Show UTAH WOOLEN MILLSf Almost from the earliest settlement cf the valleys the idea uf home manu c lhp1o aleys factures has largely picdomlnatod among nctUlC8 the people At rull a numb L of nliiccs lhl In the Slate there remain outbuildings out-buildings which ere In early cloys used as woolen mils unlll for various cnusii of the limes they became failures and lmc while the were turned Into oilier uses whie machine went lo wreck But the 1 mlhh1cl pioneers and those who came after them have persevered In their attempw at making fabrics equal to the goods turned out elsewhere until Utah has the tlrn reputation of producing as good > taton cloths etc us any of the Eastern fac lories This has been done to the extent ex-tent of being able to secure sales for goods In cllles extending from San J Franclsco to Boston With our produc 5 lion of wool as shown in another column col-umn this Slate ought to have moro 1 woolen mills and be able lo not only J supply niore 1 people with goods In the State but also have a large demand from all the intermounlnln and West fom States Our wools are taken East In almost tralnload lots and goods from Eastern looms are brought back in carload lots almost dally a portion at least of which ought to be manufactured manufac-tured at homo But our citizens ought to take pride in vlmt has been uccom pllshcd in the State In this line and encourage en-courage plsho the progress being made Our S wool climate and water are all favorl ble cllal manufacture of woolen a bless Soods arid such factories are ing to any town where located because the steady employment they furnish year round The woolen mill at Provo has grown wolen mi to large dimensions and having improved Im-proved from year to year by adding and new patterns new machinery pntelns out presses they are now turning fancy and plain flannels fancy and staple sta-ple casslmeres shawls blankets and complete lines of woolen goods equal In quality and finish to any of the outside qunIty nu < fnIsh 1 side factories During the past year the crowded with orders as factory was so wih to run all the entire year with all the overtime the operators were willing to make The mill used 700000 pounds of ufct I wool and 5000 worth of cotton warp this warp having been shipped from the I East There were employed in the far I tory 17o persons and the wholesale value of oods produced aggregated 5225000 machinery costing S OOO and I repairs und new buildings added S 4 < W > buidinGs more making n total of 0000 expendoil In betterments for the year Dividends Share S-hare been paid for several years on a eapllallzuilon 01 2369iO The amount In dividends In 1S99 was S3 per share Utah Chicago and Cincinnati take time bulk of their manufactures hut l they have customers In the Pad lie coast Slules and eastward to New York city 1 Ogden Beaver City Washington and Sprlngvlllo have small factories making mak-ing staple goods which find a ready 1 market at home S |