The Bessemer indicator., 1894-02-17
Time does ,os psrni. . notice Of

Time does not permit . notice OF
numerous 6ther articles, .such -
brooms, candies, cotton goods, oraek-
ers, favoring extracts, -four, fringes
and passementerie, macaroni, stone
ware, tinxafej trunks, etc, umbrellas
apd, vinegar. 1t, will, however, be
readily seen that id butter, cheese,
lard, cured meats and siioes alone the
women of Colorado could very easily
make difference during 1894 of ST.
600, 900 in favor Of Colorado, which
would maintain 1900 families or about
5000 persoRs, and in benefit to the
state would exceed seeefsi Sola Hfines,
While calling these matters to Tic
attention of the housewives of Colo
rado, it is only fair TO say that the men
sat very materially assist in the same
patriotic work " utbui)diug the, state
and keeping money at hone. zoe IN,
stance, Colorado workingmen and
tanehmen, and others use every year
about $500, 900 worth Of overalls, etc,
hitherto mostly obtained from other
states, including factories operated by
Chinese labor on the Pacific coast.
Colorado firms Are making overalls of
Il superior quality at competing prices,
and if Every overall wearer in Colorado
would give the prefG.etcs tS Colorado
made overalls and buy no other, GIN
ployment would be furnished to 100
Colorado girls the year round. Again,
Colorado has over = dozen breweries,
yet. Colorado bcer-drinkers send st'a,-
900 ber annum to distant states for
beer, thereby furnishing employment
to barley-growers, workingmeI and
others in those states instead of in
Colorado. Many other similar in
stances scu'd he given. .0 ..
1t is sclf-evident that II their pur.7
chases the Colorado housewives eau
exercise an immense beneficial intlu-
ence on, the future prosperity of the
state If the konie products are not
as good and as reasonable. in price as
the competing goods, the housewives
are not asked to give them preference.
The home product must stand that test
to entitle it to preference. Samp les
Of the hdtre products, are. here for dis
tribution. In testing, hcNefer, the
housewives should be fair and just,
removing from their minds any lean
ing (the result, possibly, of years of
use o. = Especial BRANDY, in favor of
that particular competing imrortsd
article. Such fair-minded and un-
prejudiced test will, in practically cv-
cry case, result in demonstrating the
equality, and in some cases superiority,
u the Colorado product, and thereby
entitle it to preference on tie Part Of
the Colorado consumer. Our manu-
facturers will welcome, and indeed they
ask for, legitimate criticism from the
consumers, provided always it is made
direct to the manufacturers, MS their
one desire is to suit the home trade in
every particular.
The women of Colorado are now po-
litically enfranchised. Increased pow
er is ever accompanied ty increased
responsibility Our new citizenship
calls for corresponding patriotism. In
the recent and present commercial de-
preston, with the comparatively large
number Of unemployed persons, we
can each individually do something
to restore local prosperity and increase
the money in local circulation by Civ
ing the preference to home products.
it Is childish to complain of hard times
and yet iieg!eS. ore remedy within our
power; to mourn that money is scarce,
yet continue thoughtlessly to send
money out of the state unnecessarily.
The best help you can give poor man
or woman is work. By patronizing
hom5 Industries yot enable the pro-
ducers Of raw material as we'll as the
manufacturers to employ more labor.
Every purchaser of Colorado goods
therefore increases the demand for la
Dor, making it easier to secure protita-
BILE employment, and times are always
prosperous when labor is steadily EN-
ployed. More factories mean more
coal ttiiners, farmers, gardeners, re-
tailers, tenants and work people in
other lines of business. The good
work must in many lines of articles,
be done the houseasisesj Tho are
the purchasers of the household sup
plies. If they insist, time after time,
if necessary, on having Colorado goods,
the retailers will eventually keep them
in stock, and the wholesalers will be
glad to obtain them from the manu-
facturers A persistent public demand
will inevitably result in the requisite
supply.