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Show ? - r - - ... f , , ; ". . . . BY OBSOBT H. HEWLETT, .' yfs . '. President Manufactures and Merchants'' Assdatlon. ; For myself,' and other members of the.Ianiiac-turers the.Ianiiac-turers and Merchants' association, J wisho sayhat we are more than pleased with the goott wor .that has been,' and ia 6till being done byHEyELE-GRAM byHEyELE-GRAM in the interest of the associationnd ' its campaign :FOR HOME-MADE 1 dOQPS ; AND HOME INDUSTRIES. V-; V" ' ' It is by no means an easy undertakirg to eddcate the people in a campaign of this! chara!xer and without with-out the assistance of the newspapers 4t never can be . done. ; v ; ;,v -j . ' A number "of recent . tests made,by Btate Chemist lir. -ins has proved "that the HOME PRODUCTS ARE NOT ONLY EQUAL BUT FAR SUPERIOR TO.TnOSE WniCTTARE IMPORTED. Vi ; ' V The members of vt he planufacturers and': Mer-. chants' association are' not asking people to buy '''"7 "ir - rly-.T sijpjwi-t-" Loiatirti'Justry' but-for the reason thi: they are the equals and in suany cases the superior of the same kind of goods .which are imported ;irom outside : points.' At the same time they are aa heap if not cheaper than the Inferior class of goods. . . , ' i 7 r' . we feel that Wherever all things are equal, or ' as stated, the home products hae the advantage, that the people of the state should purCHASE pur-CHASE THE ; HOME PRODUCT. It may take a little time, btthe people will yet be educated into calling for floods put up, or manufactured, by" some tome firm, for the simple reason that.they will not 'only know that they are getting the best that there' is to be had but at the same time they are keeping their money at home and are making it possible for more people to earn a-living and thus 'make; their 'home in this State.- .'V'-V v'vVV'. I '''','::Zjs',' ; j At the. present time we are greatly encouraged with the outlook; already we have assurance of sev" eral more factories, which will commence operation just, as soon as they can build or "secure quarters. ;Nor is this. all, that has been -done by the association-since its organization, with the assistance of the newspapers.; Practically every factory in -the State is running at full time and still they are unable to fill thejr orders. The idea is just beginning to grow, and it will keep on growing. . , ; V - ' What we need is the motto of THE TELEGRAM,. "BOOST TODAY, BOOST TOMORROW BOOST ALL TOE TIME v.- v ; . : . 1 IvTh'e pebpleyshouldi.be taught that .cver .-dollar ! penV f or llOME PRODUCTS means U dollar spent -for theu advancement! of the Stateyrand that where one is helped all are more or less beneficiaries. . V'.'. , WE ARE NOT MAKING 1 ANY T FIGHT 1 ON EASTERN OR' WESTERN GOODS, BUT WE DO CLAIM, AND THAT, TOO, WITH THE BEST OF REASON, THAT JUST AS GOOD GOODS AND JUST AS GOOD WORK CAN BE HAD HERE IN UTAH AS ANY PART OF THE UNION. ; As I said before, many of the people will have to be educated, but the association with the able assistance as-sistance of THE TELEGRAM, expects to educate them and that, too, in Bhort order. . v. , '.. , . |