The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-05-14
A HANDSOME SEND OFF.
z. c. M. /. Gives Substantial RecOgni
ton TO Home Enterprise.
THE GRANT SOAP co.'s PLANS.
They VIII Put Four Kinds of Soap on tn,
Market This Week, and Defy East
ern Competition.

Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institu-
ton has just given 2 substantial recogni-
ton to new home enterprise, in man
ner characteristic OF that great institu-
ton. The home enterprise in question is
the Grant Soap company, notice of
whose incorporation appeared in THE
! HERALD some days ago. The company
is now turning out soap at rapid rate
every day, and during the past week it
has furnished samples OF both laundry
and toilet soaps to dealers in the city.
The result has been more than satisfac-
tory, and z. G. M. /. were SO much
pleased with the new product that they
at once gave an order for 500 boxes of the
laundry soap.
The Soap company will inaugurate
new plan of placing their goods before the
pnblic early this week: they will make a
house to house canvass and ask every
housewife in the city to buy 25 cents
worth of the laundry soap; they feel SO
confident OF the superiority of their goods
that they only ask each family whom
their solicitors approach to give the soap
one fair test, by washing with it piece
of flannel goods, and if it is not found
as represented, they say they will expect
no patronage. Ii, on the contrary, the
goods are found up to what the company
claim, they ask the public when they or
der soap hereafter, to insist on having
these goods and to take no other. They
also ask our local dealers to place a small
order with their wholesale grocers in or
der that their patrons may have a chance
to TEST these goods against all others.
The Grant Soap company will manufac-
ture two kinds of laundry soap, one called
the "Co-op.D and the other the ssBee-
hive.' The latter will be sold to all job
| bers, while the former is made exclusively
for q. G. M. l. Both soaps, however, are
equal in merit, only the wrappers and
brands being different. They will also
turn out two brands of toilet soap, the
"White WINDSOR and "The Glycerine, -
both of which are the equals of anything
sold in the drug stores; they are put up
in dainty wrappers and exquisitely per-
| fumed; the toilet soaps, as well as the
laundry soaps, will be on the local market
next week.
Speaking to HERALD reporter of the
new enterprise yesterday, Mr.. B. F.
Grant, the manager, said: eve have
every reason to feel encouraged at the
outlook. We did not go into the soap
business until we had given the new
patent process thorough test and salts
fed ourselves not only that we could
compete with eastern goods in price and
quality, but that we could lay down for
the same money an absolutely superior
quality of soap. We have received sub
SLanIlal recognition already from several
leading houses, and q. G. NJ. l., who have
already tested the goods, have shown
their faith in them by an order for 800
boxes as a starter.'
The Grant Soap company now has in
hand the plans for factory to cost from
IS. 900 TO SO, 0O0. The land is already
purchased and is located on Third West
street, between Seventh and Eighth
South, being communicated with by a
Union Pacific switch. The capacity of
the factory will be 800 boxes day when
in running order. The officers OF the
Grant Soap company comprises the fol-
lowing gentlemen: F. A. Grant, presi-
dent: John Henry Smith, vice president;
and Heber j. Grant, secretary and treas
urer, and these with r. S. Grant and j.
III. Grant comprise the board of directors
B. f. Grant will be the business manager
of the new concern. On every hand
nothing but high words of praise are
heard for the company's goods, and there
is no reason why it should not be strong
success from the beginning.