Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-03
BUSINESS And MINES.
me BUREAU or AASUpAciURrs.


80" 'e''' '"ANatltNat ~ u ug tt'ls
lug the honi manufactured gJiIs iu
The backgtluui7" asked a gentleman
Ola News representative 90 lay.
Then the gcn,laman went On to relate
three incidents which hs state oc &.
currci In large business house LOO
this city.
Numbefonc waltha, n customer went
Into tho grocery division an1 asked
Tor cheese, au ar,i1iu was produced
when tue customer remarked, 'Tnai
is not h1ml.mA ie, Is ig" 30 b, nc"
was the response. ~ dom, want %;
want homemade chorse.n "Wc
haven't any" was the reply, and the
customer made the purchase cl.uwhef
Incident number two was nj the
counter where they Sell shoes. A Gus.
toner came Ia Tor apair aud the eastern
article Was produced. Haven't you got
anything made at homo?p said the
customer. "Oh, yes" said the CLERK;
aud pair Of nrst-class shoes made NJ
/ u. &. NJ. l.. factory was brought fof-
/ wnti and purchased.
No. 2 was At the dry g9Ois counter;
| Manuel being what the customer de-
sired. Promptly the imported goods
/ were dfoppel 10 the counter. "l wish
something bsitur than this. Haven't
| you homt .mude hanuel?n Ia halt
| Apologize mauucr,a s though the home.
made was looked on ~ inferior Instead
| OF superior 10 the other, Rn excellent
/ quality Of Provo flannel was brought
Hni purchase mais.
Whether thee instances are
sample 0i the way local merchants
bring home iuiustflei to tue font, h
what tue inquirer wanted 10 know. 10
lisa question that IL OF Interest - the
merchants al well rs 10 customers.
BUREAU OF MANUrACIUREs.
II wns o O'Clock last evening when
the bureau Of ma luiao,utes committee
concluded IL meeting, which lasted
an hour anu a hall, at the Chamber Of
Commerce. A general discussion OF
the subject OF home industries was on.
gagged In, and several committees
appointed.
ID. II. Grant submitted an appeal TO
tho Chamber, which as read and al.
/ proved. The paper Ia ~ follOwG
what IL necessary 10 compel tins citi.
Eens OF Utah 10 do something besides
talk, anu set them TO act oE matters Of
vital Importance 70 every man, woman
and child throughout tho entire Terri.
toryY When Brigham Young was
alive he repeatedly told the people Of
Utah that they mai all the malstiai
necessary 10 make them onu Of the
niOat prosperous and indepen ont com.
muuliica ON earth, u they would only
make uss OF the material that natufe
hud placed ~ lhsir dispofal. II such
Il the case, something must be radical.
| ly wrong, VI we would not now have
80 many able.hodiei mon appealing 10
us Tor few dsyF work ~ they m ght
earn enough 10 buy -four for their half.
starved iamillea-men that know moth.
ing but work, men that are not Rskiug
alms, but lew honest dayt' labor.
Now let uH make a practical iiluttra-
lion Of how W. Mud ourselves In our
| present financial condition. Say tue
mines In Utah produce $4,000 n
month. This IL new money dug from
the ground, but say 10 producing this
amount IL takes $50, 900 worth OF gOOda
and Instead OF producing them M We
did tho dollars We send East sud they
are imported. Now, when they are
| paid for We have $50, 900 worth OF goOds,
but tbs East Inns our 81, 900 new dOllars.
| Now, rs our mines are all closed down,
anu we must Import the same amount
Of goods as when they were being
worked, We hnd ourselves short Of the |
amount required TO pay for these goods, |
but we must have them OF We cannot |
exist, land with this showing are com. |
PEELED 10 send East 10 the manufacturers |
we have been sending cur money 20 Tor |
years anu years, and beg Of them |
10 make US loan o. $4,000, secured !
| ny trust deed Of all VIZ have on |
earth, aud when We have secured this |
loan We are compelled 10 return II East |
10 pay for these goods We have just im.
| ported. Nov, we can figure out iOr
| yourselves what your borrowing Cap-
acity IL, and then you Will Just know
how long II Will take for the East 10
own you, body and soul.
| Say We patfOniEe aud build up home
/ industries aud manufacture these
goods at home. What would the result
| then he2 Oar merchants would pay
the $50, 900 to our home factories, VINO,
In turn, would pay II 10 the different
firms furnishing them their material,
anu 10 their employees. Now, thu
hands employed In producing the
material, added 10 thOso employed Ia
factories, would all buy their goods
| from our local merchants, anu pay Tor
/ them with the same money tue mel-
| chants paid 10 our local factories. In
this way We have furnished employ.
ment tot our now Idle men IN manu-.
featuring $4,000 worth o. tho goods,
We nave paid Tor these goods, aud sull
I have our $50, 900 IN Utah.
DO YOU thluk that community
with as much intelligence M In found
| IN Utah wUuli require any stronger
argument or any palmer statement Of
facts 10 impress upon their minds now,
and for all TINS ~ come, tie absolute
necessity Of bu lJing ny aud patron.
izlnR homo iudustfy aud ualng Moth
ing that IL imported that can be and
IN manufactured ~ home. doubt
very much II tue idle meu OF this
Territory, vino, when gwen days
work anu earned a dollar " they mad
ever given this matter serious tuOught
enough 30 that when they 10 10 the
store they DO not buy the imported
goods instead Ot the nome m'uuiac'
tured. Now 10 the time 10 stop and !
reflect, and then act. Let there DO
public appeal made 10 every cltizsn In
fll. and lar Tim uf ID cal lfH b ]