Show MANUFACTURES FACTOR IN UTAH'S DEVELOPMENT F PROGRESS IS WATCHWORD Of 01 VI ANS AN'S I'S IS CAPTAINS OF 01 INDUSTRY i p S Remarkable Growth of f Commercial 1 Activity During Past Five I Years Increasing Productiveness of Plants and anti Earning Power of Wage Workers L j 1 KV IW riis 5 II OX 4 J TJ That ml manufactures have hac been a potent factor In l the growth ro th and development de de- de p. p o of 1115 state of oC Utah Is shown by hy the growth of or ori i manufacturing during ti th the period from I p 1900 to 0 1905 which has been Indeed t remarkable The rue census of or 1905 shows ho 8 1 GOG GOC manufacturing plants In th 1119 stale I L an Increase of or 31 In five year ear with an accompanying Increase of or Invest Invest- cd cl capital aggregating galinS' galinS 1781 j while the value of or the thc products InC in- in C ORIl 1816 The average H number of or wage earners Increased t. t anti and the total WR wages P Accor According to the twelfth census J taken In 1900 there were verc 1100 manti- manti 1 factoring establishments In the thc state of or Utah Ulah with vage age earners and products valued at Of these theBe establishments employing employing C wage earners and i Ing products valued at r arc arc comparable with the class claSH o of ej es- es included In the const 1 for of 1905 when the number of or reported d was GOG the num num- I her of or wage earners Ca and antl th the thc value alue hf br C. 1 r lo ly Specified I Manufactures by specified numbering GUS GOG according to the thc census census cen ceo sus stis of ot 1 1905 lOr are ale divided d as follows Boots an and shoes sho's 4 1 1 bread 1 other bakery products 28 S brick briel and tile 29 W t brooms browns and amI brushes 3 I butter 3 39 canning and preserving ln fruits and vegetables 18 IS S carriages and anel wagons wag 3 t cars and genral shop lon construction and antI lt b by team tean com coin 7 j c J I 10 0 confectionery I 12 2 and amI Iron wheel hect working 19 i lIa 4 flour and arid grist Ibl mill zulu products 63 l foundry and nhI machine shop products 21 1 got gas illuminating and heating 3 hosiery r and knit goods good J 9 lime S 8 malt G i lumber and timber holier products 41 U lumber mill products Z L Lp blind II n l. l 1 12 2 marbo oio work C 5 m ts t's and spring Id I'd beds 4 I mini min i Ul 11 n m on J n is U PM 11 lt cin n t c y 0 teria l 1 nd vo l oU olay i G C nS nth publishing 11 book and anel Job 7 27 27 printing ng anti and publishing II newspapers nod periodicals periodicals' 71 jI I II nod and nIl harness 11 11 valt Kalt 5 slaughtering and meat p packing wholesale 3 smelting and relining copper 5 tobacco ci cigars drs an and cI ret 27 7 trunks and i. i lis a t J- J r 3 t nil all n v Gri 69 n IL will be bc noticed that printing am and publishing newspapers an and Cols is In the vanguard with 7 74 plants while the plants for rOI flour nour and ani grist mill products number 63 N Ne Next x t Itt I-Itt In 11 the list come the lumber and timber tim tim- her ber product plants plant numbering 41 41 while the brick un and 1 tile till and the bult butler but but- 4 t ler r factories are aIe tied lied there being 3 39 o Of ot each Under the thc head hea of or all un other oUter J are arc 69 plants which would as many headings s to lo tabulate them l a 1 Home lottie Market lalIN i The Thc state Klate of or Utah Is 15 essentially a market for COl the products of Its G COG G manufactories Among AmonS' the six loa loading Industries of or the state arc are to be bc found the canning calming and ancl preserving of or fruits amid ami vegetables a major portion of ot which aie ai consumed within the mountain Inter territory and ancl also finding a market as far we west vest t as the coast cheese butter and condensed con con- demised milk which take lalic the place con I within the time confines comities of or the thc state of or the e eastern to say n of ox confectionery which finds a rea ready market not only throughout the state and mountain Inter country but like the canned products is to 10 bo he found Cound Inthe in inthe inthe the candy marts malUs of or the Pacific coa coast t states The other two of or the six leading It Inu In- In Ii u of or the state stale are c the car and anti general s construction and amid repair shops hops of or the time steam 10 railroad 11 Ioa companies and printing printing- and publishing The Thy O establishments reported In I 1905 for the six leading lealIn In industries s formed 41 41 3 3 per pel percent c cent nt of or the total for the slate state The Fhe capital Invested aggregated while employment was wa given to lo an ana a average rne of or 2719 11 wage earners to whom wages were laHl paid amounting amounting- to The products for the year eUI were valued value at al I Increase I In III mm Various J I le In the figures presented for Cor the time yc-nr yc 1905 an increase e of or more moore than per er cent Is shown for fOI aeh of or if the tho important items pf time the fruit and amid vegetable vegetable vege vege- c- c table canning canning- and preserving in In- In Tho manufacture of or butter buller cheese lo and condensed milk showed showe a aim Increase ase In capital miscellaneous ex ex- cost of or materials u used lI am and value of or There was a noticeable b gain ma made madi c cIn In iii the time confect Indu Industry tI th the number of oC establishments being in inci increased In- In ci eased creased Iem 1 h by ce time the capital by r S- S 4 U 11 the wage earners IS a wages time ei paid Pail and amid the value alue Of f pio iro- duets duels jOl I Time The capital number of oC wa wage c earners earn cant- l' l ers ens WJ wages sages 08 cost of If material and amid value o of products in fn tlC Pie railroad repair shops show a a. substantial Increase I e al although although al- al though there was a decrease decrease- of It In tim the lime number of I It Printing and Inti was vas I Jn In 1905 by c establishments IH anners Ul cl t i u t nt l io Of or this number of pr establishments establish establish- hons h- h ments s 74 I were In printing amid publishing newspapers anti and periodicals with capital amounting to 7 0 Flour Ilour and Grist Mill lilI Im Products The rhe products Jo o of Hour and amid grist gristmills mills forms the other of the six le manufacturing industries of the state While the number of or establishments engaged In fn the Industry numbered two It less s. s In 1905 than in 1900 the value of or the products Increased from to 7 1 There was an nn Increase of or but one In the time era a average e number of wage wa-e earners canners employed but an on additional was wa paid them in wages amounting to per pel percent ceo cent t. t The rue expended 1 for 22 l.- l. 01 jIG GIG G bushels of ot wheat used formed 92 G per cent ot or the total eXIen expenditure for fo materials o oli all kinds which wu vas was a a. decrease decrease- of If 12 barrels ls in the quantity of or wheat wheal Hour flout produced but bitt in the time total value of or wheat flour there was a cain Of or Comparison In Values ulue The rite comparisons in time the values of tIe lie products of or the he six le lending leading Ics for t time the he years 1000 1300 and und follow ID isoo 1000 I no 1 Canning nn and preserving lot ing d repair shops Cheese butter butler condensed con con- den lcd In milk II k ry 4 Flour Ilour and und grist mill ml 1 1 2 Printing nn and J publishing publish Publish- h- h lug ing lug bJ olm anco Ad le lu The Tho notable advance ma made in manufactures manu manu- Q ance during the time period from froni time the census of 1900 1300 to that of I 1905 I is well Illustrated t by time the fact that the value of or products for th time the latter census al although nIl oh- oh l though hough the lie returns were confined solely to lo tIme the factories exceeded by liv or ol 84 per cent time the tt total value of manufactured products In 1900 IDOO when the time Inquiry included the hand trades tn and neighborhood Indus Indus- t trios tries rl Salt Sal 1 Lake I li City leads the state in tl time the number of its is manufactories 1 n out of oC the GOG beIng located here Time The J J. J Q G. McDonald 1 Candy company compan and the Z C. C M. M 1 I. I shoe un and 1 overall fac- fac lor tory representative tive institutions which have havo made maco the tue most rapid strides during hirIng dur hir- ing log the past paal five ve years year al are arc featured elsewhere re on ott this page image showing thu hi growth an and amid 1 development development M M. M I. I X 8 31 ti I. I Association ton r To ro the lie Merchants an and association touch much credit is 18 due for or Up tue tte growth and development oY of manufactures manufactures tures tunes in iii time the state stale The rime list of lh the lie lead lead- log Ing ng manufacturers of or the state stall ni l lis is is herewith published Wl was furnished fUI by bv that association the various firms named boluS being active arth members member of the time association This association with wih the State Fair Fall association and the Salt Sal Sui Lake Lalee City Real Iteal He I E Estate lle association will wil wi shortly occupy Joint quarters In the lie large store room of th the new Swan building on Third South street which l to hv completion The rue article b by C. C O. O hauls Harris director treasurer arid and of the pub- pub hefty Hety committee of Use M Merchants and aad Ind Manufacturer in dlan de detail dc- dc tail tad what what h has hoa beer bu accomplished b by that that 3 association and what i Ia It projected tor for the future Mr Harris' Harris article advocates ad ad- CO operation co-operation along the lines flues of or Inducing capitalists to locate In Iii what Is 15 destined to tv bo be the metropolis of the great er country county teal lou The Tho Th Salt fait LaVa Lal-c Cit It R Real te asI ar- ar 4 41 I 1 sedation was org organized In Oct 1908 I Iroz for roz the 3 of ot encouraging and amid promoting any movement ment that would assist In Tie the of the city IJ state stale The association has during Its il ts existence worked diligently for tor the welfare of the te city otty eit and nd state slat in promoting pro pro- betterment nl in iii 1 many of public concern Lt I h has also contributed con reliable Information to t tiC count country at large regarding th the com coin t mon Int interests of city and state tate It Il Its resources and Inducements to investors invest Invest- I ors OS O'S and This a association maintains a bureau of or exhibits of or Utah's Ulah's wealth un und and re resources re- re sources source ces whore the visitor capitalist or 01 n elier cart can cn obtain ol ln reliable In In- In formation The association ha his lias a n large larE amount amunt m j if f wc work jd out for fr forthe the coming comins year ear and backed b by the lOyal support of o the citizens It I feels cIa certain of ot accomplishing nil all nI the work as UI now planned Iannell Wealth In lii Smelter Smoke In addition to lo thu tho Industries enumerated enu onu- smelting and n refining of copper lead and rell reduction of or gold goh arid Ind silver arc ro or mf ri I l t to bo be entitled to representation Is wealth In time the dense denso clouds of smelter smoke and the smelters in the environs en of or Salt Lako Lake City in a addition addi addi- ion tion ton to 10 employing hundreds of or men are arc Ire the destination of or many nian thousands of pr carloads annually from rom the mines not only of or Utah Ulah but bul with the time San Pedro Salt Sit Lake Los Angeles railroad rail rail- ral- ral root road and Its Is tributary line lne tho the Las Vegas regas Tonopah railroad now at al the thc vet very door doom of the great mining milling districts dis ls- ls of oC Nevada Ne largo large quantities of oro ore are aro being shipped hero from flom the Ito Silver state Of at the time manufacturing establishments reporting showed a product valued at less than The remaining 15 45 establishments forming forming- about about aboul one fourteenth of the total number reported a product valued valued val val- ned at al or nearly four foul foul times the combined value alue of oC products of or tIme the others This la clearly clear clear- ceal ly my the Industrial importance of the tue large establishment Five FI establishments establishments establish establish- ments reported a n production valued at nt more moore than but none of or orthe the tIme five appear among tho tIme six Industries nor can camm cn their statistics be bc given separately without the possibility of or disclosing their identity and opera opera- tons These 1 0 establishments had products the combined value of oC which amounted to O. O O Percentage age of or I Increase l. l For or the thc city of or Ogden tho ho percentage percent percent- ago age of or increase exceeded that for the state statu in iii er c every item item shown In the number of or establishments Ogden gained per cent as us compared 1 with 54 51 per pel cent of oC the state while the capital invested In Increased 1 9 per cent us as compared with wih per ieL percent percent cent and the value of or products in increased iii- iii 11 creased 1 1413 13 3 per cent cent as ns compared 1 with wih I 1165 1 65 per pcr cent cent On tho the other hand hanc Salt Sal Lake CI City did not equal the thc state In iii Limo tho rapidity of Increase except in the number of or establishments and miscellaneous ex ex- The predominance of oC the Incorporated incorporated ateI company compan in III time the manufactures o ot of the time state Is distinctly shown as the corporations in imi 1903 form per pcr percent percent cent of or th the total number of or the establishments es os- es- es controlling 92 per cent edit of the capital invested In and employing per cent of ot all ni the wage earners earn earn- ers curs besides paying per her cent of the tha total wages The he corporations also manufactured per cent of or the tho Ito value of oC tIme the products c Freight Unto In conclusion It may mar be stated that the tho remarkable growth o of manufactures urea tures in the the 0 of ot Utah wa was experienced experienced ex ex- regardless o of the prohibitive freight rates rles charged b by tho the I transcontinental lines hues demon demonstrating trall the time tact oct that Utah Ulah and amid the contiguous Intel Inter mountain country I is essentially T a homo home market marlet for the IIo products manu manu- a In iii Salt Lake City and throughout time the tw stat state Tho Time lluc question lol of le prohibitive ft freight eight at jj ha has been raised again and nd again and kindred by th the Commercial club organizations in Salt Sl Lake City and amid although nil all al el else c may be equal as a re regards regards re- re gards tho time prospective manufacturer locating here the tho dlf disadvantages and amid the financial loss los suffered by tho the ex existing ex- ex IsUn freight tariff to lo Salt Sal Lake Lkc Ci City from points both cast east and west wesl of th the tho Missouri m river rl often places within the vale of or Impossibilities tho the chance chanco of or the manufacturer competing with wih Eastern manufacturers |