The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-18
MAJOR HUGH L. COOPER
Editor WHEELER in the Quincy Journal

that would not be adapted to this To-
cation, and that would not make mon
ey hereall of which is true. But the
TACT remains that large majority of
the factories in this country can man
ufacture goods successfully in any
good location.
It might be serious mistake to
locate cotton mill in Quincy. al
though successful cotton mill is
operating In Aurora, H., and scores Of
them are In New England. It might
De mistake to locate a smelling
, plant here. AS we remember a
smelter was located in Aurora and
another at Spring field. and neither OF
them was success. A cotton gin or
pulp mill or ship yard could hard
~ be appropriately located in Quincy;
but National Cash Register factory,
or watch factory, or glass factory,
or sewing machine factory, or
typewriter factory, or an adding ma
chine factory, or Studebaker wagon
FACTORY. or Parlin G Orendorf fac
tory, or Kewanee Tube and Iron
works, or shoe factory, or tobacco
factory. or railroad shops, or a furni-
ture factory, and scores OF other
factories like these might as well be
located here as anywhere The coun-
| Try Is loaded with factories that could
manufacture at Quincy as we'll as at
any other city In the union.
There Is no question that Quincy's
great opportunity is now here. The
best electrician that we have ever
known tells us that the Hamilton
keokuk dam is practically one-six-
i thousandth OF second distant from
Quincy. electrically speaking; and
that for all practical purposes we are
Just as well off as if the dam were
at the foot of Spring street,
There Is no doubt that Quincy
should put forth every reasonable eff
fort to improve the great opportunity
/ that now presents itself to this city.
We heard Mr. Henry Dayton say last
night that this town should raise a
quarter Of million dollars immed-
lately and get busy to take advantage
of the Reconsideration water power.
And yesterday we heard two as en-
erget1c and enthusiastic and patriotic
business men as Quincy has ever had
or ever will have, say that the money
we are talking of raising for a fall
celebration, which Is to benefit a few
OF our merchants and caterers, should
be used for the purpose of improving
our water power opportunity These
! men said that every dollar we can
raise should be devoted to the work of
getting new industries into Quincy
on the strength of this great water
power work now going on at Keokuk-
Hamilton. There is no doubt that our
best energies should be put forth
. along this line. This is in Inc with
Major Cooper's talk, and 1T Is in line
with the best thought among our own
people.
We must take advantage Of the un
usual opportunity that now presents
: itself to this city. We must do this
:. and in order to do this, money is In
: dispensable. We must raise a sub
: stantial sum for this purpose and we
!, should get at the work right speedily
One dollar spent now will give us
: twenty in return for 1t later on
t Quincy men have spent hundreds
: and hundreds of thousands of dollars
8 in foreign real estate speculations: IL
gold mines and oil wells: in fy-by
night schemes Of almost every sort
: There is no speculation, there is nc
i gambling, in this great work now go
4 ing on in the river just above us. II
j is as genuine as the mountains, al
I solid as the earth, and as sure a.
r time itself. Why should not oul
t monied men be as willing to invest il
t a dead sure thing as In a wiidca
t speculation A very small part o
o tn, money that Quincy men hav'
d squandered in wild and foolisl
J gambling would make Quincy one o
b the biggest and best Industrial center
d in the United States.
l. We must improve the great oppor
e tunity that now presents itself AM
h to do this we must, as we say, hav
L little money; and the getting of thi
j. money is worthy of the best effort
e of our Patriotic Booster Boys.