Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-03

I'm talk with Colonel Weber yes
terday, some interesting facts rela-
tive to local manufactures were
brought out The colonel remarked
in the conversation, that While
there were branches OF Industry
which could not be successfully
carried on in this arid and com
paratlvely timberless country there
are other lines that may be operated
with profit. There Is not much snow
for ANYTHING extensive In iron working
ns there ia not enough water and
great deal OF this Is requisite That
is the reason why blast furnaces. pud-
ding furnaces and rolling mills ana
structural iron and steel plants can not
be operated down in lroun county ana
the fine ore and coal there must be
shipped out OF the country TO localities
where there is plenty Of water TO DC
had. Even In Salt Lake valley tNere
Is not enough water for anythl
that Kind. without robbing the farme,s'
Carriage making was attempted IN sat
Lake city years ago, and considerable
of a plant started on Second East street
where the street car barns now slahu'
But the wood had all to be shipped H.
and with railroad rates reducedfon IN
bound manufactured goods, the salt
Lake industry could not prosper ana
it faded away. Attempts were made
at local paper making, and President
raylor had quite mill In COTTONWOOD
canyon. But his product was sometimes
blue, sometimes yellow and sometimes
GONE other color linen rags were nara
&, get, and the introduction OF wood
pulp in the east cut down the COST oil
production there to point with which
the Utah mills could not compete par
tlcularly when inbound freights were
reduced. so this was given up linen
tanning was attempted But IL cost
30 much TO get the bark In from
long distance, and there was 80 muoh
loss, that the tanneres were given up
However, there is long line OF ar
ticles that can be manufactured IN TINS
state Just MS we'll as not, and the money
expended In the process kept at nome
For instance, there are hne glass sahds
10 be had north OF the city, and the pest
articles of glassware can be turned out
from this material. The great lake is
a natural chemical factory, and line
of valuable salts of several metals, SODA
ash. glauber salts and other saline pro-
ducts can he manufactured from the
lake products Wooden mills VIII pay
I'm this country. shining illustration OF
which is the Provo mills. 1t Is un-
profitable TO ship our woods east and
then ship them back as manufactured
goods, when the manufacturing can be
done here just as well as not. The
manufacture of knit goods Is carried
on with profit in Utah, as past expert
ence has proven, and the business Is
steadily growing. There is a fine OPP
portunity for the fruit evaporating In
dustry, and as for the canning indus
try. that Is already an unqualified sue
cess. in vegetables, lentis and fruits
The beet sugar industry has been tre-
mendously developed In this arid coun-
try, and Its success now no one doubts.
1t Is steadily growing, and has brought
great sums OF money into the state.
Down in Dixie. the vineyards that have
heretofore been devoted to the wine
grape are now being more probably
turned over TO raisin grape raising, and
there promises to be a wonderful
growth In this direction, The smelt-
Ing industry. yet in It's infancy, is des-
tined to an almost unlimited expansion.
as more and more mining country Is de-
veloped. II Is likely to become the
greatest industry we can ever have.
In speaking Of the status OF the man
ufacturing interests OF q. c. NJ. l..
Col Weber said that 1t was grow
ing SO fast that In a short time there