Show MILL KILL PROJECT mediator Meditate son on t ohp i ho means of Post erint ildonio ludu foulder Fou laer carr aco co their standpoint on oil the same anlo subject HERALD if tho 0 o most important question before the public at pre sentis what shall we do to bo be saved financially F for or the solution of this problem even the wisest and most hopeful have little or nothing of conse glence quenco to oner to strengthen us in in our hopes of prosperity in the near future when men of enterprise do take a step in tho right direction dire clion there are always people who are found in to the CIT opposition men in we have been preaching home industry and manufactures for many year yen rs and those who have tried to demonstrate the practical part of such preaching I 1 have ave met with but little success simply because they have not been sustained inea by those who have done a good share of the talking about home manufactures many cases might be bb cited to show where the preaching irig and tbt tice have been at variance but one case will serve to show what resistance there is is to home hom manu manufactures i fractures fac tures A certain well known firm of carpenters and builders of this city bought a piece of land on fourth street for the purpose of erecting suitable shops for the manufacture of doors windows and all kinds of furnishings for build birgs but no sooner had the land been bought and preparations made for the construction of said shop than certain parties got ill up p a it peti tion to the city council for the citizens of ogden to sign in a order to prevent this building and manufacturing firm from erecting and operating such a shop in that locality setting forth as a reason that such a sho endanger the property in in that locality here is a case of men of enterprise endeavoring to develop the manufacturing interests interest of on r cit pitt pitted e d against a party of men who have no other ob object eject than to their own interests no matter mattor what the general r result may be to the city cit yand and the unemployed labor of ou viti zeus why should tenement houses lake take precedence over manufactures tenement houses do not increase the wealth prosperity or financial stan dingol din a cit city if they did ogden would be yb booming they are not the cause of a prosperous town iown but they arc are the effect they do nat produce but theydon they con consume he lie wages of the laborer if half the he money noney invested in vacant tene hie net nt honeo was invested in manufactures fac fact tures to today day ogden would more than she now lias has to supply the demands demand of the men employed in these manufactures mere alere housed houses a and nd lots do not constitute the wealth oi or prosperity of a city they are merely the consequence of a city havin having j become wealthy and prosperous through just such agencies as manufacture manufactures commerce and business must the cart go before kap hp horse must the consequence C come before the cause must unemployed labor take a back sp seat at 80 90 that landlords may get better rent if so then the tenants will soon have no mo money to pay their rent and the landlords will be in a worse fix than ever the ogden city council and the citizens ot of ogden generally cannot afford to frown down home industry to favor a few owners of tenement houses people who sign petitions to prevent the tile establishment of mills are standing in their own light and if the people of ogden continue to re aci home industry in thia this way it ii will be some time befurt the question at issue vill will be solved what shall wo we do to be saved march jtb 1885 MEDIATOR emron EDITOR fenald inasmuch as i petition baa has been circulated to prevent us from erecting a building to ply our business inas contractors le tors ora an and d builders on fourth st street op cosite the residence of H J newman sen and as the parties who presented said petition to tho the public did not explain what we intend to have asserted that wa we were going doingo to put up a firetrap fire trap pa plans lan ing mill na I 1 ill wo we wish to eay say that tha t previous to pure purchasing basing not leasing eaid said property we bosted posted ourselves in regard to tho the lawa aws of ogden city and found that provisions had bee been made relating to furnaces and smoke stacks wit within h ili the fire fl limits dimits an and d accordingly bought said property and intend to put up tip buildings operate mac machinery and foil follow W out ut to the letter the i intent and of the laws of 0 city ity re td such the par ties ali that a 1 it il will bo be we would askia a nuisance or have wo sufficient wealth that we do not need home industries if pur dour project should ba bel discountenanced ced where will it lead to with others who inay way contemplate fetn plate lope rating wit machinery chinery it mind that there aro are cloncs conies to ray ay iy i other r establishments in this hia town i use PC as ours will stand among 0 other ther property and if a nuie nuisance ance why did be not t tho residents in the neighborhood odthe of the D fe R G it ry y that coines of the north street to main alain up ill tabernacle la bernacle get got up a petition edition to that enterer isa we ne answer stop they did not have the pow W because unno and leaving our own town g going er to salt lake city I 1 can call cito many Buch establishments of this kind and prominent among them are two inilla mills directly opt OP cosite tho the fine residence of wm win esq also so an establish ment of this th kind nd opposite the fine residence mr air M K thatcher in loean logan we have interrogated several of those who feigned the re monstrance petition and after we had bad shown them our plans and e explained X our intentions to them they tb ey felt sorry that they ibey signed th their air names to such a pet petition it ia n b because because they could see at a glance that such an all establishment would be a benefit to the community for wo we intend as we have bare always done in the past to manufacture many in any articles that are now imported trusting in that our city fathers will protect us in our righta rights and that the public will give us their aid in patronizing our enterprise wo we remain main your humble servants forlorn FoU LORn CARR co OGDEN 0 arch ab 10 |