The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-25
HOME INDUSTRY.
Denver CongratuIates Salt Lake on
Her Recent Action.

Her Recent Action.
Secretary Mainland, of the bureau
| of manufactures, yesterday received
the following letter from Denver:
Office of the Manufacturers Exchange,
Denver, Col, 21st Feb, 1894.
lC. E. Wantland, Secretary Manufac-
turers' Bureau, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dear Sfr-Yours received announcing
the formation of manufacturers bu-
reau in Salt Lake city and expressing
a desire to reciprocate with us, which
we shall be glad to do.
Congressional action having ruth
lessly stricken down the silver indus
try of the west, it has become more
than ever of paramount Importance, in
order to build up our other industries,
that the citizens of all the states and
territories lying between the Missouri
river and the Pacific should individu-
ally exert themselves to develop the
great and varied resources and foster
the general interests of the west, and,
as far as possible, in future keep west
ern money in western circulation, by
giving the preference in their pur-
chases to western products in all rea-
sonable ways.
Such a course will maintain the pres
ent western factories. and encourage
| the establishment OF new ones; will
increase the local market for western
raw materials; will furnish remunera-
| tive employment for additional west
ern labor; will not only maintain, but
increase the present population of the
west; will justify western railroads in
lowering freight rates by the great in
crease of interchangeable western ton
| mage, and will materially diminish the
vast annual tribute the west has been
and is still paying to distant commune
| ties, which apparently lack the most
ordinary appreciation of western in
terests.
This exchange urges your people to
follow this policy Loyalty and persis-
tently:
First-With regard to the industries
of your own cities, counties and terri
tory, for the good work should be be-
gun with your own neighbors Col
orado desires to see Utah and every
lother western state and territory built
up.
second-Subject to your duty to vour
immediate neighbors, give the manu-
facturers on the Missouri river and
westward the preference in your pur-
chases, so long as their goods are equal
| in quality and as reasonable in price
as those of distant competitors.
Wishing your bureau every success.
believe me.
Yours very truly.
THOMAS TONGE, Secretary.
The Federated Trades at the last
meeting adopted the following resoIll-
ton:
Whereas, The manufacturers bureau
of the Salt Lake chamber of com
merce has commenced d movement
which it is believed will prove 10 be
an active crusade for the purpose cf
encouraging and supporting home in
dustries; and
Whereas, Such a movement. if Wig
orously pushed to success, will result
in the employment of hundreds of men
and women; and
Whereas, Such employment of labor
will make the people prosperous and
rebound to the benefit of the entire
community; and
busy multitude, each laboring in his
own avocation to gain competence or
wealth, are the immediate causes
which make a community great; and
Whereas, The encouragement of
home industries has ever been one of
the first principles of organized labor.
therefore be it
Resolved, That we the Federated
Trades of Salt Lake City, heartily en-
dorse and will give every encourage
ment possible to all movements that
will gain such an end.
Resolved, That we will also encour-
age the present movement by calling
for Utah goods and by performing la
Dor when possible to push all proner
enterprises in Utah.