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Show Ii . DELEGATES SEE LOCAL' j FACTORIES 10 Following the program at BuUer Way, the delegates wero taken in automobiles au-tomobiles for a trip through the manu-' manu-' facturing plants oC Ogden. They were first taken to the plant of the Utah Cereal Food company, through which they were shown by the superintendent superintend-ent and the different processes in the manufacture of Sun-Ripe products explained ex-plained to them. Those who hal not i previously visited this plant expressed wonder that the industry was carried j Dn in such great magnitude. The new , I grain elevators of this plant are rapid- J " ' ly nenrlng completion and this addition addi-tion was shown them. It will make the Utah Cereal Food company a worthy wor-thy competitor for the .grain business 1 Df the lntermountaln country. The next plant visited was that of the Utah Canning company. H. L. Her-lington, Her-lington, president and manager, dressed dress-ed in a white coat, white overalls and n. white cap met the party. He ex-r ex-r plained the different processes and again the visitors expressed surpriso at the magnitude of the work being done. It was stated that this plant cans 150 tons of tomatoes a day. To see the modern machinery handling the tomatoes as they come from the wagons that transport them from the fields, is a tribute to American ingenuity. ingen-uity. They are scarcely touched as they pass through Uie factory from the boxes to the cans, where they are au-tomaUcally au-tomaUcally sealed, labeled and placed in boxes, ready for the cars and shipment ship-ment to the consumer. . j Duo to the inability of the plant to! I obtain box material the canned toma-are toma-are being stacked in the storerooms. Hundreds of thousands of cans form a veritable wall in one of the large storerooms. The plant Is being run at capacity. Approximately 150 girls are working there, peeling the tomatoes. It ! was a scene the delegates greatly enjoyed en-joyed and one that helps to account for the prosperity of Ogden. Next the plant of John Scowcroft and Sons was visited. Tho "Never-Rip" "Never-Rip" army was seen at work. Here again, the visitors were Impressed with tho signs of Industry They were shown tho processos in making a pair of overalls over-alls and each step was explained in detail by Mr. Wright, the foreman of the plant. It was most interesting to see how dozens of pairs of overalls aro cut at one process and how each girl In the s,ewing room has a separate task to do in putting them together. It was stated that each day's output was disposed- of as it was made and that the firm had orders far ahead of their capacity. ca-pacity. The last place 'to bo visited was the Ogden Packing and Provision com-pany'.s com-pany'.s Immense plant across the viaduct. via-duct. As It was well along in the afternoon, after-noon, the visitors wero too late to witness the slaughtorlng'of stock, but they wero shown all tho steps involved. It was a revelation to them. As they were taken from floor to floor and from department to department, they were told of tho many different pro-qesses pro-qesses in tho preparation of beef, pork, veal and mutton for the market. The visitors remarked on the cleanliness of the plant and the absence of unsanitary un-sanitary conditions so often found in and around plants of tills kind. As they passed through, men were at work in every department, cleaning tho floors and machinery and other parts used in the buildings, on tho alert for tho least signs of diseased meat and for Insanltation. Inspection of the buildings consumed consum-ed the better part of an hour and It was a most hurried trip, at that To the delegates, It was a revelation and to those who had already seen tho place, It was an added pleasure. Inquiries In-quiries wero made where tho stock came from, and surprise was expressed express-ed when they were told that the Og-dn Og-dn Packing and Provision company had practically created Its own hog supply. It was explained how the company com-pany "had offered special inducements to tho farmers of the intermountain country to raise hogs, until the supply was rapidly increasing to meet the demand. de-mand. I At the conclusion of the trip through the packing plant, the delegates were taken to the Weber club, where they waiteu until time ior me specia.1 inu-gram inu-gram arranged in their honor at tho Alhambra theater. oo |