Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-06
Thousands View the Exhibits Of
Utah Manufacturers in Cham
Der of Commerce.
ALL LINES OF GOODS SHOWN,
Every Evening Prizes Are Being Given
Away--Betan Merchants Day To-
morrow-C0mmcrcia Club.

saturday between eight and nine thoUs-
and were guests of tho fair manage
ment, and on Friday the day d. opened,
upward of 5000 Inspected The exhibits.
Prosperity Fair" has been we'll
named The idea was the uutErUWtu
oft the idea of the officials of the Manu-
taCturers association of this city, ana
was germiuated about three weeks ago
Secretary Lon HaddoCk did some rapid
fire GORE p0ndenCe and the result was
that with only two weeks ia which tl
work up the details, one of the most
successful manufacturing exhibits ever
gotten together in this state was ass
sembled, and after being Dsuly disc
played I'm handsome booths ln tho
Chamber of Commerce building, uOnat-
I'd free OF cost Tor the purpose, by the
way, hy the Real Estate association
and the State Fair association. was
labeled Prosperity Fair" and opened
t0 the public for inspection.
A brief tour through the aisles OF
The iJIr win speedily convince the skeu-
uual that Utah is rapidly forging 10 the
front as a manufacturing center, and
that many lines of goods are made FOR
the trade and readily marketed against
eastern competition, scarcely dreamed
I of by the ordinary citizen.
FIRM WITH A HISTORY
one of the most striking exm its of
| home manufacture In the TAR ia H.r
ot the Stlrtup Candy comp Of
Provo The booth devoted TO ,he "a a-
play Of the line OF sweets uroduc % uv
/ this elterprising firm is tasty as wen
as novel The history or The Star.u1
| candy concern reads more Ike a novel
| than am excerpt from real life. There
are three brothers in the firm. Gs1r.a
| A., Win and Walter. They are Che
sons of W. ID. St3rtun. who was zine
| urst candy maker iu Utah, who made
| candy In this state IN 1869. The ,lder
S1rtnp moved 90 Provo after Uviag
few years iu salt Lake, and died
| there some time afterwards His candy
making tools were stored away Ga an
/ old lott for many years. bis widow ro-
| -using an offers "a cell them. IN 1870
/ t1e youngest son, George A., c0ncai e
l me ilea OF getting out the old tools and
] IVY 90 make some candy with them
l starting with $50 the young man per
4 seyerd, and today the company which
| is Incorporated. employs every year 100
| hands tn turning out the products OF
/ the ia1tofy The payroll amounts 90
| between $4,000 and $4,000 FER year. The
| hands are paid iu cash every week.
! Another unique display is that OF the
] art Metal and Chandelier COMPANY
| This enterprise was launched in this
/ city only last October, but has grown
! To the dimensions involving a pav-
! roll OF $1,000 per month al present
/ Ino articles manufactured hy this
1 company are chandeliers. brass and art
| shades. etc, and the exhibit shown bv
| them At the fair Is beautiful
FEATURE OF FAIR.
! The exhibit Of the Mcdonald Manu-
/ Ia1urins company Is one OF the fea-
/ lures or the fair. There in hand
/ somoly decorated booth are the cocoa
/ chocolate and candy products manu-
/ iactured by this salt Lake firm. ana
/ the visitor rs sounded az the extent
! or the products put out by this COM
| pany' Miss Laura Gillon e. demonstra-
/ tor for the Mcdonald people.
! CACHE VALLEYS QUOTA
The leading display in It's limo is
/ that OF the Cache Valley Condemned
I Aiik company, which has a large booth
1 bon which HOncvsuckle cream. ROYAL
/ Butter and bottled milk and cream 4rp
I l1siciulE displayed. AIR. O.. T. Mills
I who lF I'm charge Of the exhibit said
/ ihlt Iu California the Honcysuc1Ie
/ cream was $50 popular that 80 per cent
/ 't AN the cream sold in that state ig
! ing Honeysuckle brand made iu Cache
/ valley
! The salt Lake Brewing compsnv has
/ "a display OF American Beauty beer in
/ "a booth decorated with American
/ Beauty roses,
Tho Moxueld Pure Food Vinegar
l company shows 90 good advantage
[ keEgcd and bottled vinegar manufar-
I iureu right 200 salt Lake. This display
/ is Of particular interest 20 housewives
/ VINO are looking Tor classy products lu
the preserving and picking line.
MINERAL RUBBER.
The Pittsburg-salt Lake on ooupauv
| composed entirely OF local capitalists.
| has a striking display of the products
| of their mines and wells exhibited ina
| thnir booth at the Prosperity Falr"
| Samples of mineral rubber worked nm
/ into mats etc, tLbbyito made info
/ paint o1okerIte made into eraph0ub1n.
| cylinders. eiIHonIte made into rlya.
mont and oiI for am uurposes-ulumin-
ltlnE lu1r.ohtinE and fuel oils are
shown lu almost hewiidenng rufusi1n
| within small space. but that fra
nurf-S1lt lake company Del ono of
] Il. coming concerns ~ tho West thar.
ean he goo doubt after looking at lts
exhibit
VARIED PRODUCTS.
Tho Model Knitting Works. only Two
/ months old. bias "a pleasing display Of
/ En'l underwear vests. Jackets. sweat
ers hose 1ud Jerseys
TIDE Jensen Creamery company has q
| oHp.ay of blanchard butter esss and
/ dairy rfulucta
sau Lake a. Jordan lumne A. Eleya-
| i1E company -FOUR Eeru0da. graham.
Ilonee-rt company. demonstration ~
.1h7iltute Tor COFFEE" ly Mrs D. E r..
Portar walton Floral a. Seed come
pony slower plants. and ..aI.
L.e.n Dairy butter ceFH aaI d.iv
/ Alexander Optical o1mnanr .p.ra-
..fs ana ground glasses display
..". 'I.F. comp n'. H|In GLOW r.