Salt Lake Telegram | 1907-07-23 | Page 3 | Merchants for Home Industries

MERCHANTS fOR HOME INDUSTRIES 0 o. H. H Hewlett and Lorenzo Lornzo Jensen Address Business BusinessMen BusinessMen BusinessMen Men of Seven Towns in inS S S Spanish Sp Fork Forli 0 O. H. H Hewlett president of of the Manufacturers Man Man- u and Merchants Merchants' association and nd Lorenzo Jensen secretary and mana manager er of f the Retail Merchants Merchants' association association association as as- made addresses last ni night bt before before be be- fore a meeting of f business men of B seven soyen soy sev Ven V- V en Utah towns in Spanish Fork ork I Besides Spanish Fork Payson Springville Spring Spring- ville Lake Shore Benjamin Benjamm and Leland Leand with a combined population of nearly were represented represent d. d Besides Besides Besides Be Be- sides practically all the merchants of oft t these ese towns more than fifty young youn women clerks from the vari various us stores were present The m meeting etin was for or the purpose of ofa a agitating the home industry idea in opposition op opposition opposition op op- position to the patronage of f mail order houses elsewhere and to draw the merchants merchants mer mer- chants of the different communities represented rep rep- resented more closely together in a business and social sense sense Mr Hewlett ur urged ed the tho desirability of harmony be bc- between tween merchants and ancl manufacturers and showed that Utah factories issue as good products as mail order houses of the East He lie also ur urged ed the liberal patronage of Utah newspapers particularly partie- partie because of their work for fOl home homo industries S I B. B P. P Thomas of Spanish Fork pre pre- sided Refreshments were served sewed and music was furnished by the Spanish Fork Mandolin and Guitar club