Show Factories S 'S SL L F Factories V J r. r Create Record I It b. b In Dressmaking I Infant tant Industry Produces Produce t rs' rs More 1 Than Garments Y Yearly t It The average verago ladys lady's house dress dreu Ich h 50 ro years ago required countless count count- lets less hours hour of ot toll can in 1936 1938 be be duplicated In exactly two and one- one half hilt minutes At least there thero Is ts a dressmaking concern in SaIt Salt Lake City which I b boasts of ot's such ch record In 1934 it Il manufactured dozen house frocks worn by women in 28 states statu Another ther establishment has Invested In In a electrically driven machines ot sewing capable making to stitches a minute The Tho dressmaking Industry in Salt Lake Ake City produces more moro than dozen dresses a year Thero There are two principal establishments and three concerns while not solely engaged engaged en en- in hi the dressmaking business manufacture them during the slack lack season eason The industry still UIl operates under the N R A code workers getting gettine approximately 14 U a a week gweek The majority majority ma ma- of women employed are ingle single The two outstanding companies in 1934 had hadan an expenditure of close to o Much lUnch Yardage To mako mako- more moro than three three ee tern of a million dresses a conservative con con- production average the industry utilized more than yards of ot materials costing There were used materials materials materials ma ma- in the manufacture of ot the dresses pique percale linen crash organdie b batiste Uste voile and and rayon Cotton mills in North and South Carolina supplied the majority of ot tho the raw materials material I In turning out a new new dress ready for wear every two and a half minutes min min- minutes utes eight distinct operations are necessary 1 Designing of style and pattern 2 grading to different sizes and style 3 3 marking 4 4 laying 5 5 cutting with an electric blade 6 separation of ot colors and size 7 bundling 8 28 piece piece work opera opera- The Tho plants used thread amounting to I last t year ear Taxes paid out outI outto outto I to sta state e and federal agencies totaled more than For or railroad transportation in Utah alone a sum of was paid laid aid One company had bad an expenditure of and another Working conditions in each of ot the two companies are re modern and accommodating ac ac- Restrooms luncheon quarters and spacious recreation I rooms are in effect for the tho The plants are arc equipped with giant ventilating machines and are air conditioned all through the year I Dressmaking still in Its infancy as a major industry in Utah is expected expected expected ex ex- to develop into an important business within the next decade Each of ot tho the concerns concerns will spend about during 1936 for tor additional additional additional addi addi- improvements and mod modern modern- rn izing hinr methods will be geared to a point where the tho produces a maximum amount of finished finished finished fin fin- product within a minimum amount of ot time at the same time I not injurious to his health and mental mental men men- tal system |