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Show uu PLAN BIG BOOST FOR UTAH GOODS Every Commercial Club'fn the State to Consolidate for Exhibit SALT LAKE, Feb. 18. A great Utah home-industries campaign, which Is expocted to sweep from north to south and from east to west, will be inaugurated th.a week by tho Manufacturers' Manu-facturers' association. The commercial commer-cial clubs of thlsjclty and eery othor city and town in LUah and the Utah Development league are expected to get into lino and assist In making the movement a success. The proposition is to hold a nionster exb'Ibftioil of articles pioduced in this state during conference week, the first week of April. The movement is designed to help the whole state to adertlse Utah with a spirit of prldo foe what It ha3 been able to do ln an Industilal waj. Into every nook and cranny of the Btate men will be sent to explain to tho producers and manufacturers Just what "home Industry week" will mean If all put their shoulders to the wheel and push together Utah manufactures manufac-tures almost everything that is re. quired bj Its residents, yet millions of dollars are being spent in the east every year because of Ignorance of this fnct This was doplored at the recent annual banquet of the Manufacturers' association and a remark made by one of the speakers on that occasion will result In the forthcoming exhibition Conference week Is regarded as the most appropriate time for such a statewide exhibition, as Salt Lake will then be thronged with thousands of visitors from all parts of the country. coun-try. That they may earn away wlrh them an adequate idea of what Utan Is doing, it is likely that the program of the conference will bo so arranged that they may have sufficient tme to Inspect the' exhibits thoroughly, ln addition It Is intended that the show be brightened by orchestral and vocal concerts. For this section of the plan volunteers will be necessary, but tho Manufacturers' association doe3 not anticipate any difficulty in securing tho best talent in the city for tho purpose. A Success In Frisco. "Home industries, week" was most successful In San Francisco last year and resulted In a general disposition on the part of Callfornlans to purchase pur-chase homemade goods in preference to those made eloowhere Denver Is now preparing for a similar show in which the people of Colorado are to be educated In the products of that state. In Utah one-half of the stato Is ignorant of what the other half produces and this exhibition will do much toward Jn forming both. Tho Utnh Development league Is attempting attempt-ing to asslBt along this line with "Utah day," but the amalgamation of tho three organizations in a common cause will be certain to carry tho project to a successful conclusion, it is said. While the complete plans for the "home industries woek" have not befn mad. It Is suggested that pr(zes be 'donated and awarded for the best ex- hlblt of Utah-ioane articles in each particular Hue. i addition prizes will he given for the best window display of Utah-made goods?? one for the store which has the largest window space deoted to articles manufactured In this state, and one for the writer of the best advertisement of Utah-mado goods during ,tbo week of display. There has hen a tendency In tho past on the part of some ,Uthh residents resi-dents To decry the homemade articles arti-cles and, buy those from Jho east, which are" a 'trifle less expensive. TJho Manufacturers' association ''contends that unless Utah manufacturers aro generally patronized It will never be possible for tbem to produco In suffl. clcutly largo quantities to reduce tho cost to the consumer. The Manufacturers' association executive ex-ecutive committco will confer with the boards of governors of tho Utah Development De-velopment league and tho Salt Lake Commercial club Monday concerning the proposition, and it Is likely that the puhllcltv bureau of the club will have charge of the advertising. Governor Gov-ernor William Spry will bo asked to open the exhibition and the first day will be generally regarded as a legal holiday. : nn |