Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-08-26 | Page 20 | 24,000 Miles of Yarn in Shipment Big Order is Sent by Parcels Post Salt Lake Firm is Growing Rapidly

Miles of Yarn in Shipment w. w Big Orde r Is Sent By Parcels Post Salt Lake Firm Is Growing Rapidly I P PLANT pLANT LANT of the Salt Lake woolen mills 50 Post Postoffice office place which has built up a tremendous I 1 business in the four years since it was established is 1 S 'S j y w wr r w k y Thriving Concern Expands and Uses Utah Product Loyally in Mills TWENTY FOUR T miles of yarn yarn enough enough to completely completely com- com J encircle the earth in a a single strand was strand was contained in one shipment of knit and woolen goods sent out by parcel post during the week from the Salt Lake Woolen Mills 50 Post Office place The shipment was the first of a number num- num num number ber of oC fall faU consignments to be I made by the thriving local concern and was I Ithe the largest single shipment of knit and I woolen goo goods s ever made in Utah The shipment weighed three and three- three I quarter tons and required two days days' work worl by an extra force Corce of clerks In Inthe Inthe inthe the postoffice to handle it The goods were shipped to twelve different states I and required mail bags I IA A unique feature of the large laige Consignment con eon consignment I is the fact that approximately approximate approximate- ly Iy five miles of oC the greatest width paper paper paper pa pa- per and more than feet of twine I Iwas was used in preparing the merchandise for shipment The total wholesale value of the consignment consig was 40 each package having a value of oC 1728 DEPOSIT ON SALE Deposits to the amount of or were made on the goods by purchasers at the time of ordering leaving a total of to be collected C. C O. O D. D bythe bythe by bythe the postal authorities The cost of returning this money to the company will be in addition to worth of postage stamps used Special significance is attached to the fact that the Salt Lake Woolen Mills has only been in business four years They are engaged in the exclusive ex exclusive exclusive ex- ex manufacture of knit and woolen wear and have invaded the competitive field of ot the largest manufacturers inthe in inthe inthe the country with amazing results The territory served by the company ex exI extends extends ex- ex tends from Alaska to South America I and from the East to West coasts of the United States I Rising through troug enterprise e from virtually virtually vir vir- a one man mail mall order concern concern concern con con- cern to one of the states state's most thrivIng thriving thriving I ing and successful industries the conI concern concern con con- cern now maintains an army of oC thirty- thirty I one salesmen on on the road the year around Every product of the company company com com- pany is manufactured by use of oC the latest and most modern machinery in inthe inthe inthe the Salt Lake City plant USE UTAH WOOL I The company is under the general management of ot Owen r for Cor several several several sev sev- eral years superintendent of the Park City public schools The directorate of the concern includes many of ot the most prominent and business men of oC the state That the company is not only a material asset to the payroll of the state but also an aid to other industries In Industries industries in- in is contained in the fact that I more than 40 per cent of oC the wool woolI used by the company is grown in Utah I The consignment of goods last week said Mr 11 was was only one onea I of a number of ot fall shipments we wo will make From the number of oC orders on hand already the October and Nove November No No- ve vember ber shipments will be considerably larger than the one last week A great part of our success has been I due to the fact that each of ot otI I the company is an expert They have had years of training in the work to which they are are assigned and most of them possess financial interest in the concern