The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-01
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What has become OF the Whining.
ton Industrial improvement Associa-
ton? Away early last winter it was
represented that quite a number Of
manufactures had given Wilmington
the Ego ly" because thore was no 10.
cal encouragement given to them to
induce them to settle here. Cases
plenty were known and cited where
manufacturers had come on to vii.
mington, had looked around for sites,
saw some that would suit them, they
liked the city and the people very well,
but when they talked about what Viii
mlngton people would do to induce
them to settle here with their plants,
build up the city and afford employ.
ment to her working classes, nobody
could offer them any. ....
IL there was really any difference
those who had manufacturing sites to
sell, held on to them with a little
tighter grip and raised the prices a
notch higher. or in some way contri-
buted some plan by which they could
receive the greater profits. Munufac-
turers were cited who, leaving Viii
mlngton In their wake, went to the in.
terror towns of Pennsylvania, to
Pittsburg, or some Western city,
where they located, and by the super.
Tor help afforded them they soon be-
came ilourishing Institutions.
Our Wilmington friends then saw
Tho necessity Of bestirrlny them
selves and doing something to get at
least a fair portion Of these peripu-
tetic manufacturers to locate here.
Could they have done SO it wo uld
have been Il good thing for Whining
ton, but what was WiImingtons loss
was some other city's gain, and 80
Wilmington has still been given the
cold shoulder. A few enterprlslng in.
divlduals, comprising the Young basi =
ness blood OF our city did set in and
try to turn the industrial stream to
Wilmington. They organized the
Wilmington Industrial In provemeut
Association, ably Differed it AMI cap.
ltalized it at how much, million dol
larsr Not quite. A hundred thous.
hnd2 Not So much. How much
10000.
1t took some two months or more to
get the subscriptions up to 5000. APP
peal after appeal was made TO our
moneyed men to chip in and raise the
full amount, but there tho matter
stuck until led by public spirited
Bishop Coleman, those vino AUl al
ready subscribed, Increased their sub.
Bcriptions until the $1,000 asked for
was at last raised, That has boon sel-
eral weeks ago, and very little hs
boon heard about 1t since. Atthe bess
the amount raised coHlI go very little
farther than to advertise or own
city. No real, substantial help could
be expected from such d small capilai.
Western cities are far in al ,lnfe OF US.
Look at Marion, ln,idnl, ami see WIN
Is being done ~ bring that place Into
proGatsance.
.s&1o TIE sure, Marion has nat tral gas
which is furnished Tree FOL iuel and
light, but there IS something else batk
of that. An International Trust com.
pany capitaIi1elat million OF dollars.
bought three thousand arres Of land
and they are giving free sites Tor syery
manufacturer tAat comes along ana
ls willing to locate there. Under this
Impulse the town wAjeA oAly Had 4
population of $500 III 1855 now has a
population Of $4,000 and it is oxpcetol
by 1897 to reach 100000. From twt
or three small bln .Lsnlith and wheel
manufactures, employing from tei
TO three hundred hands each.