Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-01-12
UNITED ACTION e
It Takes Push and Energy to Make q
City-A Word About FACTORIES,
Which Can Be Secured.

To the Editor OF the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo-, Jan. 11.-Referring to
the different Answers to your inter-
views regarding the needed improve
ments in our city, l see that most
everyone says that we need good
roads, factories, schools, etc. 1t Is
easy enough to see that we need some
thing-as our city is ct a ~standstill.
We have too many men and boys
lying around who would be glad and
willing to work; but there is abso-
lutely nothing for them to do. Our
merchants say we need good roads,
we need factories; but what we need
in the first place is push and energy
by these same merchants. We have
an organization for the purpose Of
benefiting and improving n city;
but these same merchants, who would
be most directly benefited, don't take
enough interest in attending meetings
where plans could be devised to secure
these improvements. Push, energy,
united and Immediate action will se-
cure factories, will build good roads
and schools. Factories r needed;
they viii employ the unemployed In
this city and bring additional labor to
us. These men viii spend what they
earn for food, clothing, dry goods.
shoes, etc. Money gets into circula-
ton and every merchant will soon de-
rive q benefit.
Now, we could have two good fac
tories here in q very short time, and
paying ones at the start; but our cap
italists should take an interest in this
matter. With q capital Of $4,000 a
furniture factory employing at least
100 hands could be started at once.
Common furniture, such as cheap bed
room sets, chairs and kitchen furni-
ture, could be made here and sold
readily. Raw material could be had
here to a great extent. 1t should be
an easy matter to raise the necessary
amount and organize 8 stock COM
pany among our own people. 1t
would be 3 paying Investment and ct
the same time be OF ~incalculable bene-
fit to our town.
With another 5000 we could start
or rather re-establish-the manufac-
tory for fire clay products. An unlim-
tied supply of raw material lie here.
The manufactured articles can be cold
readily at a good profit. Such a fac
tory would employ 100 hands.
After we have these establishments,
others will follow; and soon a magic
city will spring up, surrounded by g
fertile and prosperous country.
We need good roads and many
miles Of them leading in every d.
rection out of town. We also need
good streets and pavements in our
city. But talk alone don't build roads
and streets and factories. Let our
representative men come to the meet
ings, make up their minds to do a
thing, then go ahead and devise q
plan and do it. 1t is no use to appoint
committees who won't work. You
can have factories and good roads,
provided you work for them.
After we have factories, the farm
ers will be benefited as well a. mer-
chants. A new market will be created
for their products. Our factory hands
viii have to buy what the farmer
raises; and on good roads the farmer
will come to town, dispose Of his
stuff and buy what he needs at our
stores. Land viii become o val
liable and an immigration of desirable
farmers will follow. Then We viii
have a good town. H. JACOBSON.