The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-25

several Of his subordinates, and so the ma
cnlnery (mental aud materially is almost
automatic in its labor and results.
Inc clothing section is more abundantIy
prosperous than usual. Its grades of gar
lents are called for throughout Utah, and
Cuey are exported iato Montana, Idaho and
colorado. q. c. M. L takes the palm for
denim and flannel goods, over a large ex-
| tent OF this mountain country, or how
would it dispose of near ten thousand
dozen pieces and over hundred thousand
pair of SHOES and boots!
The magnitude of Utah's trade is the sinh.
lect OF comment all over the country. but
the difficulties which beset it are NOT
so fully understood. There is a chain
OF settlements extending from Idaho 70
ARIZONA, some 800 miles north and south.
Inc population is, of course, increasing
and Withal thrifty. The wants of human
lty In the extremities are as great, or near
~ so, as at the central or Distributing
points, but save In these centres cash is
not easily reached. The currency of this
secGion is lts products, and while this fact
is forced upon the local merchant. drummers
representing distant firms or houses think
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the clrcumlocutory processes by which re-
sponsloilnes are met. z. @. NJ. l. has not
only peen compelled to note this, but for
many years 1t was co-worker with all the
producers and traders of the territory. II
Oent all Its energies and called into reouisi-
ZION all its experience to find a market for
the products it had perforce to receive for
merchandise sold and delivered. With the
extension of railroads north, south. east
ana west 1T Is not so imperative that z. C..
NJ l. should undertake further this oner-
GUS LABOR, much of which was in the past
Improbable to it individually. Besides.
Chere are local men now who having had
some experience and training can do this
work
But z. G. NJ. I. is in position to deal
whit the railroads, to make rates. to nm
derstand the condition Of distant marI,ets
ana wherever there is an opening it can
dlrect shippers and make that remunera-
tive to them.
Inc past year has been one of COMPARE
tive surplus, and the agents of the Institu-
ton have Travelled much, and as a result nj
tnls effort many carloads of wheat have
beenshlpped down to the western seaboard.
which has not only relieved several conn
Ties OF an unusual plethora of crop. but bv
certain concessions on the part of the rail-
roads, fair price has been realized bv the
producers. The northern country owes
very much to the influence and iudefatica-
ole work Of Hon. Moses Thatcher. He
never left a stone unturned II tbara
was any prospect of good coming
10 the people o. the north. As conse-
quence, some 100000 bushels of wheat have
been shipped out of Cache, one-fourth of
which was from z. G. M. l., and from
southern Idaho the same institution.
through its agent, has sent out about 40. OOO
bushels more. At 500 bushels to the car
this represents $50 carloads. besides manv
carloads shipped from Saupete in the same
direction. This may seem insignificant
when compared to what is done in Minne-
sofa, the Dakotas, or in the Golden state
but the little farms of Utah are not sim
nanzas," especially when competing with
the product of gigantic farms on their own
ground, after thousand miles of railroad
freight.
here might arise very serious question
as to the economy of shipping wheat at all.
II market could be had for our -four
there would be freight saved and the offal
kept at home
Utah needs host of industries to relieve
The agriculturist, and give him a homo
market for his surplus, sugar factories
ioundrles, mining, manufactures will do
this. Mutual inter-dependence is the kew
to universal prosperity and to tie eoui.
ibrlum of wealth
u. G. M. I. has always sensed this unitv
Of interest, and it looks with intense pride
upon the progress and success of the SMEAR
factory just as it did upon the Provo fac
.ory. 1t did not buy tho first car of Utah
sugar, out bought the subsequent ten, and
expects more, for Its sympathies are with
nat industry, and many of the officers of
Z. z. M. l. are heavy investors in sugar.
1t has not been uncommon for q. G. MI
% ship annually from twenty to thirty car
Dads Of dried fruits to the eastern market
This article the present year is abundant
n all sections. Prices rule low in Cali
ornia and Chicago, and the Utah people
ire waiting for an advance or for a rate in
proportion to the through rate of our west
I'm competitors. The eastern ones are not
counted, for sunny Utah can discount the
astern fruit, BOTH in style and flavor.
The officers of u. G. M. I. are the same as
asst year with one exception, Mr.. Thomas
ennings having sold out his interest. re-
lgned and j. H. Smith was appointed as
rs successor in the board which now num-
ers thirteen with MILFORD Woodruff as
resident The meetings are held monthly
ave by special call. The running OF the
Institution is, as usual, left to its superln-
endent, T. G. Weber, with W. H. Rowe
S his assistant, and A w. Carlson "a
reasurer, trio not easy to improve upon.
hey are all longtime employees of the
lstiuution and familiar with all its phases.
All the heads of departments, to whom
luch is Of necessity left, are men of ex.
erience and long service also, therefore IL