Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-02-08
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THINGS TALKED ABOUT.


The weather, an ever interesting
source of talk, has claimed serious
attention the past month, because one
would freez to death almost any hour
of the day, of any day during the past
month. II he remained idle, or allowed
fires to get low. In some places ice
is Ia inches thick, and IA inch ice is
rare in this section
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Woodbury. Board of Education is
reaping the reward of it's air-castle
building year ago, and is in the
position of having to ask the Legis-
lature for authority to increase the
bonded debt beyond the established
limit to get money to complete the
High School building, according to
revised plans. City Council pursued
the wise course Tuesday night when
it adopted a resolution encouraging
the Legislature to pass such law.
because the Board of Education, as
individuals, is not suffering, but about
1000 pupils and teachers are, and ul-
timately the money will have to be
raised and spent. The only question
at issue is, shall the building be COM
pleted this year, and the schools re-
ceive immediate use of it, or shall il
be completed two or three years hence
and in the meantime the city pay
rent, with an incomplete building on
its hands. We hope 60 see the house
completed now.
B. Axe & Co., silk shirt waist MAX
ers in Philadelphia, desire to establish
a factory outside the city because of
labor troubles, ETC., incident to man
ufacturing there. The firm has dis
covered that the required labor can
be secured here because there is
large number of intelligent women in
town, who would like such employ
ment. And now the firm of Axe &.
Co. want the city to furnish them with
a factory, one story, 60x200 feet, To-
Gated convenient to the standard and
trolley road, and connected with sewer
and water mains. They will paw a
rental of per cent. per annum on the
cost OF such building until such time
as the total of their pay roll to fac
tory employees totals $4,000, then
they desire the city, or the owners of
She building to deed the factory to
them.
There is nothing new in this propo-
sit1on, because enterprising towns,
east, west, north and south have done
the like for years. Some towns have
profited enormously by such invest
ments while others have not
It is very desirable that every per-
son in a community who aspires to be
self supporting should have oppor-
tunity for employment at home, be-
cause the greater employment l5he
greater the purchasing power of the
people, and all business would be sure
to feel the impetus of increased money
put in circulation. But as a business
proposition such schemes haven't a
leg to stand on. Every business in
Woodbury-the glass works, Green's
laboratories, Blasius Piano Works, the
Woodbury. Mill and Lumber Co.. the
Gloucester County Democrat, Consti-
tuition and Times, the shops, stores
and hotels, all were established on
their own capital and they succeeded
or failed according as they were max
ing marketable commodity, and
were skillfully managed.
The approximate cost of such
building as Axe & Co. require is $S,-
000- They can buy the land and
erect such a building on a cash in
vestment of $4,000. The City would
no doubt give them free of City taxes
and water rent for five years. Now
if Axe & Co. are sure the labor is
here they can in very few years
save in rents and labor cost the cost
of the real estate they need, and es-
tablish themselves here on an equal
footing with the rest of us. The en-
terprise of its people has made.
Woodbury. desirable place to live in,
and we invite the world to come, but
we ought not to be expected to pay
them to do business here.
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desire to take issue with our views
on this or any other subject.
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