Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-11
In UTAH HOMESPUN.
CalIlOTlla'S State Militia Will Dress 10
Utah Cloth.
ORDER FOR THE GOODS ACCEPTED
Provo Mills VIII Damask Manu-.
facturc at MantL.

The California state militia nre 10
don new suits o: clothes, the best they
have ever worn, and the work OF 20.
Mobilization has been begun. The
citizen eolIlory Of the greatest Of tho
Pacific states are 70 be- clothed in Utah.
made cloth, manufactured from U,al
wool. While this Territory buys vau
quantities 81 California early fru iis.
vegetables, AMI other necessities, the
Goideu5tato will reciprocatc by making
heavy purchases Of homemade cassi.
metes and BLOUSE for the rohing Of the
national guard.
The clutgst o. 10 who would win IN
the competition Tor furnishing the
cloth flr the new uniform Of the Cali.
fornla state militia mas boon goi ng on
some time. Samples Of cloth aud
estimates OF prices were secured from
| the various mills in the county, aud
the Representatives Of the Utah pro-
| duet, while they knew Il 10 be- In tho
front rank on the propositions Of quality
and price, hardly dared TO hone for
success IN competing with tho
great mills Of tho East and
West. Hut they knew they
had merit on their eide, anu proceeding
on the principle that what is worth
having 10 worth asking for made their
proposition, achieving complete and
easy victory.
a prominent san Francisco house
has the order for making the cloth up
I into puita, and TO the Provo Wooden
mills has been awarded the contract
for manufacturing the cloth. The
material selected Is TO DO blue cashmere
aud blouse. The fret order aggregates
material for about i've thousand suits.
Ia the present hard times Tor money
IL was "A question whether tho Provo
mi Is could accept the order, as II In
vUived the operation OF only portion
Of the plant, which would not alone
Iay TOT working. A prolonged meet.
ing OF the board OF directors OF tho
mills was held IN this city yesterday
afternoon, and considered this and
other phases OF tho subject, which in'
vOlved the question ~ 10 whoth'
or or not the mills IA uld
close down. should they 10
boz, more than hundred employees
would be thrown into enforced idle
uUsa, and between four ana i've hun.
dfei persOnH Ia the famiiits u those
employed would have thnir source Of
food supply cut Oh. The philAu-
thrUpic view OF the case prevailed, and
u was decided that the mills would DO
Kept running, II satisfactory arrange
mouts can be entered into with the
employee, End the product piled
up In tho hope that Il will find local
patronage. WIN this understanding
the California order was &C.
copied, anu the contract closed. The
placing oi the order 10 "A big thing for
Utah, and "a grand triumph Tor the
Provo mills.
HOME MADE DAMAsK.
James Il. Hogan OF Nlanti Is an OK.
perieuCed weaver OF damask table
cloths, having learned the business In
scotland. A short time siuco he de-
cided to commence the manufacture
OF tue goods here, aud sent Tor two
jacquard looms. One OF these he
placed In operation ~ Mautl, and
today was Ia salt Lake exhibiting
some Of his haudiwufE, In the form "
the first double damasI table cloth ever
manufactured In Utah. IL Is scarlet
colOred, aud Of tasteful design.
Mr.. Hogan says that, considering
the quality, he can easily compete
with imported goods in this line. Tho
material used IL chiefly wOOl-n home
pfOducl-the cotton being small ieG.
lure. He Is satisfied that when tho
merits OF the goods he Is manufacture
ing become known, the people Will not
desire To have anything but the home
made article, because Of the superior
quality.
HOMEMADE PAPER.
The paper which has boon manu-
featured al home has received good
ly share VI attention from buyers since
the recent agitation was begun. Geo.
{. Lambert, who took the stock Of the
Granite Paper company, whose mill
ON Big Cottonwood was burned some
months ago, speaks well Of the patron
age received tor the large stock which
the company had to dispose Of.
Mr.. Lambert has his wRro-
house in the old n. q, NJ. /, shoe face
tory, anu q considerable portion OF the
stock yet remains. II Is a matter OF
cougralulatlon that PURCHASERS have
| given the homemade articles moro
attention than formerly. IL shows
the trend Of sentiment among bust
ness men,