The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-27

The Chamber Of Commerce has taken vi
The promotion Of manufacturing - the cry
IN q practical manner and now advocates
the pa;ronizing Of home Industries as me
most practical means 81 Inducing manu-
faeturerg to locate here. n order TO attain
fhia end, TIE chamber has issued the fol-
lowing address to the citizens stating
clearly and logically the arguments ln Ia
vor or this policy and asking all who APP
prove IL to sign pledge that they VIII give
home products the preference, qualliy ana
price being equal.
To the Citizens or Seattle: As many
suggestions have been made Of late re-
gardlbg the securing 10 Seattle Of new
manufacturing industries. would IL not he
worth while first 10 consider our attitude
toward the factories that we now possess
a market to insure prosperity 10 the
manufacturer should be steady and ire
demand sufficiently great 20 enable him to
run his plant al profit. This ne should De
able TO do. in justice both 20 himself and 70
his employees To enable him TO increase
his plant and force OF operatives. or TO
induce new manufactures to start. th9
demand must steadily increase.
In the populous East. where there is
wide market, and where railroad
competition iusuros low freight rates. a
manufacturer need not depend for a start
upon the home market. he can, II he fails
20 find there a sufficient demand for his
product. ship II 20 nclghbori1g cities. In
the West, however. ths does not hold true
The centers Of population are far apart.
and rates Of transportation are bigh.
manufacture therefore must depend for
his FIRST support upon the people OF the
city where he locates. If he can find a
home market 81 he meets with a hearty
response from his own people, his success
is assured IL ne f. forced 10 look elsewhere
he must have sufficient capital to With
stand the risks incident 10 the securing
OF distant foreign market. or his enter
prise will prove failure. The large con-
Germs may find a profitable foreign market.
There is today an excellent foreign market
for -four and lumber: but the smaller
piants-those which produce the varied ar
ticies needed and used IN our households
these must depend upon the patronage OF
the home people. or must suspend opera
tons
High Time to Awake.
Is II not high time that we awake TO the
fact that we have here In our city some
200 odd mills and factories. many Of which
are barely paying operating expenses and
which are waiting for n patronage from
tho people Of Seattle that they do not as
yet receiver Can we expect 10 prosper as
a city until we secure prosperity TO the
concerns that are giving employment TO
our lab0r7 Can We consistently ask new
manufactures 10 come 70 Seattle until we
can demonstrate that we appreciate and
will support those which We now have?
We need a larger dinner pail brigade.
We need employment in our mills and fac
tories for every Idle man. When the
morning whistles blow our streets should
be crowded with workingmen in working
clothes going from their homes 10 the fac
tories We need 10 make our city prosper
az ~ should. a water front not OF wharves
alone. but or wharves Ranked by the
smokestacks OF thousand manufacturing
plants.
BUY Home p~e.lucts,
How shall We secure So endss Let US
begin by giving our patronage 70 those
institutions that have r.sked their capital
with us and that are giving employment to
our people. Let every business mau--man-
ufacturer-laborer- whatever his calling
buy his goods at home. Let every house
wife when she does her marketing. ask
her grocer Tor home products. Manufac-
tuners. patronizs your brother manufac-
tuners and they viii patronike youl Work
ingmen. buy goods made In Seattle
and the increased demand for the home
product Will cause the manufacturer 70
employ you and pay you good wages.
Keep the Money Here.
BY buying our goods at homo We viii
Dot only put our manufacturing on a
sound basis. bat we Will keep the money
mere, We are sending altogether too much
money East. Every mail sees Eastern re-
snittances Of interest and OF purchase
money for goods that can be and in many
cases are produced here This should NOT
be. fy patroniziug our home institutions
We will stop the Westward TOW ~ manu-
factured goods and the Eastward flow 81
purchase money. and ere long. when our
manufactures are sufficiently prosperous
90 be able to reach cat for a foreign mar
ket. We viii be able 60 stop the Eastward
TOW Of interest. and 20 place the balance
Of trade steadily IA our favor
The Existing Industries
The Chamber OF Commerce herewith
submits list OF home manu-
factories with the number OF hands employ
ed hy each. \ close examination will show
so many a surprisingly wide range Il i'm
dustry. Those vocafious commonly known
rs the trades. suCh as bakers lila *
smiths hrjck-laycvs. cabluet-InAkcrs. car
painters. coopcrs. dag laborers. eueravers
fishermen. ush-packers. mtuners. pa.nt-
sfs. printers. shoewakars stone r,aeans
tailurs and uphoistcrers have not boon i'm
Cludcd. Tor while they coma under Tho
head OF home Industries they are not
rlasscd as manufactoE1cs IN the s.fct
sense
In submitting the nsi The Chamber her4
90 acknowiedge the valuable assistance Of
Mr., +. q Hutchinson. secretary ara man
niger Of Folks Seattle Directory COMPANY
ard OF the Trade Register.
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