Show A TOPIC FOR THE TIMES the plan recently decided upon in 8 salt alt like lor for the encouragement and support of home manufacture is one t that hat m be adopted with profit by every other city in which industries are seeking to establish themselves this idea la Is to print in pamphlet or other c convenient 0 riven lent form a complete list 0 of th the various s manufactures of the territory territory and distribute it generally throughout the city the purpose being to induce the ladies as well as the gent gentleman lemn to demand the home product when they go to the this merchants to buy supplies the sympathy and active aid of every consumer ia Is thus invoiced invoked and mich patronage for homa raids articles arti clea will ba be found that hai has baret afore bean wen wanting through lack of knowledge or indifference this plan and other matters pertain ing to the all important were b being aing discussed in a little knot of ogden do manufacturers night before las a and ad in the course coarse of a casual conversation one of the party allude 1 to a method which bad had been 11 employed in other cities a and ad which be hid had saen seen earnestly recommended recommend el by a san franchio co 1 newspaper for in that city the chamber ot commerce or board of brals tra ie which in all well lealtad real tad cities ia is compo aad of the bas iniss ss men of the comm community anity manefa baters as well as babbara jab bara and producers dubers as well as consumers appoints as a visiting committee commit tea a certain num bar of men who are cour tsow discreet and of impartial j orthis of this committee li is to first provide themselves with a full fall list of all the products that are ia in the community and then to visit the th e merchants and jobbers one after another and see whether the homemade article is is kept on oa their shelves and ind offered to cas customary custo marj over their counters if they are a thoro thorough going committee they do not miss a single store and if they so ga the tile right way abbat the they are not reg regarded al mad as peddlers meddlers medd lers and are treated with courtesy and respect suppose this committee find in the they visit that the I 1 local mat brand of soap and nod the local manufacture f of brooms and sagar sugar and t tubs and cheese and whatever else it may ba be are prominently displayed they see ae at onca once that the merchant is doing bis his doty duty toward the industries of hh his town their train of under these circumstances would b bi something like the following how do these goods sell hw H w do thay they compare with the imported article in quality and price oin you ball them without injuring your own reputation with your customers and how do the latter seem to lik them if it all these questions ara are ana yard 1 favor bly the merchant the manufacturer the th consumer atil tho all have causa cause ti 0 bi cati at the satui tion ia is alt all bat suppose tha the maa ma enit en ii it im lii th thi homemade home made goods gools and com compates comp patas aias ti tiu t iu it be he cannot afford affard to sal the than n tha the nutter mitter fhay ar an of inferior quality cast casimra cus tamia mra dant dont like them and in my T butini is is buffering suffering because tra li 13 gaj g jj alja where here Is where tha tho merchant tit as well as the con samar has h a gaev g levance the committal commit taa invest investigate igatA mike make a note of the an in I 1 p it a rolin tor th mui lai ir in the coarse course of a daya visits thy are apt to find that the irvn si nico nal lint if it la Is a just one comas from miny different dea dealers leris fortified rith these I 1 I 1 tetter t I 1 I 1 facts the visiting committee call upon the manufacturer Il here 11 they eay say we wo flad find our merchants willing to bell sell your goo goods Is and oar our people willing to buy them bit bil the quality is is inferior numbers ot of complaints have met us and while it ia is oui oar desire to aid you in disposing of your product prod pro luct act it i is no less leas oar duty to bee that the merchants and their patrons are protect what cm and will you do about it cannot Canno tyoa yoa improve your goods eo so that they can fairly compete in the open market with imports an important step ia Is thua thus taken towards removing a cause that bag has militated against many a worthy but imperfectly managed industry or of suppose that the merchant is found to be utterly a unwilling to handle the homemade home made ma do article at all will not offer it lt to bis his customers and will not have a ve it on bis his chath shelves I wrong rong ak aik the committee IB Is not the home product equally good and equally cheap with the imported will not your patrons buy it if it you offer it ta them Is there aoma same personal difficulty between you and the manufacturer fac it if as well try and settle it well endeavor to protect you in your rights as well as him in I 1 nh his is but B a t it if the dealer be obstinate refuse to give any reasons reject all attempts at his conversion and mutter ds discourteous things about people minding their own business the committee quietly produce another list from their pocket aad and say it is our duty to report to our associates and yours in the chamber of commerce that you like the others on this lis twill neither patronize nor encourage home industry and will give na no reason why you yon will not ai As you expect your patro patronage naZe from this community we think you should promote the in cereste te reste first aming which Is the pros pro penty of its manufacturers the list in a which yo ir r name will appear is is the black list and those comprising comp neing it are rated as unfriendly if it not inimical to the general welfare it if yiu you can stand that kind of an endorsement we think we can c 1 I n afford to give it to you thus the manufacturer the patriotic merchant add the entire community are given to know who is for and who is against them and the prosperity of all is enhanced by the knowledge this seems to TUB tim STANDARD to be ai aa eminently proper and politic course tc take in it there are strength and wisdon lats begin to put fato practice the goi gool old rule role of helping ourselves lelii find bud out whether we wa want home manufactures or not if it we wont support the ones we have bow how shall we expect to get others |