The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-02-09
Why Not do it Here?

Why Not do il Here?
While we may not be able within
ourselves to 90 ahead and build eleva-
tors, and coal docks, and large flour
ing mills, ETC., can We not do some
thing toward starting and encourage
Ing some manufacturing enterprise of
smaller dimensions? A little country
town in Southern Minnesota, away out
on the prairie and hundreds of miles
from the materials to work with. has
recently formed stock company with
a capital of $4,000 with a limited in.
debtedness of a like amount, for the
manufacture of farm machinery. IN
other company has recently been or
ganized at Beloit, with capital of
only $4,000 for the manufacture and
sale of pumps, and we might go on
and enumerate many other similar
movements set on foot by wide-awake
citizens Of other towns round about
us. Are the business men and citi
zens Of Superior ready to admit that
they cannot do even as much as one
of these? Can we not form stock
company with capital of $15, geo for
a pump factory, or for pail and tub
factory, or a company with say s25,-
600 capital for sash, door and blind
factory, or an association with $4,000
for the manufacture Of farm machin-
cry or one with less capital for a wagon
or pillow factory? Here we are sur
rounded with all the materials need
ed Iii the construction Of any and all
Of these commodities, and located right
at the door CT a vast agricultural en-
pire that would at once furnish the
market for all the goods we could pro-
duce, thus assuring dividend on the
capital invested, at the outset. If Ye
cannot do the great things Of life let
us attend to the lesser details. The
Captains, and Lieutenants and Sar-
gents and Corporals are Just as essent-
ial to a great army as its Generals and
great Commanders; the one is depend
ent upon the other. 1t is the same in
these business affairs of life and if we
lead out in the establishment Of the
humber industries, those who are able
to do 50 will come to our assistance
with the greater industries, and thus
our united efforts will make us pros
porous and wealthy manufacturing
city and a grand commercial centre
The TINES is not vet ready to adj
nit to the outside world that we are
totally unable to do anything in this
direction. We think any one of these
enterprises could be secured if proper
" brought before our people. Let
the shares be made as small as posi-
BILE, say $50, or one 500 each accord
ing to circumstances, so that almost
any working man will be able to be-
come a share holder and thus person
ally interested in seeing the enterprise
succeed. We would thus secure coop
GRAFTON and have less fault finding
the more YOU can get financially in
terested in these enterprises the better
If we We're all directly interested in
something of this kind we would have
less time to white dry goods boxes
and wonder why it was that the mil
lionlarS Of the country did not leave
their pleasant homes and come aud
build up a city here for our especial
and individual benefit. Those who
help themselves will find others ready
to help them still more. Let our
Chamber of Commerce think the mat
ter over and then select some one
manufacturing enterprise within our
reach and then work that one wire I'M
til the object reached for IS attained.
To get the matter under discussion,
how would it do to tackle the sash,
door and blind factory enterprise?