The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-07-10
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Some months ago the Commercial
Club of Bismarck, y. D., started a
movement to get acquainted with Bis
marck. They visited the various in
dustries of the city and secured first
hand information concerning their
home town that was not only instruc-
tive but surprising.
The Register believes that this is an
excellent idea for B~rookings or any
other city to follow. We have not a
large number Of manufactures, but
we have several small industries that
are doing quite a volume Of business.
What does the average citizen OF
Brookings know OF them? He knows
that they are located here, but he has
only a vague idea of their volume of
business, OF their weekly pay roll or OF
how much money Is invested in the
business. We believe that a little in
vestigation by the Commercial Club
members and other live citizens will
furnish some surprises and make them
more loyal and enthusiastic boosters.
The Brictson Manufacturing Co. is
probably Brookings' largest industry.
How many of our citizens realize the
volume Of business they do or the pos
sibilities that a natural increase in
their business would meal for Brook
ings? Early in the year 1t was estimat-
ed that coo, 900 automobiles would be
manufactured in America alone dur
ing 1913. What would it mean to
Brookings IL one-tenth Of them, and
this Is a conservative estimate, were
equipped with a pair of Brictson tire
reads? 1t would mean that some
where around two million dollars
would flow into Brookings, a large part
of which would be paid out for labor.
One man can make two treads a day
and to equip $4,000 car with a pair of
treads each would require the labor of
200 men for 300 days, the average
working year. This would mean a pay
roll of about $4,000 a week or 100000
a year, practically all Of which would
be spent right here In Brookings. These
figures are for the United States only,
and II must be remembered that they
ship their treads to all parts Of the
world, an almost unlimited field. At
A. .aaAV time tho nnnnnnnV on.
ploys about twenty-five people, but
their business Is increasing steadily
and more help will be added, and there
seems to be no good reason why their
treads should not in time be a part
of the equipment of one-tenth or even
more, of the automobiles, not only in
this country, but in all parts OF the
world.
Does the average citizen Of Brook
ings realize how much money there is
invested in the printing plants Of the
city? Or does he know how many
people are employed at the trade or
what their weekly wage amounts to?
When he learns all this he Is likely
to be surprised, and it might surprise
him still further to know that IL the
local plants were to receive all of the
printing that Is now sent out of town,
to Sioux Falls, Sioux City, Omaha or
Minneapolis, that they could give en-
ployment to just twice as many men
as they do at present.
What is true Of the printing plants
is true Of the cigar factories. cement
products, creamery, laundry and other
industries. Everyone of them could
double their force were they to receive
the Brookings patronage that they
should. The man who sends out Of
town for his printing or other goods or
supplies that he could get here is not
helping the town o his business,
and It 10 up to him whether or not the
city grows and prospers as 1t should.
Get acquainted with Brookings and
its industries and then boost.
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