Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-28
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In the discussion Of various Issues
prosonlod before tho people by pollti-
clans as a panaoea for industrial Ills
that are complained Of, It is quite
ease to lose sight VI the hOmely fact
that community which gives ils
patronage 10 foreign rather thau to
home producers must have its nose
''on the gfindstono" continually and
eventually will have It, treasury
drained. The supply OF cash can be
KEEP, up for tlmo by borrowing, but
there IA a limit 10 this capacity, and
when II IL rosohcd the logitlm ite eject
OF the policy named IL 10 drlil to that
point where the chief horltago Of the
poopluls burden Of debit
IL IL doubtful whether any com.
munily Of modern times has had lie
attention called DO often 10 the necot.
tity Of maintaining IT. own manu-.
iaciurorH and producers by giving
them local patronage as have tbs 10.
habilants Of Utah. BY logic, by ex.
horthlion, by every means that would
appear 10 be m any way elective, the
necessities which present themselves
under the law VI seli.preaoTvatlon have
boon portrayed, In the effort 10 induce
tho people TO give their support to
home Institutions. THIS effort has
been oileoiual 20 - very great extent,
but not 70 much 80 ~ the
real urgency u tho aitua.
ton demsnds. one OF the chief
enemies tho self sustaining IDEA has Ia
fashion, which introduces 10 many
novel forms and with such rapidily VI
change that TO get the nowes, becomes
almost craze, anu IL not favorable to
the staple products Of our own locality
because II directs thg chief attention 10
that which 10 made elsewhere. 30
sirong Is this influences that In a local
womau'a magazine recently II was ap.
pr1ylngly poiuIui out that the tendon
~ In home furnishings was to do away
With tho"homomai5" appearances.
Hut whatever the giddy fiIghn Of
fashion mpy lead 10, aud whatever
iaddlsis may advocate Ia one form or
another as to what is "propof'' 10 style,
the cold fact remains that u the people
Of Utah do not help themselves by
patron 1ug local producers they will
DO without support "LBt your gar.
ments be- plain, anu tho beauty thereof
the workmanship Of your own hands"
10 divine wisdom which applied to
more than the clothes onr msy wear.
II reaches to the furBishings Of home,
TO the articles Of dome 10 use, ~ tho
implements 10 workshops, tho sup.
plies OF railway, factories ami mlll.;
and every institution which locke 90
the people for patronage yet scts ia own
policy against doing what asks others
20 do occupies an iuoonslsleu, position.
.'1r tho financial tuoCoIs VI tho com,
monwealth tho frat consideration OF
consumers should be to secure that
which is Of local production, IN prefer.
oncp TO oil lmpOfsallOusi anu 10 meet
demand Ot that Kind producers
should put forth efforts to have their
marketable articles as ruaslnable In
price and IS perfec, In quality o. those
which are offered from the outside.
They may not have the gloss or the
polish, but the worth may be- there,
anu ua such may lay valid claim 10 th,
preference. Now 10 an opporuur
occasion Tor tho consumer aud pro.
Queer 10 unite IN slill closer bonds Tor
lHe gool u all. The Lord "hulps those
who help Themselves" anu rocu
home Industry agitation would be- ns
effective a way Tor the people Of Utah
90 help Themselves Ia the present sltu.
alton rs anything that tho Ingenuity
OF man can dcyifr,
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