The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-03
BOOSTING K||E0K|Uk
DOWN At ST. Louis

while ST. Louis is one hundred ans
eighty miles away If she is boasting
of the great manufacturing and in
dustrial advantages to be derived By
what may be the optimistic dream Of
Keokuk But it is too late to dream
the time for action has arrived and the
sooner Keokuk awakens to the realiza
tion of this fact, the better. These are
no idle words of the paper that boosts
Keokuk all the time They are facts
and the active, thoughtful people OF
Keokuk know St. Louis and all the
cities in the land know It.
Remember, That ST. Louis is not as
much in the center of the big railroad
improvement boom as Is Keokuk
Remember That Keokuk is nearer
the center of the great wheat and corn
crop than st. Louis.
Remember. That Keokuk lies in a
direct line of the Panama canal ship
ments up through the great Missis-
sippi Valley.
Remember That if Keokuk does
not take full advantage of her admir-
able location, her greatest water
power in the world and her other
great natural advantages made posi-
BILE by the magnificent water power
reality, the fault will lie with her
SELF
Remember, That every man, wo-
man and child of Keokuk should be
alive to the great opportunities of
the present and the very near future
offers them "if taken at the flood"
Remember, That since wealth seems
to be the desire of vast majority of
Americans, here then Is the greatest
chance to get rich the world has ever
seen.
"One of the greatest assets that st.
Louis has for realization in the near
future" said A. C. Einstein, president
of the Union Electric, to ST. Louis
newspaper, will be the manufacture
| ing power that will come from the
Keokuk.
This power will be available in IL
months. 1t can be sold at one-third of
the present fate 1t will make coal
cheaper than now, and coal is cheap
er now In ST. Louis than In any
American city.
Il submit to the reason of any read
er of The Republic that the fact that
ST. Louis will offer manufacturing
and motive power two-thirds cheaper
than any of its competitors is the
greatest asset the city possesses to at
tract factories, the life of cities, to
IL
The first long-distance transmits
sion line from this dam will be that
run to ST. Louis.
st. Louis will, be therefore, the
first city in IT, United States to re-
ceiye the benefit of the Keokuk dam.
The new access to power will do
away with the use of coal in many
factories, in the terminal yards and
other places. Manufacture will be
smokeless as well as cheap.
i can't see any other city offering
the same advantage of cheap power
and central location that st. Louis
has to offer now.
st. Louis is the only big city that
can use this Keokuk power. This
gives her a tremendous advantage ov-
er all other competitors.
4 really cannot see how the manu-
facturers of Chicago, New York and
other cities can hope to compete with
those of st. Louis in lines where cleo
trio power is of paramount import
ance."
These statements are facts and
place Keokuk in a class with cities
far beyond her present population
which promises to increase ten-fold
in as many years. 1t is seen how ST.
Louis looks upon the great MISSISSIPPI
pi river dam, putting it alongside of
the wonderful Panama canal in its
commercial advantage 1t Is greater
to Keohuk than gold mines and diam
ond fields. These become exhausted
by constant working, but the great
water power goes on forever and may
be increased In its capacity. according
to the demands Of trade.
It is boosted that "st. Louis is the
only big city that can use this pow
err. This gives her a tremendous adj
vantage over all competitors It
gives her no advantage over Keokuk,
If the people of this city will take
quick advantage of her opportunities.
She holds the key to the situation of
great promise. The great water pow
er lies at her feet asking to be utilized
right here in this beautiful and hos
pitable city. All the advantages are
in her favor and are asking that the
people of Keokuk accept them. Will
they do it?
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