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Show ) UTAH MANUFACTURES, i Chemical Industries. NO. u. Necessarily the chemical manufactures manufac-tures of this territory have been of a miscellaneous character; the wanti have been many, the facilities for supplying then few. For this reason efforts have been maJe from time to time, somewhat experimentally, to eee if it would be possible to compete with imported articles for which there has at all times been, until very recently, re-cently, a preference. It is but a few years ao wheo a newcomer having made some household soap, proudly exhibited it in tbe most conspicuous part of bis window as "Home made Soap." A genial friend, who at that time wielded a powerful pen in this city, spoke to the proprietor of the store about as follows: "Do ycu ger I many people to buy tbat soap?" "No," was the response. "Now, I would advise you," said the friend, "to make no comments about where the soap was made, then it will sell." Such proved to be correct; but at that time it was a general practice for the thrifty housewife to make lye from wood ashes by the "leaching" i p.ocees, and make it caustic by quicklime, quick-lime, a truly chemical process, but by no means favorable to the esle of home-made soap. It was, in fact, necessary in those times for a manufacturer to take advantage ad-vantage of abundant and cheap material mate-rial as much as possible, such things as were indigenous to the country, for everything imported commanded cash, and considerable of it, too, to engage in a business of any magni tude. Even eo recently as six years ago tbe gold medal was oflered at our fair for an exhibition of gunpowder, ' and prizei of corresponding value lor nitre, one of tbe necessary ingredients of that article. The same zeal was displayed in offering substantial rewards re-wards for alump, soda, refiovd salera-tus salera-tus nothing that was useful escaped observation. Thus the pigment, or ocbreoua ores, were called into requisition; painta of very j excellent quality were made, not only prepared by simple processes with which novices are famiiiar, but paints that were pronounced as excellent by business men from large cities. At that lime it was possible to get pure white lead in this city, and to the credit of the late Heber C. Kimball, pure linseed oil was sold at a cheap price. It is interesting to notice hor-3, tbe efforts that have been made by a number of gentlemen, quite recently, to direct public attention to the manifest mani-fest advantages it would be to these engaged in mining, operations, wero the ores of this region treated scientifically scien-tifically and the manufacture of chemicals, paints, pottery, glass, lead, iron, copper, etc., entered into. This is held forth as an incentive to capitalists to come bere and invest in these industries. An "iron man," one of the largest manufacturers manufac-turers of certain stoves in tbe east, remarked' to his frieuds, who, like himself, was interested in borne manufacture: "If these Mormons don't make tbe iron pretty soon, we'll come out aod make it for them." It is a cause for congratulation that; the manufacture of soap as a staple article of commerce is an accomplished accomp-lished fact. With tbe manufacture ot Bulphuric acid nothing can delay the important industry of manufacture of salt cake sodie carbonate, caustic soda and allied industries. Tben the preparation of sulphate ol copper all the sulphates can be prepared for which there is a local demand, or in the surrounding cities. Tben the asphalts, the paraffins, the petroleums, petrole-ums, all the varieties of natural oils and their associations can bo purified and prepared for market. Perhaps, ere long the was to materials may receive re-ceive attention, tbe ammoniacal compounds, com-pounds, even the colors derived from tbe by-products of our gas works. ai to me mooes oi conauciing iuu ordinary chemical industries in older cities it is well known that large plants are indispensable to profitable business. busi-ness. Iu some pi cei combined efforts are made with "limited" liability, practical men beiug engaged : at tbe head of each department, men thorougbly informed in the technology of tbe bueiness entrusted to them. It is not pertinent to the question before us as to these things. That we are greatly benefitted by the influx of wealth resulting from mining opera-tious opera-tious there can be oodoubt. Whether aheniioal industries and manufactur ing generally would not be advantageous advan-tageous to us as a community need not be discussed at this time. |