The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-12
TO BUY ONLY HOME PRODUCTS.


state fo-bp@rnffye -sr3rts'
Mrs. sansuei e. Slaughter was IN Seattle
yesterday for the purpose Of consulting
with some q the prominent ladies' o. the
city regarding the proposed state &c
operative Society. Tire object OF this so
e.iety- "a best explained by its pledge. which
reads a. follows: - pledge myself when
eyer rosssbIe 10 pafronize state and home
products and manufactures. Best gooas
a. market prices. Home labels tor nome
goods"
Women are the buyers" said Mrs
Slaughter ia conversation with POST
Tnteflfgancer reporter. land II they wIil
only combine 20 patronize home Industries,
and If the producers viii only advertise
yxha. they have 10 sell. so that the women
can know what home products may he
r,fsrehaseG. a great impetus viii be given
20 the development or this country We
have made only q beginning In Tacoma,
and our plans are not yet fully aehnea. olt
already an Improvement in business is VS.
fbIa Twas only a few days ago that l
discovered that tin cans for preserving
rr,dt were made out here. We are now
furnished by the daily paper with a list Of
what can be bought al home II that list
had been made years ago. and the can
maker had taken advantage of ID. he would
have proated thereby. and IL others had
done likewise we all should have had less
OF the hard times.
- Ia. Of things are made In Washing
ton such a. matches, baking powcer. HOUR.
etc. and sent out o. the state without
Washington being on the label. That is
q thing that should he protested against.
We should buy Washington products. and
insist that they be labeled Washington
Seattle and Tacoma should go IN for
reciprocity for II is likely that each town
can profit by the advice OF the other. and.
In some instances. furnish Washington
products that the other lacks, thus deVei-
oping trade instead o. hindering II.
IF the women would demand OF the
rsn,t,ers here their best fruits and vege-
tables and pledge themselves 20 purchase
home products instead of California pro
duets. rauching would become a very diff
ferent affair TO what IL Is now.
zine church guilds should take hold OF
the matter and so should the various
social bodies. such as the art club. the
musical club, the charity clubs. the W {.
T L. etc. In a town like Seattle there
should be ao.O09 women leagued together 10
develop nome industries. Such an organi-
cation. were il TO pursue this work earn
estly. would efTeetually bury any fear of
hard times.
I'm Tacoma" went on Mrs. Slaughter,
..au.advtsory board has been chosen from
the Chamber OF Commerce. and valuable
suggestions have been received from IL
Each ward has its chairman. and she mas
her sub-committees, who make house 10
house solicitations for membership. the fee
charged being 10 cents. we secured 500
members the flrst two weeks.
During the Irish famine Queen Victoria
made poplln fashionable and so gave work
TO the Irish poplin makers. who thus were
able TO obtain relief in their time of
trouble Queen Marguerite did much the
same thing with lace i'm Italy. Now. why
cannot American women do the sort oil
thing that these two women did,
Mrs Slaughter will be I'm Seattle again
next week, Thursday. June %, and hopes
to receive suggestions from the women
here.