Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-20
THAT IS WHAT THE MANUFACTUR.
ERS ARE PRACTICING.
PATRoNIzING EACH OTHER
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT Is
"MADE IN KANSAS CITY, U. s. A."
Ignorance Which Has Diverted Many
Thousands of Dollars Annually
to Other Cities Is Being En-
liEhtened-SOcinl Meet
ing January 30.

The members of the Manufacturers AS
sociation practice the doctrine they preach
that of buying goods made in Kansas
City. The executive committee of the as
sociation perfected plans for the special
meeting of the association which is to be
held Monday evening. January 30, for the
purpose Of allowing the members to get
better acquainted with each other and Of
learning more what goods each manufac>
lures.
The committee has decided to devote the
entire meeting to this one purpose To
TINS end all the members are desired to
De present as TAR as possible and, where
convenient, all the members of the firm,
All are asked to bring with them a cata>
iogue of their business and all other print
ed matter concerning their business which
they may wish. The secretary will make
catalogue library of the association from
these catalogues. supplemented by a card
index, which will in future, with but
moments work, reveal to any member
whether the article he desires to purchase
Is made by any member of the association
and II SO, by whom, its price and all about
it.
The meeting will be devoted to getting
acquainted. looking over each others cat
alogues and partaking of light refresh
ments and cigars.
IL Is confidently believed that this meet
ing Will do much toward increasing home
consumption of Kansas City made goods.
among those who chiefly desire it, the man.
ufacturers themselves. Indeed, without any
special effort in this direction, the associa-
tion has done much in this line already.
|>Ihere are many instances which might be
given, and they will increase as time goes
by, where members have picked up new
nd u,hi icI,
more than paid many times the cost of
the association membership. The meetings
OF the association have impressed upon
every member more forcibly than he ever
felt before the Importance of patronizing
home industries, matter to which many of
them had given but little attention before
Joining the association. For instance one
member in the meeting Monday night said:
Our firm used to get all of its stationery
from house in Milwaukee. Since joined
the association l have seen to it that our
printing is all done by Kansas City firm.
We use great deal of heavy harness in
our business. l did not know anybody in
kansas City made anything of the kind
we use. But since seeing the samples
brought here by one of our members
have given word to our men to have him
make all our harness hereafter
Another member of the association sold
large bill of his wares to a customer from
Kansas. When the deal was finished the
customer remarked that he would have to
go on to st. Louis to buy a lot of fire
brick. The Kansas City man called up
the secretary of the Manufacturers AS
scciation and asked:
Don't some of our members make fire
brick?"
Yes. Mr.. So and So." The Kansas City
man took the Kansan to the brick yard.
and the result was he bought two car
loads OF fire brick and did not go to St.
Louis.
Another member who uses considerable
5ab6ltt metal had always bought it in
St. Louis, not knowing any was made in
Kansas City. Learning that one of the
members of the association did make the
article, he ordered supply from him, and
happening to- speak of the matter in the
presence of numbeo of other members
with large manufacturing plants. one Of
them said:
u didn't know any babbitt was made
in nnrt kansas az a,So,1y. City; have always bought
Here. too" said another We've al
ways got ours in Milwaukee,"
Both gentlemen and another standing by
have since bought all their babbitt metal
from the Kansas City man, his member
ship in the association thus giving him
four large customers he did not have be-
fore.
1t IS this fraternal spirit. this patronage
Of home manufacturers by themselves, and
inducing others to do SO, which is one CT
lHe StIouS features OIL tne association, one
of the features which will result in much
good to Kansas City's manufacturing in
terests. 1t is one of the things too, Which
will be fostered and increased by the meet
ing of January 30. for the purpose Of get
ting better acquainted
In view of the fact that their cards and
catalogues are to be brought by all the
members to this meeting Secretary Wins
borough has named it the card and cata-
logue social" In addition to bringing cards
and catalogues. there will be a roll call
at which each member will rise when his
name is called SO that the other members
will know him and then will state briefly
what he manufactures. The members will
also be asked to bring with them for dis
enirs or advertising novelties of their busi-
ness, such as paper weights. desk orna-
ments or anything of that character which
they can give to their brother members as
a perpetual or daily reminder of themselves
and their wares.