Show Baking Business Displays Marked Leadership Gain GainS 1 S Baking is rapidly becoming one of Utah's major industries having Ing assumed a place of or growing importance importance importance im im- im- im in the food manufacturing ing lag industry during the last few years Utah now has bas a total of bakeries bakeries bak bak- eries cries employing more mor e than 1000 perSons persons per persons per per- sons who receive considerably more than in wages annually statistics show It is estimated that the industry represents an investment investment invest invest- ment of more than While man many bakeries in various parts of the state are arc small smaIl they arc are growing growing growing grow grow- ing steadily each year The larger firms are in Salt Lake City and Ogden Bakery Sales Sales of bakery goods in Utah last year ear amounted to according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to officials of the industry Cost Coat of materials each year will aggregate O. O Some of the materials the most of which are arc Utah products include flour sugar milk salt shortening and yeast A number of factors have to be considered when the growth of oC the industry is reviewed Much credit I is due duc to the development of modem modern modern mod mod- em ern machinery and equally as much to up to date marketing conditions It is reported that all aU the bakeries in the state have modern plants and are arc equipped with the latest manufacturing devices Of or the bakeries in Utah 50 of them are in Salt Lake City Industry Growth Grouth Growth of ot the industry can be better understood by citing some facts regarding the per capita consumption con con- n of bakery goods For in instance instance instance in- in stance in 1879 the per capita value of ot bakery products was while in 1929 1920 this figure had risen to 1243 a figure which applies to 1935 5 People in the country in 1931 the thelast thelast thelast last available figures compiled by bythe bythe bythe the bureau of census ate pounds of oC bread rolls and coffee coffeecakes coffeecakes coffeecakes cakes made in bakeries bakeri s and 1 93 worth of cake pastry and dough dough- nuts Bread however is the largest of ot the bakery products consumed In Utah The Tho average person say bakery officials usually lly thinks of baked baIted goods in terms of bread and cake yet there are arc many products which do not come under these classifications classifications classifications and nd many others s which arc are only partly included in these groups Commercial baking has grown statistics reveal until today there Is very ver little bread baked in l the home There is also a constantly decreasing decreasing decreasing de de- de- de creasing quantity of other hak baked d goods goads being bein made in homes in the country |