Show correspondence ENCOURAGE HOME BOMB PRODUCTS editor deseret hews all who have read the epistle of the farst presidency to io the saints ao to well to especially take notice of that portion of it relating to the exporting port ingot of wool and hides bides from the territory every clear minded person can see that it is a suicidal policy to export our wool and bides when we kave have thousands of dollars worth of machinery idle a good portion ot st the tee time for the want of material in our small woollen and potton potion mul mill at washington we have about moue one hundred undred iL thousand thou saud dollars invest invested edin in machinery and plant placed there at the tee instance of our deceased president brigham young this small concern is capable of working up into cloth yarn etc ewry every year from to pounds oi of unwashed wool and about one half that amount of cotton instead ot of which it consumes perhaps one half that amount the that this factory could consume each year will if exported net the owners say about one hundred thousand dollars if jt it was ivas worked up hp into cloth it would produce from three to tour four hundred thousand yards yard of cloth and would be worth from two to three hundred thousand dollars and would wo teen pay the hie producers producer s for the wool ind and f furnish arnish thousands thousand iet of dollars worth of labor for the people and give the profit of manufacturing to our own people instead of giving it to the manufacturers of the east last year we endeavored to show the people of dixie that cotton was a profitable crop and in part succeeded in convincing some that b y roper proper cultivation and application 0 of T labor labo r and the use of indian and childrens labor during the licking picking season that it was more profitable pro t than almost any other crop espedia especially lly when taking into consideration hiob the good of the community cotton it if properly cultivated will yield about A pounds to the acre and at fifteen cents per pound would be 75 to th the producer suet and when worked with w wool 0 eja into cloth it 1 is worth from forty to godf fifty ty cents per pound thus the kea yield I 1 I 1 of one acre would be over two hun 1 ored dred dollars to the community and tarnish furnish a great deal of employ employment abent to par fiu people our brethren of the south are coming back to first principles plea and complying with thi the requirements of the authorities in calling them on this mission last year there was about four times as aa much raised as in any year for some time back and this isoa season the product will be greatly increased 11 if the season to is favorable we hope the wool growers will now fall in hinline inline line and cease exporting their wool and sustain our home industries and thereby help to enrich the whole community some PAY fay we must have cash for our wool and hides to pay our bur taxes etc this may maybe be true hut but are they aware that more cash to is sent out of the country for leather boots shoes and clothing that could be made at ak home than double the amount they receive lor for all the wool and hides exported if we vie would imitate the french and instead of exporting the raw material work it up at home and extol the manufactured goods it would be more sensible and make us a self sustaining people yours tours truly WAR st y april 15 1887 1 |