The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-02-04
FRIEND OF FACTORIES
Asks Consideration For the Local
Merchant and Farmer.

One whs Likes Both PaIatial Residences
and Prosperous Manufactures Says that
Factories Benefit Merchants, Farmers
and Editors-Newark Merchants Bidding
for MOrrIstown Trade-Factory Discus
sion Open to the Negative Side.
Interest in the question of factories for
Morristown seems not to abate. ThiG
week the CHRONICLE presents herewith
still another communication viewing
the matter in s'some new lights" 1t
might be well to add here, that the dis
cussion of this subject now being carried
on in this paper is not by any means con-
fined to the affirmative side. People
who are opposed to the establishment of
factories have right to their views and
are invited to express them in these
columns. We hope that some one will
some forth and give the reasons. if there
be any, why Morristown should bar its
doors to manufacturers.
NEWTON. N. j., Jan. 81, 1893.
EDITOR OF THE CHRONICLE:
of the CHRONICLE, see that the factory
question is still engaging your attention.
As regards that communication from
Merchant, I want to say that he hits the
nail squarely on the head. Of course it
is desirable to have large number of
wealthy people in a town with palatlal
residences and beautiful lawns, but, if a
community is made up very largely of
the wealthy, with their cham bermaids,
cooks and coachmen, and there they go
to the city for their supplies, land find
that the Newark merchants are making
racket with the D.. L. & W. R. R. Co.
because they don't get more of the Nor
ristown trade) and the domestic help put
good share of their earnings in the
Savings Bank, (and | have nothing but
words of commendation for this latter
institution) what is to become of the
local merchant who has to furnish a
certain amount Of equipment to carry on
his business, pay high rent for the prop
erty he occupies, and yet good share of
the trade of the town is diverted into
other channels. In my humble judge
ment the solution of this problem is just
this, bring in the middle class who need
goods, VINO are not to poor to buy and
not rich enough to go into the importing
business. Inaugurate some movement
that will bring this class of people into
your city, and ii will not only bring pros
perity to your merchants, but a half
dozen other problems will be solved at
the same time.
The capitalist who is tired of investing
his money in western wildcat securities
can invest it right at home by putting
up good tenement houses which he can
let to good tenants who will pay their
rent every month. Again, it will create
a home market for the product of the
farm. When the Merriam factory To-
Gated in this town only one of the grocery
stores had delivery wagon, and on
stormy Saturday afternoons that one
horse would be unlocked from the
wagon about o'clock. Since that time
/ have seen five of these wagons backed
up in front of this same store. Further,
only one store kept fruit and vegetables.
and nearly all of it, except potatoes,
pears and apples. came from New York.
The number of these stores have greatly
multiplied, and they handle all kinds of
fruit in great quantities, and with the
exception of early strawberries, nearly
all Of it is produced rightin this vicinity
anu tn0 faIm0F anu maFk0I gdEu0u0E
finds here a great home cash market.
Again, the newspaper publisher is bene
fited, for nearly every family of the
aforesaid class will subscribe or buy the
local paper; the circulation of these
papers increase and they are worth more
as an advertising medium. With us,
electricity has taken the place of gas for
street lighting. Mountain lake water
has been brought here for domestic and
industrial purposes. But some one may
be ready to say that the times have
changed somewhat during these years
That may be true; but. take the factories
away from the town and the grocerers
will go back to their one horse business,
If not TO the tallow candle dispensation.