Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-12-25
A BOARD OF TRADE.
REASONS WHY SUCH AN ORGANlzA-
TON SHOULD EXIST HERE.
How il would Influence our business
and Industrial Interests-An Interest
ing Instance in IL Western City
Various Suggestions.

The matter of a Board of Trade for Bur-
lingtOn has been more or less discussed
for the past few years. Every business
man of the city sees the need of such an
organization, but Us vet nobody has taken
the initiative to form one. Burlington is
growing so rapidly and becoming of so
much Importance in business and manu-
featuring that such an organization-an
organization that could speak authorize
lively for the business men of the city
has now become almost necessity to
our success as Il live business
community There are many reasons for
such an organization and many ways in
which it would help the city. If a Board
of Trade existed it could do II great deal
to get manufactures of various kinds to
locate here. There are hundreds of ways
that such an organization could help the
city, and in helping the city the business
interests would of course be the largest
gamer. There is not live business man
in burlington who does not see many
ways in which such an organization would
help the city. II each man would look at
ii from no higher than Il purely selfish
point of Vicw--the amount of good such
an organization would do for him person
ally-H Board of Trade would soon be
formed.
Only a few days ago the business men
of Canton, ONO, a city Il little larger than
Burlington, got together aud formed Il
Board OF Irade. In the meeting Il prom
inent man of the place made an earnest
address on the need for greater activity in
securing addition, to their manufacturing
industries. lie spoke OF the interest amt
pubic spirit which CantOniauS had mani
tested in past years, referring to the raIS
iug Oi $50 900 IN one evening, at 1t meeting
i'll ISL 10 secure the extension of the Bal
tmurC ana ohio, but which vas stopped
by the panic of 1913, and thcrcutcrprscs.
But without Il regular organization con
Germs were lost which they could easily
have had. He said that in Il few days IL
committee OF men would he there from Il
city in Connecticut, to see about Il lucl-
ton of il clock manulaCtOry, and there
should be every preparation made 10 re-
ceivc them, and show them the aIVan-
tagcs of the city. He had been in cor
respondeuCc with the company FOR some
weeks, and could assure his hearers that
the enterprise was Il solid one. Ihe com
pany had capital of S3,OOdOOO, and Ii
they went there would put S25O,OUD stock
into the works. They would employ bc-
tween 30 and 300 hands. ana have Il ca
pacity of turning out 1000 clocks Il day.
With proper enterprise and foresight.
and !. committee representing the hu>l
ness men OF the city, such enterprises
might ice secured to Burlington II her
advantages were known.
Mr.. benjamin GrccnbankS, whose wool
len factory was burned at South DanNlllc
Il few days ago, has decided not to bullu
there, but Is .guln- to locate at some more
central and accessible point. Ii we had il
Board of Trade To act perhaps uc could b,
lnuNcCu to come mere. In amy Ca~c II
some one would ttNv the matter IN hauu,
his factory employs about ltly
haud,-mILht he secured to this city
" no viii move