The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-05
SEEKS FACTORY SITE.
Vaughan Monnig Shoe Company of Jeffer-
son. Mo-. Would Consider Proposition.

Vaughan MOnn1g Shoe Company of Jeffer.
son, No.. Would Consider Proposition.
Kenosha has had another chance
a new manufacturing plant in the city
the present chance being offered by
the Vaughu- Monnig Shoe company, of
Jefferson City, Mo. At present the
company is making shoes in the states
prison at that place, but the location is
not entirely congenia1 to some of the
men employed ard the company is
willing to take new location if one
can be secured at advantageous terms.
In regard to the proposed removal
from Jefferson City the following
letter has been written to the Business
Mems association in Kenosha:
JEFFERSON Cry, Mo-, Jan. 81.
President Board of Trade, Kenosha,
Wis:
Dear Sir-We take the liberty of ad-
dressing you to inquire if your organi-
cation, or citizens, would be interested
IN securing the location of a shoe fac
tory in your city and if they would be
willing to offer a reasonable induce.
Dent to secure the same.
Our company organized six years
ago; have been and are at present sue
cessfully operating a shoe factory
inside the walls Of the Missouri state
penitentiary.
We are today employing a capital Of
about 100000 and have over two
hundred persons in our employ out
side of force Of Is travelling sales
men. We refer you to r. G. Dun &
Co.'s Commercial Agency as to our
commercial standing and RESPONSE
5ility.
Owing to the threatened and already
existing adverse legislation against
prison labor and the increasing preju
dice against prison made goods, our
company is considering the advis
ability of perhaps moving its plant
and locating the same IN some suit
able, centrally located city, possessing
the necessary manufacturing and dis
tributiug facilities.
The obisct Of this letter is not, for
the preseAS to make OF consider any
definite Proposition, or take up the
matter with you in detail; we merely
ask for an expression from a few
cities to whom we have addressed this
letter, to ascertain, IN a general way,
whether we could receive sufficient
substantial inducements to warrant
this move and make the contemplated
change advisable; we will then con-
slider the question of moving finally.
Should we definitely decide to move we
will be pleased to take up the matter
further with you, but before submit
ting a ny proposition, we would request
that you send representative or COM
mittee of representative citizens from
your city to come here, examine our
plant and our business, thus enabling
you to inte1ligently Judge just what
we have to offer you and what our
factory would be worth to yonr city.
In matter of this kind we are firm
believers in the good old Missouri
motto-"Show Me-"
With your kind indulgence we, in
conclusion, beg to state that we are not
professional promoters. neither are we
seeking location for new business
without established trade, where the
question of success or failure, is at
best, largely matter of uncertainty;
nor are we possessors of only an idea
or scheme that requires capital to
"foat." AS above stated our business
was established six years ago; we have
ample capital for its requirements.
We are manufacturing speciality line
of mems shoes for which there is uni
versal and almost unlimited demand;
the product of our factory today is
sold in every state and territory in the
union outside of five New England
states. For some time past we have
had more business than we were able
to handle; our factory was run to its
fullest capacity every day during the
past year.
We shall be pleased to hear from
you at your earliest convenience if in
terested ia the matter.
Thanking you in advance for giving
this letter your attention, we are, yours
very respectfully,
VAUGHAN-MoNNIGS SHOE Co.