The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-04-28

The editorial in the Monday evening
edition of The Milwaukee Journal was
one of such friendly interest in Mantle
voc that the people were grateful for it.
If natural advantages could of them
selves make a prosperous city Manito-
woo would be the peer of any city in the
state. But boy of talent and genius
Will not always make successful man.
Indeed if he relies on what nature has
done for him he is very apt to prove a
failure.
Manltowoc is not lacking in public
spirit, but it has not shown wisdom IN
the application of its energy. There has
been money enough frittered away here
to build half a dozen factories. The lead
death In the matter of contributions
which with single exception have been
productive of no good results. These
unceasing demands have naturally made
them grow weary and though they re-
spOnded In the present instance quite
well, sad experience robbed them of that
hopeful enthusiasm without which sue
cess is well nigh impossible. Their eff
forts were not supplemented by the
little fellows" to the extent every one
was led to believe would be done
through the energetic character of the
promises made.
The real fact is we are not il manufac-
turing city. The industry is new to us
and We fear it. We inherit no knowledge
of il and we leave it to the "other fellow
Young men grow up here with nothing
to turn their attention to manufacturing
and their ambitions run in other chan
nels. To remove this source of weak
ness, present and future, the establish
ment OF wooden work factories is very
desirable, as the variety of the work give s
skill In various lines, and the superb.
tendence required developes the power to
manage men and conduct business. Our
weakness to-day consists largely in the
fact that we have no person among us in
whom the people would have such i'm
plicit confidence as to entrust a large
factory to his management. Poorly man
aged as the Manitowoc Manufacturing
Co. has been it was giving this education,
though at heavy cost. There was waste
In various directions, but the leaks were
being discovered and all would have beer
closed IN time had the crash not come.
Give us young men with a practical
knowledge of the management Of fac
tory and the factories Will come in re-
Spouse to their efforts.
We were just getting the factory taste
when the morsel was withdrawn from
us. While the palate is still tickling with
the pleasing sensation is the time TO
move. We may trust forever to natural
advantages" They are accessory to, not
principal in enterprise and can never do
anything unless something is done rith
them. Natural advantage" can be to a
people what rich father is to a son if it
begets complete dependence. Natural
advantage" may prove drawback rather
than a gain.
LAUNDERING towns when the forests are
exhausted either die or take up some new
line of manufacture. The instinct for
manufacturing is there and the transition
is not sudden. Manitowoc has been
supported largely by its agricultural In
terests. These are not exhausted but
they are divided so that the city gets but
a mojety of the trade which it at one time
controlled wholly. This fact is not SO
apparent as it will become in time. The
change from city depending upon agri-
cultural interests TO one rel yipg upon its
own resources in the line Of manufacture
ing, is by no means an easy one to make
To hasten the process should be the aim
of every one interested in the city s
growth. Our prosperity in the future is
solely dependent on recognizing I'll at our
destiny is in our own hands ard that nat.
ural advantages cannot take the placs oil
effort. 1t is work that counts il the end
and work is our only salvation.