Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-23
SMOKE
HOME
CIGARS.
There Is Big Money
In Doing 1t.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ACTION
On an Address By Fort
Worth Cigar Makers,
Figures That Talk for Themselves.
Smoke f7o Men Into Fort Worth.
Home Industries Endorsed,
On an Address By Fort
Worth Cigar Makers,
Figures That Talk for Themselves.
Smoke 175 Men Into Fort worth.
Home Industries Endorsed.


merce held on November % the follow
accommodation was read and was re
ferred to the committee on manufactures
on the same date. On November u the
communication was returned with the
endorsement; "l'he committee on manu-
features recommend exclusive patronage
Of home industries, where the product
is equal in quality and price with for
cign wares
The committees report WAS adopted
by the Chamber and attested by The
secretary. f.. NJ. Clarke.
The communication reads:
To the Citizens Of Fort Worth;
la the present depressed condition
of almost every branch Of local
industry manufacturing and agricnl.
tuEl-is is the imperative duty of
every loyal citizen Of Fort Worth 10
personally strive 90 remedy the evil.
4 large demand for the products Of
Fort Worth factories means an increase
in the number of employees an increase
Of the money In local circulation, and
corresponding decrease Of The amount of
money sent out Of the city for articles
which ear be produced here as good and
as cheap as competing articles from other
parts of the country. Probably no class
in the community has shown itself more
consistent ia giving the preference To
Fort Worth made goods than the wage
Carncrs of the city, and, as one branch
of such vnge-earners, we the cigar
makers, ask your consideration OF the
following fncts in regard 10 the cigar
industry.
There have been up to the present time
producing 100000 cigars per nnnum
There were. according In the best cal
culaiipn. 100000 cigars brought into
Fort Worth from other states during the
past year. Taking these imported cigars
as worth on the average $50 per 1000
il gives over $4,000 as sent out Of
Fort Worth for cigars alone in one
year. OF which az least thrcc-fourth@,
or SlS9OOO, represent labor and profit,
or Ia other words, very considerably over
$l26OO0 Of Fort Worth money sent to
pay the wages OF cigarmakers in distant
cities instead of the wages Of local cigar.
makers. If such 100000 cigars had
been manufactured In Fort Worth instead
Of brought here from elsewhere, employ
ment would thereby have been furnished
in Fort Worth 10 at least 10 cigar
than ever have yet been employed here In
this line Of business. Even with the de-
crenscd local consumption Of cigars, re-
smiling from the existing financial de,
preston, Fort Worth Is at the present
time consuming 100000 cigars per
month. which are made IN distant cities;
Of the value Of $21 600 representing 49,
OO0 per month in wages paid to cigar
makers In distant cities. A cigarmaker
earns on an average, SIG per week, W
wages In addition of the 1865 cigar
makers necessary to produce The number
of cigars imported into the city during
the past year would have increased the
amount Of wages paid by $500 per week.
or over SlIj 600 per amnum. the addition
Of even half ahis sum 10 the local cir
culatiOu would Immensely benefit every
other class of the community.
The cigars manufactured in this city
are equal 10 those produced 10 any other
part Of the country. II costs less TO
bring the raw material TO Fort Worth
than 1t docs 10 bring the manufactured
goods The wages paid 10 New York
are a. high as in Fort Worth, except for
tenement house labor. The same
quality Of goods costs as much in New
York as IN Fort Worth. II any nppre-
cahle number OF business and profess
sional men Of Fort Worth would in
future make point Of insisting Oh get
| ting Fort Worth made cigars in their
| purchases. Il would have an immediate
ana Deilnelul euect on tle locAl lrtiues
and keep much money IN local circulation
which Is now going out Of the city.
Every box OF cigirs made In Fort
| Worth bears blue label, which guaran.
| tees cleanliness IN the DiInufacture. A
| large part OF the connecting cigars
| brought in are the product Of tenement
| house" and 'coolie" labor, md Il has
| been shown by the best authorities that
| cigas 30 made are danger TO the
smoker.
II is better policy for Fort Worth re-
/ tnilcrs, property owners and every other
| class in the community TO furnish local
| employment for an increased number 81
| cigar makers than 10 furnish employ
mont to people In distant cities, because
| weli-plii local workman u o Local
| customer for and consumer Of Other
| tlasges Of goods Home Consumption Of
| home made goods means prosperity at
home: the wages paid for Fort Wortl
made cigars are spent here. increasing
me prnsrerity Of others 10 the com
miiuiiy: increases your own persona
! prosperity az a part Of the community
| aud. therefore. we say, by your pur
chlses keep your money in lo'al eircula
/ tim