The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-17
We NEED EMOTION
500 After Business and You
Will Get It."
DIR. LOveland Tells Business
Men What Is Wrong.
SPEND YOUR MONEY AT HOME
A. L. Wiseman Says Industries
Are Thus Built Up.
''TOurists'' Surprised at Work
Done in Topeka.
SPEND YOUR MONEY AT HOME

1T has been demonstrated this ev-
ening that if you want real fine ban
quet you don't have to go outside the
city to get the goods
This was the statement of S. J.
Hodgins of the Commercial club. who
presided over the Topeka Made" din
ner which was the eliminating feat
ure Tuesday evening of the initial
Seeing Topeka First" tour among
the factories.
And this was no delusion on the
part of the presiding officer. The
good things to eat made hit. The
men passed solemn vow that hereaf-
ter they will patronize home industries.
Here is the vow:
"Resolved:
II am going to buy Topeka made
goods.
Il am going to urge my neighbors
to buy Topeka made goods.
Il want larger factories in Topeka.
81 want more factories in Topeka.
Through all the days to come
will tell the wonderful story of To-
peka.'
The resolution was presented by
Secretary J. VIII Kelley. we are
trying to acquaint the people with
what is made within the confines of
the civ" said he eff they will buy
Topeka made goods we can put sew
eral hundred more persons to work
in the city Secretary Kelley stated
that within a week or TOO an excur-
sion will be given for ladies only, and
that those firms will be visited that
will be of particular interest to feml-
ninity.
vertising committee of the CONNER
cial club. The eats were donated
by local firms.
The programs were elaborate. They
were in the form of a folder. on the
front of which was cut OF the com
nerce building. over the cut was the
inscription: PIN your faith to To-
peka:" beneath the inscription was at
tached a safety pin
Reports were heard from the differ
ent sight seeing teams. Then the regu-
lar program of speeches was carried
out.
Topeka cannot boast of large pop
ulation.'' said James A. Troutman, the
first speaker on the program, but New
York City was 40 years old before it
was as large as Topeka; Boston was
1870 years old before it was the size of
this city.
From the beginning of time the in
dustrial centers have been pointing
westward. The centers have moved on
and on until now At this time there Is
no farther west Topeka is the CEN
ter of the great western empire. IN
dustries are moving this way and it is
for US to prepare for them. Now let US
work for a greater. industrial center"
Right Kind of a KnocIxer.
Il have been called a knocker and an
undesirable citizen said A. L. Wise
man, who spoke on Developing Home
Industries But I am a knocker for
more industries and better support of
those We now have. There is only one
way to develop home industries-pat-
ronize them. There are thousands of
people here who shy at Topeka products
and buy outside. If you are going to
make industries grow lou must leave
your good dollars at home. Those in
terested in the erection of a certain
building that was paid for by subscrip-
ton went out of town to have their art
glass made when they have a factory
in the city that could have done just
as good work The way to build up in
dustries is to patronize then1.'
What Our Industries Need" was the
subject upon which George P. McEntire
spoke.
The subject is not one of my own