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Show JIOMK MANUFACTURES. The letters received by the chamber of commerce inquiring about Salt Lake show that the newspaper advertisements advertise-ments of the city are attracting a great deal of attention, and it is quite evident that substantial results must follow if we take the proper steps. Among these letters are quite a number from manufacturers who are looking for new locations. All such inquiries should be carefully answered, and every possible encouragement should bo given to every man who wishes to establish a manufactory of any kind in this city.- In some cases where it is proposed to invest a largo sum of money and employ a largo number of hands, tlm capitalists and heavy property owners could well afford to give to any such parly a reasonable bonus in cash or land, or take stock in the enterprise. If Salt Lake is to become a large city wo must find employment for tho mechanic me-chanic and tho workingman, and the most feasible way to do this is through manufactures. This city is a splendid point for manufacturing industries, as it has tributary to it a vast and rich country that is being rapidly developed and settled up. At present this western region draws nearly all its manufactured manufac-tured supplies from the east. In a few years, with energy and the expenditure of capital, this state of affairs could be materially changed. Suit Lake could be made a great manufacturing center, and could supply the entire western country with nearly everything in tho lino of manufactured articles. We have the raw material in abundance iron, lead, silver, gold, marble, wool, hides, salt, nnd so on. There is no reason why Salt Lake should not have iron mills, foundries, stove factories, paper mills, woolen mills, shoe factories, fac-tories, shot towers, white lead works, mineral paint works, paper mills, beet sugar factories, packinghouses, pottery works, brick yards and other industries in great number. Fuel is one of the principal requisites in manufacturing, and we have it in unlimited quantities. The lew industrial establishments that we now have are all prospering. It seems absurd for us to send the raw material to the east and have it returned re-turned to us !n tho shape of manufactured manufac-tured articles, paying freight both ways besides a needless profit. The Co-operative shoe factory in this city is a good illustration of what can be done in manufacturing. It turns out $300,000 worth of shoes every year, but that output docs not begin to supply sup-ply the people of this territory. In an interview Mr. Rowe, the assistant manager man-ager of the factory, said: "There are at tho lowest estimate 200,000 people in Utah. It takes an average of $10 per year to keep people in boots and shoes. This makes $3,000,000 worth needed annually for Utah alone, and of these all but $300,000 have to be imported." But look at tho country outside of Utah that could bo supplied with boots and shoes manufactured in Salt Lake. There is Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Arizona, aud a largo portion of tho Pacific coast. There is room in this city for a dozen shoe factories as large as tho Co-op. The same thing is true in other lines of manufacturing. In his interview Mr, Rowe, who is a very progressive man, took occasion to say that tho eastern people all seemed favorably impressed with the resources of this territory, but wore kept from investing hore by tho constant fighting and wrangling between the Mormons and the Gentiles. He believes that it would be much better for the people to go to work and develop the resources of Utah Instead of killing every spark of enterprise by continual bickering. If there wore less wrangling there would bo more prospority and progress in this city and territory , and everybody would be much better off. |