The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-05-09
r,rHoNIHr monr INDUSTRY

"Patronize home industry" Is a motto that should be founj in eveN business house alongside the No Credit" sign and in every household overor under the God Bless Our Home" indicator. This patron iling ot home industry is a matter ot edu' tl,i0n that should be taken up by every eitIzen and systematically illuntej u the flte 0f eyery man and woman ia the com- munitv. Co the ei,l that they viIl under s,lni itS meaning and advantages and live strictly up Co the letter and spirit oi it. There have been too many o,iei> sent Co Puget sound ports that ,oull just ls well have been filled here eNlctly the same grade oi goods md a, prizes, with freight atieI. even less than SeijtIe- hgures. This applies Co a large variety oi goods that Is Co be found in the stores and ware houses of alI our ielt.ng merchants, and the slle 0t wh.ch would lii that mlch Co The pronts oi Sllagwly. Too many pso- ple prelth this and too lew rrlctice it, many ot those prelching it being found Co be thz ones who fil Co g-ictice it. Large buil!iny> have been tuilt In this >.ty the furnishings for wh.>h, in hardware, tiN- lures. &c.. ,ou.I have been secured here just a, well 5S .n Seattle, but thev were not. and the orders went below. while the same ,li>> cf goods, equally ls good in quality. wJs allowed Co remain the >totk oi our own me chants. This IS W Ong, commercially if from uo other point ot view, ant SNlgWlv needs a ii,lie more ot the Seattle spirit 5, business cohesion In order Co make her '-lte interests a uni. What he.r, one merchant helps another, anI ,hr prosperity O, al, depends on the support gwen Co ei,h other by eath other ln th.> >ime connection .t Is not out of piate hr-c Co ,l.I attention Co the numerous su5ScuCuon papers going the rounds oi our citizens ,,Sing for contributions with wh ,h Go e-cct churches anI schools. The c.tizgu> have responded hIniS5m ly Co these lauilble movements, and in several ca>es ,hr iul. amount required ior conStru.- ti0n IS p,lcticallv assured. |, now turns out. however. thIt these pI,ties jo not propose Co pI,r0uIze SNagWJv merchants in the construction 0t these several eii- hceS, put are already iu correspondence with n-ms in Seattle and other points look ing Co getting their supplies from below instead 0i giving SkIgWav merchants dn opportunity to- 5.iI.ng 0n >lme. While there may be a few things that tlnn0t Us vet be secured here, Che majority ot build ing ml,erl. and furnishings, doors, SlSheS, hardware. carpets, &c., cln lll be nai here, 1r. ii not. they tln be ordered by our merchants and given the chlnce Of making the profit on the goods. lt Is also rep0rt- ej that mechanics and llborers lre Co be imported for the construction 0t them. lf thIs Is so it Is still greater injury Co our working classes. lt hardly looks tair to have our citizens contribute good money i0g these buildings and then Go have that money sent out of Skagwav without giv- ing our merchants and ilborers lu oppcr- tunitv for making the Pr5ht ofterei io Puget sound merchants and mechanics. In other words, Sklgway'S business inter ests demand that all sueh ord rs should te hllei bv Skagway merchants and the woik done bp Sk gway mechanics and abOrers. These are cases for the practical exercise of the Golden Rule ni in which the feelings of simple justice and recipro,ity should go hand in hand with those oi gratitude. Skagway citizens are liberal contributors, but they have the right Co expect little trade in return. lt w,ll be in order for every man SabScribing Co a fund for church or other buildings to stipuiate that in no case will the money be paid if any orders not absolutely necessary ;re sent away from Skagway or if labor is imported for the work. Home Labor and Home lnduS- uv should be the watchword.