Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-20

bnght, contingent or lutrluitj ehNot
into these obsifuse and 10 most persons
unintereilins columns o. figures.
Farmers, with their grain, hay,
egus, butter, stock, arc oil thbulsie1i
rs are the products Of the rsnchmsn
whose vocation leads him to sheep and
wool, - cattle and beef, TO horses ana
hldes. Everything done by the raiser
or fruit from tho humblest to tho
highest IL estimated; the proximAto
qusntiiy and value Of gtapCs, oranges,
lemonp, peaches, apples sud berries, all
Of which when appearing Ia the AZ.
gteghln thus combined only bewilder
aud make W asionished by their iIa.
porlanco and immensity n, well is de.
terminsd.
One Of the remarkable features oi
figures and products thus considered is
tho iutefdoptndsncs Of state upon state
and nation upon nation. Take the
item Of eggs ~ an Illustration. How
few recognize, save the flAiisiiolAn and
| dealer, the Importance and immensely
Of supply or c1nsumpllou. IL IL
claimed that nine hundred million
dozen eggs are lad by the hens q
the United States, which Al the ay-
efago Of fifteen cents a dozen means
| total value OF one hundred ami forty
million d5llar', or two dollars per head
i0r every citizen we have. Not con.
tent, however, with this amazing
home supply there was obtained from
Canada alone Last year nearly fourteen
million dozen, to say nothing VI sur
/ pllos from elsewhere.
Now this annual home crop Of oggs
exceeds ia value tbe entire national
product Of iron and wool, about which
10 much IL said from time 10 time; the
value Of the nrt being estimated at
from sovsnty-nyo 10 eighty million
dollars, sad tue latter WOOL at between
iii,y snd sixty millions. Vorily As the
Edglishman says, - may We say
"Heggs Is hcggs" anyway; hud no
fotooth Imports annually from Den
mark The astounding total Of one bum
dfcd and sixty millions or nearly
fourteen million dozen.
Interesting a. this Topic 10 In this
aspect but one more Illustration o.
hibiilng tho growth Of an Industry auu
wo mutt give way for other and
primary thoughts. Every one real
KS to some extent the fruit value Of
our near noighbOr, the Golden state.
| She began 40 II were but the other day
to grow citrus iruils. but last season
she sent into her sister states Il e.
thousand three hundred carloads Of
oranges, 10 say nothing Of lemons, Tor
| which we have been indebted 10 Sicily,
Europe, annually, Tor the enormous
supply Of Two aud thrtc.quErlcr MIL
lion boxes. Of three 10 three hundred
and sixty lemons per box. And even
the ilsignlfcant strawberry rolls into
the Chiosgo market from a very email
radius some hundreds Of carloads every
season. Those are among tue imslie,t
iisms, important In their Way NO
doubt, bu, ~ the dust In tho balance 10
tho ingaloulab!o products (sAvs by
iisutssl Of wheat, corn, sugar, pors,
beef, fruit, butter, cheese, poultry,
potatoes, etc, all raised from the soil;
10 sEy nothing Of food supplies from
the seas and rivers, or thu mAnuiGc'
lufod PRODUCTS OF Countries, factories,
great, small ~ diversified, hS they
minister 10 the almost INFINITE de-
mAuds anu necessities Of our own
nation, and wherever enterprise can
llud u market or create an exchange.
II tho Internal and external COM
mrtco OF this nation were summirily
suspended, tnat experience alone
would show how inteTtwined are the
sources o supply ana the machinery
Tor distribution. Most people know
something of tho vast array Of middle.
men who line tue highway OF Essumoa
convenience betwoea the producer AMI
commune, not that large army Of brok'
ors, ageuls, dtummVrs, cOmmls,i1r
men and whOlssEls house,; but they
know moro OF that iahsiIs host oil
retailers who Gems Ia direo, contact
with tho consumer, who gays fer all.
You find them on every street and IN
every nelghborhood, of all grades and
puali!ipo, PretBnlious and otherwise
but under methods apparently oil
needed Tor convenience /! not ioi
profit
The wants Of slxty.hvs millions are
not eauly supplied. Consumption is
continuous, and hundreds rush into
this branch Of distribution Tor STORE.
keeping No Il IL called) without
any understanding Of the prl.
mary elements oi business to
say nothing Of success. To Ills.
tribute Is considered easy; to handle
the products Of the farm aud factory Is
considered way Of living requiring
but little thought, intelligence or prep
aralion, dollars enough to buy a stock
or credit enough to secure it's deemed
tho one thing neediul, and 50 tho
rauka OF this clsHi are multiplied ad
/ WtUrHW,
FsIuraa occur among this olass
with bt.Il'llg frequency, aud they