The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-03-05
RUBBER FACTORY
PROPOSITION not
NECESSARILY DEAD.
Eaton Co. May Not Be Logical
Leader - Medina Pushers
Figuring on Purely Medina
Proposition.
MEDINA, CITY-COUNTY
HAS MEN AND MONEY

business men and in columns of the
Sentinel, there is no reason why the
activity and sentiment worked up In
the rubber plant agitation should be
allowed to go to waste. Many citi-
their desire to see a big plant of some
kind located in Medina; we have bust
ness men competent to manage such
an institution and there is plenty Of
money in Medina city and county to
literally fiance it. Why, then, moi
have one?
There has been lull in the for.
ward movement Of the project. In
terested business men say the propo-
siton is not dead, but slumbering
Those who have shown the most in
terest in pushing ahead are about
satisfied that the Eaton concern is
not the right leader, but they havva
not given up the idea that Medina
needs just such an institution and
with the proper leadership can easily
secure it.
Plans are on foot for a new propo-
sition and one that will fit the time
and place. And these plans-now
being worked out-take into consid-
GRAFTON the managerial ability of Me-
dina citizens. The institution, if it
materializes, will be distinctively a
Medina institution, managed by Me-
dina business men and financed by
Medina capital. Uuder such circum-
stances it can be made to do good
work for our city and, county, and
will be largely free from the outside
influences that can be made to de-
stroy or cripple it.
Thousands Of dollars are being tax
en- out of Medina each week that
should be invested right at home,
Not only would the dividends earned
in successful operations all be har-
vested right at home, but many dol
lars spent for wages, management
and explorations would stick to the
pockets Of Medina citizens. As it is
now, many Medina dollars are. being
used to- build up cometing commune
ties, the men who provide them have
no voice in the~management, and If
a campaign Of extinction of small
stockholders is put on foot the Me-
dina holders have no voice in putting
an end to this destruction that will
soon wipe them out of their their
holdings.
The old proverb, "A prophet is not
without honor, save in his own coun-
try" is true only when there is lack
Of business education. Show the
stock-buying public of Medina city
and county that you have PROPOSE
ton SO elastic that the holders of
stock may have a voice in the man.
agement of the institution and it will
be an easy matter to get stockhold-
ers that will stick till the institution
comes to an end. Confidence is the
one thing necessary for success, and
confidence comes to the man who is
taken into the secrets of the opera
lion. If things go wrong for few
months, the average holder of stocks
and bonds is not frightened away
from the proposition if he is told of
the facts in the case and is permitted
to make suggestions as to how to
remedy the trouble. More PROPOSE
tions are destroyed thru lack Of conf
1ence than from real "lions" that dis
oute the way.
Hope, then, is still strong in the
breasts of certain of Medina's hust*
ing business men that some good
nay yet come out of the agitation for
he establishment of rubber plant
lere. Those interested are still fig
ing and consulting, and by next week
plans may be ready for the public.
Let every one sit tight and be ready
o jump. into the work of pushing on
he first announcement of plan that
las large promise of success.