Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-05-19
rArRoNIlE nouE MAnKEr.
" Mechanic" Jriticl.cs Merchant" on th
iIotus tradc uurstiun.


Home trasic question.
The statement la Mondays Citlxeh
signed 'Mefchang. would be very
good thing iOr our city, u cyery one
Nouid tuiOw his advice. / would like
10 ash Merchant ana many more Ol
,nu same CLASS ny tnuy send away Tor
nearly everything they wear ana use
in thrir businvHsG Perhaps on the very
paper that article Was written you
might nnd the stamp OF some 81.
Louis Or California printing company.
More than half tue merchants oi this
Gown get their bill heads ana envelopes
printed c,scwhete, and also al their
riutnvs. even 10 undeyCluthCs. socks and
nanukerchicfs. Every tailor drummer
Who comes 10 this town gets from nfty
800 seventy i've orders Tor fan suits.
ANA as prices far In advance OF our
home tuilOrs. Instead OF about TWEEN
~ i've taiiors We should have at least
twO hundred al steady work the year
,ound aud help build up the city. Go
any evening down 10 Harveys Cafe
aud see the line OF Merchants" din
lng lherr Everything ~ shipped IN
and rvery dollar IL shipped out. Re
ceipts "a this cafe alone would employ
~
at two dollars per day. and here ls
another one hundred families that
would build up our city. a. is 80 ia
everything Look at the buggles aud
carriages about six hundred are gold
every year la this city and not one is
quilt here. AZ least two hundred hands
puld be employed here steady IN this
line ol busincas where az present we
d. IA
The harness business. suppose ouf
merchants aud wealthy men would In
slHt uu home made harness. The mar.
ness man tells you hc has none on
nanJ he seldom gets an order The
srpcer around the corner sells set Tor
90. that knocks him out. hut tell him
,htt hereafter you don't buy harnera
from the grocer ur blacksmith. but you
want Eumr made sect Wen the result
is that tae harness. maker tclcgraphs
right away Tor i've hrst-class harness.
makers. The other shops do likewise.
ana here We have a dozen mechanics
| Nith their families earning good wages.
while at the present time We cannot
keep Two men busy Look az the horde
lf Chinese who gather thousands OF
/ ioilars each year 90 send home to
/ China Instead 81 Two steam laundriea
Nt could support eight. whore our
| smart American giri4 could earn good
wages and help support many widow
el mother. Many - our sanctlmnnious
| Christians hand out their clothes 20
these Chinese. who bunk on them IN
their opium dena half the week and
then spit on them the other half. while
l many poor women are watching and
waiting for chance TO earn few
/ lines
| Ycs. Mr. Editor We could very easily
have a happy population ofthirty thou
sand in our city n every one would
insist on having everything they use
or need made here al home ana the
great increase of business would over
balance the extra prices We would pay
FOR home made work.
Let The Citizen strike out and start
the bali rolling ana our lit'le city viii
soon be- booming. Put a social boycott
on anyone giving the Chinese thing
10 wash. The same on any man hav-
ing his clothes made outside Of the city.
and in one year I viii guarantee our
population viii be doubled
A MECHANIC.