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Show . m OGDEN BOASTS OF HA VING THE BEST EQUPPEL I WORK CLOTHES FACTORY IN THE ENTIRE WEST I llHIPflPJB uPIHSkh9lR4'1?I Vi'ifffr pi KmbbbbPIi BfllSf iPSfeHEBHBPBHH9P ! TflBlriflli- ''HBHBBBBBBBnHMlBflBBBBBBHi BH JOHN SCOWCROFT & SONS CO. HOME OF "NEVER-RIP" H Within tho wnlls of ono great Og-den Og-den establishment is not only included in-cluded tho greatest work clothes manufactury In tho Wesl but nlso tho largest wholcsalo grocery, dry goods and furnishing house In tho entlro lntcrmountnln country, bo nldos n larg.o knitting factory. That establishment Is tho John Scowcroft & Sons Co., plant, located In two largo buildings connected i n viaduct. Ilnd nny ono prophesied a few years ago, that Utah would in 1K1C, havo tho largest and best equipped work clothes factory In tho entlro West, ho would have been considered consider-ed as hazarding u foolish guess. Hut today tho fame of Nover Hip overalls nnd work clothes has spread so far, tho demand has been so great for Mnderlto workshlrts nnd knit underwear that this 1ms be-ccmo be-ccmo nu nccompllshed tact nnd thou-tnndg thou-tnndg upon thousands of theso gar- I ments nro manufactured In a plant i that Is flooded with light and fresh air, whero tho men nnd women work , with tho best of machln'ory nnd utll- I lzo tho best of mntcrlnls. These thousands of garments aro shipped to ov,ry city, town nnd ham-let ham-let of the lntcrmountnln country nnd are worn by the farmers, laboring men, miners, shopmen, tnnchlnlst, railroad engineers, firemen nnd others. oth-ers. Thcr.o 3 n rovclatlon in a visit to tho Scowcroft plant, for Us vnstness, fresh air, light, modern machinery,' nro so different from many eastern factories which havo brought tho term of "sweatshop" to manufactures. manufactur-es. One s.ees In tho faces of tho employees that look which Indicates pleasure In tho work that Is being dono. Tho factory employs about 250 people Its output of ovcratts nnd work pants per day is trom lriffO to 1800 pairs, besides about 450 work shirts nnd n largo number of L. I). S. garments and unlonsults. Tho knitting factory ot the plant wns stnrted In 1911 when tho com-pany com-pany Installed tho latest Improved knitting machinery, making only L. I). S. garments. Soon tho capacity was increased, nnd now thu plant is turning out ladles, men's and children's chil-dren's union suits in n variety of grades In nddttlon to L. Vs. S. garments. In 1912 the company began the manufacture of overalls with twenty flvo machines. Novor Rip overalls were the initial product ot this department. de-partment. So quickly did tho de-maud de-maud develop for these that a plant lncreaso was mado within a few months, nnd sinco then thero have been several enlargements ns to tho machinery and tho number of employees. em-ployees. As tho field for work. clothes widened, wid-ened, tho company began tho manufacture manu-facture of work pants and coats In khaki, whipcord, cottonades and corduroy. cor-duroy. Hocauso theso met with tho samo favor ns the overalls, tho addition addi-tion of work shirts was decided on and tho Madcrito brand came into existence. This branch, too, has grown with rapidity, nnd todny this factory makes shirts in sateens, cbambrays nnd flannels In many different styles and colors. Though this factory started less than flvo years ago with a small knitting equipment. It has grown mi. til It Is now tho largest nnd best equipped work clothes factory between be-tween Omaha anfl San Francisco, and ono of the largest factories oj nny kind in Utah. That tho company com-pany has maintained the quality throughout tho entlro development of the industry, Iin3 been shown by tho constantly growing' demand tor Never Rips' nnd Mndcrltcs. This du-nia'nd du-nia'nd is not growing alone in Utnh, but throughout tho intermountuin country. Tho mnklng of overalls and work shirts In this modern factory shows the wonders of modern mechanical equipment. Tho cutting room or tho plant Is unique. Tho cloth Is placed upon tables about ono hundred root long. About one hundred thicknesses of tho cloth are stretched from one end of tho table to tho other. Tho goods aro then marked off from given patterns, pat-terns, then an olectrlo cutter is used, that works its way through the mass of cloth with moro caso than n band saw cuts through wood. Tho sowing mnchlnes nre nlso nu-tomntlc nu-tomntlc In their operntlon nnd ono would think only guidance trom tho operator wns necessary. Striking illustrations il-lustrations of this nro In tho mnklng mnk-lng of buttonholes nnd sowing on of buttons. With wonderful nccurncy, tho machines stitch around tho spots M marked tor button holes and ns this H task Is completed a, knlto automatic- B ally drops nnd cuts tho hole. But- H tons are placed In tho sowing wacli- H ino, tho operator pushes a lover nnd H the button is sewed on, the needld H crisscrossing tho thread with moro H regularity than can bo done by the H hand sewing. H Throughout the plant there aro H machinery marvels equally as inter H cstlng as those mentioned. M In tho wholesale line, tho Scow- M croft Company has attained fame, B for this company carries tho largest M lines of staple nnd Taney groceries, H dry goods and furnishings in tho H west, while tho Salus line ot goods, BB Including olives, olive oil, spices, ox- BB tracts, drugs nnd similar goods is p manufactured and packed exclusive H ly by this company. B Whilo tho Scowcroft plant has BB been in operation as a factory for BB about five years and has become ono BB ot Utah's largest plants Its growth H has only started. Each year thero fl Is a demand for further develop- H ment and with tho success of each M division, this progress Is constantly H continued. s M |