River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-29
Board of Trade for River Falls

| MIR. EDTTOR:-1 our comments under the
| title of '.Why Not Organize" should ar
| rest the attention of business men. Ex-
| perience elsewhere teaches that your
| recommendations of Board of Trade or
Chamber of Commerce is a necessity, if
the men care to hold the trade which
| they now enjoy
We must see that our advantages will,
| in the long run, be precisely the stimulus
| for other towns to compete for our bust
! ness; as satisfactory conditions us River
| Falls enjoys will insure the establishment
of new markets at points least expected,
| that will invade our local interests, and,
at least, result in permanent injury to
our trade and commerce.
Our village possesses superior attractions
| for homes, for limited commerce, and for
| a very much larger amount of manufact-
| uring than it now has Our people are
thoroughly coherent in character, sutli-
GENTLY united in interest, ana are socially
progressive.
Our churches are live organizations, at
| fording religious homes for all sects, and
are true induces of the sensible people of
the community; our schools are unexcel-
ed, are amply up to the University
| course, are perfectly housed in new build
ings, and with our live newspaper, are
under stable arrangements that conserve
permanent interests of intelligence.
Our business men are accommodating
are prudent, thoroughly devoted to af-
fairs, and have an abiding investment in
! our ,,.o,idSt: our manufaeJorles are related.
not only to the immediate community,
but are constant regulative influences
operating upon large track of adjacent
country; and one hundred horse power
of water is running to waste, that ought
to invite capital and enterprise; our po-
table water is a luxury whose relation to
health cannot be over estimated; our
roads and streets are in good stage 0
improvement for traffic, and sufficient in
dustry is exhibited on every hand to as
sure comfortable living to our two thou
sand people.
With such fattering inventory com
ing from all sides, are we net too confi--
dent that our commercial relations will
be maintained without special effort?
Are we not likely to follow the career OF
the finished towns, whose retrogresSion
commenced when their progression ceas-
ed?
! At least two institutions contemplating
utilization of our water-power, have TAU
| ed to commence operations here within
nine months, for want of encouragement.
| Asking not bonus, but cooperative IN
| ducements, they failed to see attractions
| superior 10 dozens OF Otner places, anu II
| is likely that the inducement presented
in an organized way, by representative
| body capable of urging all our excellen--
/ cies for living as well as of trade, would
| have brought the concerns to us for per-
| manent investment.
Nov Mr.. Editor, with a country that is
not 81 rpassed by any that see anywhere,
a community that is organized in every
| other way as an ideal, let us not sit down
to await events, but let us steadily
| ''boom" our town, proclaming its true
commercial and social merits to the
| world. and it is believed that in ten years
we may see an exceptionally thriving
community, having not only its present
advantages, but having solid population
of manufacturers, whose thrifty industry
shall distribute wealth for all, and of pro-
! fessional men and tradesmen of the twin
| cities who will not think Of thirty miles
! travel too great a sacrifice for the incom-
parable advantage Of healthy country gsyj lie
for their families, especially as reinforced
by the economy of living in River Falls.
Let lis have the Board of Trade,-let
us help ourselves. T.