The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-27
IN BOOSTING CAME
IN DEAD EARNEST
Members of Manufacturers
Association Hold Banquet
at Commercial Club.
PLANNING FOR FUTURE
Advantages of Organization
and Patronizing Home In
dustry Pointed Out.
PLANNING FOR FUTURE

One of the most enthusiastic gather
ings in the history OF the Mannfac-
turers association Of Utah took piaco
last evening when sixty leading mem
bcrs of the organization participated !"
a. banquet and rousine membership
meeting at the Commercial clhps
Speeches on important subjects "ei'
made followed by genera discussions
4 c,mnuipn was also launched 10 sub.
stautially increase the membership Oh
the association and bring about united
efforts among Utah manufacturers 70
boost and market Utnh-made goods ana
wares
As president of the association,
George McAllister introduced Dr' +. D.
Alexander. who presided as Ioastmaster
at the festive board. An elahota'e
menu was served during the ceremonies,
which lasted from s until IL 80 o'cl ock
The speakers were r. w. Mendenhali-
G.. Clarence Neslen, George McAlilster,
D. +. Collett and c. &. Scelye, local
head of the Mountain States Telephone
& Telegraph company. \ great many
of those present entered into the opeu
discussions.
Discusses Efficiency.
The first speaker was 3. W Menden-
hall op the subject. Efficiency IN In
gineering and Its Relation TO Compel
tion in Industrial Enterprises. The
keynote of his address was the I'M
portauce Of creating the highest pos
slble efficiency III each respective oe-
partmeut of any business firm. Rof-
ereuce was made TO the great success
and cminence attained by certain con
Germs throughout the country, aud ctfl-
cheney in the smallest details was glVcu
as the basis Of such achievement. Get
the greatest and best results from the
least amount Of energy. labor and eH-
pcnditure.' - was declared to be one
Of the points of capital concern IN mod
rru business enterprises.
G.. Clarence Neslen spoke on ne
Value of Advertising. He said that
many made the mistake of using terms
which passed over the heads of the
masses, instead of applying simple cS,
prcssions to convey the ideas desired
TO be exploited. The quality of the
thing to be marketed was the first
requisite. he said, and should be essen
italy coupled with ingenious methods
in advertising to convince the public
that the thing desired had been found
He spoke at length on what proper ad-
vertising bad done aud was doing, de-
clariug that it played the most I'M
portant role in the general business en-
terprises of today.
George McAllistcr gave an interest
ING talk on "The Home Industry As
sociation.' in the absence of Orson
RI. Hewlett who WAS scheduled to talk
on the subject The speaker dwelt at
length on the purposes and accomplish
ments of the organization. setting forth
urgent reasons why it should grow IN
strength and numbers. and calling upon
the public for moral support and har-
monious backing
Appeal for Extension.
Secretary ID. +. Collett directed his
remarks to the topic. " Advantages of
Organization - The acceutuated tone
of this address was in the form of au
appeal for more members. more unison,
a bigger chamber of commerce and
more activity among the manufacturers
in boosting aud disposing of Utah
made goods. He also spoke, By way of
establishing his point. ON the subject
of the address to the giant strides and
the industrial advances of Germany in
the last thirty years. showing how the
to proper system aud organization from
the smallest business house to the great
German army, United effort, he said
would be the keynote to the success Of
the Manufacturers association.
G. &. Seelye OF the telephone and
telegraph company was n guest of
honor and spoke briefly on local con
ditions, expressing the faith held by
telephone officials in the future de-
velopmcut of the iutermountaiu field.
The discussions showed an unusual
spirit Of optimism for the future Of the
organization and the financial condi-
tious through the winter months II
WAS declared that the season would
prove the greatest i'll the history of
tho organization and each of those
present pledged himself to spare no
efforts IN the campaign to increase
membership and further the purposes
of the association
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