Show I ZIOXS COOPEHTlm mHL TILE I TIITTIII I I A Short Sketch of thc History and Growth of Utah Moot Famous Commercial Enterprise A BUSINESS OF OVER THREE MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR 1lIt 10 1 ml 0 0 tI II Ihu r Ih IIdl U U l 1 IS with feelings o mingled pleasure ind 1 pride tint wt tin I dtitil to givt to our rculcrs i short sketch of so grind anti 1 mi posing in mstituti i is Ziolls Coirativc Mtrcin lie In liinlion It stmds tolar as a nuinint to Us milder Brigham oung md i sou ice of credit md suisfiction to its pitsent miingtmcnt This m ig nifieent commercial structure rtpn scuts the I toil pitience mil struggle ft rt of i compmy of sturdy men whose integrity wis never qu stioncd men who hid the confidence md esteem of the entire people It must he I taken into consider tion tint thc coinmereul conditions with which the carl pioneirs h id to contend ill Unh were viry d lit rent Ironi those prevulmg loIiy hey I loun 1 themselves in the hearl of the Rocky mount mis two thousmd miles from ciuliitiun on the eist md i I thousmd miles on tlie wist with no railroI or other idcrpite feililies I I for trinsp rtitum U 1115 a difficult problem to cope with md for i number of yeirsinui if Ihe pinn j I ters suffcird grcitlnrdsh psthriugh their inability to secme the nclu d ncces Hies of hie Money is will 1s prov isions w is sc irec md thc few indcsmcn who found their way to Utah Irm i fore gn i o nts were I grvpmg in the extreme not hemp religiously or in my m inner m Sin pith I with the people It wa is seen by the leaders that something mu > t be done to relieve the people of I every legitimate I manner lo ud in I rendering lilc moit comfortiblt lor tin whole people it ills required i vist amount of energy rtlld I thought to bruit about the Mute of perfection t that preils i today The 1 I orgmiition wis tfficttd i i time I md under cir cumstmees tint would I i i not secure credit ill the Et I mil this driwbick I together with the ex enst ol freighting god to Unh ifter purchase IIS i serious impediment th it mustbtovcitomc Ilu adtrse conditions line by ont were met w lh tint heroic spirit I Illeh picdoimiiitcd it ill 11 ncs among the Pioneers aucl 1 lodi we hive the ei denct of the r lortim venfiid in m inlitlltloll that enjoys UnhIlUIHt I 1 credit ill ill the prinlp1 marls of the w orldIII I institution tint Ins nn liltirngly hrnstrd eveiv pimc md wiithered even stirin While tht Z C M 1 1 his pud i fur return on the mone investe 1 it hisiccomj hslicd l v i < llv nx people through its mil leni uhtmg mil controlling prie to them indirect millions Jrr for tht I it m ng I e qll nl I i of tlolI rs I these oppressive conditions md it w is shortly evidenced on ill sides tint i disp sin n wis growing among the sutlers to import md trade for them < Ives This growm tendency cventuilly evolved md worked out the grind scheme which resulted m the oij miration Oct 16 i36S of the Z C M L I The institution in-stitution w as inrornonted for tw ent fil b at ro i7 five years December i i > 7o withi cipitalofS 2000 the bulk of the stock being subscribed by ten repic cinlitn c men who I ere elected is its first officers is follous Brigham Young J M 1 liernhisel George A Snub Win Jennings Gco Q Cannon m H Hooper II S ridrcdge Henry Lawrence Vm g li Chyton Duid Cildcr The basic ideis of the men who founded the Z C M I was the protection of thc home people from exorbitant prices to bii the best goods of tilt best minuficturcrs md importers md > o it Ins ever been The motto cstil > lished with the in ccption mil ortani7 ition Live and Help to Live I not live and let live Ins ilwis been the witch word ever the key note sounded bill b-ill of its officers md members The histoiv of the Z C M 1 I is snon mous with ill tint is honest md upright up-right There is no inisrepicscnti lion ever md alw lys full weight and full me isure w tilt ibsolute Unquestioned Un-questioned rth ibihtv md teidfist ness of purpose the institution is re gilded tvcry where not as a mim moth comm < lcilm1chir where so man dolhrs m ly bt cxchmj for a certain amount of goods perhaps ol question ibk quality in man in stmcts but is large and povvtr I ful fnend who tik s an interest in our welfare and who is seeking in I The 7 C M I Ins estibhshtd brincli houses m various onions nl thc west is Decision sicmrd to require re-quire here I ire now three branch houses is follows Oeen Utih John Watson Manager 1rovo Utah L I O Taft Mm eer Idaho Fall I lib lienjamm Dei i It Mm igir All ol these hi I inches are lenders thc cities in wh eh they ire loc ited I strruisTi MiNT vv i riir tIt t-It is well 1novn 1t let ill news I paper circles tint Superintendent T Ci ebbirismiich ivcrse to personal 1 per-sonal nell spapcr comment else much might be written of tht super lor gcncrilsh p of the maier mind tint guides tht destinies of this great industrnl cnttrjirit Snlhce it to I say tint he is i mm of exceplional business quihficitions unijucstioncd integrit and pcrmcittd with i loftv purpose i whole souled dcrc to cxcmpl anl carr out the principle underlying the foundmon of ihc orgmirition to Live and help to Lhe ANNUM OUTIUr The annual output of the 7 C M 1 I including the retail depart inents imounts in round numbeis to over 3000000 and > the silarv account runs up approximately to I8 ixxi The I ilue of its real e > tale is slid to reich lit large sum ol 100000 The I Salt Lake I store has nlniys heen 1 one of the chief attractions attrac-tions for tourists triv cling icross the lontment and although the building las erected man years ago it is i model ol convenience and irchiteetu rd beautv as the accompanying iIIus trition will easily I show on ici rs AND DIRI CTORS The present ofliecrs md > directors ol Z TO To operitive Mercantile In stum n lte i follows I Ire SIde nt Willord Voodruff Vi Pre ident orgc O Cannon > t i iry T 1 C Vebber Ireasurer A W Cirhon Directors Josq h F I Smith Ilchcr J Grant Oo Homney J K Winder II Dm woody P 1 T lirnsvorth J I lUrncs J II Smith I M I ymin Anlhon H I und illiim II t Mr I InUre General Superintendent T 1 j G Webber z t M i siior VNB CLOTIII t vcrom One of the largest mil most important im-portant iiiinufietnrmg eonecrns n the Stile is the shoe in 1 elothmg fictory run in connection with Ziolls I ij Tiij1 T JW f 7 n ifflirl vrJ rJIStkhtw IF Z C M I SHOE AND ClOTHING FACTORY f ipcritxe Mcrcinlile Institution Its J comnurciil inllutnce is felt in elcry irt of tint and adjoining stiles It is tin leader imoiiK hOll1e r nN Th I nmnmn nnn magnitude of its output anel I the > cope of its tcrntor ire both sur nsinp ind intense tritif np Ihti fictorits i hut only eMUislitl their I righl to demand ind secure ncirl ill thc hrme I tride 1 ut ire d i Ij filling idcrs Irorn the j entire Roky Mount 1111 cut I 1 he shoe ficton sttiids among tlie i inter leulers tt home I niinufjcturi The I enterprise uu itireshuciieb ol its man I i glIlenl Ii uc formed the basis ol uieciriLemcnt and cner to n moters of other man uficlunnjj intcrprics tint per hip n ihht never but is > td tilt thcoieticil taRe hld I it not been for the cvimple of tin hounded success ill lined b tilt Z C M I fictoncs II is a home ins itution lint oecu pies i ptnmonnt place m the lets of ill Utihnnns Its emplocs ncirl ill of whom hive grownup together with the i usincss arc pictures of lieilth in I liip mess ill work 1 II1g without friction as well tin inn under the thorough system of tqualitv comfort I 11111 I cliinl ness evidenced ill Ir d irlment Hi I tor pioper is in im IIkne I > > ur Iory an I biscment IIIICllltl i ol which an illustntion I s r sinle I herewith Its out si de dm ins onsare 5Oci00 feet lilt UASt IINT The hhement is occiiied a m ng l room tack icith er > torlge anel stnrage wom j lor c is sof finished good > In the engine room ire fiur Urge hollers which generate and suppl 1 steim for heating pur 1 poses and for pro tiling two im mtnse I oo horse pov er engines which drive the v 1st MI cd and in tnente iniclnncr emploved in tlie mmmfacturt of the Imest boots hOt nn i tlotlnng in thc world There is i also m the biscment the citctnc gluing I p1anl which lights up the whole iblishnitnt u ing lor the purpose I ooo 16 candle power j i mips Whell coinnlctclv hghtrd Ilic C M I t > the most Inrd somel illumimttd buildiri in the I cit Till rOTTOMrSG prrARTMCNT I I The entire lirst t fioor f of the fictor is rcquirtd for the bottoming and fin shmg dcpiitmtnts In tins room I I is in oilier departments every new invent on in the wiv 01 I modern machncr Ins bien iddcd tliit will I ebl el Imd to niikt the service rip < l tlioroiifh md elTectivc Ins department de-partment I co talns tie onl complete set of Goodear wets ill tlc intir mountain region All Till IIATIlf1t tised in 7 C M 1 I shoe building ill both the uppers ard > toas a purchased pur-chased from the vet best inanti ic tuiers of all > whole leather stoc thc mimgement believing tint the best is none too good fur heir I patrons vv1 > have long ere this discovered tha mane investid in hoes of1 I I Z C M L I manufacture means money tconomicall expended CUTTING A ND 1TT1NG 1 I I The third floor is ilcvotcd to cm ling and fill iif Heie tht Iiathir l t in 1 s it om s lram I Ille tai nu i nl ut ul luted over the new j I tut slyles of la ts J In this department ill > of the linings lin-ings ire cut stitched and sewed into I he uppers litre agun Is seen ull thc nell et 1lber I > ain machinery in button hole miduncs button SCWIIIL tmcl mcs etc llns dcpait mcnt tmploS Uintyfivt girls and twelve n en OUR MIS AND JUVIPLRS On the top floor is the rlqthmg factory Tins dcpirtmtnt turns out lit bist grades of over ill1 junipers and shirt known to the inter inoun lain west and the products finds i read sale throughout this entire region re-gion efitciill is this i fact m the mining cimps and on firms I here the weirniL qu ihtleb lie thc most I essential feitures Tilt MANIJICTIJIIJ I > GOODS The ent rt second floor of this immense bu 1 ling is occupied is aMore a-More room foi tlie iniiictnrcd good Here ill orders ire received ind picked for shipment With i npaeitv of soo pairs ul shoes per diy md too dozen ov trills jumpers indjaclcts it will bt seen lint the trade is something enormous rcich ing fiom 150 ooo to 175 ooo per nmun for these depirtnu done About 200 hinds ut cmplojul in the factories md 130 in other department depart-ment linking 330 ill told MI roi or uovtr jr fortlu put nineteen years Ins con turned in charge of these two important impor-tant dcp irtments The cvidcnct ol his thoroushermg ind systematic bu mess methods ate visible on every hind Thoujli conpiritntly young m years he is i veteran in business cxpinince mil i mm tint kiops ill close touch with ill the little 1 del i N of boot md slue manu licture ineliul ng also other mall rs connected with lie imnnfarturi md silt of the output of tht he ones of which he Ins charge USITOKS Tlie mimgcincnt of 7 C I M I is ilwaS pleied 1 1 to cnttrliin visitors from ill pirts of the world md to conduct them through the vinous departments if commerce md 1 nimufacturc flit NIws will be responsible for the as > trtion lint it will prove an hour or two well spent Z C M Ii I Drug Department This department of the celcbritcd 7ion s Cooneritive Mircmtilt In st tutien wis ist Wished m the year I 1869 being located it tint time i few doors north of where the Dccret Nation Hank now stmds It I tis tlie lar est w holes de and retail drug stort in Salt Lake Cm is centrally sit uatid at 112 114 lain Street mil is handsomely appointed and provided with ill thc facilities of i rsodern pharmic A I irtc md wed as sorted stock of puic drugs chem cils tinctures toilet irticlts perfumery drujjist bsundnts etc is const uilly on hand Recently the nnnuficture of i htghchss qinltv ol fhvormg ex tricts Ins been introduced with trit ifv ing success They ire put upon die market as the Segol il brand 1 and onsul of tripplt cxtricts ot lemon vmilla ginger md v inous other fl ivors too numerous to men lion all of the vcr best qinlily Thai I thi brmd of cxtricts ii meeting meet-ing with popuhr livor is ittcsted b the del tint the deimnd f > r them is constmti mcrcising md it would seem these superior articles will eventmllv out sell ill other bnnds whether mmuftctured hire or elsewhere else-where Spee il mention isgnen to prestriptions and fimil recipes which arc skillfull md aciuriiel compounded b I thurouqhl qual lied md experienced liarmaeists Fort 1 the list twenty five xcirs this 1111 portant l departmtnt t Ins betn ibly I managed by Rout Clethorn who Ins htl a hrgc md growing business busi-ness to engine his ittention Hew He-w is formerly employed in the same line of business in London I lngJllld I so that his experience extends over a period of thirty seven ears Pit ron of this nistiluti mm be assured ol urieous trt umtnt md tint thtir prieiatcd conn ud favors will bt duly ap 1 d |