The state herald., 1892-02-26
THE INDUSTRIAL FAH
HELD BY THE DENVER TRADEsI
AND LABOR ASSEMBLY. y;
GRIND Exhibition by Colorado Manufnctlr-
ers.. machinery shown In Full Operatloa--
Mcre than One Hundred Different kinas
of Exhibits--some of tho Articles showsS
--NIany Thousands OF Visitors.
DENVER, Colo, Feb. 20, 1904

| Denver il now being carried on In tho Kit (
trcdsc building, corner OF Glenarm and Blk I
teenth streets. 1t Is principally an exhiDitlon
OF articles manufactured In Colorado, ana y
Is surprise TO nearly every one TO Know nov =
many things are actually made here. a 20
| culiarlty that distinguishes this fair from
fairs in general, is the fact that ii is managcu
| by the men who actually do the manual laoor
| of manufacturing. II Is known as the f1rsV
Annual Fair of the Denver Trades and Labor Z
Assembly This assembly Is composed o.
delegates from about forty trades unions s1d
associations and represents some 1850 work
Ing men and women.
Many people never think Of labor associa-
tions except In the light OF organizations LOT
getting up strikes, injurlng business, encour-
| Ing mobs and raising Cain generally. no
doubt 1t Is quite revelation to such persons
| TO see representative body OF labor unions
quietly, successfully and intclllgently carry
Ing on great fair, with thousands OF pcople \
in daily attendance, for the purpose of adver-
tislng and promoting manufacturing indua.
tries M
| Understand that the fair was first pro-
posed by Mr.. Walter S. johnson, chairman q
| the fair committee, to whom no little credit y
| due for both Its existence aud success NJ.
| H. H. Given, secretary OF the committee, heS
had the practical management OF the busnceey
and to his untlrlng energy, watehfulncss ahd
| tact may largely be attributed the fact thAs
the whole enterprise has run smoothly IRON
the beginning
The Kittrcdgc building is beautiful str'ic- \
| turc OF granite and lava stone, and towers
high above the older buildings In It's vicinity.
| The fair occupies most OF the hrst
floor and all of the second and third floors
Of this immense building, covering 3o,UO
| square feet of iloor space-equivalent 10
room 100 fee, wide and $50 feet long. Here
are over one hundred different kinds OF cx-
hiblts; too many, in fact, for me even TO
name.
A loom from the cotton mills is running all
| the time, weaving cotton cloth, and sc'erat
machines from the Hitchcock Knitting NILS
are knitting material for underwear. Machin-
| lists are ut work turning iron. There are ex-
hlblts of pressed brick, Colorado made stoves,
carriages, grindstones, books, inks, cigars,
| canned goods, brooms, harness, carving IN
stone, etc, etc. Every day there are typc-sctr
| ting contests and contests In drilling granite.
| About $50 In prizes will be awarded To tho
contestants. Il, the latter, / believe, tho
worlds record has been beaten. On the third
floor band Of music is stationed, and every
evening several score of couples may be seen
dancing.
The work OF organizing the fair and bring
ing together all these exhibits, building and
decorating the elegant booths, and arranging
all the details, has been done in the short
period Of forty days All the exhibitors seem
| highly pleased with its succcss-which fact
| will render 1t easier to arrange for the next
one can only mention few OF tho great
number of exhibits: ~
The Chain ~ Hardy Book, Stationary and
Art company make beautiful display OF
blank books and elegant bindings Of library
books, done In their own bindory, which ooor-
pies seven rooms on the third floor OF tlcir
large store building, l6o9-i5 Arapahoc street,
in conjunction with their printing Department..
This Is an important branch Of manufactures,
| and the work Is now so well and chcaply done
In colorado that there II no longer nny cxcQ
| for sending cast for It.
"a new broom sweeps clcann-!f II has beoa
made by the Colorado Broom Company, -
which Institution the &. S. Morcy Mercantile
| ibinpang iIc pItpIlttbIe. .No ohc itllitHlh<4o
10 have seen any finer broom corn broons
than they exhibit here Mt the fair, Tisey
claim, very reasonably, that, where the corn
and handles are dried and made up In the dry
climate Of Colorado, they do not shrink and
fall to pieces In use, like Eastern mads
broom- They employ twenty-five hands,
mostly the best skilled labor, and turn out
brooms enough to sweep the State''-as they
certainly ought TO.
| To any person who keeps horse the exhf-
| billion made by the Denver Manufacturing
| Company possesses supcrlatyc attractions, In
the variety, beauty and quality Of the goods
| which include harnesses, saddles, blankcts,
whlps-in fact every imaginable thing usod
about horse They also show elegant trunIrr,
yalI.cs and other varieties of leather goods Of
home manufacture. This company Is now en-
gagged In moving Iis store and offices To l7i9to
| l190 Arapahoc Street, where there Will 10
room to make display of goods that Will cor
respond with the magnitude OF it, business.
Parties out Of Denyer, by sending twelve ccuts
and their address, Will receive the compsny's
new Illustrated catalogue and price list, en-
braclng everything necessary for the horsc,
carriage aud stable.
The ilarlcsiy Chemical Manufacturiug
Company makes an exceedingly attractive
show Of goods. IL lsa Colorado lnstltuti)u,
| aud has been established IN Denver for a year
or more. Its goods for-1iousrhoid use have
won high reputation. and include layoring
eNtrncts, bottled drigs, cream tartar tartsfic
ncld, table sauce, baking powder, perfumes,
inls, bluelng, mucilagr, cough drops, soda
fountain supplies, carbonate ammonia, water
or household aminonis, blticrs, tInctsrus,
medicinal wine, and cllxlr,, During The fair
the company has given away To every laaly
present small package Of IT, Grow lar Bak.
Ing powlcr-many Thousands In all, 20 that II
Il being tried hy most OF the families In Den.
yvr-whlch il all that the company asks,
The display Of the Buffers Manufacturing
Company goods Is happily located IN front
uf the booth uf the woman'u Christian Aapo-
| clailon, aud alirncts all the lailo. n. thcy
come aud 10. Iia manufacturer ara prlneip
| paly IN the line Of appciikcrs, such rs The
celebrated Denver Club Cntsup. pickles, vine-
| ear, many varieties of canned goods prepared
mustard ehow chow, Riplcy's preserves,
| iollics, fntlt hut,cr-, tomato cnifup, Chill
sauce, rulth, horfo rndlah and table saucr.
This i home company, which buys largely
from the farmers and fruit raiscta Of Colorado
aud manufactures pure articles, 20 that IL
irbci Il n guarantee of excellence. Besides its
Denver factory II has large one q, Topeka,
Kansas.
Not only Il Colorado becoming manufac-
turing fiRic, but the state itself, under The
management ~ Damu Mature, Il very csicn.
sltc manufacturer ~ medicinal waters. ono
q three factories, which Ia rapidly becoming
known huth nt home aud phrunil, Il the nprinv
u the Colorado Carlsbad Mineral Water Com.
pnny eighteen mlleH northeast of Denver. Al
a hahdaomc hoo,h this wnicr l. dispensed fruo
10 nll who vlsli the fair, Cnfhonatci II Ia m