The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-06-13


. number of employees per thousan
dollars invested will tend to fall a
the business grows, for it is charac
: teristic of growing concerns that il
steadily increasing degree the,
substitute machine work for human
labor. If that is true, and we fine
the number of men employed risin,
: only about half as swiftly as the tota
sum invested, but twice as fast al
the number of plants in operation
(Which is exactly the situation) We
may fairly conclude on this evidence
alone that the average size of the
units must be increasing. 1t is OBJ.
vious that this corroborates our
thought as to the stability of our
growth, as would also the figures
concerning the cost of raw materials
and the value of the finished goods.
The reports of r. G.. Dunn and
D., Company show the same facts from
another angle, and dealing of course
with both manufacturing and mer-
camille houses. Their percentage
of change" in these reports of the in
temountain country stands normally
at 100 per cent-that is to say, list
Of ten thousand names may be expect
ed to show ten thousand changes in
titles during the course of one year.
This is higher rate of changes than
most districts show and certainly in
dicates anything but stagnation. More
over, while the additions of new
names much more than counterbal-
ance the withdrawal of old ones, the
average ratings steadily rise at still
swifter pace Within ten years the
number of firms reported has a little
more than doubled, while the total
ratings are something like six times
as large as in 1903, showing conclu-
sively that the bulk of our great
growth has been by way of increase
in the business of old established
concerns.
Although this factor makes strong
ly for stability, we would not have
II thought that we do not appreciate
the benefits arising from the estab-
lishment of small new factories. We
point with pleasure to the varied in
dustries which have sprung up in
and near Salt Lake within the last
eighteen months. Let us quote some
instances.
The Ottenheimer Company, clo-
thing jobbers, have added a shirt fac
tory which has been running for
about five months and which makes.
soft shirts of all materials. About
thirty people are already employed in
the factory, the capacity of which is
being constantly developed.
The Sunset Color Works has Just
equipped, at cost of over $4,000,
a paint factory, which will turn out
dry colors, putty, varnishes, and
paints-gilsonite. asbestos and mixed
It's raw materials are practically all
obtained in Utah.
The Salt Lake Box Factory is man
wooden boxes of all
grades, from heavy packing boxes to
fruit boxes and crates.
The American Fixture Company
employs about thirty people. It be-
gan operations slightly over a year
ago, and manufactures bank, office,
store and hotel fixtures.
Hewlett Brothers Can Company is
tin cans of many sorts, from
tive and ten gallon oil and paint cans
tc honey cans and small cocoa cans,
for all of which there is a large use
In the intermountain country
The Utah Concrete Pipe Company
Is employing about twenty-five men
N the manufacture of concrete pip
ng, and has daily plant capacity of ,
about 1000 feet. The Atlas Concrete