The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-04-06
STEADY GROWTH, NOT A BOON, is
WHAT WE SHOULD WORK FOR.

of expectation which looks for the eie-
ments Of the city's growth in something
outside the city. No city ever attained |
substantial growth except through the |
energetic action Of its own people. LII
Manltowoc has advantages which we
think should attract outgide capital, these |
advantages should be seized upon by !
home capital. That is the best possible
advertisement they can have. Our ad-
vantages are as valuable 10 us as to out
sidars. Capital always comes to these
places where it is demonstrated that It's
investment is profitable. One little fact
10 this regard is worth a bushel of wordy
demonstration.
To take advantage of everything We
have which is of value, and to seize quick
" upon everything which promises to be
Of benefit. should be our policy. Ii we
nave a good field here we should cultl-
vate It ourselves. Our failure to do SO
is practical denial OF the claims we
make, as no one would willingly surren-
Ter good thing 10 d stranger. We are
on the field and prepared to do the very
hings which We are surprised OUTSIDE
people do not DO IN our stead; that Is,
axe advantage Of the opportunities we
have in such abundance. We dlsparagA
lur own business saCacity and enterprise
when we depl0re the fact that Manitowoc.
| While possessing superior facilities for
| manufacturing and commerce, IL ignored
| by people who have business ID them.
| Within Que year the people of Manlto-
| voc have accomplished 4 task winch has
| been postponed too long. Under the
| pressure Of necessity, work has been ac-
| compllshed which demonstrates that we
have ability and means. Had work Of
this kidd been done ten years ago and
| perseyered in, Manitowoo to-day would
be city with almost double its present
population. There were predictions of
failure; only the dark eide presented
itself TO almost every one having the
means to push the work. The idea that
a factory could be built by bone capital
seemed SO absurd to people accustomed
to wait for ether people to do for them
what they should do for themselves, that
We were enveloped in a cloud OF gloom
until. finally, the factory was completed
and expert manufacturers pronounced
the work in every particular fully as
good as could be done by the most eI
perienced. \ number of young men
we're fortunately elected directors The
experience was new TO them but they
| X
the problem set them to solve, and thell
| patience, determination and persistence
did " hat it was loudly proclaimed coulC
not be done by home talent. For 2
years we have been making attempts t
: bride outside capital to do something fo
| us, and even attempting to purchase out
} | side brains, while decrylng the home pro
| duct. In one year the domestic artlcl
: | did for us what % wears of dallying Will
the foreign product failed TO accomplish
| There will be mistakes made In the busI
ness Of the new factory. Otherwise tn
management OF its affairs would be u
{ | nique ia the history of such institutions
:. | But mistakes in the line Of activity ar
, | preferable to iistless inactivity from tn
) | fear that mistakes may be made. Ih
child who would fear to make an effort t
walk from the fear of falling, Will neve
!, | walk at all.
: Now that we have made a start an
: cast off the letharglc waiting policy, W
, should keep on moving. New enterprise
should crowd upon the heels of thos
-, established. Reliance upon boom com
ing from purchase of real estate will b
simply falling back into the slothfulnes
from which we have emerged. One faC
= tory can not insure our continued pros
d perity nor materially enlarge it. 1t
/ simply a promise of what we will accom-
: plish if we continue to be energetic
J. There are other factors entering int
q growth than factories. Our shlppin
taGt IS are ans pot nt7fea Cur e sfb6
n must be used for other than local pun
:, poses if we would reap the full benefit
:, of its possibilities. 1t has capacity 70
!; 1000 times the commerce it now assist
!, IN carrying on. There is no good reason
why this splendid sheet of water shoul'
remain unruffied by the stir of commerce
1t is thing of beauty, but 1t has othe
uses and these employed, are such as vii
. add to tie prosperity of the city. VII
; we act so as to enlarge our shipping "a
= cillties, or pursue the dog in the mango
: | policy which we have followed so Ion,
: and with such detriment to our best in
terests?
: The lake front, now owned by the rail
road company, will be crowded by article
of shipping IN transit If certain restrlc
tons which may seriously hamper tn
: management of this business, be remov
5 ed. No privilege is asked which woult
o be an injury to any individual. It i
/ only asked that the streets on the beach
d which are not now open and never vii
:. be, be vacated so that the business Q
: transportation may be carried on with
e out hindrance. The lake front is useC
. now only as dumping ground for refus
matter and is an unsightly landscape. [
will always remain a barren waste unles
put to some such use as that contemplat
Z ed by the r. L. CO. Which do the PEG
pie prefer, that this bleak and unSightl
i spot shall become a scene of busting
i activity. an important auxiliary of tn
= haIbor, Or dumping ground for offa
y and a romping place for the small bo
c who lndulges IN surreptitious bathins
I within the city limits? Which is tn
l wiser policy: To preserve these ground
J for the small boy without bathing suit
+ or give II to the growing needs of com
{ | merce?
There are people who insist upon ex
| tending no privileges to railroad com
: panies even though incalculable good t.
: the city should result. These peopl
: | have drawn inspiration from Manitowo
! Rapids and should live among the ruin
. of that once beautiful village. The land
: constituting the lake front in question
9 had no value few years ago. They wer
q not considered of sufficient value to b
+ placed in the tax roll. 4 short time afte
q the track reached the lake they were pur
! chased by the railroad company for S13
. 600. They were not bought for the bene
lit Of the small boy nor for that of tht
sanGplpers which gRmbled there uuscart
except by the small boy. The railroa,
; company wants to make some use q
these lands, for its own interest, of course
: bat it cannot benefit itself by any indus
! try inside the city which will not also re
. &Ound to the citys good.
What will the people of Manitowoc dt
; IN the premises? Wisdom will sugges
: ! doing that which will contribute mos
\ to the general good. This matter shoul,
: be looked upon in business way anC
: wholly without prejudice. It is Their
quite clear wha. the action of the peopl
viii be.
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