The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1895-10-19
A LITTLE CHAPTER
On Home and Home In
tereStS.
The Prosperity of u City Depends
Upon Its PeopIc-Thcy Can Make
Their Town Go Ahead or They
Can Hold 1t Back


The city. the town or the section of
country that is prosperous is popula-
ted with people whose aim in life is
to better their condition people who
want to prosper people who want
their friends and their neighbors to
prosper. The city or town that is full
of life. hustle and business has a pop
Ulation of energetic business men
men who are proud of their eXiS-
tence. proud OF their families. proud
of their neighbors and proud of their
town. The growth. the business and
| prosperity Of a town Is made or left
unmade by its OWN inhabitants Pros
perity IS the out@rowth OF energy and
energy Is the parent Of success.
/ Show Us q live city or town. large
or small. and we will show you pop
ulation OF energetic business men.
/ Show us d town Jhat is slow in growth.
slow in business and slow III every
thing else and we viii show you
people who care for nobody but them
selves. \ people who are satisfied
with the world as it j.. ! people who
are not looking for anything new. y
people who want but little here below
and want other people 20 nave but
lit,,e too. Tney are pack numbers.
OF these people We have an assort-
ment in Cape Girardeau. and we are
sorry to say i. but it is true. that the
!Iar@er portion OF that assortment are
of the back number class. It is true
We have some energetic business men.
but they are few in number. They are
in the minority. They are handicap
ped They are hindered by the old
I fogy element When they undertake
something for the bauft of themselves.
for the people and FOR the city they
are headed Off. When they start
new enterprise they are confronted by
/ a greedy home people who are ever
ready to pail down rathcr than help
build up.
We could point orr many home en-
tcrpviseS that oug own people have
ruined or tried TO breai, down. but We
viii not 90 into details.
one enterprise. however. We will
mention. Thac enterprise Is The Cape
Brewery X Ice Company. Before this
enterprise was rsta olislied here fifty
thousand dollars went ont OF this city
every year for beer and ice Vow
there l. no necessity for one cent To 90
TO foreign market. yet beer .rom
other cities is being passed over the
counters here every day IN The year
and the money to pay for il j. being
passed over to rich English syndi-
cate % remain in their pockets forever.
The brewery Is an enterprise that
directly or indirectly benefits every
business man in the city. II costs
biz sum of money 20 operate this en-
terprise and every cent Of that money
is paid out for labor to residents of
this city. and by them expended for
the necessarics Of life. It remains at
home and is kept circulating passing
from hand to hand. This money is
practically produced at home. by home
enterprise and by home labor. It is /.
our money because We make it by our
industry.
We all know that the brewery is an
enterprise that helps to-mabe busines,
for our people. and Yet We find some I
OF our people lighting this enterprise .
some people who send money TO Il .
foreign syndicate for an inferior ar
tic!e to that produced at home. Shame .
on such people. {
We all want to do business but We .
want TO do all the business at home. .
that is. we want to patronize orr home /
enterprises first for all they produce
that we have to have. II they do not /
produce all that we must have then it /
will be time for us to send away from
home.
The Cape Brewery turns out as fine .
DscI ~ II IuIiltu ouI iIo!u any piSN- .
cry in the country. then why should the
beer Of any other brewery b. offered .
for sale in this city: We ask the
question. can any reasonable ma .
give "a plausible excuse for doing
wrong when ne can do good for him
self. do good for his neighbors and do .
good for the city by doing right.