Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-01-18
What We Want.
What we want is Q man.

tories"
The speaker was appointment Lancas-
ter citizen and as he was plainly refer
ring to this city, the reporter turned to-
ward him with a whole battery of inter-
rogation points in his look.
Eyes, that's just what we WANT
continued the p. C. in response to the
look land we ought to have them"
what kindp"
almost any kind would do we'll here.
For one thing this is just the place for
an agricultural implement mandatory.
There is plenty of hard and soft wood
near and some of the best oak in the
country is grown about here. l know
now of one tract down in the Hurricane
where there is over one thousand acres
covered with heavy hard wood timber,
oak, hickory and elm, with Just enough
Eastwood. that could be purchased very
cheap. A portable mill would work it
up into shape and when this was used
up there is any quantity more to draw
on. Yes sir, this is just the place for a
manufactory of that kind.
How about shipping facilities?
They are just as good here as from a
hundred other points where similar
establishments are paying good divi-
dends IN their stock. But you need not
be confined to this one branch of manu-
featuring. A paper min would more
than pay the original investmentin five
years time There was a gentleman
GU here a while ago who out of curios-
ity looked up the chances for establish
ing something of the kind. He was
shown the water power on Grant, ascer-
tanned the cost of straw, in fact looked
the ground all over and what l tell you
was his verdict after a thorough %investi-
CATION"
What kinds Of paper would you
manufacturers
Just common straw board and man.
lila papers. There are hundreds of tons
of flax straw absolutely wasted every
year that if worked up would make the
best kind of MANILA paper. Why, the
eastern mills have to pay as high as
twenty dollars q ton for straw while you
can get all you want to use here for five
or five and q half dollars
"Why did not the gentleman go into
the ~business?"
"He was not prepared to do so. He
was engaged in other business and was
not free to undertake it at that time
but there is money for some one right
in that one item"
might not some of the minor indus
tries flourish as well?'
"Of purse they might, for instance a
first class canning establishment could
be run here to a considerable profit"
But there are few vegetables raised
around here"
II know that, but YOU would find
there soon would be if the farmers knew
there was a market for them. Three
or four acres of tomatoes are not hard
to raise and they pay better than any
thing else that can be cultivated on the
same amount of ground.
"Would not all these industries you
have named demand a liberal support
from the citizens of Lancaster?"
They would get it. Anything that
brings money into the town would be
well supported. What the city needs
just now for an active business develop
ment is Il few manufactures and one
or two hundred mechanics and laborers
with their families. This would bright
en- up things considerably and we can
just as well have them, or at least ought
to have them, where there is such an
opening for any new industry as there
it here"
The entrance of a third party intur-
rupted the conversation but enough
had already been obtained to furnish
food for thought to all concerned for
some time, and the reporter withdrew,
wondering if the enthusiastic dreams of
| the citizen were destined to be realized.