The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-07
pATRONIzE HOME INDUSTRIES

In almost every other city of the
country than st. Paul there has been
a stong and sustained movement to
induce the people to use home products
TO the largest possible extent There is
not a little town in the country upon
whose citizens it has not been impress
ed again and again that one aid to
prosperity is for them to help one an
other. There is none in which that
duty needs to be more imperatively en-
here a good many years ago to build
UP a manufacturing center. Realizing
that diversification of industry is as
important for the urban community as
for the farm our people decided that, to
have firm foundations for their future,
they should add general manufacturing
to their great jObbing and railroad inter-
ests. The plan was we'll conceived
crease in our manufacturing establish
ments and in their annual output has
been most encouraging. Without any
great flourish Of trumpets we have
succeeded in establishing here the be
ginnings of scores of manufacturing
businesses that need only fair patron
age to make them grow into assured
permanent success. 1t would surprise
most Of our people to know how few
of the commodities which they pur-
chase Of dealers, and which are the
common necesSaries of their daily life
need to be imported from other points.
ST. Paul factories can turn out the body
of staples consumed here, outside of text
lie manufactures. If our people would
only give preference to such arti-
cIes as are made here at home, there
can be no question that it would give
an immense stimulus to prosperity and
carry to completion the work so care
fully planned and so successfully be-
gun.
We are we'll assured that the people Of
st. Paul do not need any great amount
Of persuasion to induce them to follow
this policy. but only a knowledge of
how they can best help to carry it out.
They are patriotic and philosophical,
beyond any question. Especially is this
true of the women Of St. Paul house
holds. When they understand that
product is Of home manufacture they
use it. It is certain that if all the
householders III this city had it kept
constantly before them that certain
commodities are of home manufacture:
that they could be had at reasonable
prices, and that to buy these would en-
courage home industry, give employ
ment to our own people, make profita-
bic investments of home capital and aid
in building up the city, the demand for
home manufactures would be enor-
mOusly increased. We believe that an
intelligent and sustained campaign in
this direction would not only be Of
great substantial benefit to local in
dustries and swell our manufacturing
business to large proportions, but that
it would react most favorably upon all
other kinds of business carried on in
this city.
The time has come for us to put our
hands to the work and help ourselves.
If our local factories complain that
their product, although just as good in
quality and at the same price, re-
mains unsold on the shelves, while the
same thing made in Michigan or in
Ohio or in New York is in great de-
mand, they ought to realize that they
themselves are principally to blame.
That article will command the largest
sale which is best known to the con-
sumer; and the manufacturer who
takes greatest pains and spends most
money to put his products before his
public and to keep them there is the