Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-06

cago built one of the largest wool
warehouses that there Is in the United
States today. where all the western
woods are stored This is great
benefit to Chicago. They receive tho
rent for storage, the wages are paid
out for the handling OF the wool. and
thousands of the best men of the
country are forced to so there to buy
the different grades OF wool they need
20 manufacture the goods ordered.
Denver IS to be congratulated to think
that sine has courage and confidence
enough In herself to start such a move
to establish a large wool warehouse.
We also notice in the article that cast
ern manufacturers say that If you
will build a large wool warehouse N
Denver we will stop shipping the wool
in the grease east. and will move our
factories to Denver and thereby save
the freight on from 30 to so per cent
OF dirt and grease. Coarse wool VIII
shrink about 80 per cent and fine woods
VIII shrink from GO to so per cent in
the washing.
The teachings of our file leader,
Brigham Young. were to establish all
kinds of industries He built woolen
mills in those early days Wise coun-
sci has been neglected and today we
can hardly name an article that is
manufactured In Utah. This means
that other states are getting our good
money for everything we use and wear.
How much revenue does Utah get from
other states. on, any manufactured ar
ticle? Very. very little, If any.
short time ago L was talking to
Salt Lake wool merchant and he said
we could not Scour wool white in
Utah. This idea is too common, that
We can't do this or VIC can't do that
in Utah I want to say that the west
is the coming country and the eastern
manufacturers are seeking places where
they can manufacture at minimum
expense. The same Salt Lake man
told me that thcy would not come out
west to buy their wool. They do come
out west to buy their wool The middle
man comes out west and buys the wool
from the grower. If VIC had Il large
storage house In Provo the middle men
would be cut out just as they are with
Swift g. Co Of Chicago and all the large
wool dealers. The manufactures goes
direct to the buyers where they hava
their samples numbered and many
times a manufacturer does all his buy
ing by lot number without even going
and seeing the wool Every wool mar
ket merchant of Chicago has his differ
ent woods or shoddies numbered. and
samples can be gotten by asking for
| have just returned from Indiana,
where I had charge of one of the lare-
GSl SCOUTING anu uYtlll6 i'uSSo ~
Indiana. There we secured thousands
of pounds of territory woods utah
Wyoming, etc), and can see no
reason why we cannot secure wool
here equally as well as they can in
the east. In many woolen mills they
are forced to put in water softenng
plants. This Is an extra expense.
There are many advantages along with
some disadvantages in the west. We
have cheap water power. rent. taxes.
Insurance. etc. II we say. "Oh. but
we can't do these things in Utah"
how does Oregon. California, Washing
ton etc. do? These states have a good
share of industry, especially Oregon.
Where 1 was In Indiana we shipped
goods to u. c. NJ I. at Salt Lake. also
into Portland Or, and Santa Rose.
Cal. They shipped goods from Santa
Rose, CAL to La Porte, Indiana, the
town We made the very same kind of
goods In. and still we shipped our
wool to Indiana from Utah l see
there are some Of these goods from
Indiana in the store windows in Provo.
made in Indiana from wool grown In
Utah. There is no reason why we
should not have n large wool warehouse
In Utah, and large factories to use the
wool.
The one thing we need in Utah is
men who arc willing to invest their
money in the manufacturing Industry
and be determined to stay with 1t and
be satisfied with reasonable profits
Utah should be held up by all. not