The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-11-24
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GOOD WORK BYAYoUNG MEMS BUsl-=
NESS LEAGUE.
How the Hustling, Energetic Citizens of
Meridian. Miss, Started tho Hzcney A-roll-
I ing-What Earnest Effort Properly Di-
rected May Accomplish. : 4.
The success which has attended the
efforts Of the young business men Of
Meridian, Miss, to promote the growth
and prosperity of their city furnishes an
example of what energy and hard work
may accomplish. s@.-s- ~.. !.
During the past 10 years there have
been several efforts made toward enlist
ing the business people in concerted
effort to advertise Meridian and the
contiguous country abroad and thus pre-
sent the superior advantages Of this city
for all kinds of manufacturing enter.
prises as we'll as the inducements here
offered in lands susceptib BILE, Of the very
highest state Of improvement and capa-
BILE of producing abundant, crops Of as
great o variety Of products as any land
under the sun. While there have al
ways been quite a number of public
spirited citizens who were ever ready
to second any movement looking to the
city's advancement, there has never
been within the history Of the town
such general manifestation Of interest
among all classes of people in work
that SO completely concerns the entire
community as has been shown in the
projection, organization and work of the
Young Mems Business league.
The idea of the organization of the
league was conceived by the local paper,
and by persistent and Intelligent agita~
ton an interest was aroused that cul-
minated in the organization of one of
the grandest and most potent factors for
presenting the great interests Of this To-
cality to those seeking investments and
locations in the south that have ever been
attempted here. And what will make
the league effective is the fact that it's
officers, who are among the most active
and public spirited citizens Of the city,
have the entire business community at
their backs The membership of the
league and it's monthly receipts have al
ready reached point that places it
prominently and permanently before
the country as one of the institutions of
Meridian.
The league is now fully organized and
equipped for the work before it and has
committees composed of gentlemen Sc.
lected because of peculiar fitness for the
duties devolving upon them that cover
every field of labor and investigation.
The following is list of the commit.
tees:
Banking and finance, rates and trans
portation, commercial and manufacture
ing, statistics, municipal reform and
improvements, real estate and taxation,
education, arbitration, Immigration, in.
surance, advertising, entertainment,
legislation, membership, climate ana
health, and purchasing
j. In reviewing the work Of the league,
Secretary Crook stated that during the
past so days there had been gain of 70
per cent in tho membership The league
has secured the location Of m oil mill
and refinery, the buildings for the &C.
commodation Of which are now being
erected. The mill will be in operation
by Sept Is and will give employment
to go workmen, with pay roll amount
ing to $500 week.
The league has induced quite num-
Der Of gentlemen to settle here with
their families, each investing from &c.,
600 to $40, 900. The general assembly
of the Cumberland church will convene
here next year, and hundreds of letters
asking for information have been re-
ceived and answered.
The representatives Of one of the lar
gest carriage manufacturing concerns in
the country are investigating Meridian's
advantages, and much hope is held out
that they will erect a plant there. A hub,
spoke and basket factory that will en-
ploy 400 hands will make proposition
to the league during the next 60 days,
and the officers feel confident that their
proposition for the erection Of wood
enware plant and a cotton factory will
be accepted by Pennsylvania parties,
with whom negotiations are now pend
ing.
The league was organized only last
March, yet in the short space Of time
since organization the advancement of
the city's industries and the investments
contemplated are truly remarkable. and
the work of the league may we'll be
emulated by the hustling young men of
our own community.
Poet Laureate to Commerce.
Along about 1868 there was an limo.
walton In newspaper advertising which
gave the spring poet a chance to spread
himself without; troubling the editor.
In fact. he changed his note and was
not a spring poet at all, but "poet lau.
reate to commerce. - and wr0ta adver