Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-18

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mend?
! 3. Shall the street he narrowed?
AZ this meeting a committee should
be appointed to visit the council
Jane eth with resolutions expressing
l.tho view of the property holders. In
iccnaidSring the matter, we should
sEot only take into account the first
CO.'S O! pacing, but we should also.
s5lLeniSer thai 4 paved residence
stgecs 2dg; lie sprin,iled' not only
| !. ..ip1 cs:nEiss months as nov. but
sSc.. Gas' il the year when it is
20 ca ,aasd with snow. The dust and
Ma blown into our homes from a
Et3as.sG stssa5 s,sSat IS rot wet down
8nsld be nabearable in winter as in
ailfisfs, and this ezra expense for
r. 'nkGfg Soald have TO b. borne by
ia1 property holders, as it is now dur
NJ Il 4 10 tbs in sunmeT
At Tie risl. OF having this article
Loo ioass.. aad pleading tic excuse
,iiat .,&ca,,nc OF absence from the city
.arch Of &c time and when here OK
lccs6.2siy lrsy go that | cannot per
ogsiiy meet ard discuss public mat
sccs with Fly nsightocs, must there
fore nse the public press. let me
ns.'l uo Q fcsS things TO p.oye> that
ia2aca estcI's greatest ard most avail
able assets are, it's attractions as a
home city. There are reasons why W
canaos hone to ever become manu-
facturing centeg First, we have on
sshree sides Of us and within a dis
aAee OF f.Ssa miles three Industrial
5sss:ss Il o III TIA ten times tic size
q NJ ..--iscsssSssstels, c:sci. OF which is a
..illsaSie disty;lutins point. Second.
h:ssp no raw materials 10 manu-
acsi,.a. E.a9a, Ent not least, we do
!, !la7e tisa8 $pilts OF i,galty to LOCAL
talistgia,i 7 at iasufes success This
= 9 harsh statement, but it is true.
.Sa'.3ia o. IDS oldt fsEusiress men are
,l!ersls ih,nldre dollars to the lad
wing to 'peomotaeand encourage in
III cries AZ Manchester. The writer
aa5 suite Sc little money permanently
safossed in three different factories,
al OF which failed. Let me refer to
oac-tle Kennedy Buggy company.
When the organization of this COM
pany was proposed to Mr.. A. r. Loo
mis-, one of our shrewdest business
men, he at once said such a company,
properly organized, would meet a
long felt want and ought to employ
II number OF hands and permanently
locate number of families in Man
chester. Mr.. Loomis became the
principal stakeholder and was active
in promoting the company. The
natural suppo5ition was that the
people of Manchester and for twenty
miles about would be glad of an OPP
portunity TO buy a handmade buggy
ut home, although it might cost ten
doliars more than an eastern fac
tory buggy. but in this we were mis-
AIKEN; and the writer remembers well
When in q directors meeting the
question was asked why the people
OF this territory would not patronize
he Kennedy Buggy company, and
ihe answer was, because it is To-
Gated in Manchester" The same was
true Of the Hopkins Mower and the
products of the Manchester Foundry.
II the citizens of this territory had
oesis as sloyaltt to home industries. as
they are, for instance, in the terri
Tory served by Waterloo, Manches-
sal. would now have several thriving
Industries. :.
Only recently Mrs. Merry suggested
that she wanted some White Pearl
lour, manufactured at the Quaker
mill Well, call up your grocer on
The phone But they don't keep
1.-The White Pearl, and we think it is
che best flour on the market" We
immediately 'phoned the mill and got
the flour. A few days later met
Mr.. Walters and said to him, Don't
The dealers here handle your flour?"
Not to any extent why not p"
"Lon't know" Do you sell to deal
ers as low as they can buy flour of
he same grade elsewhere?, "We
certainly do" We went on our way
wondering If the Quaker mill, that
furnishes the best flour on the marke
and gTinds the feed OF SO per cent.
OF all the farmers who come to Man
chester, is to go the way of other
industries for want OF local patron
age It is a source of genuine sat
isfashon to every loyal citizen of
Manchester to know that our cream
cries are doing well. Their products
Are not sold in Manchester. They
are shipped to New York and other
lfar-away markets.
Il Only recently it was suggested in
A our papers, although not very vigor-
ously, that Manchester would soon
be called upon to vote 5 per cent.
tax for AN interurban railroad to
Davenport. We have tried in vain
Eto figure out how such line could
be of any benefit to us. The NJ. &
Q. already furnishes us direct route
to Monticello and Davenport. What
commodities would we ship to Dayen.
port. or what could Davenport furnish
Manchester that would be to our adj
yantage? Davenport has about the
same population as Dubuque, but moi
as many industries, and the distance
is about ninety miles, while it is but
forty-si4 to Dubuque. Again, what
commodities would naturally pass be
ween Manchester and Monticello
Not q carload OF anything, and but
I, flew passengers. am free to ad
NIT that it might be convenient fol
some Of the trade that now come:
7 'te.pi from nc far co,,fh &c Tho DO,