Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1909 — SMALL MANUFACTORIES BEST. [ARTICLE]

SMALL MANUFACTORIES BEST.

If we could locate a dozen small manufactories like Kalberer’s cement tile and fence post factory, it would be much better than one big factory employing twice the number of men that all the small ones would employ. The shutting down of a factory employing 200 to 300 men by strike, financial stringency or other cause, would be a very serious thing for a town of this size. But it would be scarcely probable that a dozen factories of diversified output, and employing from ten to twenty-five hands each, would all close down at once. Therefore, we say, let our Commercial Club be on the watch for smaller legitimate manufactories that are likely to grow’ into larger concerns, which will be satisfied with a small bonus, rather than some big enterprise which is likely to be more attracted by the bonus offered than anything else. In other words, don’t pass by dollars to pick up cents.