The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-13
OVER AT THE BOARD.

The directory of the Board of Trade had
their hands full of perpleXing matters yes
terday afternoon and were unable to adj
! journ until late hour. Not all that de-
manded immediate attention was disposed
of, but anumber of important interests
were canvassed and discussed to full
understanding.
In this connection it may be proper for
the EAGLE to say that there are number,
large number, of prominent business
men of this city who are not connected
with that board that ought to identify
themselves with it; as there are quite a
number of others who are members, but
who do not concern themselves with its
affairs, who ought to come forward with
more than mere words of encouragement.
The Wichita Board of Trade is not only
the strongest and most powerful organi-
cation of the kind in the state, but it is
sheet anchor for the city,
which, if heartily sustained, can and
will weather any storm that may come.
There are men in it's directory that have
obligated themselves in the past for large
per cent of their fortunes, and others who
would make almost any sacrifice now for
the welfare of the city The meetings OF
the directory are held once a week which
to attend the members must leave and
neglect their own private business and af-
fairs Yet seldom Is a complaint uttured,
for every man of them appreciates the i'm
portance of work which could be accom-
plshed in no other way. In that board
Wichita ALWAYS presents an organized
front, solid. unselfish and powerful. But
IL H.; w nf
responsibility, but in other directions,
could be, and should be, relieved in part
by Others who are just as much interested
in the life and effectiveness of the organi-
cation as the immediate members them
selves. There is no individual pay, no
honor, nothing except the consciousness
of duty well performed, and the
average business man should see
TO it that it not only has
his moral bnt his financial support. The
mem bers are willing to work, to do their
utmost, and just as willing. in fact would
be glad to be relieved. if assured that 9th
ers would, in good faith and with earnest
ness accept the responsibilities incumbent
II ever at any time in the history of the
CITY that Board of Trade needed vigorous
support more than another, it Is just now.
Boards of Trade of this character have to
pass through three stages-an active, a
passive and a powerful one. Ordinarily
they fail during the passive state, but
once through that they become trium-
phant power Wichita's Board OF Trade
has gone through the active and the pas
sive stages, comparatively speaking, and
now, and In the immediate future, it is TO
he confronted with interests aud
factors touching the future Of this
city that could not be successfully han
died by n less powerful organization.
and il behooves the city and every interest
that il has, therefore, 10 sustain and up
hold il morally aud financially, ana in
hearty and generous way. Organization,
time, money and effort combined, are IRE
sistible. An organization worth having
must cost time, money and patient effort
TO each and to every one of its members,
for only by and through these can it win
triumphant success The Board of Trade
of Wichita Is an animate and yeritAble
force; has been such in the past, and viii
De far more so in the future II sustained
in the same spirit by the business men,
which anImates the individual membe ~
of the dire Glory.