The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-15
ENDORSE PLANS
Of PACKING PLANT
Business Men Eager to Estab-
II Iish New Industry.
AOPE TO OPEN nov. /
DISCUSS BENEFITS THAT WILL
ACCRUE TO CITY AND STATE.

Active work was undertaken yester-
day to raise funds TO establish large
packing house in salt Lake along the
lines suggested by J. G Leary at the
meeting OF the Real Estate assOcia-
ton Wednesday. It is expected that
the stock for the enterprise viii be fully
subscribed for wi hin a few days.
The committee which has the matter
IL charge. W. Houston, chairman:
\. Richter Thomas Homer. w. J. Hal
loran and 7. g. Darling-wiH meet Sat
urday or Monday. when active steps
VIII be taken TO bring the affair TO a
successful conclusion
Mr. Leary gave an outline yesterday
OF what they hoped TO accomplish at
once
We shall need 1926. 600 10 feel justi-
fed IN building the plant" he said III,
IN the next twenty or twenty-five days
We can raise this amount we can COM
plete the work and be ready fer opera
ton Nov. I. 7 believe this can and
viii be done Already SIX men, whose
names / am una BILE to mention. have
subscribed for a considerable block of
stock and l would not be surprised To
see the fun amount subscribed in ten
days.
VIII Erect Modern Plant.
We shall erect q modern plant in
every particular. with every modern
contrivauce that has been proved a
success by the big Chicago establish
tents. We shall have a lard factory.
q sausage shop and hide and fertilizer
departments. The naked plant, outside
Of the expense Of securing the site viii
cost approximately S55, 000 The plans
for the buildings have already been
drawn
For the first few years we cannot
expect to be able to operate as econOrn-
acaliy rs the Chicago houses, as 1t viii
be impossible for us to use up the by
s products as successfully as they do;
7A1at is. We viii not have soap glue
Irled hair. sandpaper and various 9th
departments. at least at the start.
ese may come later To offset this
. Vantage, however. we viii have
fantsge in freight rates Of over
& per pound. We viii buy practi-
~ at our own doors and save the
Eight on livestock to Chicago We
TX our cost at the plant, While they
7Obliged TO add the freight OF carry
the dressed beef from Chicago TO
ait Lake. This viii more than make
lp for any deficiency in economy and
9Eallow US 10 undersell them by a consid-
cradle margin
Biggest Trouble to Get Stock.
The plant viii have a capacity for
killing on an average of 500 head of
cattle. 1000 head Of sheep and 1000
head Of hogs per day. We do not ex-
pect 10 do this amount of business the
first year or two. IF we slaughter To-
600 head of cattle, $4,000 head Of sheep
AaDd 10000 head OF hogs the first year
q for one, shall be satisfied. The troU-
bic viii not be in dispOsing Of the goods,
put in obtaining the stock The farm
sIsrs OF Utah have had little encourage
5ment 70 go extensively into livestock
raising. Being SO lar from the market
with the uncertainty of price and high
freight rates. they have pre- ferred to
raise other products. If. however. they
have a market at their doors. where
they. can obtain fair prices without
having 70 pay exorbitaut freight rates
they viii in a few years raise stock
in abundance. Very few hoEs are
raised in Utah, yet with little eGcour-
Vagement L am convinced that they
WOULD find il very profitable to do so.
81 am much encouraged at the out
BOX and can almost say that i con-
sider the scheme an assured fact"
Houston Tells of Benefits.
J. W. Houston, when asked what he
thOught the advantages or such an en-~
serprise would be. replied.
Il know OF no one thing that would
do more to build up our cityA than a
packing plant - viii benefit rhe whole
country arou not only Utah. but
Idaho. Wyoming. Nevada and part of
Colorado as well As an instance If
what a packing plant viii do take the
city Of Fort Worth Tex. Five wears
ago it was small crossroads town.
Today. after the establishment of such
an industry, it is a thriving city Of
A. 600.
Il an satisfied that there VIII be but
little trouble ia raising the necessary
money. Every one that I have talked
with seems enthusiastic over the prom
osition- Few. II any, imagine what a
benefit such q plant VIII be-increase
OF population. increase of wealth. in
crease Of work. increase. of valuation