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Show Manti Gets First Utah Post-War Plant Huge Textile Firm Buys Plant For War, Post-War Use Employes Civic Leaders Assured Perm ana nee of Industry for Southern Utah; Parachute Company Sells to Reliance Manufacturing Cj. MANTI Utah's first assurance of a new and permanent per-manent postwar industry comes with announcement that the Reliance Manufacturing Company. Chicago, will tak over the Manti plant of the Parachute Company of Utah and continue its operation in filling war contracts and then into peacetime product ion of the nationally-famous textile products made by tin's firm. The announcement wa made by Governor Herbert B. .Maw through whose office negotiations for the continued operation of the plant were made, at a meeting last Thursday of employes of the parachute para-chute company, civic and church leaders of the entire area. In making the announcement, Gov ernor Maw said: $1,400,00(1 Payroll "This plum has been established as a part of a program tu bring small Industrie to our state. I hav tie figure here beioru me of what the plum has meant to sou in dollars and cents. In the two years It has opernted. it has paid out $1,400,000 tor payroll and services. serv-ices. The great bulk or this, amount has been in wagex to th. workers of Southern Itaii. In addition, it. has paid 51.0;m in taxes to Sanpete Count v, and h is given S19.000 in. Rifts "to sclionh and churches of Sanpi-te and vier Counties. "This plant, continued by tin; Reliance Manufacturing i:oniwiv . can continue to provide a ...j, payroll and provide many U- ii; Us to the people of (his Hnd'adjy::,;.- counUes. I have talked wi.h the representatives of this coniMtiv. They are fine men. They are going go-ing to work with, fine people, lor ! we are proud ol the indutrv of our Utah people, l ask that voui give them our honest assistance! In making this plant succeed." I Colonel C. K. Faunilrrov. mar. ' aging partner ol the i'arnrhuu i Company of Utah, reviewed ihc many early problems and the dil-; flcultles under which the pl int ' was brought Into oper.vion. He' asked cooperation of emnlnvo; ;md of all citizens In a unified eCiy to "make the plant ro" Operate SI riant. T. P. Carlev. cojit rollot . i Reliance Mamifin-tuiiii Coin-run briefly outlined the ,..,Vt. .m,j )0 icy of his companv. llo s .i!d Urn this company ip-iii. - ,, it jn seven stnt, und thru Mint-operation Mint-operation will in- th '. and the eighth state mtu which Iii.s companv lin-i 'uiie. The Mantl plant will be the furthest west of all the Rell-inee plants, and In peacetime will manufacture manv of the nationally-famous textile items marketed bv his companv. These include Hig Yank shirt's, trousers and jackets; Yankshire fonts. Happy Homo frocks. Kuy Whitney dresses. Knsenada slacks and sportswear. Knsenada sport slurts. .Miss Yank slacks and jeep suits, Aywon .shirts. Universal pa jamas, No-Tare shorts. Penrod -.liirt-, for bins, and Yank Jr. boys' W.i: This eoinp.iiiy is a major factor in the nati.m', t -1 ; 1 1 industrv, last year slum ln' a vol:im; of .sJt,(K)0,.- mo in its varh.us pbnts. tJoveriior Maw ai iiouilced that an extended has Keen ar tang.;d lor the pl.ttil facilities, thus a'.-uring perm ;iience of the Indus-j Indus-j try for L'tali and the .Southern I Vh i-ounii'-s. I'icduecs l-'or War ! Approxlinatt'ly per cent of the .'.ontpany's proJuciion nuvv is for the war effoit, Mr. Carle y .said. As .-ooil as Hie present companv can complete work on i s cxiMini; war contiiicls. the new lnin will lie-in operation on war materials lor whleii it litil.in ciiiiiact-,. When lhe.-,i' havo Deen completed, the th, tngu over to peacetime products will ne JaniL-j 1 1. ,'.i vers will lie supir-iiiieiv.ein supir-iiiieiv.ein mi i.ie i li'ljaiu e company compa-ny at Ai inn. v. i : I tins Wagguer a.-,i.itau. m-.o, .n.e;..l. nt. A. T. ttiird is p -. ai in oi die company, 'ind t)'io I Vi.ii, is manager of its ;rir.n 'r;l" ,,v ..ieu. lol jii'-l l'iii)"!ei i. annuunced ' ii a t i i i i i:;;e iii operation .v ot ill t III- aecuinpn ill l u. SOOI1 Un .vork -.uli Uivl"i eoniracl could be lib -'." I -iinl a -l.i d In- s.aft to help, ' i ,'" thl .voik raiidlv it- i' I !r ..! I - said that as lar a.i ",ii i ot- i -term. ned the sttilf nil t cmr nii"d ill its presen' i I ;. ! e Ml I hat lie Imped "lot nrr . V nice -re-'- in the mini i nl i.e. sons working n g ilarly oi lii.hat.ee." I |
