| Show TOWN PROMOTION HE first essential to town promotion promotion promotion promo promo- THE tion is to spread th the good reputation reputation tion tion- of ot the town as a business and residence center This is fundamental but hut It takes time time- timeto to bring about results re results re- re which come so largely large through mental attitude Meanwhile towns that arc ambitious for tor speedy speed advancement advancement advancement advance advance- ment usual usually get out and hu hustle for tor new manufacturing Industries It is the feeling of ot men with cx- cx in board of ot trade work that almost an any town having reasonably reas good bood transportation facilities can get new industries If Ie it is willing to work for fOl them But many mam efforts of oC this I kind are arc ill Ili Judged Factories frequently move out into country countr towns to get cheap cheal labor If It they do not require highly skilled help the tho results ma may bo be good b but t if the they need skilled work people the experiment experiment experiment ment is dubious If Ir a concern is not ad adapted pt to to the loc locality ft and has has has' hast t to move mo on on It hurts the reputation of oC the town as a business center and tho place Is worse off than it was before the industry came Bo Boards of trade commonly subscribe to press clipping bureaus giving news of concerns th that t contemplate sion Elon They follow lists of incorporation I tion of new companies and they se send d letters and circulars to all such openings openings open open- ings They find plenty of oC companies that would like a new location but butman man many of ot them are mere tramps that stay only while they get favors A concern that is substantial and means business will usually pay its own way a If It it wants a a. factor factory it should either elthor pay a moderate rental or pa pay Installments Installments installments install Install- ments on the value of the building so o as to acquire it in time Ume If Ie a committee of oC business men will make a s systematic effort to find industries in industries industries in- in worth securing the thing can usually be done Hundreds of or letters may have to be Tit written ten to all kinds of oC possible chan chances es before one reply h is received worth considering But clerk hire is not costly and persistence wins out in the end |
