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Show 1BEH5 OF UTAH SHUHE IN PROSPERITY 18,000 Persons Employed in Various Plants Throughout Through-out the State Have a Busy Year. BAKERY OUTPUT 100 PER CENT GREATER Sugar Production Increased 25 Per Cent, Total Made Being 175r000 Tons; Price Advance Helps. The manufacturer? of Utah and the 13,000 people employed in Utah's factories fac-tories have, shared in the unprecedented prosperity which has prevailed throughout through-out the eounlry during the pat year. Tliis i- true in spite of the fact that manufacturers in the state have faced unusual difficulties and have overcome extraordinary obstacles. There have Lpoii continual advances in raw materials mate-rials iwd frequent shortages of raw products. The factories have met these conditions in a courageous, common- j sense manner and have furnished more j employment and produced more goods j than ever before in the history of the state. Less vrheat was produced during 1916 than during 1915 in Utah and surrounding surround-ing states, but the quality ivas unusually unusu-ally good and more of it was milled at hoine than in previous Tears. The output out-put of flour increased about 10 per cent and the value of the product reached ahno?t four million dollars. The millers mil-lers report that the farmers are reducing reduc-ing the grain growing business to a more bcientific basis, and are center-in center-in ? upon certain standard gTades of v.-hVat. The hard. Turkey red wheat is leading other varieties, and the people nre getting a better grade of flour. Knkery Output Large. The output of the bakeries has been the largest, in the history of the state nnd the production of crackers and biscuits bis-cuits lias increased more than 100 per cent over last year. During the year the local plant of the National Biscuit company has been remodeled re-modeled and the capacity materially increased. in-creased. Although a new. large biscuit factorv began operations in the spring, the plant already here increased its business by more than VJ0 per cent, and t-hfl new factory did a much laiizr business busi-ness than it anticipated. V. A. Ttjicv, general manager of the Purity P.iremt compauy, states that business has Wfi very satisfactory. The factory is being run" to the present capacity of tie machinery ma-chinery and new ninchinery has Ihmmi ordered or-dered 'ami will be installed immediately upon arrival. The outlook for this line of industry is very bright for JSH7. The consumption of creamery products prod-ucts increased -JO per cent in Utah during dur-ing Iftlfi, according to F. Jensen, president of the Mutual Creamery company. com-pany. In a sense the year has been very satisfactory to the farmers and the creameries. The one exception being be-ing the shortage of feed for the cows, which has created an unusually high feed market, and resulted in eertin kinds of cows being sent to the packing plants of the east. Blessing to State. Tt is pointed out, however, that in the i long run this condition may prove to be a blessing to the state. The high prices of feed have lead certain farmers farm-ers in the northern part of the stale to put in a large number of silos, and if these prove as successful as anticipated, the example of tiie northern farmers will b-e followed in other communities and will be a big factor in developing the da.irv industry. The cows which will replace those shipped away this year will undoubtedly he of a better breed, and help to place Utah in the lead as a dairy state. ' The tremendous ni'M-'ase in the local lo-cal consumption of Utah butter a ml cheese has made it impossible to make large shipments of ihese products to other market ?, and vt-ry .little of the local products has been shipped away. This is in strong o it trust to the previous pre-vious year, when larfc shipments were made regularly to the big easicrn centers, cen-ters, and e en U markets as far away as Alaska. According to J . A. Nelson, president and general manager of the Ncb'u-Ricks Ncb'u-Ricks Creaniorv company, the ncv methods of buying butter fat fioni tn.1 fa rmers ha vo made tremendous headway head-way during the par t year. Vti iou to about a year ngo it was customary for the farmer to send his cream to the creamery, where it was tested for butter but-ter fat and once or twj: a month he was paid for his product on the basis of the creamery test. Buying Stations Started. Now buving stations have been established es-tablished In every common ity of any size, and the farmers bring their cream to these stations, where - it is tested and paid for at once bv the local manager man-ager of the station. This new method has had a big influence in encouraging farmers to devote more time and study to the dairy business and resulted in keen interest being aroused in all parts of the state. The one notable exception to the mle was the Uinta basin. On account of the transportation facilities it has been thought impossible to profitably utilize large quantities of creamery products from this section of the state, but. the Mutual Creamery company has perfected plans to enter this country early in the spring and 19J7 will witness wit-ness from four to eight cheese factories, established in different parts of the I basin. j Nearly all the large creameries add- j ed materially to their facilities during : 1916 and one plant in Salt Lake dou-j bled its capacity and was then taxed j to supply the demand for its products, j More than o per cent more sugar 1 was produced in Utah and southern Jdaho during 1916 than during the previous pre-vious year. It was planned in the ' rpnng to increase the output this year i--0 per cent, but the late frosts in the i-prin. -v and the early frosts in the fall prvpnted the bumper crops common to this section. The beet tonnage of the two slates was approximately 1 ,-i'On.OnO ,-i'On.OnO tons, and it is estimated ' that aboi: t 1 7. , i ii id tons of sugar will be manufactured. Third Largest. Utah and southern Idaho have now become the third largest producers of beet sugar in the United States, and with the new factories that will operate oper-ate next year should crowd California for 'second place. There is every indication indi-cation at present that an unusually large acreage of beets will be planted in 1917. The advance in the price of beets to $7 paid the farmers will be a decided inducement for them to plant more beets, and the heavy snows of December have assured an abundant water supply to fully mature the crop. During the year three new factories were operated in Utah, making the total to-tal for the Utah concerns sixteen. It is expected that at least three additional factories will be operating in time to handle the 1917 crop. The demand for Utah-made candy has been unprecedented during the past twelve months. The factories havo worked to capacity and during the holiday holi-day rush were not able in some instances in-stances to meet the . heavy demands made upon them. It has been conservatively conserva-tively estimated that this line of business busi-ness increased 40 per cent over the preceding pre-ceding year, and one of the largest factories fac-tories reports an increrse in business of nearly 100 per ceut. Nearly $3,(iu0,000 worth of candy and confectionery was made and sold, nearly half of this quantity quan-tity being shipped to the surrounding state, and part of it going as far as New York ami Australia. All the larger fad ones made considerable improvement improve-ment s in increase t'nei r capacity and keep their pJants up to the maximum of ef f ii'iency. Th" working conditions in ( hese fa i-toris have been almost ideal for the Tremendous Strides. The packing industry has taken a tremendous tre-mendous stride. The iK'den Packing and Provision company, the largest packing pack-ing company in the stale, has doubled its rapacity by erecting another large unit of its plaut. and is prepared to handle han-dle inno hoes, 1500 sheep and 300 cattle cat-tle each working day in the vear. In addition ad-dition to this, the Cudahy Packing company com-pany has arranged to establish a branch at Salt Lake to supply its western trade aud has stated that it will be able to care for 1000 hogs, 1500 sheep and 100! cattle per day. Workmen are now busy j preparing the plant for operation. I The hog industry has increased in Utah and Idaho nearly 1000 per cent in five venrs. More encouragement ia be- i ing given this industry today than ever before, and the packing plants of Utah ; will be able to furnish in the future, i as they have done in the past, a splendid splen-did market for the increasing number of , hosis raised. The tremendous increase in. the num- ber of hogs is due largely to the en- conragement given the farmers by the Utah tacking companies already operating. oper-ating. The stockyards recent ly established estab-lished just north of Salt Lake, and also the ones at Ogden, will now lend their assistance in developing the hog industry, indus-try, and it is freely predicted that the packing industry of Utah will soon rank with mining and sugar making. The cereal plant at Ogden has closed its first season's run with marked success. suc-cess. The new Utah products from this plant met with' popular approval from the very beginning, and a new market for the crrnin of Ctah farmers has thus her-n opened, and there does not seeni to be enough yrain in Ctah to supply all the demands made. The flour mills and cereal plant join in urging I'tah tanners tann-ers to raise more grain of the highest quality, and it will undoubtedly be some time before the farmers will a tin in In? able to fully catch no with the market. mar-ket. Lueian A. Ray, peueral manager of the Utah Cereal company, says that the time seems to have arrived when it is not a necessary to urge people to buy I'tali- made goods as it, is to urge the Ctah 1 producers of raw products I o produce more raw products. He thinks that the 'manufacturers' association, the schools 1 aud the press should join in a campaign , to promote the intensive t development of the soil of the state, and everything ! possible should be done to urge new ; settlers to come in and develop the thou-j thou-j sands of acres of land which arc not j being intensely cultivated or which have i not yet been turned by the plow share. ! Canneries Busy. ! The thirty-six canning factories operating oper-ating in the state have not been able : to supply the demand for their products. This has been due to two causes. The late spring frosts partially destroyed the canning crops and the pack was not quite up to the usual quantity. The : other en use, however, was the big de-! de-! mand for Utah canned goods, which have not only become very popular in : the intcrmountain country, but which are : looked upon with yreat favor on 1 he j coast, in the northwest and in the Mis-1 Mis-1 sissippi valley. ! The condensed milk factories have not ; been able to meet the demands made : upon them, and this, too, in spite of the fact that early in the year extensive j improvements were made and one con-I con-I concern spent $100,!l!0 in enlarging its , pic m t. Petter arrange men ts were also ! piade to get tte milk to the factories land the j'Hrmers were given every pus-i pus-i si I 'If on ecu ragciueut to produce more mi Ik. Miscellaneous Foods. The manufacturers of miscellnnepus food prodiie.u, including baking powder and extracts and the roasters of coffee, have enjoyed the biggest year in their business careers. Clue of the leading concerns reports an increase in business of more than 30 per cent. This same company has made extensive improvements, improve-ments, including the installation of new machinery, a mon which is a modern frost iug mixing machine, six cone machines ma-chines and a coffee pulverizer. Other concerns have added new coffee roasters roast-ers to their equipment, and the quality of Utah-roasted coffee has increased nearly 00 per cent. Turning from the food manufacturers, we find the same general trend of prosperity pros-perity among the other industries The cement plants, which are very important j in the growth and development of the commonwealth, worked to capacity, and ' showed a material increase over 1915. j The Utah Portland Cemeut company I increased the capacity of its quarry 2o i per cent by replacing the tracks and cars with modern, electrically-operated i carts and pans, and by making electric-I ity the motive power throughout. The1 general prosperity is reflected by the ! fact that this industry has had an un- usually good busi ncss from the state, j the counties and the cities and towns,; which have spent thousands of dollars for improvements of roads, bridges, etc. Tremendous quantities of cement have also been used by the smelters and the power plauts. This same class of work has kept the corrugated culvert and flume companies; of Woods Cross and Ogden busy dur-i ing the year. These latter concerns have aUo enjoyed considerable business because of the irrigation projects under wav and the, general prosperity in the farming communities. Plants Are Busy. Few people na iize how rapidly the iron and steel works have developed during the past two years, and especially espe-cially during 1916. Ail these concerns have been crowded witli work, and L'tah-made L'tah-made machines a re being sh ipped to Alaska, Java., Japan and other far-away points, as well as into all the intermonn-tain intermonn-tain and Pacific coast states. A big part of the machinery used by the sugar companies is now being manufactured in I tah, and lightweight, steel rails were produced during 1916 for the first time in the history of the state. The steel plant at M id vale is now constructing an open hearth furnace, which will increase in-crease the capacity of this part of its plant 2'JP per cent, and expecrs to operate oper-ate to this bigger capacity .beginning about March 1,1917. The oil refining industry has con-1 con-1 tinued its phenomenal growth. A mini-I mini-I ber of new tanks have been built, the ! largest of which has a capacity of I 1,000,000 gallons, and plans tor exten-I exten-I sive improvements to be made this spring have been prepared. ! Biff Year in Mattresses. The mattress aud bedding companies have had the biggest year in their Malory, Ma-lory, business being 5(1 per cent greater : ha n last year. Since June it has hardly hard-ly been possible to keep up with orders. The same general conditions have pre-j pre-j vailed in the shoe and clothing factories. fac-tories. The knitting industry has in-c in-c reased 25 per cent, many of the factories fac-tories have added new machines of the latest models, and one concern, the V uion li-nUting, mills of Logan, has ei ect e-d a hanusome new factory, in which has been included every convenience con-venience and cn.'ufoit known to modern i'aclorv building. This new factory is a riocided credit to the state. The 7... C. M. I. i.- now completely remodeling re-modeling its shoe factory, installing new machinery and cutting dowu the dis-tau'-r a shoe has to travel in the course of manufacture from 1300 feet to 600 reel. There has been a satisfactory increase in-crease in the output of other kinds of leather goods, and also trunks. In many respects the year has been very strenuous, busy and unccrtaiuj but the" manufacturers have met and solved their problems successfully, and the result re-sult has been that the output of the factories has increased $10,000,000 during dur-ing the year. The total output of Utah's factories for 1916 will be very close to $140,000,000. The people have had profitable employment, the farmers have had excellent markets and top prices for their products have been the rule, new lines of industry have been oppned up, some new markets have been entered, a new era of development has been inaugurated, and the arms of Utah have been opened wider than ever as she has invited workers from abroad to come and share' in the wonderful resources, re-sources, splendid opportunities and magnificent mag-nificent prosperity which she has offered. |