The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24
The Article Which Gained the
Herald Prize.
MANUFACTURERS WANTED
Salt Lakes Population and Needs Are
Greatly Increasing.
Splendid Openings for DIanufactories of
All Kinds-Cheap Fuel, Cheap Land
and Cheap Material Waiting
TO BE Taken Advantage or.

r Nature, we are told, is always impartial
and it is well known fact that when a
region is especially rich in one of natures
gifts, it is usually less rich in others: but
, however general may be the application
OF this economy of nature, the rule utterly
loses foree in this territory. Here nature
has violated all her lessons OF impair
TALLY; here locked within the embraces OF
! our mountains sleep the united treasurers
of dozen states, the silver of Idaho, the
coal of Pennsylvania, the iron of Mis-
= souri,, the lead of Colorado, the marbles
and granite of Vermont. Into the caverns
and hills nature has poured more wealth
than ever Ophir had with which to bur-
den the fleets OF mighty Solomon.
The mining industry of Utah is but a
few years old, yet within this orief period
has added millions to the gold and silver
OF the world. We have some of the great
est mines known, while others equally
great still remain undeveloped Much is
anticipated and much will undoubtedly
be realized from the new mining district
known as Deep Creek; the assays from
that section Indicate that, in the
near future, the Ontario will
have many dangerous competitors
and that the glory of Park
City will shine in renewed splendor in this
new Eldorado. Bingham, iTintic, Marys-
vale, the Beaver mines and those on the
south all offer openings for profitable in
vestment
Manufacturing, however, must be the
ultimate lever by which Utah shall be
raised TO plane of commercial greatness
and prosperity. Nobody is more sensi-
tive TO the lack of manufacturing indus
tries than The people of this territory, and
they invite the capitalists of the nation to
avail themselves of this wide field for in
vestment, confidently asserting that no
! other opportunity, affording such assur-
ance of large and safe returns. exists in all
the realms of the Republic. 1t is true we
have some factories in operation, whose
support the people regard not only as a
pleasure but as a duty. To the people of
Utah the expression 'shome industries''
is fraught with meaning and significance.
Utah has inducements to manufacturers
such as no other portion OF the union can
offer; the field is comparatively unoccu-
pied and there can be none of that keen
business rivalry and competition which is
| the rule elsewhere. Once the industry is
established and it may safely rely upon
the support Of the people as a necessary
! consequence.
Nearly all the industrial arts choose for
! their base of operation the neighbOrhOod
of cities, and one of the difficulties ex-
perienced is the procurement of cheap
lands upon which to erect the factories
! This question, so vital and trou blesome
in many places, would be unknown here.
Take Salt Lake city as one out of many
instances: Across the Jordan river, i'm
mediately west of the city, stretches
vast plain, from the corporate limits west
to the shores of the Great Salt Lake.
These acres-almCst wholly unfit for
I agrlcu itural purposes - are especially
adapted for manufacturing sites; their
n earness to the city, their cIoseness to
| liberal markets; their easy accessibility
and their startling cheapness are but a
| few OF TIE instances which point out their
peculiar fitness as seats for manufacture
| ing industries. Again, the item of fuel,
! SO expensive in other localities, need
cause no apprehension to the local manu-
! facturer-the existence of natural gas has
! for some time been a demonstrated fact,
and there is every reason to believe that
! 1t can be found almost anywhere within
the 20, GOO acres mentioned as being west
of the city. Anyhow, there are great
gas wells in successful operation only
few miles to the north, and it is but
question OF short time when natural
gas viii be piped into the city itself.
The saving to the manufacturer by the
use VI DdOttl dA SetS d. d 1UGl, N1eaUS d saw
ing OF 10 per cent. upon every dollar of
capital invested. The electric light
works of this city will save $50, 600 an
nually If they replace coal with natural |
gas. That is saving of 10 per cent. on
$500, 600, or per cent. upon $500 ,O00. |
so that the manufacturer, under these |
conditions, viii, at the very outset. be in
position to successfully meet his foreign |
competitor, and not only be able to con-
troll the local markets, but enter the out
side markets with every reason for sue
cess.
Salt Lake city is the necessary and geo.
graphic center OF territory extending in |
every directisn-500 miles-a larger terri
torial extent than England, Scotland and |
Wales. Within this sweep of country, |
taibutary to our city, there is probably /
not enough manufacturing to supply 8 |
per cent. of the demand. and the greater |
class of industries is wholly unrepre- |
sented. Millions of dollars worth of |
manufactured articles are imported every [
year and the vast majority OF them must |
undergo transportation varying from one T
to three thousand miles.
In the light of all the facts, the uues-
ton, although involving its own answer,
may be asked: Is there a richer field for /
manufacturing industries in the whole
union than right here? Where else can
surer and larger profits be guaranteed
than IN the Utah valley! In this connec-
ton it is proper to say that
there is an immediate and burning
need for the following industries
in Salt Lake City, and the same Will ap-
ply, in whole or in part, to other points: i
All kinds of manufactures, carpet fac
tories, paper mills, agricultural imple-
ments, architectural iron works, mining
machinery, engine and boiler works, wire,
iron, sal-soda and soda ash, beet and cane
sugar, tile works, glass works producing
the green, flint, bar, tableware and plate
factories, iron mills, and the manufac-
ture Of anything else that may be regarded
as staple goods in ordinary markets.
We have the elements for all these in
dustries; in many cases their abundance
is beyond the scope Of calculation. Not