The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-18

TO preside who las not an adaman-
tine heart. Sometimes the topic is To-
cal: How increase the Business of
the City?"; city government; taxation;
streets; schools; sewerage, etc. Some
times we have national theme-Hen-
~ George theory; socialism; the Boer
War; the Philippines; China; etc. Some
of our most delightful symposiums
have been a Night with Books RE
cent Achievements in Science etc.
The Forty Thousand Club.
The Forty Thousand' club, which
kindled SuperiOr's later Zone Hun
dred Thousand club, is on different
lines. 1t has membership of about
100 business firms, lawyers and others,
who pay $40 initiation fee and 81
month. This club has rooms where a
weekly meeting is held. It's aim is to
promote the business interests of the
city primarily and, especially, to en-
courage new industries There are no
standing committees but when outSid-
ers visit the city on their own mo-
ton or by Invitation, with a view to
planting an industry, special COM
mittee is assigned to meet them, dis
cuss the matter, secure options on
land, etc. Other city interests are also
considered by the club. 1t has lately
co-oDerated with the wOman's eX-
change in establishing a rest room,
where farmers and their wives and
families may make themselves at
! home when in town. The club has
| assumed the rent-$3GO a year-for the
| rooms, and great convenience it will
| prove for these profitable patrons of
the city. The Forty Thousand' club
is hopeful Of promoting a new hotel,
| new industries, etc. It has strong
and enthusiastic membership.
Lacrosse has q Progressive assOcia-
| ton, and the other night sat down 235
| men.
What Brings New Industries.
Industries. as a rule are not brought
| but grow. However, when a man OF
| knot Of men visit a community with
| a view TO the location of a manufac tur-
| ing plant, they ask questions along two
lines-O the industrial; o. the social.
| They want a low tax rate; good rail
| road connections, and cheap freights; a
| reasonably priced fuel and power
| (and electrical power rates promise to
| have a shaping hand in making and
unmaking communities as railroad IA
vor and discrimination Unreasonable
priced lands for plants and operatives
homes, and moderate cost of living.
Strangers with an industry want
these things, yet often they do not find
all, nor many of them, and yet they DO
cate. Why? Personality cuts large
figure; the welcome they get; the i'm
preston the city and people make on
the visitors. This brings us to the
second factor in the decision-the life
Of the city, it's government it's attrac-
| tiveness, especially it's schools Senti-
ment is the strongest thing i'm the
world, stronger even than dollars: and
many a manufacturing plant has been
located in one city rather than another,
and grown to be a fountain Of indus
trial blessings, because some wife
forgotten by the advancement associa-
tiOn-has quietly concluded that where
there are clean streets there must be
clean people, or that the education of
her children is the biggest thing in her
life, and theirs, and that where the
best schools are, there shall be her
husbands factory, and the town that
lost the enterprise no doubt appointed
special committee to seek better
freight rates.
Jewels Near Our Feet
But as rule, industries grow un-
der your eyes from small beginnings
These merit your fullest encoura ge-
ment. The big factories of all cities
it is so Of the few Madison has-began
with machine shop Oh a hard-work-
ing brace of young men, or a wagon
repair shop or with a neglected man
with an idea. While we are looking
for stars, do not neglect the Jewels in
the soil at our feet. Industries are i'm
ported, and sometimes successfully.
BONUSES have their occasional iustifica-
ton, though most citizen associations.
among them the Madison club. have re-
jected the principle because of the
ne'er-do-well propositions floating from
state to state, seeking a crutch to lean
on. Yet one of Beloit's biggest con-
Germs was nurtured with citizen
bonus. There are just instances
enough Of this sort to make citizens
respectful toward every stranger with
in the gates: lest they turn down an
angel OF prosperity unawares.
No one can estimate the far-reach-
ing advantages to~a community of one
concern that empIoyes-keeps ginning