Show DUE MEW wobko tiie webar club can feel proud of its first efforts sixty men and women employed in the pioneer factory of ogden utah talk about tomatoes tier upon tier are stacked up at the factory and still more conlis when the old canning borka went down with the collapse of the boom efforts were made time and time again to move the plant to montana and at one lime arrangements were actually made tor the plant to be located at missoula montana but the weber club members took hold ot the matter and purchased the plant A company was formed and the stock was all subscribed for by members of the weber club the members of the club and public should call at the factory and witness the airty or more employed emp loyes busily ih canning toma this year the factory will only can tomatoes next year the concern will can all kinds of fruit anil pickles it was a pretty scene yesterday as a reporter of THE witnessed forty young women pealing or skinning the tomatoes the young ladies were dressed in neat and clean attire and the factory was a picture of cleanliness the factory will put up tons of tomatoes this year or about cans the farmers get 6 per ton for the tomatoes they raise from fix to ten tons un an acre it will be seen that an acre of tomatoes will net the farmer from as to 60 per acre this is rather a fair price for tha product for ah acre of land the factory our weber county farmers this year about in cash and ogden workingmen and wo men as much more As beginning this is pretty good the girls and young women rece eve their pay by the piece for Inet acce the tomatoes are scalded and laid before the women and for pealing the tomatoes ea the company pays 2 cents per bucket the girls average alt the way from 20 to 40 buckets per day and the waga run all the way from 50 cents to 1 per day the men ol 01 course do heavier work and receive from 1 to 2 per day the one dollar men being boys men there is not a chinaman employed in the factory this is an stem that our citizens can well afford to feel proud of A factory that discards the chinaman is entitled to special conail er aton this company must compete with the factories that employ the cheap chinese labor surely at the same price the people will prefer our own anden product the canning factory is now in the bands of people who have the capital to barry on the buei nees they are all bue ineis nen and it is only a matter of time whee the canning factory will spread mt and be one 0 the largest enterprises ol 01 its bind in the west the weber club can well afford to be proud of its arst factory it was organized by the dab under john Scow crofts presidency certainly judge will not allow bis term ot office to espira without going the first president of the club one better |