Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-19
THE HOME INDUSTRY,

The campaign that Is said 10 be on
\ foot now among business men for the
purpose or creating q greater demand
FOR home made goods. is one which
every citizen should support Flour
tshlng home industries Of all kinds are
necessary for the material development
of the State. That doctrine is as old
as the settlement OF Utah. II was
preached here by Brigham Young aud
tho Pioneers, and It has been urged
from time 10 time by all who have had
the best interests Of Utah at heart IN
1877 a circular signed by Presidents
brigham Young. John w Young and
Daniel II Wells was issued in which
the following advice on that subject Is
offered;
The proper combination Of labor
so as to furnish employment To all "a
fill our markets With the products OF
our own skill, to develop home indus
tries and all the resources of our coun-
try, and TO obvlate the necessity Of Inn
porting from abroad. is subject "
such vast and pressing Importance that
II should cali into exercise the best
business and organizing talent we have
III our midst, This Ia matter Of SUI
preme Importance to us as people.
Every man who has any authority or
iuiiuence with the people or who has
amy wisdom in arranging for or cr-
gambling branches " business should
keep this great subject in view aud
use all his efforts TO make us self
sustaining people"
Further ON In thejt ,me document we
read:
Nothing can be palmer than that
many of our present modes of doing
business are wrong. How car people
prosper who raise raw products, such
as wool and hides, az we do and send
the greater portion OF them away to be
manufactured elsewhere We have
skilled workmen and surplus labor.
and yet not only do the workmen Of
other communities get pay for making
wooden goods. boots shoes. harness,
etc, for us; but they charge us for car
rying away our products and shipping
them back to us In manufactured
form, with lahorerS and mechanics
complaining OF dun times ana scar
city or labor. and hundreds OF young
mon growing up without trades we inn
port doors. window sashes, wash
boards. brooms. broom handles. match
es. house furniture, wagons, carriages.
farming machinery and numbcrless ar
ticIes i'm iron and other metals. and.
incredible as st may seem. even salt
Is Imported and sold here
The Circular goes on to urge upon
the people of Utah the necessity of es.
tablishing and sustaining home man
iifacture.
The great obstacle, however. 10 the
accomplishment OF the work, the au-
thors of the document point out, Is
sclfisilness. Those who have means
10 invest in home industries too often
ask whether IL would pay a large div
idend- Workinemen also are selfish
They demand the largest possible
wages regardless of whether their
employers can pay them or not. The
consumers, TOO, II should be added
look out for themselves They do not
buy homemade article Just be-
cause ii is home made. II they are
offered an imported product cheaper
Patriotism has as rule, not taken
hold OF the general public to the ex-
tent OF making II willing 10 sacrifice
part OF the purse. And the result has
been in the past. that manufacturing
failed TO pax and became unpopular.
enterprise was checked and employ
ment was so difficult TO obtain that
the youth had TO go elsewhere to earn
n living,
The revival OF the spirit of the Pio-
neers IN urging the public to sustain
home industries is a good sign OF the
time, IL the advice is followed 1t VIII
result IN material prosperity beyond
the dream of the most sanguine But
there is another consideration that
should not be forgotten. In the past
the insane onslaushts made upon the
majority Of the people here by advent
urers with no other interest than tho
qualification OF personal ambitions.
have had the effect Of dlscouragine
enterprise by disturbing the i&ity
without which no house can prosper
selhshness IN the matter OF profit and
prices has been drawbacks but the
agitation OF dcplagOgucs has been even
more OF an eyil Influence business
mon who now are apyious ror tho 10.
Nival Of home enterprise must take tho
situation into considerations Conf
dence and good win must be restored
The knockers must be silenced
When the cviI spirite who hope to rule
on the RUNE M other people are stilled
ms they ought To be aud wall be ln
time, there rs no reason why all IN,
people should not pun together FOR
The building up ~ ono NJ the greatest
and most prosperous sfItes ln the
Union. The elements are here in
abundance. The Intelligence is here
Both WIN come 10 tneir right. when
the people agree 10 hc mtei on an
that is essential 10 their welfare and
Ia exercise tolerance iu uon.cssentials
and charity ion all