Letter from William H Edgar, 23 February 1888
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Edgar, W. H.
Salt lake city
February 23, 1888.
President W. Woodroff!
I am requested by a large number of our people
(the latter day saints) to lay before you our beloved
friend brother and leader an intension or
undertaking in establishing an cooperative
institution or factory for the purpose of making
of furniture, as we have found in years past and
at present the imported goods or furniture are
increasing more and more for every year and
through these our homeindustry, laborer, and skilled
mechanichs are on the trail to be swept out
of existence and wi will be compelled to leave
our small earnings at the dealors hand to dis-
pose of to they eastern firmes, while wi have
men with skill and knowligde in every line of trade
shall be without work for months and stand
and see one carload after another arive to
supply our people deman[d] where all can be
mad[e] here at home in our lovely vallies wi have
our young men, many of them are qualifyed
for to be mechaniches, and they are now
