Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-03-10
IT IS UP TO EACH AND ALL OF Us.

the meeting of the board of governors of the Commercial
club Monday the matter Of patronizng home industries
~ and especially home manufactures pretty thorough
y discussed and the Importance of getting Salem people
awakened to the vital necessity of doing this gone into
broadly suggested that series of prizes be offered for
the best letters showing why Salem factories should be patron
ze by Salem people AT the time suggested that
sample Of all products of Salem factories be placed display
at central point where the public could just what the
city is doing in the manufacturing line
1t is unfortunate that this should have to be done for it
looks though should all realize the Importance of this
buying at home without being told about it.
Salem people should that the canned fruits and vege
tables used in their homes those put up Salem factories
if the kind of fruit vegetable canned here The reason is
obvious 1t makes market for homegrown materials and
helps the local fruit and vegetable grower 1t puts Salem
money into Salem products and gives employment to Sa
lem people, who lacking that empoymengo esewhereand
Eugene Corvallis other places citizens Practically
every dollar spent in fact all but that sent for the tin
and solder remains here The employment of labor causes
demand for houses to live nand directly helps the real
tate The money paid out for labor most of it, finds its
way the groceries of the city, and thus makes the
employment Of labor that line necessary This in turn
helps in the same way every employed person must be
housed and fed.
not in the direct way though that the property owner
is va aided Interested He gets the direct benefit of
renting his residence properties but his big gains from
the muchmooted mearned increment in that his property
doubles in value with the doubling of population He is really
the person greatly benefited and he should thereby be the
most active in patronizng Salem industries
This true in regard to patronzg local stores Many patrons
of the mail order houses themselves by saying "We
the merchant sends his money to New York Chicago and
don't why shouldn't do the thing" This is not the
whole truth The merchant of course has send his money
abroad for those things not made here but he does not
send ALL He sends the wholesale prices of the goods
just does MongomeryWard SearsRoebuc any Of the
other big firms But all these firms make profit and that
profit stays Chicago When closing time for these
big stores the streets almost impossible for half hour
from the army of employees poured out of their big buildings
Salem people who patronze these big firms maintaining
Of these clerks in Chicago instead of contributing to their
support here Salem where they would spend their money
and help build up the city and add to its population
The trouble heretofore in trying to start campaign for the
pbudng of the city has been that the property owner who
receives the greatest benefit has been the last to assist in
any way takes money any of these things and the bur-
den has fallen almost entirely those engaged in business
The property has done his part and he the
that should wake up and get the front rank of the boosters
We shall have to along this line but suggest that
the property put his thinking cap figure out how
much he would be benefited by the doubling Of Saem popua
hon and then act good business would suggest
We might add that the Of 1910 showed that between
1900 and 1910 Salem had the greatest proportional growth of
any city the coast increased from 1853 in 1900 to 094
in 1870 3S1 per cent Eugene in the time increased
$50 per cent and Portland 229 per cent Salem main
tain the Of increase during the ten years ending in
1920 she will have population of 4665l Patronizng home
industries and using Saemmade goods will go long way
ward accomplishing this result
Judge McGnn of Portland seems 60 hold the view that