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Show II iDUSTRY IS ! GIN A BOOST i 5 An enthusiastic mectiqE.was ljck' ; yesterday afternoon by .the Home'ln ; dnstry association, in.th'evi'o'o'ms of llu ' Ogden Retail Merchants-. association in the Lewis block." " j The meeting was not Very largely attended but the addresses were ol I much interest to those' wliftjvere lire; sent. The speakers wer-e -Mrs. Olive i Haven president of the?; Utah Home I Industry association; Fired G. Taylor, !? secretary of the Amalgamated Sugar l company; S. S. Jensen;; secretary of. z ilie Ogden Packing- dntf- Provisiou 5 'ompany; J S Carver anil: Mrs. Leah Cunningham, president O'gthe Ogden ?. Ladies Home industry association. , Mrs. Cunningham was-the first speaker and. in her talk-rsfre said that i ji(s purpose of the association was to 1 interest the 'people of the community in the question-of home consumption of home products.' Shcalsoi. showed the benefits which 4.he--state- would derive through a demand . for Jiome products, by its people.. - ' Fred G. Taylor was ' the second speaker and outlined the -importance of the sugar industry to the state. He also told of the objection wjiioh had been made to Vheet" sugar, ahdi said that, these had been entirely, overcome through modern" process of manufacture1 manufac-ture1 'and that the Utah sugar was now 100 per cent pure and could, be used for any purpose for' which su'gai: was desired. The local sugar industry should be encouraged, he said", not only because its, product Is cheaper and equal in quality to auy othpr make, but because of the benefits which are derived by the people from it. Tlie amount of money expended by the sugar manufacturers in tho state last year, he said,-was $6,500,000. Mrs. Haven urged in a general way the consumption, of home products. She said that this question rested largely with the ladies and told those that were present to do all tha. tbey could to "boost" the cause. Continuing, Continu-ing, she reviewed tho resources of the state, which could supply thousands of people with- employment It there wa3 sufficient local demand for the goods, so .that production could be increased.', in-creased.', - T Mrs. Havens also presented a nuni bcr of interesting statistics regarding the -products manufactured in Utah, saying, in part, that 500 separate articles art-icles ere made in the S00 or more factories in the state, the -value- of which was $511,000,000. - Mr. Jensen reviewed the packing industry, in-dustry, in Utah, showing to what extent. ex-tent. It had benefited the state, and J. Sr Carver spoke on the question of home industry from thp merchant's point of view. In part, Mr. Carver said that the merchants desired to "boost" home products, but - were handicapped to, some extent, because the consumers would ask for certain imported brands of goods and the uiri-sfrairkj were, therefore, required to handle them. He urged in closing-, that the consumers ask for the domestic do-mestic product and thus aid in their manufaqturc. oo |