| Show OPPORTUNITIES FOR PACKING I Conditions Now and Ten Years Ago I PLANT I IN SALT SAL T LAKE CITY By F F. L L. GETER 1 Organizer of the Ogden racking Packing and Provision company and the Utah Pa Packing king and nd Provision company Sl S1 Six to ten tn years ears ago there were some hogs hos raised But the they were of oC inferior quality Tho The hog raisers misers then were svere not familiar with tho f fattening of hogs hoss Seventy five n e per cent of the ho hogs s marI marketed mar mar- I eted those days darB were only butcher stuff or ur block hogs Since then there h have e been great fro l changes made mada In the raising and id tJ fattening of hogs The Thc raisers aro are get getting tin educated to the Importance of oC h having their hogs hos w well fatted for the tho different markets market This factor alone lIono was a great handicap to the I success 81 of ot tf the packing Industry They made mado inferior ham as well as bacon on account of or being poorly fed ted The ham from this kind 1 of oC pork was wa always tou tough h dark meat local After such uch bacon came from the smokehouse about all that was left leCt would be bo the rind Th The lard as well would be loe Inferior and about one trial from froma a Q customer would result In the last for forthe forthe forthe the home product Consequently It would lay on the shelves of tho the grocer an and finally It would t be sold at any figure rather than become a II besides meaning the tho death knell to the packer Thousands Fed Now Where Thero th there ro cro hundreds fed tell In those thoe days das now tho they run up In lii the hundreds of ot thousands and the they aro are all well fatted equal to any of oC the packing hogs that are marketed on the Omaha Chicago and other markets In some omo respects the they are perlor to the corn fed ted ho hog especially as ns a bacon hog hor and the they make a 0 very sweet ham Our hogs hog In this Intermountain tam tain country are too fed nearly nearl th the same ume as the they fatten ratten their hogs In Westphalia Germany where th the world worl l famous ramous ham hamand hamand hamand and bacon are produced The ho hoc hor Industry now Is only In KB its In Infancy In In- fancy The farmer I now rp realizes lIzes there thero are greater ter profits In hog raising than In Inan any an other Industry on the th farm fann I have purchased ed many malty cars care of oC hO hogs 5 years cars ago aJo at 3 cents CUltA and some somo at 26 cents per pound and the they went begging nl at these figures Things ThinS's have havo changed rapidly Tho hog raiser the past st few years has been getting right at hi his i tn nj prices ranging from Crom n 71 to as ns high as cents per pound Lo Los Angeles Angele San Son Francisco Portland and Seattle have e been the thc principal prin cipal markets market Thou Thousands ands annually are shipped to these thee markets Tho The ho hog re reQuires requires requires re- re quires only a a. short time before It Is ready read for market I have ha seen een hogs ten months 01 old 01 or le Ic less s ready for the tho market and weigh welsh over the tho scales mound around pounds There Is ver very little disease e to contend with an and tho the farmer has not much to tear rear from this point which M is so dr dreadfully dreadfully dread dread- d- d fully rully feared by the Eastern raiser Packing Plant Needed Idaho Is getting gelUm to De DO one of or tho the big producers of or pork as It Is settling up very fast rast Many Ian settlers aro arc coming from rom the hOI hoc raising raIsinS states such fluch as alS Iowa Nebraska Kansas Missouri 11 oun ant and other states Thc They are aro going right Into hog raising as well as their neighbors With the Increased amount of or hogs raised In Utah the Salt Sail Lake Lako plant would be furnished fur fur- J with ample hogs to keep It most mostly at full foil capacity tho the whole year In a aery avery avery very ery short time It Il could coul operate at till full capacity as it requires a aery er ery er short time iliac for the tho farmer fanner to raise them for market And as soon as all he lie II IK is assured 1 of or a ready market there thore will bo be many r feeders ders ready arid and aD anxious lous to en enter tel In this line Excellent Field Here Salt alt Il Lako has an excellent Held field for a R packing plant since these conditions condition havo have chan changed The Thc railroad facilities arc aro good since tho the lines have been bean built to Los Angeles and San Francisco It has outlets out- out lots lets north south est east and west Iest Formerly Formerly Formerly For For- merly stock Block from Nevada was 11 compelled to bo be shipped via Ia Ogden but since these two railways s have havo born been built Salt Lake lies now on two transcontinental linos lines besides o opening a direct market for Nevada No- No vada ada As to cattle and eh sheep ep changes have havo taken place very much the same as In hog raising Not very many years ears ago very on few cattle and sheep were put in feed teed lots In this hint country Some years we were wore forced to send East for our mutton supply and bp beef r Since tho the many sugar factories have been en built and all running at nt their fullest capacity which means thousands of or tons of pulp annually this thin pulp with alfalfa hay makes an excellent food 1 for fattening cattle and sheep Cattle O Industry Grows Now there are thousands of or these animals animals ani aol mals put on feed each year at the Utah and Idaho factories most of oC these cattIe cattle cat cal tIe tle going to the tho coast st cities to packing plants The These e cattle and sheep shelp should be slaughtered right hero here and shipped In refrigerator cars arN to the these so coast coUt cities as aft aswell aswell well as to the Eastern markets making a bl big bis saving In freights shrinkage and other minor losses loses the tho product reaching destination In better condition than It If shipped alive During the summer Bummer months there are arc hundreds of oC of oC sheep and lambs Iambs shipped hipped to tho the Eastern markets markets markets mar mar- tvr k slaughter Omaha and Kansas City packing houses slaughter the those these e sheet sheep and the they are aro loaded In Jn refrigerator tor cars carsan an and sent sl on their way to Eastern and Southern markets This same ame stuff could be slaughtered hero here and shipped to any of oC the Eastern coast cities dUe With tho the advanced advanced ad- ad refrigerator tor service Ice this same meat would arrive in fine tine condition sawing saw sav In ing a n great rea t expense In lii fr frights freights shrink shrink- ago losses I etc which are BO so prevalent alent In lii shipping on the Ule hoof Moro More Than Ready for Plant Salt SaIL Lake Is 18 more moro than ripe for a 0 packing house hOUise There Thero is not another in the United d States with a n I tion of or the sire of or Salt SaIl Lake City where this Industry Is so neglected It Is al almost al- al most 1000 miles from any other packing center This whole Intermountain country coun count try Is s fast rast becoming thickly settled and hundreds of cars care of packing house products prod prod- ucla are arc Imported hero annually to supply supply sup sup- sup sup- ply our n needs Salt It Lake should do Ita its CIty own o slaughtering T In place of oC nearby or country country coun- coun try towns town In Utah where It U Is ls now b being n don done PossIbly 60 per cent of or the fre fresh h meat meal consumed in 18 now shipped In b by such concerns em emt item alone alono should employ em- em ploy se eral hundred men who would make mako their homes home hero here a and d spend their earnings where t they belong Moans Much for tOr City nA A packing Plant P means more moro for tor a city than thlin many people realize A plant with proper facilities nn and capital would nican meRn rC the employment nt of oC many hundreds of or men K boys bos and girls It brings s many strangers Grangers to the city shippers from all I PV parts s Generally It Ills is the custom of oC these shippers to make many purchases purchases- be beI be be- I foro tore they leave for or their homes homeR The Tho clothing merchant shoe dealer denier the gro- gro ro- ro cetman the the tha hotel the re restaurants thea the tres In tree in fact tact almost eve every ery industry Industry gets gets Its share train from this trade Generally these men are very cry liberal Th They y get Jet th then n cash for or their product Visit the Omaha y yards ards and watch these theM men immediately after they get their proceeds They are off orr for the city Someone Is sure to tu be benefited Watch V the trains and see sec the baggage these theae men have hav The They arc loaded to the full Cull ca en- en of their bag ga baggage e allowance be besides be- be sides silles armfuls of or bundles Of Ot of Greatest Public Benefit There Is not another Industry that could benefit Salt Lake City more than thana a packing plant In less than five the years It would e easily mean more population lation and In t twenty nt years cars cara this Industry industry Indus Indus- try would be ho supporting a a. population o of or more There Ther are arc m many marty ny other Industries that are connected with this enterprise such an as soap factories glue factories wool pulling pulling- p plant plants fertilizer factories tann tanneries rl etc I It will mean union stock yards ards and I hor horse barns This Thin alone would mean much for tor this rIt city besides giving hundreds hun bun employment The Tho fact act of oC tho the matter mat mat- ter Is both of these enterprises havo aready al already aI- aI read ready been several years ago agoan an and failed tailed for tor the reason that conditions then were not as ns they arc aro now Some Somo parties arc are now timid in taking kindly to this now nO most neglected enterprise This should not in an any way Interfere no more than the failure of or the sugar ar factory factor built buill at many years 3 ago O The Tho sugar factories arc aro success success- I fully tully operated no now |
