Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-15
ARE FORGING AHEAD
Home Industry Workers Pushing Out
in Various Directions.
THE MANUFACTURERS EXHIBIT.


talking 1t up In their moeilnga every
where, aud are accompanying their
words by works In harmony there
with. Tho prospect is that nos only
viii the industries now In operation
hero receive better patronage, but
numbor OF new ones will be- added 10
tue let The mercantile houses here
report that there 10 a generally iucfsas.
INK demand i1r goods manufactured Vt
home. While there ~ "a great deal oi
ak, more perhaps than any thing else,
lhis talk h having H. effect on the
masses, ns shown by tue calls that are
being made 10 the stores Tot home
Mtlcicf.
For instance In the grocery depart.
mUnts VI n. &. NJ. 1. there has boon
market iuCreusu In tho sale VI such
articles VI home production, us meats
anu lafds. People Hsk for that pro-
pared at home and DO not want the
imported articles. The CLERKS are Ia.
sttuCtcd 10 uBs thoir influence iu this
direction by putting thu UWu articles
! 10 the itOnt. la the mattur VI lroumH,
| Notwithstanding the dull times, there
were sold vt least 800 dozen more home
made ufO0ms during 1898 than during
thn previous year anu the prospects
nfu that the record Oi tho present tea-
son viii surlass any " 10 Predecessors.
a. g., NJ. /. stock Of b.10ms u now
maize up entirely VI tho houie article.
Other home pr1Iuc,satU also receiving
msrsgI preferences.
Ia the shoe line the institution does
not carry nn Imported shUu la meme,
| youths or boys wtur which sells Tor
/ lcts Than g.. They nave not the
ma hiuCfy 10 make tho finest Minds Of
shOUs, anu therefore they cary Imported
/ shoes OF high price 10 supply tue Gus.
/ toners VINO call Tor them, but
| their principal stock 10 manufactured
/ by tho institution. For the lnst
few months the factory has bcou manu-.
! featuring 100 pairs VI HhUes pet Jay,
| but the drmAnu ituni the Ouuidc makes
| II necessary tor thvm 10 increase tue
/ output 70 go. IL b. thought there
| will bo a steady Increase ia Tue demand
aud that u viii not be long until the
| itctufy vii be run g. IL iuil capaclIy,
which is 800 pairs PER Jay. Ia order 10
asii't the home iniustfy movement q
/ reduction Of 10 pur ceut has teen made
on their home ma % shoes, but there
! hsa been no change VA tue wages paid
I
| that tue Walker Bros a Tyler Co.
has taken tue lead VI tue ssrrs Ia
| purchasing shoes manufactured by the
n. &. NJ. /. factory.
The reports ffOm other Institutions
Ia the city Hfn fully NJ encouraging NJ
those from u. &. 81. L., while the Uut-
side districts show even n better CON
ditlOn.
the MASS MEETING.
Late yesterday afternoon the com.
miltCu selected by thv mauuiactufefs'
| bureau 10 arrange for spring exhibit
and also macs meeting IN the Thea.
| ter met at the Chamber VI Commerce
and decided 10 hold the exhibit OF
hume made goods In tue Walker
Pavilion, that being OF central location.
A motion was carried that tho com.
mitice notify all merchants 60 meet
with them on Monday ucXt nj 1880 p.
M, TO discuss the plans Tor the pro-
| pOsed macs meeting, when " ~ be
held In the Salt Lake rneator, on
| Thursday night, March 80, aud II
possible, the oxhiUiiind will b. opened
before then,
GOISu INTO Wool BuHNEss.
Mr.. Barlow Ferguson, during his
recent visit 10 BeRver,sayA tho UtOniaH,
met with the directors Ot tbs wooden
mills aud laid before them n plan by
which he claims there IL positive inde.
pendeuce nud lifelong run for the
mills. The plan IL this: Hs proposes
! that tho stockholders Of the wooden
mills shall own a sheep herd OF their
/ own, 10 be run In connection with the
mills aud supply them with wool. Al
| the pTrteut prlC0s given for wool, II
| VIII scarcely Justify men 20 run indie
| ppudent htrus. Sheep are now down
| in price anu everything seems u be
pfOpilluus 20 tue eud that tile wooden
| mills should have flock Of sheen In
| connection with their other business.
| Hsrdora get nothing now Tor hurding,
| and, says Mt. Ferguson, II will DO
much better 10 say 10 these men, here,
| We will furnish you flour anu produce
10 support your family, We Will give
| you a COW, build you a house, etc. ,eio.,
aud you do our nerdiug. Also, lac
statea that scrip In circulation Will
| create labor 500 Ia scrip frequently
rcpresenling $500 In labor before IL geta
! back to be cancelled. II the mills
want little money to buy necessary
articles with, let them sell some WOOL
or cloth. Then let them put their
cloth, blankets, etc, on cash market
say Salt Lake.
The directors have decided 10 adopt
| hir. Feiguson's plan, aud TO this enu
will shortly hOld u stOckhOlders' meet
| ing 10 ditcuis the subject more thor
oughly aud amend tie articles Of
agreement 10 Us 10 enlarge tbs capital
stock 10 permit OF the investment Of at
least $50, 900 Ia sheep.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
Notwithstanding the cry Of hard
times a number Of Salt Lakes institu.
ti0ns have given their stockholders
welcome surprise by declaring divl.
dends. Among these " the Home Fire
| Insurance Company Of Ulah, which
todny disburses ! J per cent for lthe
qunIter On their capital stock OF $500.
| 900.
phe Salt Lake Dramatic association,
which owns the rheater property, has
| declared a dividend VI per cent on
| 10 capital o. 100000.
Heber J. Grant a Company have de.
clafed quarterly dividend OF "a per
cent OF 100000.
Barton a Company also have do.
clared dividend Of o per cent Tor the