Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-01
HOME INDUSTRIES.

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s'Patronizs horne Industry was the
i advice given lnre almost from the
I time these valleys were settled. We
i have before us the circular letter issued
! by President Young and connselors.
I July VI. 1877, to tine Church, in which
/ the following occurs:
J ....Tho proper combination Of labor, 50
! as to furnish employment to all 10 IN
1 the markets With the products of our
4 own skill, to develop home Industries
4 and all the resources of Our country,
i and to obviate the necessity of import
4 Ink from abroad, Is a subject OF so
vast and pressing importante ttlat u
exercises the best business and orgaili2-3
i Sng talent we have in our midst. Ihls
/ IS q matter of supreme importance 70
us as "A people. Every man VINO has
any authority or influence with the
] people, or has any wisdom In arranging
for or organizing branches of business,
should keep this great subject Ill view
! and use all his efforts 10 make US
self-sustaining people.
Such was the advice given, but it
J was not generally acted upon, In spite
or all the malicious allegations that
i the -hierarchs control tile people in
everything, spiritual and temporal In
nearly every hamlet, town, city anu
county men have started nlan,lfs'ctlif-
ing enterprises and have come almost
III tho point OF starvation for lack OF
patronage, while their neishbors sent
! away for the very article that could
. have been furnished them at home.
But the teachings on this subject arc
mot lost Like seeds sown IN suitable
soil, they VIII bear fruit In time. There
are Indications now that tho majority
Of the people are realizing that manu-
factories must be started and patron.
fzed, not only for the benefit Of the
consumers hut fol, the boys who arc
looking for employment. Possibly high
freight rates have hitherto been an
K Obstacle to home manufacture, by eX-
Guiding competition With more favors't
localities but that will be removed as
far as l,ractic BILE, through the interviews.
iStion OF the proper authorities.
s The late prosperity fair held under
tbs au.srices Of the Manufacturers AS
S.sociation Of Utah, revealed some facts
relating home industries. There are
now nearly five hundred inanufa cttlrers
lin Utah, and though In some, a stances
several are producing the same line OF
goods, there are scores and scores oil
different articles turned out that COM
pare favorably with the best made else
where. Purchasers might well demand
j Of sdealcrs this home product, for IN this
way the buyer will be benehtting hfn-
self and his neighbor, as well as help
ing the manufacturer TO operate more
extensively, and encouraging the es-
Establishment Of new industries.
The Manufacturers Association OF
Utah Is receiving new impetus each day
and enjoys a prosperity that bodies web
FOR the future Tho Organization was
4 formerly allied with the Manufacturing
and Merchants Association, but slhco
Il the first OF the year has been composed
solely Of manufacturers. Each has It's
Legitimate sphere The manufacturers,
y VIC are told. are receiving additions TO
4 their members almost daily, and there
is a harmony and oneness OF purpose
that augurs well for the organization
and for tho public. Those at the head
are well known men Of affairs, who are
working with might and main for the
+ adyancs. OF Utah along industrial lines.