The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-08-29
bull D|RG'UPBUaNESS
sANs ORIGINAL PLAN TO TEST
NEW EhTEkPR,sEs
AN INDUSTRY lNcUBAT TOR


Regardless of the magnitude OF q
city or town there must be employ
ment for the people, In fact popula-
ton Of any city depends upon tho OPP
,portnnity that It may afford the resi-
dents gaining a livelihood. The agri-
cultural town receives Its support from
whatever mercantile traffic It can gain
from contiguous territory. and what
Industries In the manufacturing limo
that can be adyantageously conducted.
The city draws support from the
smaller towns in an area Of country,
which. owing to its geographical posi-
ton and what other advantages It may
have, 1t may command the trade Of.
It is to the advantage Of every
town to have as many manufacturing
plants as can be profitably operated.
Natural conditions regulate manufac-
turing to great extent. Transporta-
ton facilities, the cost of raw material
and fuel arc highly important factors;
yet there are certain lines OF small
manufacturing that can be well car
ried on In any community II only
rightly managed. For many years
ambitious towns have followed the
practice of offering bonuses4to manu-.
featuring concerns In order to secure
their location. The bonus system has
not always operated satisfactorily.
Too often promoters of manufacturing
enterprises look to the bonus offered
as q means Of making profit rather
than to the legitimate conduct of the
business. Then, again, there are
stock-jobbing schemes that operate in
connection. with the bonus plan, and It
has been known that hundreds Of
thousands of dollars have been lost by
people anxious to further the manu-
featuring interests of their home
towns.
Numerous manufacturing centers
have been gradually built up through
the right kind of cooperation Of the
citizens. There is one prosperous city
In Illinois that owes It's activity main.
ly to the plans pursued by an enter
prising class OF Swedish citizens. who
some 80 years ago organized o
Swedish Aid society. This society ad-
vanced money to worthy workers who
desired to engage In business. Officers
Of the society supervised the business
to agreat extent, and small concerns
which were established have grown to
be factories whose output run well up
into the millions annually. This aid
society loaned money to be repaid
from the profits 6f the business. The
plan was a successful one.
: The system here referred to sug.
gests a means whereby each town or
city which desires to build up manu-
featuring interests can do SO at the
minimum cost; that ID, that the dan.
gers and objections offered by the
bonus systems are. entirely eliminated,
as is also the chance for promoters to
reap harvest through the. exploita.
ton OF unsound enterprises. This
plan involves the Incorporation Of a
promoting company. Local capital
may be subscribed to whatever extent
II deemed expedient.r To illustrate:
II an organization be formed with S26,.
900 capital, $4,000 of this, capital can
! be employed In the equipment OF q
building for manufacturing purposes,
This building can have, facilities for
half q dozen to q dozen ANAL manu-.
featuring concerns The power neces!
sary may be supplied from q general
power plant. The machinery for man
ufacturlng can BIO Installed as required
~ board Of directors shall be selected