Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-04-05
BUILD UP SMALLER FACTORIES
BY INCREASED PATRONAGE,
BUY TULSA-MADE CIGARS
Where a Few People Are Now En-
ployed Many Could Get Work if
Tulsa People Are Wise.

The smaller manufactures IN any
city have always been the best pay
ing and the most profitable, and have
done more to build up than all other
industries. A few small factories
scattered here and there over a town
advertise it as few things do, and give
It a name and fame over a WIDE ter
ritory.
Tulsa has several such factories in
different lines, and all are doing well
and growing fast. She should have
and will have, many more, but until
then great deal could be done by her
own people to increase the trade and
usefulness of those here.
Take for instance her cigar factor
les. Tulsa manufactures as good quail
ity cigars as are made anywhere. This
IS stated by experienced cigar max
crs and by experienced smokers. In
the Commercial club not long ago,
some gentlemen, vino smoke a good
number daily, stateG that the ones
made in Tulsa were as good as any
brought in from elsewhere, and III TINS
be the case, why does not every cltl'
zen who smokes cigars buy them Ill
preference to othersl As q rnle we
patronize our other home industries; ;
we buy home made ice. nome made zee
cream, home made bread; We patron
ize our own planning mills and foun-
dries. why not patrCnize the home
made cigar, and make this ind ,stry
far more profitable than It now is'
1t was stated in meeting In the
Commercial club that the cigar FAC
tories in Tulsa paid $500 monthly IN
wages. On inquiry among the manu-
facturies it is found that the quantity
of home made cigars sold is infnites-
sinai compared to the quantity OF
other brands made in other towns.
This should not be so. The number
of people employed, it was further
stated, is eleven, one cigar maker re-
duced this to seven. The same man
said that if every cigar maker in Tul-
sa smoked one home made cigar out
of every half dozen he bought, the
number of employees would be doubled,
and that if they all smoked nothing
but home made, force Of men run
ming into the hundreds could be kept
busy
We are all anxious to see Tulsa
grow, and we are all anxious to In
crease her dinner bucket brigade. The
best way to effect these desirable OBJ
jects is to patronize those we have,
and let it be known that Tulsa people
stand BY their own. If this is done,
factories will be seeking admittance
here, without asking for bonuses.
Every lady whose husband smokes
should see to it that the cigar in his
vest pocket was made in Tulsa. Ev-
cry girl whose sweetheart indulges in
cigars should coax him into buying
Tulsa made" Everybody should en-
courage the industry, for it means
more money in all other branches of
industry, better trade and better
times.
1t is wise while trying to secure
other factories for Tulsa to assist in
bringing them by patronizlng those
k%e have. Our slogan should be " Tul-
sa made goods for Tulsa people"
The above remarks apply to dealers
as well as smokers. They should en-
courage the sale Of the home made ar
ticle and recommend it where they
can conscientiously do so. They would
DO so, it is believed, were the article
in demand. Let us make 1t in de-