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Show MANUFACTURES INCREASE By O. H. Hewlett. 0 President of Manufacturers and Mer chants' Aassociation. "It is :i long lane that has no turning," turn-ing," but the turning point has slowly slow-ly but surely come for the manufacturers manufact-urers of the State of Utah, and the progress which has been made in the last few years by the manufacturers of this State seems almost marvelous when we take into consideration the strong competition which they have to meet. The statistical report of the largest city in Utah, Salt Lake, for the year 1006, shows that in this city alone there were employed in the manufacturing manufact-uring industries 14,520 people, their wages amounting to the sum of $8,410-250, $8,410-250, the products manufactured came to the large sum of $41,404,655. When we think of over $41,000,000 worth of I goods being manufactured in one city !we can fairly realize what a large output out-put the entire State in making. If the same amount 'of money and energy were invested in the manufacturing manufact-uring industries that arc being puf into mines and mining stocks, there is no doubt that inside of two or three years the output would be double what it is at the present time. For many years past, mining has been looked upon as the leading factor in the State, but the great progress that the manufacturers have been making lately is rapidly placing that industry to the front. Utah is naturally the center of a very large sorrounding country. There is very little manufacturing in the States of Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming Wyom-ing or Montana, and if the manufacturers manufact-urers of this city arc alert to their interests the trade of all these four States will naturally be centered in Utah. There arc many industries which should be encouraged to commence in Utah, and if capitalists and people peo-ple who have a little ready money would be willing to take stock in different dif-ferent legitimate enterprises they would be well pleased with the returns re-turns which they would receive from the money invested. At the present time there are quite a number of yto-spective yto-spective manufacturers who desire to locate in this State, and if they receive the right kind of encouragement, there is no doubt but that they would oomc here at once. Among the other factories which would pay are glass works, more canning can-ning factories, making of tin cans wool and paper mills, electrical supplies, sup-plies, iron works, wood scouring plants, broom factories and many others too numerous to mention. There has never been a better feeling feel-ing in Utah to support home production pro-duction than at the present time, and the manufacturers feel so encouraged with the future prospects that they arc enlarging their plants and employing em-ploying more hands. They arc :.lso becoming more aggressive and going farther away into other States for business and this money is brought back and circulated among the people of Utah, which makes business better, bet-ter, as there are no more prosperous places in the Union than manufacturing manufactur-ing cities. The railroads arc also awakening to the fact that the manufacturers arc growing and reaching out for more business and arc making better rates, thereby helping them to compete morn successfully with the Eastern manufacturers than they have done in the past. The manufacturers arc making better goods than before, and instead of putting on Eastern or foreign for-eign brands, the word "Utah" on every ev-ery article is proudly placed, knowing that the articles arc just as good, if not better, than can be made anywhere in the country. The newspapers have very generously gener-ously given good support to help create cre-ate a feeling for home goods and the manufacturer should reciprocate and give as much publicity as possible for the products he makes, so that the consumers may know what is being H manufactured, so that they can in H turn use Utah made goods. H O. II. HEWLETT, President Manufacturers 'and Mcrch- H ants' association. H o |
