Show I t i 3 ME Y- Y YU U UTAH Ai PRODUCTS R D U T TI I I What Loyalty Loyally to fo Home Industry Brings Brings' I Bankers Ba a and d Packers Sup Sup- i port Lithographing I i Firm Here 1 B By F. F F. F Becker Becher iLL LL BT BET BIST T M H t to a l yellow pup that ILL I'LL I the there e are nrc not more than two two or three per persons ons In ls larga con ro- ro t can ral their handy handi and anda Fa a thou they the know that thata a certain hog ho- ho hoJlo poster tr put put ut out for the food n administration by b bythe the tho Utah Lithographing f company of or Salt Lake e Is decorating d the walls w ns of or the head heal office In Washington ton pronounced pronounced pro pro- the tho best poster postel on the Hie subject printed In tho the United States Stales You dont don't know v either cither that AV W. V. W. Armstrong Arm Arm- strong ong when food administrator re received ro- ro ed a letter from tram the head food savor saver commending the workmanship on this poster and the method of handling handling handlinG han han- the subject which was Just an anIn Indirect In way wa of ot handing tho the said lithographing company compan a lar largo c and copious bouquet Nevertheless that's a fact aeL I aw saw tho the Salt Is Now One of Largest in Entire West otter letter mr myself elt W IV T. T Benson president president dent rent and manager of at the company had hadIt It He was rather proud of or It And I saw the pop poster ter too It showed showell a big pig and n a lot pf D little pigs and advised ed everyone to have a n little Berkshire Bark Berk shire In his home hom or something like that v. v Its It's a good poster and shows tho the saW sane class t of at i all 11 those thole vr A oth other r I po posters the tho government has been putting putting put put- ting out and which were printed In the thi his big plants of ot the East In a nutshell It H tells teUs the story of tho the tho Utah Litho company the largest concern of It Itkind Its kind Fran Fran- between Denver and San Cisco IN MANY LINES Then there ther-e Is If another way of ot telling tho the story of or the Utah Litho In la a n r few w crisp and curly sentences I I 1 dont don't believe there ha has been ben i a a. bank check or draft or state slate pal or county count bond used hereabouts fo for tho p past p. five years ears that wo didn't Print said cald Benson Denson We e supply practically ll all aU the tho labels for the canning Industry of the state Last year rear V we turned out labels from this plant and the checks and dr drafts ts am and such uch went out at the rato rate of a month r When I took this plant over In 1902 they the just jURt going goin down for th the third d time and had their mouths 3 so full Cull of debts they her couldn't holler for help The total business o othis or of orthis this plant in Salt SnIt Lake this past year yea car carand and the other two I acquired In ht Denver Den Den- vcr ver and Pueblo vas was Some Som printing eh alt what wh Benson is proud of that label business busl busi- ness With Ith tho the possible exception of or i ilabel a alabel alabel label press just JURt purchased ed In San FranCisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- Cisco th th- have the finest machine o otho ot of the tho kind west of the Mississippi The They can turn out more moro than la labels labels labels la- la bels a year without straining a a. suspender suspender sus- sus pender ponder button hu UTAH PRODUCTS They print labels for for tho the Woods Wood Cross Canning company compan Goddard Goddan Packing company William Craig Sons Morgan Canning com company pan Springville SprIn Canning company and a alot ariot riot lot of oC other concerns You remember the story we wo had about George Georgo Lockhart Lockhart Lockhart Lock Lock- hart and his Sego milk 1 Well all an tin the labels you ou see seo on that milk come from fron the Utah Litho press They turned turne out a Q staggering batch of them last las year yent enl Benson Donson says sas the canning Industry li Is Just In Its Infancy In the Intermountain count country I think he Is starting an another another another an- an other sinking fund for another label press The They sure do cost a a. bunch o of mone money This press they have o Is a two two- color pre press 8 taking a sheet 44 H b by 6 64 Inches which It will run through a atho at atthe tho the rate of ot 2500 2600 an ho hour r. r Each sheet will carr carry as high as seventy so of those thos Sc Sego o labels Tr Try a a. little mental arith- arith motle molle They Thley have vo four tour offset presses which I Is the comparatively new method of lithographic printing Its It's the Uio bi big bi revolution In the Industry MODERN PROCESS I A few Cew years cars ago aco they printed direct I from Crom the tho lithographic stone after aCter th the engraving was made thereon The sheet was ivas pressed against the stone by r rubber a aru I ru rubber covered cred roller roHer One day somewhere a a. sheet sleet go got mixed nixed up b by accident and went through twice and took an Impression from th the rubber side The printer looked at 1 It ItIn itIn In su prise and found It was 1 Vetter than han the stone side That Tha t accidental discovery discover brought about tho the offset process of at lithography raph ra- ra ph phy If it had not happened there would have been little lithographing In ir I this his country during the war var ar because I lithographic l stone only onh comes from rom Ba- Ba arla varla In Germany The stone Is still used for Cor the th original engraving ln but the 1 printing Is 15 done from rom rubber or zinc They have tons of th the stone down at it this plant at 67 57 Postoffice pla place e. e I where expert engravers use the finest kinds of points p engraving those fine line Ino pictures you see on checks and banknotes and stock certificates and bonds They have artists there thero who will vill draw you OU any design you OU wish after which tho the engravers will trans- trans transfer transfer fer cr It to the stone and nd the printers will vill transfer It to the rubber or the I zinc Inc and from Crom thence to the paper and there here you ou are We e turned out two or 01 three milI mullion mil mu- I jon ion dollars' dollars worth of phoney phone money mone II one nc time and andt t tt tas was as floated all aH over Utah and Colorado o. o said Benson and then hen explained that he referred to the clearing house certificates that were issued during the panic p of 1907 BUILDING A MARKET He lie explained how previous to 1902 when he got sot Into the game the lithographing lithographing litho litho- I graphing Industry had be been n I 1 Ming Hns- alon along for or twenty tent years ears Peole Peo- Peo People People le had the Idea that color work and engraving had to bo be dono In the East to be dono done right He saw a a. future future fu- fu ture ure for the business in the tho Ve West t and he 10 went after aler It When hen all Is said and done lone he did receive good loyal loal support support support sup sup- port from local people after aler they tho found out his plant could turn out Just Justis justas as al is good work as could be had any any- where In 1907 h ho he began besan to branch out and nd took ook over the Rocky Mountain Bank- Bank Banknote Banknote note lote Printing company of Denver and ho tho l Franklin lIn Press company compan of Pueblo C C. C 3 M. M Dennison Jr is manager of at the Denver plant and B F. F Scribner handles handles han- han I I lles the Pueblo plant These two with Benson are the only stockholders I and ind the Salt SaIL L Lake ke kc company compan Is the pa- pa parent rent company compan with Benton Benson president and md the other two vice presidents The affairs of the concerns are directed dl- dl I from here Following a n talk with Benson Denson there theres that ho hoIs hois hos Is s no escaping the conclusion Is s one of ot the tho live wires of ot modern Business In the West Vest After Arter getting g on his feet rc t In good shape one of or the first things 8 he did was yas as to take out life lite Insurance for every ivery veT one of his Tho The men and ind women and boys are Insured for from rom 1000 to The company the premiums and the nearest of ot ofIn kin In are aro made mado the beneficiaries And Andt It t doesn't cost coat the a n centI cent centI I figured that way was the tho best wa way I II could help them out because printers I are re like lIko newspaper men they men they never save ave a t cent And he looked hard at me ne Ho lie said ho he could take out group roup group policies on on- the men and was thus able ahle to o Insure some who would never be beable beable able bio to get Iet policies if i they went after th them hem m themselves Ho He told me the they handled all LII kinds of at if stationery stationer business and social making a a. specialty of at bank stationery stationer and nd In this office of or color work and labels abels They The had over worth of if raw paper on hand In the three plants on the first of the year ALSO aSO AN OPTIMIST Wo We have nine salesmen on the road I aU all 11 the time and and we can come pretty near icar telling our product anywhere he sald said aid We shipped two tv t 0 carloads of or labels to California last year ear and we wedo wedo welo do lo a Do nice business in Billings Mont I Ve We e sell our bank checks within I mites miles of Minneapolis t I Ho He said the they were employing about 00 persons in tho the three e plants and the payroll runs considerably over a week Benson neman Is a grand optimist Anone Anyone Any Any- one ne who the has calamity pip or needs a a. Jolt to loos loosen n up his business outlook outlook out- out look ook had hall better go so around and take a treatment Ho lIo ought to be sure lire for tor or Intermountain tightwads or home I industry hard hanl boiled bolted eggs ggs Ho lie looks at it the future through lon long vision Islon lat classes s. s He Ho thinks the theVe West Ve l Is some fome c end earl u is jurt urt u t beginning to tow 10 i I It Il t would be lie a good thing if iC every every- everybody bod body lody out here could get his message e. e I Ul All I 1 san can say eay Is more Is-more more power Dower to him himl j |