Show I SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS J i i More and more it is coming to be realized that the large f r 5 city ity affords the manufacturer especially the small manufacturer s i f no advantage that is not at l least ast offset by the unfavorable conditions concH condi- it imposes on him Om the contrary the smaller town is daily demonstrating the exceptional advantages it holds out in inthis inthis 11 tl this is r respect Already the time tine has passed when the man or firm tG who has las in ill in mind the manufacture of some useful article allows himself of itself to give way to the theory that to make a success I j of things the factory must be situated in jn some large city Business has has' reached the point where it is understood that goods sell on their own worth and not in any claim that they are made in some wonderfully big city Hence the smaller town is coming into its own as s regards manufacturing Throughout the theMI v MI length and breadth of It he land there has been a decided development development develop- develop ment went along this line but it is evident that this particular field has hasA A not been thoroughly c cultivated by the small ISmaIl cities in the past as us is witnessed by the fact that even the people of the smaller communities look upon the big city as the natural home of ofik 1 ik the factories r What manufacturing industries es there are in the smaller r cities have sought the location They have not usually been een at- at by the solicitations solicitations' of the citizens Does not this suggest J a glowing opportunity to the people of this community Would itS it S 1 not be a good idea to go after manufacturing industries with the same determination that has characterized our campaign for municipal municipal municipal mu- mu improvements Among the industries that l have ave been i suggested recently are a milk condensing factory and a pea cann can- can n J nery Wouldn't they be worth considering 1 c. c |