. Journal of electricity . asily go down from 1 to3 per cent of his gross. 128 JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY [Vol. 45—No. 3 Electrical Cooperation in Salt Lake City BY E. H. EAEDLEY (In few branches of the electrical industry is progress more marked and energetic than amongthe contractors and dealers. Following is an account, by the proprietor of the Eardley ElectricCompany of Salt Lake City, of the work which is being accomplished by the contractor-dealerassociation of that city.—^The Editor.) For the past twenty years it has been my goodfortune to be connected with the electrical have se


. Journal of electricity . asily go down from 1 to3 per cent of his gross. 128 JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY [Vol. 45—No. 3 Electrical Cooperation in Salt Lake City BY E. H. EAEDLEY (In few branches of the electrical industry is progress more marked and energetic than amongthe contractors and dealers. Following is an account, by the proprietor of the Eardley ElectricCompany of Salt Lake City, of the work which is being accomplished by the contractor-dealerassociation of that city.—^The Editor.) For the past twenty years it has been my goodfortune to be connected with the electrical have seen it grow from very small proportions, dur-ing those twenty years, to the commanding positionwhich it now occupies in the industrial and commer-cial life of our city and state, and of the whole changes have been Competiton vs. Cooperation — Prior to the organization of the present Elec-trical Contractors and Dealers Association of SaltLake City the business was a hit-or-miss Electrical Contractors and Dealers Association of Salt Lake City, theffix>up including jobbers and representatives of the Utah Power & LightCompany. This flourishing organization is a strong influence in the elec-trical industry of Utah. and every man engaged in it was considered by theother fellow as an unworthy competitor. Strife, jeal-ousy and unethical methods were the rule. As a result of the foundation laid by the menin this industry during the last twenty years, andmore recently through the splendid efforts of some ofour fellows, we have emerged from this chaos andare learning the great lesson of Live and Help Live. Our electrical contractors organization of thepast has flourished, died, and been resurrected anumber of times, but even when the organizationslumbered some of its members had faith in its finalpermanent establishment, with the result that thepresent organization is firmly founded, and will ac-complish its object of raising the standard


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