers on the lawns in front of their
houses. he said: You see, they will
give the owner thick cream for MS
coffee, and look innocent besides. Thev
Keep the grass down. and are not heavy
enough To tramp the grass into the
e ound, and when they get old he can
XII them, and If bis family is not large
d VIII have beef enough for one dav az
east. We noticed that most of these
mich cows would dress In beef from COO
TO 800 pounds. The best calves are
saved and fed; the common sent TO the
butchers.
HOi ing to live long enough to see
Improvements, not alone IN stock. but
else, we remain, yours
ELGIS, October s, 1886. HI.