The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-04-01

one-half million gallons. An improve.
ment which has been completed dur
ing the past year Is the permanent
well water supply system. It is known
as thirty inch supply gang-well sys-
TEN. The water is taken from thirty
five artesan wells in the old Union
Dam property, which are attached to
main supply pipe thirty inches in
diameter.
The water rents in Canton con-
tinue to average about one.half the
rates charged in other cities of the
country. The low water rates are
beneficial to the building up Of Can
ton, q fact to which every newcomer
to the city will certify.
CANTON POSTOFFICE.
The receipts of the Canton postof-
flee from the sale of postage for the
year ending December 31st, 1908, was
$103, ,402.20, being an increase of $780,
0SG, or eleven per cent, over the pre-
yious year. This is one of the lafg-
est increases known in years.
The money order business shows an
increase of S130,217.75. The number
of registered letters dispatched from
the Canton Office during the past year
shows an increase of 2,S03, and the
number Of registered letters and pack
ages shows an increase Of 100 over
the previous year. The payroll has
been increased from $46,63S51 In
1902 to $49, in 1903y being an in
crease of s2,154.2O.
| RES-WHOLESALE AND RE-
TAIL.
In conclusion desire to repeat what
said year ago, that if you want to
make Canton prosperous and enlarge
her trade, you must not go out of the
! city for every shoe-string, yard of
ribbon, hat, or pair of shoes that you
need, or fly off to Cleveland. Pittsburg
or some place for any of the neces-
saries of life.
No truer words were ever written
then those penned by Editor Box of
the Ladies' Home Journal, when he
said: mo city can become great if
| its citizens refuse to impart an inter-
est of it's affairs, or fail to feel a
sense of pride in what it possesses.
1t Is the feeling which its citizens ex-
tend TO the welfare # a city that
makes 1t great or small, that means
its success or failure. Local inter-
ests, local pride, is the very life of a
city. 1t is that which made Chicago
what 1t is today; 1t is the lack of 1t
which has relegated so many of our
once powerful cities to minor posi-
tions in the table of American cities.
1t Is not only the privilege, but it is
the duty of every man and woman
to feel a pride, and the very highest
pride, in the city in which he or she
lives. The pride of its citizens is the
life-blood Of CITY,"
While very little has been said
heretofore of our stores, they are i'm.
portant factors; they help to bring
surrounding trade in all lines to the
city. Our stores are turning the trade
which formerly went to other places,
and we must remember that our stores
employ an army of clerks who live
here and spend their money here. The
more business our stores have, the
more clerks will be required and an
increase In wages will be paid them.
The last three years have witnessed a
marvellous development in the com.
mercial interests of this city. They
have approached the magnitude of
many of the metropolitan stores. The
stocks carried by Canton merchants
are large and diversified; their bust.
ness is progressive; their service Is
prompt and thorough; their general
business equipment is modern and
adequate, and their prices are as
equitable and as low, IL not lower
than those of any city in the coun
try, and there is no reason whatever
why they should not be generally pat
ronized and encouraged.
We should also feel a pride in oui
wholesale houses which are increas
ing every years. We should seek tc
advertise and to tell the people of sur
rounding towns, of our many advan
tages and Of the splendid stores In
our city.
To make Canton flourish, we must
} work and talk; let us make up oul