Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-02
THE CANNING FACTORY
Question to be Considered at
the Meeting Tonight.
Let Every Man Who Has the Welfare of
Clarksville at Heart Show it at
Least By His Presence at
This Meeting.


factory. The Board of Trade meets
tonight to consider the question in
detail, and every business man in
the city ought to feel enough interest
in the matter to attend the meeting
and enter into the investigation.
That is the way to ascertain what is
best for both the public and those en-
gagged In the business, and this is the
way enterprising people build up
city. Attend the meeting whether
you feel interested in the business or
not, for there may be other things up
that will interest all.
Another thing thing that deserves
notice and consideration. There has
been some objections urged to the
cost of the machinery, that the price
is too high for the amount of machin-
cry furnished, and therefore it is a
humbug. Such talk as this without
investigation is unjust and calculated
to defeat the best enterprise that
might come. Not long since
stranger proposed to establish pulp
factory here, requiring a capital of
$25,00O, and offered to take
$4,000 of the stock himself
if the citizens would subscribe
$4,000. Some one exclaimed, ooh!
he wants too much stock for himself,
there must be trick In that. Be-
sides we don't know anything about
making pulp"
The disgusted man left. Since that
pulp has advanced. If we had ac-
cepted the proposition the factory
would now have been in operation,
working up the worthless cotton
wood timber at a Irofit OF $3.50 per
day to the stockholders, besides CIV
ing employment to much idle labor.
Mr.. Storrs, we understand, represents
a strong, reliable concern, that can't
afford to practice such deception. Mr..
Storrs says the machinery is not all
the cost included in his proposition
by good deal, and this is true. We
know something about the cost of
freight, moving and setting up
heavy machinery, and it is very
nearly in some instances as much as
the first cost. The proposition sub
mitted includes the cost of machin-
cry, freight, moving it to place, set
ting it in position, boilers properly
enclosed with brick and much other
costly machinery included, and
everything guaranteed to give satis-
faction in every particular before
fully paid for. Mr.. Storrs says they
prefer to set their own machinery
because they know how to do it, and
that their business depends on the
success of every factory started.
But what of it if the Plummer
company should make 200 per cent
on their machinery? The question
is, what will such an enterprise profit
us?
There are no less than fifty people
in this city who have lately paid $25
for little patent instrument that did
not cost the sellers over So, and some
of these purchasers say they would
not take 81 900 for it and do without
the instrument. So it is with many
patents. Now the question is, in
what way can we invest So, 600 to dc
so much good? This machinery
guarantees to put up $4,000 cans of
vegetables per day of ten hours, CIV
ing employment to 200 hands and
circulating $1,000 per day. What
will beat that? Then if the stock.
holders make but 10 cents dozen on
the goods, that will amount to $125
per day. What will beat that for the
investment? Let us have a rousing
meeting at the exchange tonight
and see about this matter.
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