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Show AN IMPORTANT HOME INDUSTRY. As an Illustration of what energy, tact, capability nnd ontcrprlso will do, there Is nothing In our midst moro striking than tho cigar factory of Messrs. Whltakor & Dallas, situated at 131 West Third South street, Bait Lake City. Beginning business In January, 1897, In the Itlckctt's block on State street, the two men without other assistance, began work, n work which (stow steadily from tho word go nnd U now ano of the largest of Its kind in tho western country. From two men tho force employed has grown to C5, nnd from 12.000 to 15,000 cigars are turn-d out dally. From humble rented quartors tho firm now occupies Its own building, an ample structure occupying 25x1 215 feet, Is well appointed throughout and has a capacity In cxcti-of tho output above spoken of, of which the llluo Point I'orf eeto, Is the mynfc noted, but sovcrnl other brands arc mado. Tho operatives opera-tives ninko good wages, running from $23 to $35 n week, and got thorn, too; strict union principles prevail, and everything nnd OYOrybody aro In a do-cldcdly do-cldcdly prosperous condltlqn. A vis-It vis-It to tho factory would toll a moro strllilns story thnn can bo put Into intra words. |