The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-10-07
PIN Faith.
On SEATTLE.
PROSPEROUS.
Seattle Manufacturers Defy
Slump, Increase Volume
OF Business

BY E.P. Chalcraft
On Ncvcmb<w ist the MAidweli
Manufscturins Co. win practical
I " doublc It's floor spac~
This will be the fourth expan-
/. sion In the last .. months.
n Right On thru tho business %
preston Of the Last two years
the MsIiwell Co, has registered =
steady growth. consistently add
hR 70 ts volume Of business
nnli Increasing Its manufacturing
capacity.
How did you do IT, Charles Ellis.
president and moving spirit. was
baked.
ANSWER ISN'T
FER EXPECTATIONS
The answer. expressed In the Inter.
Viewers worda. would be;
by catching q vision Of oprortun.
Try. By stalking everything on my
faith In seattie's future In my own
cartcuiar line Of businees.-
What Fila actually sid WA:
II want 10 SEQ In Seattle the
grcasssa s1lk mills IN tn world"
The MAidwell Manufacturing Co.
prcducss those dainty and mysterious
articles Of feminine apparel known
lccllsctiveiy a. lingerie
Y japanese crepes and Japanese
land Chinese pcngess are the principal
|eoods Ne uss In our factory" Kills
had. And Seattle u the logical
9placs not only for the making up Of
lkhsse garments. but for the CONVEX
kston Of raw siik into the manufac-
onA product
T1~AN 10 EXTEND
MARKET 10 ATLANTIC
mot only have ~ . good hDcal
nArkst for cur linz but ws have
Duils up . mAxket - far East -
Cleveland. Ohio. and nsut ysax ~ are
yn1ng sfiil fArther toward the ATTAIN
5e ssaboard- In building up this
Eastern mArksl We pointed out to
nerchants that an the materials used
gsrs imported u Seattle direct from
hinA and japan. 90 We could make
No the garments right on the ground
Ind could turn them out to bstscr
ndvantAss than II thsy were shipped
Enst for manufacture And sS0ws
Aad already vii ssfAhlished the Maid
Rgoll brand - . reliable product this
nrgumsnt was effective. We pointed
oue. alsn. that the climatic and other
spnditions here are IDEAL Tor handling
1il<sL
10th sAsss Arguments aepty
Equally VEL 70 he mAnufaofurs q
nv s1rA Seattle = the greatest
5oEs q entry n The wsr3d for siiks-
Why receive ne rav s1lk herA ship
\ - New York - ~ fActoriea. and
~ chip Il haek hsrs either - cloth
- eampists1 0Asnsnssf
0uaArB IDEAL vOn
CLOTH MANUFACTURE
Tho climate hsre = ideal FOR -
uAAnfActure ~ ealy 4 sitkA but
Gnr wool especially. ana Tor cotton
! Tea know that theos raw materials
&nnnnot b suooaaefsuiy converted
int cloth except n . damp climate
d dry regioas. the s1sc<ricisy in the
nemcsphere saisso the nap In ths
10Th. resulting In an una tixfActory
hnd inferior product
The climatic conditions IN Seattle
Xnrs tdsntical With thoss In Nanchss-
|e~. England which = the great wool
Manufacturing center Of the world
~ raising sheep on our hillsidss and
y eur vallsya And mAnufActnrins Il
Sero. Seattle could become . second
Ganchsstsr. And Seattle 10 the i0gi-
~ placs for the greatest silk mills in
ne world
-our opportunity On this coast II
- feature japanese and Chinese pom
49, and Japaneos eFepea That =
kUhaf ws are doing. ana . number a
ores merchants In the East are 70
rg 10 DO the sane thing this year."
kPAN8IOS IN ONE
FEAR n RAPID
The MAadwsll Manufacturing Co.
fst expanded their factory In Janu.
h. 1870. The following October they
Dublsd THAR capacity. In June.
D71. another third was added to the
Dor space. and tho fourth move into
xgsr quarters will come Nov. !.
hon the factory y 10 b. Transferred
ON it, present location 1t III
bring IT. into the entire fourth
oor Of the Prefontains bldg.
while We are developing the East.
b market" said Ellis. we are not
giscting the local field. Our goods
oven shipped into San Francisco.
spite Of the fact that Los Angeles
anufActured eso.00o.00o worth Of
nilar garments last year.
rTTusTIC OVER SEATTLE
MANUFACTURING CITY
"Tt 10 the quick turnover that
vnnfA We cannot figure on the long
bfits Of two years ago. and mer.
Iants are realizing that II IL Of