The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-27

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to build the new factory building me
factory would turn out LOGO to 2,ooo
tires daily.
1T means" Mr.. Kirch said in con-
that if we DO this we will be
doing more for Keolluk than all of the
new factories that have come here IN
the last ten years, and We propose TO
do it in two years"
Is Good as Buff.
f. S. Phillips came next on the llst,
He said that no engine was a goou !
enc without safety valve and
whistle. Mr.. Kirch was the safety |
valve, and he was the whistle. lie
then proceeded to paint such a glow
ing picture Of a new keokuk, ana |
new Standard Four plant, and with
such sincerity that when he closed
everyone echoed his words, Its as
good as built
Keokuk, without any fireworks Will
slip off into the river, he said out the
Standard Four was going to FURNISH
the fireworks, and tonight is the be-
ginning of good things for your city.
What makes a city? 1t is the merch-
ants, and the factory that pays real
wages, not starvation wages. makes
Standard Four Tire company. We are
a factory that will make you people
here, because we've got the nerve TO
go ahead We have now 140 men
working for us and a payroll OF $lo,-
900. We are going to build real tire
plant It's just the same as built
Well build truck tires and cord tires
and 5000 tubes daily. Well have
payroll Of quarter to half million
per month, and Wen employ from
5000 to 5000 people. You merchants
can expand, and we will have real
town. We have looked the war in the
face and we believe that in time OF
war we should prepare for peace. Now
is the time, and we are going to put
it over. We are going to be ready
when peace comes to get into the
greatest rubber business the world
has ever known. We are going over
the top with it,
Mr.. Phillips then recalled some pre-
dictions he had made two years ago
when the company first came here.
and which had been fulfilled. Then
lie drew little word picture of the an
nual meeting OF the Industrial asso-
citation last winter when he said in
year that the tire plant would ask
for an enlargement, and he was there
to tell them that again he had made
good. And that was why he was so
sure the new proposition was going
over the top and going over with all
keokuk behind it boosting for it and
going the limit.
Movement is Vital.
C. F. Mcfarland, the next speaker
told the assemblage that the case at
bar was like that Of the old man who
was dubious about ever starting an
engine, and that when he did see 1t
start, he then declared they could
never stop it. This was the condition
of the Standard Four plant, he be-
lieved. 1t would never be stopped. He
told of the fairness of the dealings OF
the men in the Standard Four plant.
How they wanted Keokuk men on
the directorate, how they wanted the
money handled in Keokuk and how
when they first came here, they sug
gested certain conditions, such as put
ting the money In the banks and not
let it be touched except by the asso-
citation Everything we have asked
them to do they have agreed to-" he
said.
This movement tonight is just as
vital, just as important to Keokuk as
was the Santa Fee proposition years
ago. And If we should fail to give the
Standard Four our support and our
backing, it will be just as serious a
loss, an even greater one, 1 believe,
than the Santa Fee. Because the San
ia Fee went into a town near us, and
1t has only population Of 10000,
while the Standard -Four proposition
alone means to bring an Increase in
population of 10000 to 10000 people.
It means new era for Keol1uk, and
one that we must convince ourselves
must come"
Opportunities Here.
A. Hollingsworth, attorney for the
company, in his talk brought out some
of the past promises of the company
which had been more than fulfilled.
Starting with forty men they had a
payroll Of 100 in fifteen months. and
in the number of tires turned ont in
the two years, they went more than
three times better than they said
they could do. Now they want to
raise more capital and build a bigger
plant, because they haven't room
enough to make enough tires. Judg-
ing the future from the past, they will
portunity to build a city. We are
right in the center of the hest tire
field in the country. The company is
building a tire chat is second to
none. They are not asking your dol
lars. they are asking your moral sup
port. Don't let this opportunity go
by"
! e. A French, the treasurer sf the
COMPANY emphasized the fair dealinrs
of the company's directors and said
that they did not owe a dollar to any
bank in town, that bills were all paid,
and that there was a nice amount Of
money in the bank to their credit and
nice amount of materials in their
factory. He thought the time was right
| for enlargement and sanctioned the
propositions.
Secretary Higbee.
| 7. Hichpp secretary Sf fhe Stand