Wichita eagle., 1888-01-15
BOARD OF TRADE.
Annual Election OF Directors and Omcers u
Court House Next Thursday Night,
January 18th.

Annual Election of Directors and omcers At
Court House Next Thursday Night,
January 18th.
| The annual electionSof directors and Off
GERS of the board of trade for the year 1855
will be held at the court house at s p m.
Thursday night of this week, it being the
| 18th Of January. the third Thursday in the
month. Every member should make q
| minute of The time and place and be GER
| tain to attend as this will be not only the
most important. but the most interesting
meeting yet held.
| The presidents annual address will
work of the board since its reorgan-
ization, showing that the board, by its
thorough and systematic methods, has ac-
complished more in the past eight months
than has been accomplished by any similar
organization in other cities in several times
| that period. He will also make some val
| liable suggestions as TO needed changes in
the constitution and bylaws of the board,
whereby the practical workings of the
board may in several respects be simpli-
| fed and its efficiency in some respects i'm
proved.
The secretary's report will treat more in
| detail of the work ACCOMPLISHED by the
! board, showing the number and character
| of the numerous and magnificent manu-
featuring, pork packing and other indus
! tries which have been secured through the
board of trade and which Wichita would
| today be without, had it not been for
her concentration of push and energy
which had for nuclens the indomitable
pluck of the Board of Trade, and which in
stitutions are today the pride of every
proud Wichitan, who points to them with
pride as he sees in them substantial evi-
dences of the oft repeated and now thor
oughly realized truth, that Wichita is
destined to be great city.
In addition the secretary's report will
contain recital of how closely and dis
creetly the interests of Wichita have been
fostered and protected by the various Of
ficers and committees, who have judicous-
| ly encouraged each and every proposition
or enterprise that presented any advan-
| tages for Wichita and on the other hand
displayed Judgment, by refusing to
recommend to the people of Wichita such
enterprises as they deemed Improbable or
undesirable. 1t will also show how
closely the board has followed the progress
of the city very closely and has constantly
kept posted persons who could be of any
benefit to the city 1t has expended in an
economical manner the funds at its dis
posal entirely in properly presenting
| Wichita to the world. Her interests have
been jealously watched, and wherever any
| false rumors have been noticed, they have
! been politely refuted, and in that way cor
rected many abuses that had been heaped
upon Wichita and would, if undisputed,
have done Wichita much harm
The board of trade has done
more than could possibly have been
done by any unorganlzed method,
to assure the public of the solidity of this
city and the excellence of her tributary
territory. and has succeeded by its great
achievements in various matters giving the
world much more thorough appreciation
of Wichita than has ever before been
entertained.
The tteasurer's report will show the
present financial condition of the organi-
zation.
The board of trade, taken as whole, has
accomplished q remarkable amount OF
good for Wichita and the southwest, and
no business man, or person who has
property interests here, can afford not to
be a member, and thus identify himself
with the typical organization of the city,
the one to which this city and section look
for that fostering care which can only be
provided by such an organization properly
maint~sned by the representative business
men Of the city.
With their new rooms in the Sedwick
block, which will be ready for them early
| i'll February, the board of trade will have
the best appointed and most cozy quarters
in the state, where members can meet
daily, transact regular board of trade busi-
ness, exchange ideas, meet strangers, dis
cusS important matters and be more thor
oUghly identified with the advancement of
the city.
Some very important changes it is ex-
pected will be made in the constitution
and bylaws will provide for daily noon
meeting of all the members, and a provi-
sion that the annual membership fees be
made payable quarterly instead of all in
one payment, as at present, thus enabling
every one who desires to become a mem
ber
This meeting will be next Thursday
night at 8 O'Clock at the court house
Every member should attend without fail
and participate iu the important work of
reorganization and planning the work for