Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-02


payroll. and progress along safe and
solid lines in the development. build
ING the plants from the inside out
rather than undertake TO secure large
institutions which might probably fai!
and which are leaving their former To-
cations because of the fact that they
could not be successfully operated
Saws ;hc manager Of the Ca!bondale
Chamber OF Commerce, More Smoke
Stacks" Many man has shouted him
self hoarSe CRYING for more. smoke
STACKS in his home town. He apparent
.lv thinks that the Chamber of Com
mcrcc need only rub its Alladin lamp
and 10. thousand factories spring up
as mushrooms before dawn. Are you
afflicted with factoritis? If 50. stop
and ponder for q moment where
smoke stacks come from and conSide:
what factory grabbing has cost Amer
lean communities in the past. many
cities have found thatffactory steal
inr does not pay. and the 50 called
'1;vcwirc" could best spend his time
and money TO keep the home fires
burning" There is nothing that de-
strovs community spirit so quickly as
the location Of plants that are found
tn he mpractih!c. it is felt in every
community and Is soon spread abroad
- The dctriment Of the city. There
fore we should foster community or
carnations developing cooperative
spirit Of al! civic forces to accomplish
lasting results. for such constructive
works stands the Chamber Of Cam
merre.
The bulletin Of the Merchants AS-
scciation Of New i'ork says in par
"rhe efficiency of labor Is increasing
according to reports from forty-n'n:
manufacturers operating in Forty line"
Of industry in Ncw York City. al
though production per man per hour
has not reached normal, il has been
gradually improving since last Sep
tcn,bcr. especially during the last four
or five months. and the outlook is op-
;imSt;c."
An exchange says 4 lady asking
a merchant for donation. got the
following response:
.'Dear Madam am unable to SEND
YOU the generous check you ask for
the following reasons: have been
h"!I MP. held down, hung up. naggcd
ragged. sanGbaggcd, wal&ci<Gpon. Sa;
upon. sat down rcprcsscd. depressed,
compressed. squeezed and f;attcncd
out. first by the United States Gov
crnn,rrt for Federal War Tax, Excess
Profit Tax. Liberty Loan Bonds, Thrift
Saving Stamp. Capital Stock Tax, M"r
chants License and Auto Tax and by
every society and organization thai
the craft cf man can devise 10 cX-
tract without ancsthcs;a what | may
now or may hereafter ever hope to
nosscss. and after chccrfUlly contrI-
bu,:ng to everything from milk for
French habics to inc league to fore
close peace. the government has SO
governed my business that | don't
know who owns IT, ! am inspected,
irtrcSncctcd. suspected. disr"spcctcd,
prcsncctcd. examined. rc-cxamlnet.
cross-cxamincd. informed. directed. ~
uIrrd, demanded and commanded. 50
don, know what | am. whore | am
or WHY | am here. All that ! know is
that am supposed to have an inex-
hauS;:!!c supply Of money. ard be-
cause | will not sell all | have and go
Out and beg. borrow or steal money
to give away. | have been cuSscd dis
cusScd mantrappcd. p!lIagcd an"
Numbered and nearly ruined. and the
only reason am clingin@ to life is 20
aro what-tin-cll is coming next"