Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-10
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~ tntihNN'Ns
o.. ,.,ll, the people obtain the conf
~ r,i,. thew require, buy abroad or pro-
~. ,,bomel As food. a bare suo''s-
' ., |, ,he frs, requisite,so agriculture,
!, 49, ,seh food IS produced, is the irs,
. y ia Importance, Of civilized
'.,a, n, for his clothing and nearly all
Nj, material comforts and luSuries' man
mus, depend upon his manufactures.
To lriealtuf, the people Of Utah, by
49,, t,cs Of circumstances. were COM
n.led to devote their frs, attention.
Under he SPACIOUS leadership OF the
y,niu, at their head, they allowed the
re,allic treasures Of the mountains to
remain IN coneealment until agriculture
vy,o thoroughly established as TO pro-
I'd, he people with permanent supplies
q food, BY which time the tllers OF the
al had become so attached to their
home, tina, there was no danger OF their
b.iag lead Of by the speculative, dreamy
AID unreal but remarkably fascinating
Gums Of the half nomadie life OF the
FINER.
No sooner was tho establishment OF an
agricultural system fairly undar way
,iayarious kinds Of manufactures were
rnisfaken. But under what difficulties
and pefplexitiesi With freigh, rate on
machinery, from the nearest market
where il could be purchased to Salt Lake
Waller, Of IS cents per pound. the estab-
l,hmen, Of factories was discouraging
PROPOSITION. Lot !, did not daunt the
hardy and devoted men who made the
foadi and built the bridges from the
Missouri to The Inland Sea.
Among the very first articles TO be
Manufactured In Utah were lumber and
four and 10, many months had elapsed
alter the arrival OF the Pioneers before
aNand grist mills were In operation. The
iB, boards made IN Utah were sawed
with a whip saw In City Creek canyon, a
lev days aiier the Pioneers pitched camp
% that stream This statement was
onoe made TO the writer by one Of the
men vho did the saving.
AZ early as 1881 potteries molasses
mills, cutlery establishments, and num-
bu Of other manufacturing industries
were IN operation. Governor Young
vas especially earnest in his efforts TO
promote home Industries, and IN his mes
ngs to the Legislature, January, 1881, he
aid
"Deplonble indeed must be the stu.
tnon Of that people whose sons are not
tanned In the practice OF every useful
s'oe4iion, and whose daughters mingle
~ N The hive OF industry.
Produce what you consume, draw from
Ne native elements the neccssaries OF
lasi permit no vitiated taste to lead you
mo Indulgence Of expensive luxures,
which can only be obtained by involving
Yourselves IN debt. Let home industry
Produce every article OF home consump.
ton.n
Governor Young practiced what he
nel,hed, and within few years from
NE date OF this message, he imported
taeaineTy for the manufacture OF wooden
ma cotton hbrics, and these industries,
.s loimer especially, have been ever
Anee' TIE objects Of much solicitudc
.hong the leaders OF the people, as
~ mad so many disadvantages 10 con-
Nad with. The manufacture OF cotton
so9os was an industry that did not
IiFe IN Utah soil. There were insuper.
~ Obstacles TO It's growth, which not
esh inc patriotism OF the people could
much. w
nesentspace will not admit OF more
I-h a curory reference to the growth OF
.olle industries In Utah. Nearly every
.'iprbe OF the kind suffered under
~ most discouraging disadvantages,
s, .J, o. which generally was a lack OF
P'sll but there was a determined
,,a.,lnen' among the people in favor OF
reuushg The commodities they con-
,uaed' and this sentiment was famed by
s ~, Pres and strengthened by the pulpit
me result Is that the people Of Utah
~ ~ ,ouiy N a position to challenge the
N,,,.. ''N w liohuAS u community OIL
M numbers, within whose borders
M. 'saI variety OF important commod
w.. .s : manufactured. a the last two OF
II NJ territorial fairs that have been held
r, Wy elly, the showing made of home
ssiil'ItalaeiuTes was simply astonishing
snu phases of the subject being con
,S,hl. Their number, the excellence
s. melr products, their Importance a,
LOIS IN civilization, and their portent,
|, ,u'uLe prosperity, were all calculated
inspire the patriotic citizens with emo
IONS Of delight. Wv" s"'o
n, following IS a description Of the NOR,
ISs,i,,l lisnt manufacturing enterprises ant
'''uuohs In our city and vicinity,
Utah sugar 60.
~ Oae Of the most important indus,rie,
s Ss, pas been introduced in the Unite,
r's;ra ulilng the past ten years is tn
m, s' OF sugar beets and the manuiac
n ,-'. ''lerelrom Of beet.sugar. II IS onl
i-,nS,t,asSary to mention the fact that In,
s s,,'s 81, states consumes about sIoo GOO.
. .So worth ,a OF foreign sugar every wear /,