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Show t ! sH"- - ; ' v" " rtqfne Industry! ; Editor Uannku: :; - - Plengo allow nii a small space in i your valuable paper as I would, liko to I express my ideas itt icgard to homo in- I -duatry. We often hear it said by both Republicans and Democrats, "Let us IS patronize home industry." I under- I fitJ tliis means to b uy art! sell what j Jias been maiiufacuired in our town or ' -state, but how many of our stores are there that will even have a home made quilt, made by the hands of our own sisters. sis-ters. Does a man care for the welfare of the community when ho buys eastern goads instead of those made at home? ;, Besides do the merchants realize that Itlicy are liable to spread contagious I diseases anions the people from those .articles which have been made in tene- Jiienr, houses wnere no member of the j? . 'board of health is seen more than once -r twice a year? J Jed clothes , an often made by people that cannot utlord to i lose a day no matter what kind of a , -disens there is in the family. I think thu80 lire things we should reflect upon bdfore we buy any of thes-e articles. f ( We can sustain ourc.o)ves u !;r just j 'Jaws and regulations if the ca. t..l sent to the eastern manufactuiers could be I ) osed at home to buy up tiie law mate- ! rial such as wool and hidts and make j; -our own boots and shoes and build up ) our own town. f A few years ago u Sat; pete merchant patronized an eastern dealer. in boots and shoes because he could buy from , them cheaper than he could buy at home. Ho once paid a visit to this tirm ' .and was shown through all the depart- nienta except the boot and slioe department. depart-ment. On enquiring for the latter ho was informed that all orders were sent to the penitentiary to be filled at the actual cost of two cents per pair over and above all expenses. Ilia shoe trade amounted to about $2,u00 a year and ! Avhilo the workmen in his own town were starving and working at a sacritice they could not compete ' with these .price?. ., Is there not suflicient ta'ent in Utah ito manufactuio our owp goods? Then nvhy not circulate the capital instead of "Jioarding it up in banks. In Beaver -county 12 years ago three men formed , themselves into a committee to inves- ' .tigate the amount of money sen; ff -every year for goods tliat could be man- r ufuctured at home. After having visi- ted all the stoiesj in tho county ti.ty p, made ic an estimate of $00,000 -a year. V This included boots, shoes, brooms, I a Liu ' and buckets. Had this capital been in-i in-i vested at home it might of had a ten-i ten-i -dency to kept ofr the street and created : ' labor for those who otherwise become saloon bums. Actual experience tells v b that an id'omind is the devil's woik-p1 woik-p1 shop. Can we wonder that our young juen are becoming street loafers and jail birda? Can wo wonder that bund- ,t reds of families are staiving to death in :i the large cities in America, with the heads of the families in penitentiarys i and the capitalist reaping the profits of liia labor. Then should wo not guard against thoso evils and not ullow our t lair state oi Utah to be brought under the same predicaments aa"our sister states are to-day. Let us all take heed da time and build up ouiselveu. J. M. |