The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-04-13
smokUsTAcKs AND PAYRoLLs
Build Up Home Factories and Healthy
Hone Markets.

Southwest lacks only busy workshops
for IL assuredly has soil OF wonder
ful fertility. while its navigable water
ways. its gulf ports and its multiply
ing railroads are solving the prob
lens of transportation. Nature has
not only generously endowed this ter
ritory with productive fields. vast
herds Of live stock and magnificent
forests. but. as II to be lavish In her
bounty. inexhaustible beds OF coal
iron. lead. zine. copper and subter'
ranean lakes OF crude oil sleep In the
bosom of the earth, ready 10 yield
their treasures TO the vitalizing touch
OF human industry. With such abund'
ant resources Of forest field and mine,
and with such superior transportation
facilities. what wonderful possibilities
are here presented for the enterpris
ing manufacturer OF wool, cotton
wood and iron.
Productive wealth in this country
arises mainly from agriculture and
manufacturing, and the relative pro
portion is only IS per cent for the
former. 10 80 per cent for the latter.
making II clear that the Southwest
must manufacture it's raw material or
else pay heavy tribute to more alert
competitors, No nation or state can
AFFORD TO depend solely upon its AK
riculture. for Jbove ard beyond this
is that greater wealth created by the
factory. Hon. W. d. Kelley. the late
gifted iron king. uttered a startling
truth when he said Iron is the
muscle of modern civilization. and
coal-ignited Goals the nervous en-
ergy that animates t., Human ge-
Mus has wrought wondrously during
the past fifty years in relegating mus
Gle 10 the rear and enthroning IN its
stead those twin Titans OF human
progress. coal and iron. II is not so
much. then a matter OF smokehouses
as Of smokestaeks; not so much
matter Of uncertain harvests as II is
of more certain pay rolls.
The secret Of New England's match.
less prosperity and the affiuence OF
other manufacturing states-now the
bankers OF the nation-is found in
their energetic factories. Great Brit.
ain, peerless as maritime power.
finds her chief glory in her mammoth
manufacturing cent6rs-her Shef.
field. Manchester and Birmingham.
Germany boasts OF her learning. her
statecraft and her military renown.
but the mightiest factors that sustain
and foster her people are the busy
smokestacks and reproductive pay.
rolls at Berlin. Breslau. Dresden and
Bremen.
France, distinguished as a leader in
the arts and sciences. and the fame
of whose scholars and merchants is
worldwide. is rich TO overlooking by
reason of the skill and enterprise of
her looms and FORCES at Lille and Ly
ons.
With such object lessons staring us
in the face. the duty OF the South
west looking to the development OF
its industrial interests. is plain. II
her people hope to compete in the
race for wealth. they must put less
capital into the money-changing ven.
lures Of merchandising, banking and
trust companies. and invest at least
a share Of their surp. in breeding
smokestacks and payrons.
II is the paramount duty OF public
spirited men and the local press of
the Southwest TO encourage the build.
ing Of home factories and healthy
home markets. Instead Of wasting
time and energy upon partisan poll
tics and politicians. devote more time
and attention 20 the organization OF
manufacturers aid associations. IN.
dustrial leagues and boards OF trade
Let the press and people do thei-
most effective campaigning by erect,
4"s shohestachs Tor shops and fas-
tories. in road and railroad building,
in promoting sanitation-for civiliza.
uon and soap 40 hand in hand-in d..
Versifying agriculture and manufac.
turing and in synthesizing the intel.
ieetusl, industrial and commercial
lie Of the Southwest. and the goal Of
their ambition viii be speedily at
tained.
There is no nobler mission than tho
upbuilding OF the Southwest and
those who lead IN this industrial
movement should be honored as tie
very high priests OF progress and
prosperity.-Frisco System Magazine.
Warning.
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