The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-07-06
COMMERCIAL CLUBS
CAN BE MADE IMPORTANT FAC
TORS IN TOWN BUILDING.
BEST FIELD FOR THEIR WORK
Their Efforts Should Be Put Forth TO
Keep the Dollars In the Home
Town-Protecting Bust
ness Interests.

I been more than ordinary activity in
J the organization OF so-called CONNER
ciai clubs, business mems leagues and
! similar associations In the agricultural
sections of the country Some had
mushroom growth. and like some flow
ers, bloomed and blossomed. withered
and decayed in an hour. Others strug-
gled along indiferently and succeeded
Ia spending much OF the peoples
money without assisting the town 10
greatness, while a very few succeeded
In doing things that were of benefit
To the community.
There is little use in trying TO make
suit OF clothes for man out OF
pattern of elsyh that has only SUN.
cient goods for a childs suit There
IS little use IN trying to build up a
great town in a locality where there Is
not the material 10 sustain IL, and
where there are only resources for the
support " hamlet Towns of inn
portance exist only where there are
certain natural advantages. resources
that can be utilized ia manufacturing
territory sufficiently large 20 command
extensive trade. or some other favor
able condition Ia the west manufac-
turing must By the economy OF things
be confined "a such lines as can be
adyautageously produced In mannfac-
turing there are many factors There
must be considered the cost OF fuel
the raw material the labor and highly
important are the transportation fucil-
tiles
one of The noticeable things about
commercial clubs is the optimistic
tendencies 90 their members Business
men Of a strictly agricultural town win
form an association Perhaps the
leaders are Interested I'd Tho read os.
tate business Thoy waut lhe town 10
boom Some Of them may have q few
acres 80 land worthless unless luf
factory site Meetings are held
plans are mado tor the briuEiue in of
Some manufacturing plant that per
hans may Hlve employment 90 half "a
Gu.en ur o dozen hands. Correspond
gnco Is started with q View Of getting
some outsider interested The right
man, apparently, makes his appear
anN Tie wants q bonus of few
thousand dollars Ills proposition IA
seriously considered The subscription
paper a passed around THE amount
secured and The zeal estate man sells
his factory site a. a good price The
factory is started II runs about a
year and there Is a vacant factory
bmldng FOR rent or for sale How
many towns IN The southwest have had
this experience
Even had the enterprise been sue
cess. IL remains that there Is a field
moro productive or good for the town
that the club overlooked Say That a
actory be- started ln a small town IT,
may give employment TO "a dozen men
Tho pay roll amounts 10 $50 day The
output OF the concern may reach
total of from $4,000 90 $4,000 a year
Every little helps and al other
thIne m harmony this adds to Tie
importance Of tho place But let las
do d iit.le estimating Suppose that
there is about the town a territory OF
$50 square miles Suppose that each
square mile represents four families
farmers families This would make
COO families who should do their trad
Ing iu the town The reports of the
hurlau 81 statistics of the United
States department Of labor aud com.
motco assures us that tho averase ok.
pcnditure ai the farmer each year for
AN the supplies NJ requires IN the way
oi agricultural machinery, carriages,
wagcus clothing aud food Is S627
Careful ctigafes Of Che amount Of the
farmers tradt that goes % the mail
order house and Is In other ways di
yencd from DTS homo town shows that
"a IS more tban 25 pct cont ~ an he
spends Thus wo find that from The
territory 81 the town there IS ANNUALLY
diverted IA trade the nice SUM ~ moto
than $4,000 This amount goes FROM
THE town. ceases % De "A factor III ns
urbuiding n means that every day
thr town loses about 1892 N trade
Now would IL NOT be much better n
the commercial club took up the mat
torof deYialne mean Of protecting The
business inter IS Of the enterprises hi
De ID cmule lines airs csrah
lIahe1 than e bring iu ncw enter
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Courage Us raHY life
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