The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-01-26

How to make Duluth a prosperous
city? That is the question. Every
little while we hear something about
encouraging capital to come here. We
have given it TOO much encuura cement
already. Did YOU ever think how mucn
money leaves this city every month in
the payment for rents? Almost every
building on Superior Street. is owned
by outside people. In one block alone,
beWeen two avenues, there is reported
to be $4,000 a month sent out OF the
city as receipts for rent.
Outside capital is now a silent part
ner in almost every business house OH
Superior Street. They get their divi
dends in the form of rent on the first
day of every month.
Our people are earning money in var
ous ways. How do they spend 1t:
Stop and think. The money paid for
rent goes out of the city. The food
consumed is brought in from the out
side. The clothes we wear are made
in the east. The machinery in our
shops, on our docks, and other places
is shipped in. Everything that we
spend our money for is made in other
parts. How can we expect to have
anything here? The money received
from our mineral wealth, lumber pro-
duction, and in transferring grains, etc.,
crlOunts to q good deal. 1t maybe gets
to our merchants, but they cannot let
it get through any more home channels,
as they deal almost exclusively with
outside houses they are obliged to let
it pass from them out into eastern mar
kets. We gather from many different
sources because Of our advantageous
location, and the rich wealth Of iron
and timber near us, but that which we
| gather leaves us through one great
opening, like water through a broken
| dam.
Two years ago a Home Consumers
League was organized here, but it was
allowed to die. Why? Because of the
Observation-Disclosures of our people? NO.
Other influences We're very cutely work
ing, discouraging those interested, in
every move. These influences are here
yet, and they do not want to see our
industries flourish. The prosperity Of
our home industries would mean TO
them a few less sales of their outside
products They used to ask if we
| wanted to build a wall around the
city and keep out outside goods. We
did not say yes then, although we
should have. A partial wall would DO
no harm.
We could build a wall against prison
made brooms and shoes by buying
those made made in Duluth, and we do
not know of any persian who would suf-
fer as a result of loyalty to our own
people. The state would surely find
food for her convicts, while we would
| be supplying food for a portion of our
own people,.
If the people who want to see some
real prosperity in the city, let them be
loyal to the Duluth industries. If they
are, Duluth will be one of the most
prosperous cities i'm t41e.west. Buy
home made crackers, biscuits, steam
boilers, boots and shoes, beer, brooms,
cabinets, candy, carriages, wagons,
| cigars, cornice, electric fixtures, en-
gines and machinery, flour, castings,
furniture, harness, hats, holdings, sash
and doors, pumps, saws, show cases,
and many other things. There are
| industries here manufacturers the
above things. If they are encourag eG
| they will give more employment to our
labor. Give our labor more employ
ment and we will see some interesting
prosperity in this city.