Show consumption OF HOME GOODS the chamber of commerce made a good move last jaet evening and one that if carried forward to success will be of permanent benefit to utah th this is was waa in adopting the idea for a home consumption club for the purpose of bringing into existence this much needed organization a meeting of representative business men is to be convened at an early date we have had bad persistent well directed and ex pensive attempts to establish and maintain institutions engaged in the home production of various articles for the urie uee and convenience of the people but in too many instances these have not prospered because of insufficient patronage this has not been owing to the inferior article pro deuced for it to is generally conceded that homemade home made goods of every claw ola in utah are rally fully equal equa and even superior to imported articles in the same flame line but on an the appearance of the former in the market the price of the latter to Is usually dropped to a low figure and the idea conveyed that the home production in IB high priced thus the now new industry to Is crowded out and the imported goods generally rebound to above their former rate the responsibility for the fall allure to purchase articles of home manufacture to is probably about equally divided be tween dealer and consumer partly for the reason stated it to ie therefore appropriate prop that business men take the initiative in the organization of a home consumption club by its ex tension among consumers generally a union of effort will be productive of most satisfactory results it needs no argument to convince people in theory of the necessity of supporting home enterprises what is 1 wanted la Is a more practical application of the theory then we would be spared such announcements announcement as one made at the meeting yesterday after noon that the deseret woolen mills mille employing a hundred men must close down for a time because of the large stock of goods on hand this to is an unpleasant state of affairs and means a low loss to the community which the gen of a home consumption club would prevent there is in plenty of mar ket for the product of our mills if the people would only join in patronizing thew them it was stated yesterday by a railway conductor that he had had bad no doubt that if a general move like that at present buggered bUgg eted should be made the patronage of the union pa cible for the uniforms of its train men could b secured he had bad himself used the utah made goods and found them superior in quality to those obtained tal ned for the purpose at omaha at the meeting a committee was ap pointed to ascertain why local oom corn panics cannot compete with outside establishments in the manufacture of iron fences etc the fact is that they can readily compete if business men combine with the people to patronize them and make payments as promptly as they do to outside parties liet let the organ leation of the proposed club go 0 o on in its suggested plan of operation is the means of reviving business its policy would make a permanent boom in keeping our money working at home |