The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-14
TO MAKE CITY A
PACKING CENTER
IS Are Taken by Real Es-
III tate Association.
rkNRY PRESENTS SITUATION
p5Ws POSSIBILITIES FOR SALT
LAKE TO BE GREAT.
: kNkY PRESENTS SITUATION

mercial club. The address was entnu-
siastically received as a project Whlch
would attain results and create business
enterprises tending toward the building
up of Salt Lake City
At the close of the meeting resOlu-
ton was unanimously passed appoint
Ing q committee to take definite action
and formulate plans for the erection Of
a packing house and the establishment
OF a local livestock market Thomas
Homer. A. Richter. ". J. HallOran and
J. ". Houston were appointed the COM
mittee to investigate the present con-
diions and formulate plans for imme-
date action on the proposition A
word of appreciation was also ex-
pressed in the resolution to Mr. Leary
for presenting the proposition before
the association
Speech of Mr.. Leary.
Mr. Leary said.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen Of the
Association; 1t can be shown by sta
tistics that every city ia the United
states which has sufficiently encouraged
the location OF meat packing plants and
the upbuiidlnS Of "a local market for live
stock 70 induce their establishment has
tremendously increased it's commerce and
expanded the productive possibilities of
tributary territory 10 an extent eQualed
by out few places that neglected such
opportunities.
Beginning with Cincinnati. where pack
ing and market trading of present day
resemblance began thirty-odd years ago.
and following the progress Of Operations
OF this Kind through Indianapolis Chi
cag0. Kansas City, South Omaha. St
Louis. Sioux City. St Joseph. Denver and
Fort Worth the commercial history OF
these CenteTs OF business activity could
= not be written without ascribing ma jor
ysfnaIe or the credit for their marvellous
progress 90 their trade in livestock and
Its products.
As bread is the staff of life. so is meat
r1
dispensable nem 10 its sustenance, and
It's production and preparation for con-
Tulness and economy have spurred the
ingenuity OF producer and manufacturer
% a perfection OF methods that have at
tanned scientific results in the way Of
products as wei as created business
chances for localities where they are
conducted that no live city can afford TO
neglect
Records Of Many Cities.
Indianapolis and its productive terri
tory helped build up Cincinnati in its
early packing operations to soon figure
out that facilities Of its own would con-
tribute 10 the Hoosier capitals like ad-
Nancement; and before Chicag0s disc0v-
cry OF the possibilities within Its COM
mercial grasp Illinois made big ship
ments to. eastern abbatoirs. And simil-
arlv throughout the subsequent establish
ment of markets and packing houses DIT
Kansas City South Omaha St. Louis,
Sioux City, 81. Paul and ST Joe. the
territory which now supports enormous
packing plants at each of these points
shipped its livestock for slaughter 20
the older establishments and brought
back their prepared product before the
realization came that the practice could
be abolished TO its great financial adj
vantage as producer, manufacture an0
consumer
IH ever. case dire prophecies of failure
followed upon the decision 10 open up a
new market. Kansas CITY. it was urged.
could not compete with ChicaEO's faciii-
ties and distinct advantages Of location
af--r- rfar- anil
not furnish supplies, St Louis when the
movement started there. couldn't succeed
against the bigger places that We're al
It6qy drawing from ana ulstrlDuJl uS
within its territory and yet all OF Lhesg
cities have not only made packing cen
terS- but they have built UP thrifty towns
have added materially to the wealth
population and commercial supremacy OF
the cities to which they are annexed
IN Ike manner the croakeTs ana De
tractors disclaimed against St. Joe. St
Paul. Sioux City ano Fort Worth All
Of these places in a few years have dem
onstrated the business foresight and sa-
Eacity of the men who saw and urged
their opportunities out of which have
grown vast packing establishments ana
markets surrounded by kindred and de-
pendent industries, that have added mil
lions 20 their annual trade Wnlcn would
otherwise never have figured in their
history
Croakers About Denver.
Twenty years ago Denver was an en-
10yabie living place because of its prOX-
imity 20 the mines and mountains. Spread
cut upon the bald and unproductivE
prairie, II was not an inviting location
for the esta bllshmeur Of market and
packing house. The well erased range
OF the state supported herds and flOckS
which at seasons of the year were Ii
for the block; but there was no farming
being done worth mentioning within sew
eral hundred miles of the Queen City OF
the Plains and its 61ot0 people Their,
was q Drift. however. towards aEricul
ture, and in this trend eastern investor.
at other markets saw an opportunity
which they lost no tine in seiZing. The!
built commodiOus stock yards to dttrac
shipments en- route 70 eastern markets
and they encouraged he building by locd
capital of packing plants OF substantial
PROPORTIONS. Meagre in promise. as IN
terested detractors OF the Denver enter
prise pointed out Wlltll 10 was lalncleti
she facilities provided Immediately in
.Aluced srockmeu Of the state to prOduc'
he'd and fdtten their stock Tor the hom
general to insure sufficient supplies fo
the FIRST establishment built, and It has
continued 20 RESPOND TO the increasing
demand created bE he erection OF late
pants until Colorado has become on
~ the big western feeding states Their
were probably led W lIhlu It's gorQeEs las
wear several thousands Of cattle and hog
and several hundreds Of thousands o
sheep.
Big Business Now Done.
During the first year Of their opera
IlUnE me AzEAlk-E yards Lt4litl-t.l -AAesLt
receipts valued at SZ.p3oV1- two year
later TIE valuation more than doubles
1his sun: fOUr years after establishment
The valuation exceeded 8l00-Utl and las
years volume of business reached 81,
cocoa
Ia eighteen years the wards have han
died $50 700 Gee worth Of livestock. and O
this growing supply the Denver packer
have continued TO absorb lnCreaSI n
Quantities. To the advantage Of producer
and consumers alike. and 10 the enormou
upbuildiuE OF the commerce of the city
IS well as the agricultural devclopmen
Of the state.
To 10 the time the packing houses be
gan operating in Denver almost ever
pound IF cured meat used in the stat
was prepared outside Of IT, as the fIrs
years kill OF 20.09 hcEs denotes. Las
year they packed az Denver 15o.@l0 hog:
and as the Western Packius company
Win 10000 OF capital. and one Of th
Biggest and best Of modern plants
row in operation there additionally. 10
4 expected that this years packing VIII e0
4 ceed Seo.e9o swiae-
Chance For Utah.
To this increase Of business Utah ia
contributed largely For several years
= IS agreeable 10 admit, We nave bee
among the best Of Denver customer
The admission denoted both business 81
Eacity and love Of home products. who
S entirely cEeditable. Bat 4 is no.
time that psrspicacity and loyalty beza
20 sense the opportunities presented b
our own environment Surely these an
sufficiently manifest from materislist
surroundings II our ears were eIosea an
olFT eyes blinded 10 .he consumers erie
Of extcEfion CT the one hand and n
time 10 time by our stocsnen on Il
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