San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-14
HOME INDUSTRY
PATRONAGE To.
BE ST |MULATED|
Manufacturers to Conduct
Campaign Of Edu-
cation.
MEANS MORE EMPLOYEES
Seek to Show Importance
Of Buying Home
made Goods. |
MEANS MORE EMPLOYEES

Plans for home industry campaign
have been worked out by the home in
dustry committee of the San Antonio
| Manufacturers Association under the
leadership of G. G. Geyer, chairman,
and will be undertaken by the associa-
ton i'm the immediate future, accord
ing'to e. {. Leel, secretary of the asso
citation. The aim will be TO increase
the pay rolls of San Antonio and to
provide work for people who are con-
stantly coming here. In accordance
with the campaign, considerable home
industry literature has been printed
and will be used in the drive.
The campaign will be launched with
the publication of new and up to
date list of the products manufacture
ed in San Antonio. Reasons why they
will help themselves and help the city
by assisting in the sale of San Antonio
manufactured products will be pointed
out to retailers and other purchasers
in letters that will be sent out imme-
diately following the publication of
the list of San Antonio manufactured
products.
These activities will be supplement-
ed by series of letters to engineers,
architects and contractors, showing
the great necessity for them TO use
building materials manufactured here.
Workers Should Set Example.
In accordance with the belief that
the employees of local factories should
set the example in patronizing home
industry, it is planned to post on the
we lie Of he fantoptag ctinEarc 0ix-inU
reasons why they should demand prod
ucts made in San Antonio.
In addition to furnishing teachers
in the schools with all data to teach
students the necessity of building up
the factories in their own town, the
committee has arranged for talks to
be made before the school children.
This will be preceded by series of
home industry exhibits.
More than 80 weekly exhibits have
been held on the mezzanine floor of the
Majestic Theater and in the lobby of
the Gunter Hotel. one factory display
being shown each week, this year.
These individual displays will be con-
tinued for an indefinite period, it was
announced.
Practically every member has ex-
pressed confidence that at the con-
| clusion of the campaign the demand
for many of the made in San Antonio
products will have been doubled. there
by enabling them to add to their num-
Der of employees.
Demand for Work Grows.
With the population of San Antonio
| rapidly increasing, the demand for
work also increases. according TO the
manufacturing association, and it is
up to San Antonio TO provide work
for those who come here.
Arrangements to hold home indus
try programs before various clubs and
other organizations have been COM
pleted.
The home industry committee re-
Gently appointed by Arthur Storms.
president of the association. follows:
G. G. Geyer. chairman, Arthur
Storms, ii. A. Barsun, John Bucek, j.
J. Burgess. G. II. Byrnes. A. j.. Dietzel,
Charles Dub0se, Alfred Duerler. X. l..
Evans, ii. w. Finck, James A. Gal
lagher, Gus Gicsecke. Gus Gimbel. A.
Gomez, NJ. Holland, Eugene A. Holm
green, Ed Jenner, III. Judge. +. III.
Kifer, Carl Kruger. /. VI. McIlhenny,
G. =. Menger, William II. Northway,
Thomas o. Leary, Ernest Pipes. Dick
Prassel, Frank Reinhard. Adolph
Richter, A. W. Seffel, A. b. Slimp, Al
bert Stoves Jr., Hal w. Tucker, Al
j. White. +. ID. Wood and Secretary
c. &. .Leel.