The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-29
A Very Important Industry in
the South.
BRUNO RIVER PLAcERs.
THEY ARE ATTRACTING "A GREAT
DEAL OF ATTENTION.
Tintic Telephone Extension-Utah
Men Interested in Oregon PIacers
-GriswelI and Free WooI-Grad-
ing Contracts Let-silver Down u
Point-Business and Mining Notes.

One OF the most important industries
in Utah's Dixie and one of considerable
consequence to the entire territory is
that OF fruit drying. The dried fruits OF
this territory rank second to none ex-
cept the evaporated article of California,
and the amount of revenue derived from
the sale of fruits is always represented
by SIX figures at least. The indications
are, however, that there will be consld-
cradle of a reduction this year and unless
some immediate change takes place, the
people of the territory will receive about
cent less for their unpeeled peaches
than the quotations for 1893 This will
make considerable of difference to the
fruit producing districts.
Present advices indicate that the
prices of all kinds of dried fruits will
be considerably lower this season than
was the case last year." said Superilten-
dent Weber, of Zion's Cooperative Mer-
camille Institution, yesterday afternoon
to Herald reporter. 1.-The reasons for
this change in the schedule of prices
are patent, one OF them being the ener-
nous quantities of fruit dried In Cali
fornia this season. Had it not been fer
the railroad strikes and the consequent
tie-up of all roads leading out from tine
would have been sent to the eastern and
foreign markets. but the lack of ecail-
road transportation forced the orchard
owners of the coast to dry their fruits
and on this account the markets will be
flooded with all classes this fall. Utah's
dried fruits are in high favor with the
eastern people but it is extremely diff
cult for us to compete with the coast.
No heavy movements of fruit take place
in this territory until about the end of
October, when the southern stores and
commission people begin to unload upon
us and the market takes on considerable
activity. The reports received from the
producing districts are to the effect that
the crop is about the same as in 1898,
with @ noteworthy Improvement in quail
ity, due to the extra care given to the
orchards. The local growers are already
sending in their crops, the season for
dried fruit being considerable earlier in
the northern part of the territory than in
the southern, that is, the movement
takes place somewhat in advance Of that
in the south Practically all of the Utah
fruits will go to the eastern markets,
where they will be thrown into direct
competition with the product of Califor-
MA but the result will not be detrimental
to the interests of this territory.
George E. Bourne, of the same great
institution, gave the reporter some fig
ures in connection with the same sub
ject. In 1898 local unpeeled peaches
brought from to AZ cents, while the
southern Utah article ranged from l to
~ cents higher, The peeled peaches
quotations which will govern the deal
ings this season, unless there should be
an unexpected change for the better or
worse, are cents for the local unpeeled
and cents for the DixieS with the
peeled probably 2 cents off.