Arizona republican., 1917-06-27

in the form of printed matter, too often inferior in quality to what you might have secured from your home printer. The dollar sent away is gone forever, whi.e the dollar spent here remains in- definitely and continues to multiply.
 Being representative businessmen, we believe the members of the Kiwanis club can see clearly the interest Of Phoenix in general in the matter before us Our hobby" is somewhat of an
 outlaw and the more weight is placed upon him the easier it is to hold his head up' and keep him on the ground. You are most cordially invited to help furnish ballast for the mustang and can do so by adopting as your motto: Phoenix Printing for Phoenix People.
 Some businessmen tell us that the Phoenix printers are not making one half the printed matter for Phoenix people Our calculations, however are based upon that proportion, which is more than ample to bring home most forcibly the importance of action and the urgent necessity that the Phoenix businessman be shown the unnecessary Crain upon their cash resources.
 Loyalty to your own interests demand that you give this question thought and follow it with action. When We tell you that you are sending a quarter of million dollars out of Phoenix annually that can be kept ir circulation here and are preventing 300 good people from locating in Phoenix, we are computing upon the immediate present. As you all know, Phoenix is enjoying healthy, normal growth, therefore these figures will increase in proportion to the added industries and demands in the printing line But a quarter of a million dollars is a considerable sum and worth while teeping Tn this vicinity. If this condi tion should continue, it would only be matter of a short time until this amount would increase to half a million, and a thousand we'll to- do individuals, knock ing at our door, would be refused ad- mittance.
 For the best results to the community all avenues of advancement should in tersect with a view of strengthening the whole. Give the Phoenix printers chance and they will contribute a larger per cent to the upbuildng of Phoenix than almost any other line of business. No improvement or advancement IS complete in community building with out the aid of the press and much Of the most noteworthy achievement is accomplished through the untiring ef forts of the printing fraternity. How long would the newspaper of this or any other community last if it advised it's readers to patronize the catalogue house in preference to the home mer
 chant, the legitimate factor in commit nty making? A speedy and just repri mand would issue from the business section and the sheriff would take pos ession
 But why should the members of the
 printing craft be more loyal to their community than any other businessman or oiti7en?
 We cannot explain why this is a rec oe .1.l Out we can explain why everv person who receives training in a printing office does not forget his loyalty. It is drilled into him from his first induction into the printing game that his income depends upon the sue cess of the businessmen or IDS commit nity He never quite fathoms why he should be more loyal than the butcher, the baker or the candle stick maker, but since his existence demands it. ii he is not loyal by nature he becomes so from habit formed of necessity. An acquired virtue is better than no virtue at all. We do not presume to say what proportion of our people have ac- quired this virtue, but we do claim that. as a whole, they have no superiors
 when it comes to patroniZing and boost ing home industry.
 Perhaps many of you do not fully re
 alize the importance of the printing in
 dustry of Phoenix. It is quite accurate y estimated that the combined investment 1 in this city amounts to half million dollars. It would be impossible to find another city of the size of Phoenix in | the United States with such an invest
 ment in printing equipment and neces- 1 sary fixtures, except, possibly. some suburb to d large city wnere the at
 traction is cheap real estate and power
 with a metropolis to draw from
 While making only one-half the
 printing for Phoenix people, the Phoe-
 nix printers have an annual pay roll of s34S, ,49y.64. This represents the salaries 1 paid to individuals connected with the