Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-04-25
IDAHO PRESENTS A GREAT
FIELD FOR MANUFACTURERS

Idaho for Manufacturers is In,
title Of timely and mlereslia,
article from the pen of ID. r
Burnley, general passenger agent fol
the Short Line. published in the
current number of the Idaho Clul
Woman-See Idaho First" maya
zine. 1t follows:
Idaho possesses practically ev-
erything that any eastern STATE
does to attract the attention of the
manufactures, including mineral de-
posts of many kinds: agriculture
al production second to none
timber in vast quantities. and con
ditlOns decidedly favorable for the
raising Of cattle, Sheep and hogs
but over and above all other
claims the State may make for SUI
premacy as a prospective manufac-
turing commonwealth, it embraces
one UNNECESSARILY rich resource,
and that is an unlimited water
power supply. The utilization OF
this resource is at present but in
Cts infancy
while water has wrought a
miracle in the making of Idaho.
the greatest irrigation State in
the Union, It's value as a factor
for putting into motion the myriad
of manufactures has been but very
slightly realized, therefore Idaho
has a bright future as a power
State, "a future almost unequaled
and capital awakening to this fact.
is beginning to harness the power
sources of the great Snake river
and its tributaries, and with each
advance made. innumerable ave
nues are opened TO the manufac-
turer. so that Idaho may frankly
and fairly invite the location Of al
most anything within reason in
the manufacturing line.
1T is regrettable that up to
within recent years ii has been
necessary to export to outside man
ufacturing points the immense
production of raw materials de-
Veloped in Idaho, and while it may
now be truly said that slight be-
ginning has been made in keeping
the added manufacturers profits
at home, the State is still letting
slip away, each year, millions of
wealth that rightfully belongs to
Idaho TO share with the manufac
turer who has the foresight TO rea-
lie the great riches of the State
and to take advantage of them.
while one may, within the linn
its of this brief article, only gen.
eralize on the variety of induce
ments offered the investigating
manufacturer to encourage location
in Idaho, it may not be out Of
place in passing to mention that
this State possesses immense gyp- |
sum deposits for the manufacture
of stucco and plaster products
great phosphate beds conveniently
located for rail transportation; clay
and sand areas of the best quail
ity for the making of brick, tile and
related products; cement and lime
in addition to agriculture
al, horticultural, timbering, dairy
ing, cattle and sheep raising indus
tries, which open an unlimited field
for canning and evapOratlng
plants, flour mills, starch factor
les, broom factories, cereal food
plants, picking plants, wCOlen mills,
cheese and butter max
ing plants, meat packing and can
ming plants. Add to these many
smaller industries, and you have
well run the gamut of manufacture
les, and Idaho is undeniably des-
lined to rank among the deadline
manufacturing States when all re-
have been fully develop !
I'd.
Imagine a State with an annual
WOOL production of approximately
8 100000 pounds, exporting every 3
Dound of wool and importing every 1
article derived there
rom.
Imagine a State with vast sand, I
me and clay deposits importing
Picks and kindred products.
Imagine a Slate with an an y
ual oat production of 100000 ',
ushels, and a similarly heavy pro- l.
uction of wheat and other
rains, and not a solitary cereal !;
manufacturing plant. j.
Imagine a State with millions OF 4,
ealth in fruits, and only SIX u
canning and fruit pre- u =.
erving plants. =
Imagine a State with an an u
lal production of 2S0,000,00 bush "
S of potatoes and not a single u
Otato starch factory established. y
'These are only a few OF the u
any peculiarities met with In q
merely the pOtentialities =
Idaho. After one has weighed ,e
lese facts, imagine, back of them u
1. the mighty Snake river BIZ a.
,cting the State from its eastern 4
its western boundary, with its ~
any rich tributaries. and its nu- w.
erous waterfalls and rapids, and
,member that the population OF 81
laho has been increasing at the -
tie of 100 per cent each 10 years Ie
Iring the past thirty years, and
i'll continue to increase at an
Iual or greater ratio-even though
lie may not be especially good
figures the realization of what tn
aho offers the manufacturer is d
lnarnnt y K;