Show S La k Leading World in Th of Loud Speakers ers Plant Does Business Neff Success Brings Huge Trade Men MenS Employed S Salt Lake City today leads Iud t the world in in the tilO manufacture of rac radio loud speakers Out of all the radio sots In t the tha United States Stabs approximately o one out of every five is equipped with a Utah loud speaker speake Giving employment at present to CO 4 to SOO workers the Utah Rad Radio Products company with its facto factory at 2234 Highland drive has be been smashing j several records in i its its' year four history THIS YEAR The company's sales for forthe the fisc fiscal year of 29 1928 will vill amount to a ap approximately ap- ap proximately according to David Neff president and manager manage who says This is far in excess of any previous year yea We Ve have beE been le tp fUl our orders particular particularly ly y on dynamic speakers for seven several months and during the month of November we had in un tir unfilled un- un filled orders While we have cor con manufacturing tho cheaper air olumn column and magnetic speakers speaker the dynamic has been the outstanding outstanding ing speaker In our production this year ear The story of ot the Utah Radio Radi Products company reads rends like lIlie a a romance ro romance romance ro- ro mance of American Industrialism Back Bacle in 1924 David Neff who had spent a big part of his business c career reer in the livestock trade trade caught caugh a a a. vision of radios radio's future Skeptics Skeptic called him foolhardy Radios just jus justa a- a n passing fad To risky to pu put t your money in Youre Yo making a terrible mistake dashing Into a difficult dif dlf new nev field In fact Mr 11 Neff Nef found it hard sledding trying to ge geany get any capital to back up his idea Finally he ventured his own wn moneIn money mone in hi his dream and got a small starIn start star in a room on Pierpont street Latee Later Late he e succeeded in g getting 0 of Chicago capital to further the enter enter- prise It was was was' a a. battle at first SOON SMASHES RECORDS Re Jle Recalling alling the early eary start with C Creat a great reat deal of pleasure Mr Neff relates relates re me- re- re lates ates Although the company was organized or or- 01 In July 1924 no shipments were ere made until the day of Nov No November No v vember rember of that year yea when the firsts first s shipment of fifty unit units was sent to Chicago S After dAfter eleven months of operation we re had be become ome the largest manufactures manu of of radio loud speakers a and 1 I units in tho the United States and a so far ar as we vere were re able to obtain statistics statistics sta sta- the largest in the w world Weave Wo We have ave maintained maintaIn d that pos position durIng dur dur during ing rg the fO lr of our our bU business activity The tremendous r i amount S o of capital capi capital tal al that l has hag a been ba po poUred rell Into Intel the radio man manufacturing in the last few years ears makes malies the Salt Sait Lake Lake- accomplishment all the more moore outstanding Asked how the small local plant was as able to a achieve such phenomenal phenomenal enal g growth w h in the the fa race face e of powerful powerful power power- ful U competing organizations Mr 11 Neff Nett refe said he believed one of the bi biggest gest factors in the company's ss has been the favorable labor stu situation tion in Salt rali Lake Th The workers works Yorkers work work- York ers s are established family men proficIent proficient pro pro- dent in their work and contented S. 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WORKERS PRAISED When its it's considered that our transportation lon costs to total al approximately approximately a a. year ear to import raw v materials n te and ship back the tile finished rushed product to eastern markets many any people remark that it seems inconsistent consistent that we e should be able to c compete so so effectively from our Salt Lit Lake plant Mr MI Neff saidOn said zaid saidOn On n the faco face of of it it the the freight charges arg do do seem seem to tobe bea a disadvantage this thi obstacle obstacle- isore is ismore tage tage geto to us But more ore than tha l compensated for by the gh type of workmen available in inthis inthis inis this is city Because the of-the reliability and thoroughness of at atour our men we arc are arcS able S to develop an efficiency unknown unknown un un- un- un known OWn to highly organized indus Indus- ind industries s- s tries Lea in the much larger cities We can fl only compete by making a a. better better bet bet- ter product for less ess money and the chief lef factor in this is the ex excellent type of workers worker available to to us S in Utah UtaJi ali r rIn 5 S S SIn In Chicago for Instance many of the factories have a labor turner turnover turn turn- over oyer er of about to per cent a aam year ear am while our Salt Lak Lake plants plant's turnover mover r doesn't amo amount nt to to mn more re rean than an 10 per cent When you Have that at kind of stability you can achieve real efficiency of operation that it more than makes up for the stiff ff comp competition and buying power of the large corporations S' S MODERN FACTORY FACTORY S' S For or most of the company's history history his his- tory y it issued no stock A A. block of common I shares h res was put lUt on the Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago stock exchange last year and soon went gyrating u up from 1750 to more than 60 The local plant Is is a a a. model in modern factories Located just south of ot the Sugarhouse business district its commodious quarters are are well lighted and arranged with witha a skilled eye toward maximum ef effi ef- ef fi I ncy Scene of an outstanding Industrial dev development it is also a monument to the foresight of a aI I livestock man whose daring and lard hard work made him one of the giants of the radio manufacturing industry and gave Salt Lake a wide world leadership in the manUa manufacture manu manU- facture a of loud load d speakers |