Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-05-24
THE s~ALAMANpER's SUCCESS
Depends on the People of Mexico
An Appeal 70 them From
r. i. Elliott.
To the People nfMexicn.

To the People of MeSico,
The Salamander is now in shape
TO be purchased. The people gem
orally and the merchants and real
estate men particularly should at
once rally and 9 it is kept here.
1t has now been idle for one month,
consequently a loss of $1,000 to
Mexico, inasmuch as the whole
product is from Mexico.
According to all accounts the en-
terprise has not been prosperous,
the reason being net enough money
put in at the start, only $500 be-
ing added to Dixon. and other
capital, which was So, 200, $500 be-
ing given Mr.. Lake, of Chicago,
making a total of 1880, making
it really only 5000 instead of 80
900, which the charter, called for.
And instead of subscribing the tal-
rnce of stock, viz. /: $1,000, and put
ting in the means of burning their
ware and having q surplus for max
ing goods through the winter
months, they did not put in that
money till winter was on them and
the roads impossible to procure
their wood, the consequences of
which may be readily imagined. A
little help at the right time is
worth more than a lot at the
wrong.
The concern had nothing but diff
iculty from the time it was charter
ed, the principal reason being the
necessary amount of capital was
not put in at the right time, con-
sequently the men in charge could
not help themselves. Their books
show that even their first pay roll
of present company was never full
ly paid, and only two pay days
since it was chartered viz: Novem-
Der and February.
Since the formation of the COM
pany, several thousand dollars
worth of goods have been shipped
and the officers of the company
and others admit that some of the
best goods that ever came into Chi
cago markets, were from the Sala-
mander works at Mexico-so much
for workmanship and Mexico clay.
The cost of running the factory
under such circumstances must
have been necessarily larger than
it ought. more SO being through
the winter months. Three times
in succession it had to shut down
through being dependent On Full
ton. That cannot occur again,
since nearly 81, 900 has been spent
on a clay pit, and clay of the finest
quality has been found and ma
chinery has been supplied the fac
tory to make this clay suitable to
their business.
All these drawbacks this young
and enterprising company has
gone through with and is now in
shape to run smoothly, provided
the Mexico people have sufficient
grit in them to take hold and put
enough money in to give the work
some show and thereby keep in
their town one of the best, if not
the best, industries that could pos
sibly be had for the benefit of all
parties interested in Mexico's well
fare.
Let us 60 in and start these 40
men to work, who are now idling
their time away, feeling that it is
duty we owe to the place as well
as to the man who first started the
factory, and tried nobly to carry it
through without assistance from
any one.
The Salamander converts clay,
wood and labor into cash and that
cash is nearly all spent in Mexico.
If we want to build up our town
let US see to it that we keep the
factory we already have and then
try for more. Get factories and
railways will get us.
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