Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-13
Hints on Homo Mannlaelures.

Editor Dcstrct NcgG
have been subscriber TO the
DEsERET News Tor over twenty years,
anu having been In the manufacturing
business, 1 will give you some OF my
ideas OF what Is hest In that line.
some manufacturing places are too
much complicated; they want TO do all
kinds In one mill. For instance, they
want 10 make shawl. flannel, blankets,
linscys, Lneltons, kerseys, broadoloth
aud all kinds Of stocking yarns all In
one mill.
Now IL seems TO me that small mills
should 10 established and each one
make something IA one lac only. For
instance, one on yarns, single and
double, another on Jeans, another
ON hnseys, another on kerseys,
moltons and bfoadcloth, and
another on hanntls. My experience Is
tina, each mill might buy just the kline
Of wool that would be suited 10 what
goods they chose ~ make. II thispian
wa. taken, quite q business could be
done and the amount OF time taken up
In changing from one kind 10 another
would he dispensed with. amount
OF time lost In changing from one KIND
TO another takes away all the pfoat.
| have never run q mill In this way
but Il always paid and that very we'll.
Unless We run On system that viii
pay both tho Investor aud the work.
men Il II no use to engage Init. have
seen most Of the wooden mills Ia Utah
and ffom all have seen and learned
the trouble lays In one mill trying to
do too many kinds OF work.
remember at one mill that In
getting out a very neat sample OF
Jvaus filling aud QUE good lot was put
through, 1t was ordered STOPPED.
asked II the mixed filling was all
right. They said yes. / then vonturei
10 ask II they could sell the Jeans.
Yes, they told me, they could sell all
they could make. Then why not keep
ut the busiuO7sg No, they had TO
change Tor something else, thus the
profits were lost.
Some system must be started by
which TO sell MI the goods that each Il
the mills makes. Provo mill has found
out that II was essential 10 have
business place TO sell Provo goods, and
II Cutler can take all the goods made
Ia this Territory and find u market for
the same, all the different mills could
make u speciality Of some kind, and
know what 10 do with their goods.
Unless this Is done, the mills will try
TO make all kinds Of goods 10 suit the
market, and in changing their stock
from one kind 10 another, loss most OF
their profile, aHd not be- able 10 tell
where the loss h.. The franklin mill
n leased each year ut lois. Brigham
CITY Woolon Miil Just makes yarns for
custom work. Ogden IL doing nothing.
Salt Lake City runs quite well. |
Provo II now running but was stopped |
all winter; Spflngville millwas stopped |
all winter but Ia low running; King
ston mill Il not running; Beaver mill |
10 stopped; Orjervllle Is not at work; |
Washington cotton aud wooden mill Il |
running some Of the tine, aud that IL q |
mill that ought TO be able 10 run NIL the !
time, ms the wRter never freezes so Us
they cannot run.
would Ike 10 hear from all the |
mill owners and mill men ami get their |
ideas on the Utah condition and the |
remedy, us think there are plenty OF
nble men In this Territory TO cOnduot
manufactures. Let IA have "A cOnyen.
ton next October BY all means,
SUBSCRIBER.