San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-20
HOW TO WAKE A DEAD TOWN.
Some Wise Suggestions from &
Western Man.

OF LOuuOu, 1enu,, dskeu the MANU-
facturer's Record show to wake a
dead town." Mr.. Upton told OF
the manysInatural advantages OF
London, but pointed out how, from
lack of energy and enterprise and
because of the work OF the never
dying croakers, these advantages
were not utilized, and how, because
OF this, the town, like hundreds OF
others, was to all intents and pur-
poses dead. The Manufacturers
Record published his letter, and
askedEior. suggestions as to how to
quicken into life these dead towns
that are curse to themselves and
to the country. Without life, they
furnish no employment, no op-
portunities for the young, who
must either growiup in idleness or
seek some new field in which to
find a chance to work and live.
Wake up, dead towns, and be-
come a blessing to your people
and your section!
From an Indiana subscriber to
the Manufacturers Record we
have the following letter, which
we commend to our readers, for it
tells what enterprise can do in
in waking dead towns to life and
creating employment for their
people:
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, August 80.
Editor Manufacturers Record:
In your isdue Of August % Mr..
t. c. Upton, of Loudon, Tenn, asks
how to wake aldead town. 1 want
to say that l never learned Of a
town that did "wake up" until
every inhstatant took a financial
interest in some manner, usually
by aiding som factory enterprise,
or through ivertising and con-
tinuous advertising, not for week,
but for years in selected advertis-
ing mediums. A good medium
costs money, but we get what we
pay for every time. i believe the
Manufacturers Record has been,
and is today, doing more for the
OF Southern interests
than all other papers and maya
zines combined. take it and read |
it, and my neighbors come and |
borrow it, and when they return it |
one would think IL had been used |
for ten years.-As a result of the
Manufacturers Record being in my
home, | took an interest in large
orchard company at Marshallville,
Ga, called Red Clay Orchard Co.
Mine is only one case, for my copy
Of the Manufacturers Record has
been the means of causing North
ern capital to go. South to the
amount Of $25,O00.~s 1 am an Indi-
ana man, and so are all Of my in
vesting friends. Now, there are
thousands Of dollars of Northern
capital lying in the banks and
safety vaults not only in Indian
apolis, but in all large cities, only
waiting a favorable opportunity
for investment, But those towns
wanting financial aid must first
show their own confidence by lead.
ing off, then the outside capital
will follow. Let me tell your read
ers that in, Indiana in seven, years.
time there were raised bonuses ag-
gregating upwards Of 100000 in
only twelve towns. What did
these towns do? Why they gave
this money to factories that had
capital Of over $20O0O,OOO, employ
ing upward Of 10000 hands, a
weekly payroll Of 100000 and an
annual output Of products exceed
ing the amount Of capital stock
A small town of 1900 souls
wanted factory, and wanted il
badly. A meeting of business men
was called; fifteen were present;
out Of the fifteen self.constituted
committee was appointed on ways
and means to get up subscrip-
ton. One man who owned 200
acres Of land offered to donate forty
acres valued at $4,000. His offer
was accepted, the land was plated,
and within three days every per-
son able to buy a lot Except an
occasional croaker, whom we hav e
with US as well as the flea and
serpent in every town. bought of
these 100 lots, and raised $4,000 in
easy payments. Two years ago
that town did not circulate $1,000 a
month, including every store ;
today they pay out over $4,000 per
week for help alone, and another
big plant is building, while new
stores and DWELLINGS arc oo;po mn