Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-04-21
ONE OF PRosPERITY's DANGERS

In rapidly growing and prosperous cities like Globe, where successes have been the rule and failures the exception, there is always fear that the industrial and mercantile field may become overcrowded and that business will become un- profitable and unattractive to capital. Every city has a certain capacity for carrying profita- bly, certain volume of business; but going be- yond this capacity by the introduction of too many similar lines of pursuit, the division of patronage makes unproftable the individual concerns and ultimately leads to chaotic con dition in the line or lines effected.
 The Silver Belt, having its finger at all times upon the local business pulse, has noticed symp- toms of overdoing in quite number of lines of late, which, if protracted, is pretty apt to de- moralize general business conditions, as, in the world of commerce, it is case of wheel within a wheel-disturb one and you have interrupted the smooth running mechanism of the entire mercantile and industrial fabric. It is tend ency, once called to the attention of the invest ing public, that should be discouraged
 The Silver Belt has no desire to butt into the business of others, but as a newspaper, stand ing for the best interests of the city, and argu- ing at all times in behalf of healthy commer- cial life it seems priviedged at this time to call attention to specific undertaking, which, we be- ieve, is being nourshed on milk from breast made imprudent through thoughtlessness.
 Globe capital and enterprise has given to the city one of the best equipped ice and cold storage plants in the southwest Liberal dealing gen temen are at the head of this enterprise. They are looking for only fair and reasonable ac- tion on their money, and there has never been complaint for extortion or for any abuse of the public. In fact, the company has greatly re- duced the price of ice and given perfect service to its patrons. The plant has a capacity of fifty tons day. At present ten tons supply the demand Commencing about June 1 and contn- uing for four months, a demand for twenty five tons will be daily made upon the plant, leaving 50 per cent of its capacity idle and to await the growth of the city.
 But now comes along a gentleman from Los Angeles desirous of promoting another company to engage in the ice and cold storage business in a city now using considerably less than 50 per cent of the capacity of its present plant It is the Los Angeles gentleman's right to promote any legitimate enterprise he may see fit in Globe, but Globe capital and influence and out side capital should weigh out Globe conditions carefully in treating with this new enterprise. If coast people should make an imprudent in vestment in Globe it would not rebound to the credit of the city; would retard the inflow of money for other purposes and would give the city black eye besides putting local capital in the class with the timid
 There are avenues open in Globe for the profitable investment of capital, but it doesn' t occur to the Silver Belt that just at this time there is an opening here for an ice factory, and we would consider an investment of this char acter something very closely akin to a hazard and one which would ultimately result in injury to the business interests of the city
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