The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-05
CAPTAIN W. A. MAY
RELATES A LESSON
His Speech at the WiIkes.Barre Board
Of Trade Banquet.
CONCERTED ACTION IS NECESSARY
II Individual Advancement is the
Only Aim Of Board Of Trade Mem.
bers, the Result Will be Individual
and not General..In Union There is
Strength So. Wilkes. Barre's and
ScrantOn's Business Interests
Should Pull Together.

Captain w. A. May, the progressive
president of Scranton's progressive
board of trade, responded to Il toast
last night at the banquet of the
Wilkes Barre board of trade at the wy
Oming house His toast toDic invited
him to give some pointers on how to
successfully conduct board Of trade.
He did it.
When is considered the extent to
which Scranton owes its advancement
to its board Of trade. Captain Mays
address is full of interest. He said:
Mr.. Toastmaster and Gentlemen.
we appreciate the compliment implied
IN the toast assigned, and ! trust that We
can answer Ii with the same kindness
you have shown: Our board comes so far
short of our ideal that il seems out of pIac
to speak of what it has accomplished, en-
cept possibly to illustrate a point or two: :
and ] would prefer that you have in mind
an ideal board rather than any which we
may know.
NECESSITY OF A BOARD.
To successfully run board the neces-
s1ty Tor such an organization must be ap-
preciated and you must have the right
KIND OF material out of which to build IL .
To fully appreciate board some things
must be considered which do not appear
upon he surface. nor do we often hear Of
them in connection with such an organ
ization. Because of the genius of our gov
ernment there is a necessity for assOcia-
tions Of some kind to assume some of the
duties which in monarchies and empires
are taken by rulers. To illustrate. Au-
gustus Caesar found Rome a town of
brick: he left 1t city of marble. And
Rome was the state. What one of our
many heads Of government would il be
desirable for us to request to play Caesar
in rebuilding any Of our cities?
Louis Napoleon SO beautifed Paris
buildings. and decorating il, that it was
TRANSFORMED And Paris was France
Who would be our third Napoleon in this
want him. Frederick William, father Of
the Great Frederick. upon whose dOings.
as a foundation. rest the present power
Of Prussia, wishing to populate Pruss!in
Lithuania, invited, among others. the per
secuted of Saltzburg to come to that seq
tiOn of his dominOHs. While those Of
Salzburg walked the LOO miles he pail
their expenses. so much per day for man,
woman and child. He saw that they were
provided with food. that the houses and
barns were erected. the mills ready to run
by the time of their arrival supplied the
farming utensils. the tools for the arti-
sans. and furnished the animals for the
farms. even to the cock with his harem
of hens.
emisrants. We receive them, it is tru,
but with little favor: II they get work well
and good; IL not. they starve, or fill the
almshouses. when they could be made a
source of wealth and strength to the
| country. Our government cannot do as
was done by the rulers | have named and
so some one else must perform these lu-
ties. Now who shall do them? Not that
it falls within the province of any organi-
zation to do all of these things. but to do
| things akin to them which can be discreet
| ly and wisely done.
SCOPE OF A BOARD.
There are also improvements which the
| municipalities would gladly make II they
could. Dllt they DfpypntpI nv rho a A. u
| which will not permit the accumulation of
an Indebtedness greater than a certain
proportion Of the taxable value of proper
iva good restriction. indeed. but ono