Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-05
FOR HOME CONSUMPTION,

We hope the movement for the en-
enlargement OF home industries, which
has created some interest IN this State.
will not be permitted to rest and lapse
into quIescense. The Manufacturers
and Merchants association, organized
for the purpose Of establishing and
maintaining Industrial enterprises in
Utah. revived an agitation which made
much Roadway during the lifetime OF
President Young, the pioneer In that
good work, as IN almost everything
started in this region Of practical
character.
II is lamentable to behold the condi-
tion OF manufactures which he originate
ed that for some years fourished
among the people here. and were their
chief source OF materials for clothing.
The factories which once produced fan
nels, blankets. woollen and mixed
cloths OF all descriptions. latterly reach
ing an excellence recognized in the
markets Of the East are closed down
and silent. The last among them all to
succumb was the Provo Wooden mills an
Institution OF which every promoter of
home manufactures felt proud, and
with good reason. The cloths made at
that institution had to be sent away
from home to be fully appreciated and
purchased to any large extent, The
hands that were once employed In those
establishments, from Washington In the
South to Brigham City In the north,
are now idle or have had to seek en-
ployment in other ways and Industries.
rests upon the people of Utah. who pre-
ferred goods brought from distance TO
those that were produced at home. A
piece OF shiny shoddy looked better In
their eyes than the substantial cloth
from Utah looms, which. while It might
cost trife more per yard, lasted three
times longer than Its rival. and to crit
ical inspection made n far better app
pearance.
II Is the same with other articles OF
home manufacture. Something brought
from abroad has greater attractions
than anything produced at home. and,
II II can be purchased for few cents
cheaper, crowds out the better and more
substantial wares, and thus outside
goods and outside labor and outside
capital receive support, while the In
dustries amongst us are suffered to Ian.
gulsh and expire, We need not emu
merate the industries that have thus
been permitted to wink out, nor dilate
upon the suicidal financial policy which
has been 30 foollshly adopted The re-
suits must be patent to all observers,
Connected with this subject is that Of
foes BY the term "our enemies" we
do not by any means refer TO people
whose views Of religion or politics, or
social ortSr. differ from our own. We
allude to those who are actively OPP
posed to the majority Of the citizens OF
this commonwealth, and who have been
nourished and supported and made fat
by the business that has been thrown to
them, and in return for which they
have used those means and their influ-
ence to injure instead of building up
the State and It's inhabitants,
The Mormon people are ridlculed by
thinking men and women at a distance
FOR not working and holding together,
ms common sense and their own inter-
ests would suggest and az taught them.
particularly In years gone by, under
the direction OF leading spirits among
them. The falsehoods that have been
told about the Latter-day Saints being
compelled TO trade only with those Of
their own faith. receive their complete
refutatlon In the fact that at least two
thirds Of the mercantile and kindred
business In the large cities and towns
OF Utah Is carried on by non Mormons.
Tho people Of our faith are ne free 20 do
business with whom they please as are
any people under the arch Of heaven.
and many Of them are as unwise and
unthiuking as they are free
What we desire more particularly To
draw attention to Is the NECESSITY
for the establishment of home indus
tries, so that employment may be found
for young men and young women. and