St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-21
THE KEY NorG STRUCK.
encouragement for Manufacture.
ers Must Begin at Home.

encouragement for Manufacture.
ers Must Begin at Home.
AT the last meeting of the industrial
union, aletter was read, urging the im-
portance of encouragement by patron-
age our home institutions. The text is
as follows:
The discussion of the question of
manufactures in st. Paul by your union
will have at least faturabie result in
calling attention TO he, absolute neees-
sity of such industries to build up our
City and maintain the population
therein.
The mere distribution Of production.
whether of the fac tory or field, never
built city. There must be producers;
for after all production is the basis Of
value. 1t is estimated generally that
81 900 embarked i'm manufactures will
sustain an individual. The same result
Will hardly be pr0dueed i'm distribution.
Take for example 1000 engaged III the
sale of merchandise in the city of st.
Paul, with all the facilities afforded
such capital. surely twelve or fifteen
persons could readily attend to, and SUI
pervise the operations of such business.
Embark the same amount in manufact-
ures' with equal facilities. aud force
of from 30 to 100 employees will be re-
quirrd and supported. Our largest
Eastern cities, such as New York, Phil
adelphIa, etc., are great centels of man
ufactures, and st. Paul and Minneapo-
lis must become so III they are to con-
tain large populations.
The last words, however, Mr.. Marvin,
in the discussion, have not been SnOken,
Encourage home ind ,stry." Sustain
and build up the struggling enterprises
in our midst, which, for want of eiicuur-
agrment from our own p Ople, languish
and die. We desire tn foster industries
in ST. Paul. Are we doing SO?
1t is but a few weeks since. as am
credihly informed, thBt considerable
contract was let to an Illinois firm Ivy
our city corporation, which could have
been executed in st. Paul with superior
workmanship, albeit the cost may have
been somewhat higher; about the same
time similar contract was let to be
manufactured in Iowa. What does Hi
nOiS or Iowa do to sustain st. Paul or
Minneapolis?
| have just received check from one
OF our largest banking institutions;
hundreds of thousands are yearly made
USE of; it bears the imprint of New
York." Indicating that it has been lith-
ographed there. st. Paul has several
photographic establishments anxiens
and willing to do just this kind of work;
it may be at a small advance over New
York rates; does the great city of New
York i'm any manner aid our banking
institutions. either as depOsitors or bor-
rowers? Upon the deposit books of one
of our largest banks may be seen the
imprint of st. Louis; the bank uses
thousands of these books, which can be
readily furnished by b0okbindprs in st.
Paul; the cost may be little more than
in St Louis: does ST. Louis aid our
banks in making their dividends. either
as depnsiturS or AZ borrowers? 1t is but
yesterday that a bonkbinding company
of skilled wOrkmen closed its doors, not,
it is presumed, from excess of business
nor excess of prices.
These are but few of the many in
stances that confront us. Our large
corporations and our wholesale houses
generally. if a dollar can he conserved
I'm their Golfers. they abandon all thong hit
of local preference (there are praise
worthy exceptiOns). They buy in the
cheapest market regardless of the con-
sequences; a difficult competition for
st. Paul. Let us encourage the indus
tries we have. BY so doing we will not
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