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Show NEGLECTED INDUSTRIES. The National Association of Manufacturers met this year in Atlanta, Ga. In the convention Daniel A. Tompkins told a story which ought to be repeated in every town. It was a story told by the late Henry W. Grady, who was the famous editor of the Atlanta Constitution. It was as follows: fol-lows: "It was some years ago, when Georgia was not as prosperous as she now is, that Mr. Grady was called to northern Georgia to attend a statesman's funeral. While the grave in which the dead man was laid was dug through solid I marble, the little stone that was subsequently ; fl put at the head of the grave came from Ver- ! mont; while the adjoining hills were the best ' ' grazing lands in the world for sheep, the woolen , L ij jH shroud came from Massachusetts; the clothes . j1 jH in which the statesman's body were buried came J ' IH from England; the pick with which the grave j: H was dug came from Pittsburg; the shoes from J Hfl Lynn, and the only things in the world that the " H state of Georgia furnished for that funeral were t jBB the hole in the ground and the corpse." I 4 mM That story could have an application in nearly j I jH every town in the west and south of our coun- try the failure to ultilize the advantages at the j ; Hj very doors of people. It would be an astonishng j D thing to see how much money every year is sent j j 1 away for meats, breadstuff's, machinery, clothing ! j and a thousand other things which might just IB as well be supplied at home. It amounts to sev- j , eral millions annually. Much of the food could t 'H be supplied by the farmers without extra ex- ' ! JBH pense, only a little more care and labor. And j , H much that is produced could be produced on so j WM much larger a scale that it would bring back a j flfl large return when sent away. Take the simple article of celery. Utah should get $100,0000 of i aj S3 foreign money for her celery annually, for in I'ViSI warm climates no such celery can be produced j HI as grows here. The road is completed close to the j great ir,on deposits of southern Utah. Why can j jfl they not be utilized? Great Salt Lake is a store- ' K Hj house of valuable minerals. There is not another . jlj K such an opportunity in the world for the estab- '1 1 19 lishment of a great chemical manufactory as j jji jW IiLj j III' ii i there is right here Eastern PcPle who know 'if! ill say the finest possible sand for making glass is in 1 1 J 1 great abundance here. There is plenty of kaolin ;'! j in Utah, and a great pottery established here jj would not only be a great business enterprise, ! j I; ! but it would be a great thing to educate the 1 f 1 f I ! tastes of the people, and would fill the homes ' i B jj j j with rare works of art. These are but samples, ti ; j , There should be work for thousands of men and women in the manufactories of Utah. |