The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-05
WOULD BOOST THE
FARGO MADE GOODS
LARGE NUMBER OF LOCAL MAN.
uFAcTURERs DISCUSS ORGAN
IzATloN or GET TOGETHER.
CLUB AT BANQUET AT CON-
MERcIAL CLUB LAST NIGHT.

Some twenty-five manufacturers and
producers of Fargo "got together" at
a o'clock banquet at the commercial
club last evening, at the instigation of
Ed Fitzgerald, to organize "Get To-
gether'' club.
After the banquet, Vice President w.
D. Sweet of the commercial club. and
himself one of the leading manufac-
turers of the city, introduced the sub.
ject and object of the meeting in his
usual lucid manner laying stress on
the fact that there was cause for suca
movement as that about to be form
ed and could see where much good
would come from it. Fargo was a ma
tural shipping point for great, grow
ing and prosperous state. That the
Fargo enterprises engaged In the
manufacture Of horse collars, for In
stance, used leather from $4,000 cattle
every year and 100 loads of flax straw
in the same time, and yet only supplied
tenth of what was naturally Fargo's
territory.
Patronize Each Other.
Mr.. McHose of McHose & Pardoe,
mattress factory, has grown to think
great deal of Fargo in the four years
he has lived within its limits. He had
many points to bring out in favor of
getting together and patronizing each
other and encouraging others to buy
home made goods when possible. He
said that it required 100 men to manu-
facture furniture which could after
ward be jobbed with four men That
the small factory scattered around the
city and employing twenty to forty
men and supporting as many families
was the means of building UP the city's
population. Mr.. McHose remarked as
an example of what could be done to
increase population, that If all mat
tresses sold to Fargo people each year
were Fargo made mattresses that it
would require doubling the capacity of
his factory. He did not expect any
such luck, but did look for benefits for
all manufacturers because of a "get
together club.
President Aaker of Aaker's Business
college, was introduced as a manufac-
turer of "typewriters," which he denied
but admitted being a producer of such.
Mr.. Aaker has always been glad he
identified himself with Fargo when he
glorious future of the city and the
state, to which 1t is the natural gate
way. He took The Forums word for
the statement that North Dakota has a
greater amount per capita of bank de-
posits than any state but one-which
shows wealth to buy manufactured
products. He has found himself com
planning because business men hire
help from an eastern business college,
for instance. but upon self inquiry dis.
covered that he himself was very apt
to discriminate against Fargo made
goods-and was sure the club was GO
ing to be the means of doing good to
ALL
John Monson, who was introduced
as producing articles the total bulk of
which would exceed any other manu-
facturer in Fargo, being trunks, ex-
pressed his belief in Fargo and showed
how he had fought for recognition and
each year gained more and more.
Each OF the other gentlemen present
spoke of their business and how the
application of the golden rule would
be beneficial and were in favor of a
permanent organization which will be
deferred to be taken up at another
meeting, only about half of the manu-
facturers of the city being present.
Those present were w. d. Sweet, r.
A. Bristol, c. o. Smith. Ed. Fitzgerald.
John Monson, J. w. McHose, Geo. "A
Pardoe, F. B. Leach, p. r. Walton, H.
A. Klinsmann. B. A. Wilbur, F. o.
Knerr, S. Q. Erickson, E. Britton, HI.
H. Aaker, A. %. Madison, w. r. Ed
wards and Jack Shotwell.