The record-union., 1893-05-02
FOR MORE FACTORIES.
Earnest Expressions of Citizens on the
Subject.
They All Indorse the Present Move
ment-Anothcr Meeting for
This Evening.

InlS LVSnlnE.
The ward meeting for the district west
Of Eleventh anu south of X streets, called
by the Industrial Improvement Associa-
ton and held at Arnory Hall last night,
was not as largely attended as the I'M
portance of the work merited. There
! were, however, over 100 representative
citizens present and many of them mani
tested their earnest endeavOr to help the
movement.
The meeting was called to order by J.
a. Woodson by request of the committee.
After announcing its objects, he said that
various persons present would be called
| upon to express themselves.
The following persons were named as
Nice-Presidents-A. G. johnson, DR.. Tyr
rel, j. Touhey, C. Strobel, E. f. Frazer,
NJ. a. Hornlein, C. n. Hartwell, S. S.
Nixon, II. b. Nielsen, w. d. Stalker,
William Mclaughlin, T. Hague, L. STAN
ley, y. Mazzini, III. +. Burns, ID. ID.
Whitbeck, w. Turton, C. L. Wright and
Frank Ruhstaller.
Z. Il. Wright was appointed Secretary,
aiter which number of gentlemen pres
cut were called upon and expressed
themselves in brief speeches.
Frank Ruhstaller said he was heartily
IN sympathy with the movement and be-
heved That everyone interested in the
welfare OF the city should sign the notes.
w hen he received one he had signed it
promptly and sent it in. He believed
mat every dollar invested in such cause
would return IN $40 pieces. Cheap power
Delhg assured TO Sacramento, he thought
fhRrA NnlalH a Il IL.
factories enough here 10 utilize it. II all
worked together, in five or ten years the
| population OF the city would be Increased
to o0, 900 or 5000.
Israel Luce expressed himself in strong
terms in favor of the movement.
lie thought 1t only question of few
! years when Sacramento would be to Cali
1ornla what Albany and Troy are to New
ork, neither OF which cities had re-
sources to compare with those of Sacra-
mento.
j. w. Todd was also enthusiastic in his
support Of the objects of the association.
and SAID the fact that the sun of his life
IS getting behind the hills, the shadows
IN the valley coulc not make a silurian of
nlih. de thought 1t was only necessary
1or all to put their shoulders to the wheel
to turn 1t and insure success.
William Boyne made a vigorous
| speech IN support OF the proposed move
ment toward progress. lie had not vet
signed one OF the notes, but he was ready
to do so and TO bear his share of the eX-
pense. lie had been waiting for SINH
iar movement for twenty years, and he
| Delleved the city was On the right track
| lie referred to the wonderful resources
tributary to the city, her means OF trans
| portatlon, etc., and inStanced the town of
Joliet, ILL.,, which had adopted the yery
means OF prosperity which Sacramento
was undertaking, with vastly superior
territory surrounding and many natural
advantages that were neglected.
| X. q. Bentley read the following paper:
TO THE CITIZENS OF SACRAMENTO.
The movement for the announcement of
| factories IN this community has made arati
| lying progress when the novelty of the plan
proposed and the circumstances of its con
ceplon are considered. About 900 OF our
cltl2ens, realizing the Justice, i'm portance and
! practlcabillty OF u voluntary annual subscrip-
| ton, based upon the assessed valuation of
property, have signed notes pledging one-half
OF ! per cent OF such valuation for four wears
There has been no distinction in the warmth
| or cordfallty of the responses, and rich and
poor have discerned at glance that the IN
| dustrial revival which can alread y be antici-
| pated, II not actually outlined means an
! added value to the home of every man in Sac
ramento and to every other foot of real estate.
beside valuable accretion TO the business OF
| every merchant SO clear is II that the com
ing of factories means the bringing of sub
stantial and abiding wealth to the city that
no objection with any weight whateyer or
with hardly respectability enough to entitle it
to consideration has been advanced
1t must be assumed, then, that the success of
the movement means a material gain to every
| citizen. why, then, should not every citizen
| extend MS aid TO the public enterprise that is
endeavoring to bring this new source of
wealth and prosperity to Sacramento?
| Upon what ground can any citizen admit
| the palpaple benefit that he will receive from
| the establishment OF factories, and refuse to
DO ms share toward creating that benefit?
! Is 1t Just that all should share in the profit
and only portion bear the cost?
We think that there can be but one kind of
response to all questions of this nature. 1t
becomes the moral duty, then, OF every citi-
zen to assist in this great movement No man
can shirk his responsibilities upon the cold
| blooded proposition that he proposes to share
| the advantage without doing ought to brine
about the prosperity that lie will enjoy-at
least, no man can maintain such "a position
and retain his selfrespect
Ihls movement is bound to succeed The
| old spirit has been aroused. What began
| perhaps, as "a sentiment or a generous nm,
! pulse has become a plain duty that cannot
| fairly be evuded.
In behalf OF this clear duty and in behalf of
| justice between man and man between those
| who have Joined the industrial ranks and
| those VINO nave heSitated, this address to the
! publlc Is issued. We believe that every lover
| OF fair play and every believer in Justice will
realize that II Is manilestly wrong to share in
the profit without helping to create it.
MI DelllIey moved L1aL the paper read
be adopted as the sense Of the meeting.
and that it be indorsed by vote and pub
! liShed.
| His motion was unanimously carried.
! Louis Breuner was the next to sneak
and he made all earnest commendatory
speech on the work in hand. He believed
every taxpayer in the city should aid the
undertaking without hesitation. saving
this city was not the only one working
for the same object. He thought that in
stead of the committees working hard to
secure signatures to the notes, that thew
should have nothing to do but sit in an
office and receive voluntary signers.
| James McGuire SAID he could say little
| but to heartily indorse what had been
said by others. They all knew that Sac
ramento was well and favorably located
| for a manufacturing city, had the best
power to be had in the country, and two
companies were now bringing it into the
city. He thought all should lend help