Wal-Mart in Murphysboro-Carbondale
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Research Paper
ERIC JANG
Wal-Mart, one of the most successful companies, is expanding in the US. Such company tried to build Wal-Mart Supercenter in the small city, Murphysboro Illinois, in 2003. Kristen Cates said “While plans for a proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter moving to the Illinois 13 and Country Club Road neighborhood haven't moved forward, the argument over who supports the megastore and who is opposed rages on” (2005, Apr p. 1). At that time, the inhabitants of Murphysboro were opposed to Wal-Mart. They were usually people who are owners their small stores in Murphysboro, and they already knew that they have to close their stores after building Wal-Mart. Also, there are only narrow routes because of the small town, and there is no a big area to build Wal-Mart, so it will make a problem about traffic jam. Wal-Mart did not care them even though they were starting a campaign against about that, and Wal-Mart had a secret meeting that was making a plan of building Wal-Mart with members of the public works committee. Mayor said “it became public knowledge tonight," and "to this time Wal-Mart has not made a commitment to the city. This was not a secretive meeting in my mind”(Cates K. 2005, Sep. p. 1). Ron Williams, the mayor of Murphysboro, could guess a profit of city, it Wal-Mart build in Murphysboro, but he couldn’t ignore opinions of the inhabitants. Therefore, he decided to announce to them about the plan of building Wal-Mart. Finally, Wal-Mart determined on building in Jackson County, between Murphysboro and Carbondale. And Wal-Mart promised that they construct the 13 route in front of the Wal-Mart area. KRISTEN CATES wrote that “Williams said Wal-Mart has agreed to pay for roadway improvements on Country Club Road and Illinois 13 as well as traffic intersections”(2005, Sep. p. 1). Actually, the US cannot control directly to the big company, like Wal-Mart because the US operates on the capitalism system. Why people opposed to build Wal-Mart in their city, and how to get a profit together both the inhabitants and Wal-Mart? Let’s know what the bad problems of Wal-Mart are, and why the inhabitants oppose Wal-Mart, and what the inhabitants and government of Murphysboro should do.
First, I am going to talk about the strategy of Wal-Mart to make a fool of customers. According to Scareduck, "Wal-Mart's 'everyday low prices' are the result of an unprecedented retail operation that staggers the imagination and beggars description"(2005, Nov). If you go to Wal-Mart, you can see lots of goods and price of the sign. I was surprised this price because these were too cheaper than price of other stores. However, there is a trick that the cheap goods, goods of the special price are usually in main area such as an entrance or a passageway. And if you into the back area in Wal-Mart, you can see some goods, which are not cheap. Therefore, if you shop without a plan, you will be surprise because of high cost. The goods of Wal-Mart usually have high taxes even though it is small goods. Next, it is obvious that goods of Wal-Mart are cheaper than others. However it is not the same goods and the different prices. Peter S. Goodman and Philip P. Pan said “Most of the 2,100 workers here are poor migrants from the countryside who have come to this industrial hub in southern China for jobs that pay about $120 a month”(2004, Feb. p. a01). Almost of all goods in Wal-Mart is made by China. In China, actually labor is cheap, so it is possible that they can sell or product cheaply their goods, but it is a public opinion that the goods from China are not a good quality. Namely, cheap goods of Wal-Mart have a low quality, so we cannot decide that cheap goods are fine. According to some article, “if you buy a Chinese-made low price item from Wal-Mart, or other big national chains, you are not saving money”(Pan, P.P., Goodman, S. P. 2005, Sep. p.1). For example, when I was going to buy a bicycle, I was in agony between Wal-Mart and the bicycle store. The bicycle of Wal-Mart price was just 20% of the bicycle, made by the US. Therefore, I paid $40 and bought a bicycle in Wal-Mart, but I had to throw away my bicycle because it had a lot of problems, and I didn’t want to spend my money for the repairing charge. Like this, $40 is cheap for buying the bicycle, but if it is not working, $40 is expensive. Last problem is sexual discrimination. According to Anna Maria, “Women comprise over 72% of Wal-Mart's sales workforce and less than 33% of its managers, and one of the seller said “"Women seeking promotions have been told that women with children can't be managers, that women cannot effectively manage men"(2006, Jan. p. 1). That is why people do not like Wal-Mart.
Second, let’s know why the people did not need Wal-Mart in Murphysboro. Murphysboro, one of the small towns in Illinois, has many small stores such as a grocery, a bookstore, an antique mall, and others. And owners of these stores are inhabitants, who live in Murphysboro. If Wal-Mart build in Murphysboro, it is obvious that they had to close their stores because Wal-Mart will offer the same and cheap items. Therefore, they had to obstruct building Wal-Mart for their life. On the other hands, Wal-Mart can be a good market for a burgher people. However, there is already Wal-Mart Supercenter in Carbondale. Carbondale is near Murphysboro, 20 minutes from Carbondale by a car. Therefore, if they need to buy cheap items, or want to shop in the big market, like Wal-Mart, they go to Carbondale. Next, actually Murphysboro is a small town. There are many small buildings and narrow routes. Therefore, if Wal-Mart builds in Murphysboro, Wal-Mart will make serious traffic jam, and then many people will be uncomfortable when they are driving.
Third, the government including the mayor should find the ways to succeed with the inhabitants because nobody can control Wal-Mart in the capitalism system of the US. I have three ideas about that. The government make that Wal-Mart has to procure from the stores in Murphysboro. We have a problem that many small stores have to close their stores because of Wal-Mart. However, if Wal-Mart get items from small stores in Murphysboro, they do not have to close or move their stores. Next, the government should make a special system of tax that to give low taxes to the stores in Murphysboro, and to give high taxes to Wal-Mart. If they do this, owners of small stores can keep operate their stores. On the other ways, 10% of the profit of Wal-Mart supplies to the society of Murphysboro. Like theses, they have many ways to be better. They should not obstruct Wal-Mart, but find great way, like that.
In conclusion, it is impossible that somebody control big company, like Wal-Mart, for caring small stores because capitalism, an economy system of the US, pursues basically the free competition. Moreover, Wal-Mart will give more serious damage to Murphysboro than a bloom town because of an old town. Therefore, they should grope the greatest way to be better to using Wal-Mart.
Reference
Cates, K. (2005, April, 23). County considers anti-Wal-Mart revolution. Wake up Wal-Mart. Online retrieved on Wakeupwalmart.com
from: Wakeupwalmart
Cates, K. (2005, September, 07). Murphysboro approves design planes for Wal-Mart Supercenter at Murphysboro. The Southern Illinoisan. Online retrieved on Thesouthern.com
from: Thesouthern
Scareduck (2004, November, 26). The high cost of Wal-Mart’s cheap goods. Plastic. Online retrieved on Plastic.com
from: Plastic
Patterson, S. (2005, September, 21). Wal-Mart: the high cost of low price. Urban review. Online retrieved on Urbanreviewstl.com
from:Urbanreviewstl
Pan, P.P., Goodman, S. P. (2004, February, 08). Chinese workers pay for Wal-Mart’s low prices. Washington post. Online retrieved on Washingtonpost.com
from:Washingtonpost
Maria, A. (2006, January, 01). Top sex bias settlements. Forbes. Online retrieved on Forbes.com
from: Forbes
Research Paper
ERIC JANG
Wal-Mart, one of the most successful companies, is expanding in the US. Such company tried to build Wal-Mart Supercenter in the small city, Murphysboro Illinois, in 2003. Kristen Cates said “While plans for a proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter moving to the Illinois 13 and Country Club Road neighborhood haven't moved forward, the argument over who supports the megastore and who is opposed rages on” (2005, Apr p. 1). At that time, the inhabitants of Murphysboro were opposed to Wal-Mart. They were usually people who are owners their small stores in Murphysboro, and they already knew that they have to close their stores after building Wal-Mart. Also, there are only narrow routes because of the small town, and there is no a big area to build Wal-Mart, so it will make a problem about traffic jam. Wal-Mart did not care them even though they were starting a campaign against about that, and Wal-Mart had a secret meeting that was making a plan of building Wal-Mart with members of the public works committee. Mayor said “it became public knowledge tonight," and "to this time Wal-Mart has not made a commitment to the city. This was not a secretive meeting in my mind”(Cates K. 2005, Sep. p. 1). Ron Williams, the mayor of Murphysboro, could guess a profit of city, it Wal-Mart build in Murphysboro, but he couldn’t ignore opinions of the inhabitants. Therefore, he decided to announce to them about the plan of building Wal-Mart. Finally, Wal-Mart determined on building in Jackson County, between Murphysboro and Carbondale. And Wal-Mart promised that they construct the 13 route in front of the Wal-Mart area. KRISTEN CATES wrote that “Williams said Wal-Mart has agreed to pay for roadway improvements on Country Club Road and Illinois 13 as well as traffic intersections”(2005, Sep. p. 1). Actually, the US cannot control directly to the big company, like Wal-Mart because the US operates on the capitalism system. Why people opposed to build Wal-Mart in their city, and how to get a profit together both the inhabitants and Wal-Mart? Let’s know what the bad problems of Wal-Mart are, and why the inhabitants oppose Wal-Mart, and what the inhabitants and government of Murphysboro should do.
First, I am going to talk about the strategy of Wal-Mart to make a fool of customers. According to Scareduck, "Wal-Mart's 'everyday low prices' are the result of an unprecedented retail operation that staggers the imagination and beggars description"(2005, Nov). If you go to Wal-Mart, you can see lots of goods and price of the sign. I was surprised this price because these were too cheaper than price of other stores. However, there is a trick that the cheap goods, goods of the special price are usually in main area such as an entrance or a passageway. And if you into the back area in Wal-Mart, you can see some goods, which are not cheap. Therefore, if you shop without a plan, you will be surprise because of high cost. The goods of Wal-Mart usually have high taxes even though it is small goods. Next, it is obvious that goods of Wal-Mart are cheaper than others. However it is not the same goods and the different prices. Peter S. Goodman and Philip P. Pan said “Most of the 2,100 workers here are poor migrants from the countryside who have come to this industrial hub in southern China for jobs that pay about $120 a month”(2004, Feb. p. a01). Almost of all goods in Wal-Mart is made by China. In China, actually labor is cheap, so it is possible that they can sell or product cheaply their goods, but it is a public opinion that the goods from China are not a good quality. Namely, cheap goods of Wal-Mart have a low quality, so we cannot decide that cheap goods are fine. According to some article, “if you buy a Chinese-made low price item from Wal-Mart, or other big national chains, you are not saving money”(Pan, P.P., Goodman, S. P. 2005, Sep. p.1). For example, when I was going to buy a bicycle, I was in agony between Wal-Mart and the bicycle store. The bicycle of Wal-Mart price was just 20% of the bicycle, made by the US. Therefore, I paid $40 and bought a bicycle in Wal-Mart, but I had to throw away my bicycle because it had a lot of problems, and I didn’t want to spend my money for the repairing charge. Like this, $40 is cheap for buying the bicycle, but if it is not working, $40 is expensive. Last problem is sexual discrimination. According to Anna Maria, “Women comprise over 72% of Wal-Mart's sales workforce and less than 33% of its managers, and one of the seller said “"Women seeking promotions have been told that women with children can't be managers, that women cannot effectively manage men"(2006, Jan. p. 1). That is why people do not like Wal-Mart.
Second, let’s know why the people did not need Wal-Mart in Murphysboro. Murphysboro, one of the small towns in Illinois, has many small stores such as a grocery, a bookstore, an antique mall, and others. And owners of these stores are inhabitants, who live in Murphysboro. If Wal-Mart build in Murphysboro, it is obvious that they had to close their stores because Wal-Mart will offer the same and cheap items. Therefore, they had to obstruct building Wal-Mart for their life. On the other hands, Wal-Mart can be a good market for a burgher people. However, there is already Wal-Mart Supercenter in Carbondale. Carbondale is near Murphysboro, 20 minutes from Carbondale by a car. Therefore, if they need to buy cheap items, or want to shop in the big market, like Wal-Mart, they go to Carbondale. Next, actually Murphysboro is a small town. There are many small buildings and narrow routes. Therefore, if Wal-Mart builds in Murphysboro, Wal-Mart will make serious traffic jam, and then many people will be uncomfortable when they are driving.
Third, the government including the mayor should find the ways to succeed with the inhabitants because nobody can control Wal-Mart in the capitalism system of the US. I have three ideas about that. The government make that Wal-Mart has to procure from the stores in Murphysboro. We have a problem that many small stores have to close their stores because of Wal-Mart. However, if Wal-Mart get items from small stores in Murphysboro, they do not have to close or move their stores. Next, the government should make a special system of tax that to give low taxes to the stores in Murphysboro, and to give high taxes to Wal-Mart. If they do this, owners of small stores can keep operate their stores. On the other ways, 10% of the profit of Wal-Mart supplies to the society of Murphysboro. Like theses, they have many ways to be better. They should not obstruct Wal-Mart, but find great way, like that.
In conclusion, it is impossible that somebody control big company, like Wal-Mart, for caring small stores because capitalism, an economy system of the US, pursues basically the free competition. Moreover, Wal-Mart will give more serious damage to Murphysboro than a bloom town because of an old town. Therefore, they should grope the greatest way to be better to using Wal-Mart.
Reference
Cates, K. (2005, April, 23). County considers anti-Wal-Mart revolution. Wake up Wal-Mart. Online retrieved on Wakeupwalmart.com
from: Wakeupwalmart
Cates, K. (2005, September, 07). Murphysboro approves design planes for Wal-Mart Supercenter at Murphysboro. The Southern Illinoisan. Online retrieved on Thesouthern.com
from: Thesouthern
Scareduck (2004, November, 26). The high cost of Wal-Mart’s cheap goods. Plastic. Online retrieved on Plastic.com
from: Plastic
Patterson, S. (2005, September, 21). Wal-Mart: the high cost of low price. Urban review. Online retrieved on Urbanreviewstl.com
from:Urbanreviewstl
Pan, P.P., Goodman, S. P. (2004, February, 08). Chinese workers pay for Wal-Mart’s low prices. Washington post. Online retrieved on Washingtonpost.com
from:Washingtonpost
Maria, A. (2006, January, 01). Top sex bias settlements. Forbes. Online retrieved on Forbes.com
from: Forbes
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