The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-11-05
HOME TRADE BOOMER
Value of a Progressive Union In
Boosting a Town.
REACHES OUT FOR BUSINESS

How New Orleans Organization De.
veIops Its Local Trade-Homemads
Articles Exploited by Advertising.
Exhibition by Manufacturers Held.
Do you wish to enlarge your home
town? Do you want to increase its
local trade? Are you anxious to see
spirit Of activity in the stores, espe-
cially by your fellow citizens trading
at their home stores? Then you must
advertise. Patronize your local news
papers. Call the business men and
merchants together and form an asso-
citation to further your interests.
New Orleans has struck the key
note in this line. What she did last
year and Is still doing through the
work of progressive union can in
some measure be done by any town.
At least its principle is a good one,
that Of developing local trade and ac-
lively reaching out to attract people
to her hospitable doors.
The aims Of the New Orleans Pro-
gressive union may be briefly summed
up in the statement that it stands for
expansion of trade territory, new in
dustries, high class immigration, bet
ter train and mail service, municipal
| sanitation and health, exploitation Of
the city's advantages, increased Pana-
ma trade, steamship lines to South
America, lower freight rates, higher
education, home patronage of home In
dustries, more railroads, more capital
and more labor. Along these lines the
organization has done much during the
year and expects to do even more in
the near future. The present admins
tration is justly proud of the part that
the union has played in the develop
ment of the lakes to the gulf deep wa
terway project.
Under It's present management the
Progressive union has after months Of
labor finally succeeded in having the
various railroads leading into New Or
leans grant ten day free stopoverS
there on all continuous tickets issued
| from various points in the east, west
| and north. For years the business in
terests of New Orleans had tried to
bring about the adoption Of the free
stopovers, but failure marked every
| effort until this year. In the final
fight every influence controlled by the
Progressive union was brought into
| play, and after months of correspond
| ence Oh the subject all railroad and
steamship lines operating in and out Of
| New Orleans acknowledged the claims
of the Crescent City and granted the
| stopovers 1t has been estimated that
| the stopover privilege means some
thing like $1,3OO,OOO to New Orleans
every year.
| Through the work of the Progressive
| secured for New Orleans, and that city
has been made the headquarters of
| new railway mail division. This means
| increased mail facilities for all mer-
| chants and business men and quicker
| dispatch in the handling Of all kinds
of advertising matter, literature and
other mail.
Under the auspices Of the New Or
leans Progressive union the manufac-
| turers of that city held an exhibition
where nearly everything manufactured
In that city was shown in an exhibit
| ton lasting an entire month.
The Progressive union, which was
largest civic organization in the south
ern states and has during the last few
years been very active in promoting
that city's welfare by advertising its
resources and helping it's merchants In
every way to fight its industrial and
commercial battles.
Characteristic Of the press, which is
constantly taking steps to advance the
| interests of the community it serves,
the New Orleans Daily States gives
manufacturers Of that city an oppor-
tunity to make their goods known at
very small expense. Three times
week it's columns are offered free to
exploit homemade articles. presenting
their good points and other reasons
why they should have the preference
Of local buyers. In return for this the
publishers ask the manufacturers to
take a ten or twenty line ad. three
times week.
The merchants of New Orleans also
used every effort to cooperate with
the Progressive union, each merchant,
after his own fashion, getting up
some special attraction or inducement
to help attract the crowds sfmultane-
ously to and coincident with the big
manufacturing exhibition.
One very prominent music house ar
ranged an exhibition Of high art music
al instruments through the different
manufacturers they represent and kept
''open house." giving free recitals day
| and night This feature in itself at
tracted very wide and favorable COM
ment. Others arranged special exhib-
its, and some made preparations to
show their plants in operation to their
visiting customers.
On the whole, there seems to be
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