The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-23

to have more frequent mass meetings
on public subjects. We ought to get to-
gether to discuss matters for the pub
lie welfare; and it is the young men who
will rally to these meetings by the hum
dredS and the thousands
When Wer1 the young men properly
and persistently called on for help that
they did not respond? They are ever
ready with their cheers and their dol
lars.
We have our Commercial club and
our Committee Of Fifteen. What we
need is the club of Young Topeka with
two three or four thousand members
whose object is solely the good of To-
peka; and every member of it
heard croaking against Topeka or say
ing that Topeka isn't the best town of
it's size in the best state in the union
ought to be fined a good round fine, and
the money ought to go into fund for
the building up of Topeka
Topeka wants more paved streets, it
wants parks it wants handsome public
buildings and large and cDmmOdious
business blocks; it wants more people,
more money, more well kept lawns
more trees more amusementS more
agencies for uplifting and upbuildin gthe
city; il wants statues and fountains and
drives; it wants better schools and big
ger churches and more books in its Ii
braries; it wants everything that will
make it the finest city of 10000 people
in the world, and it wants $4,000 people
as soon as ii can get them; all these
we can have as soon as we all get to
work to have them.
Civilized people are beginning to act
cen masse' more than they did ten
years agO-yeS, than they did five years
ago. Humanity is finding out that
Concert of action is the magical pow
er that creates greatness. Chicago rose
and acted as one man to secure the
worlds fair. 1t acts as one man in
blooming the great city of the lake. 1t
has doubled its population in seven
years, and in 1910. if 1t grows no faster
rfV,r-
Greater New York with it's g. 500 900 pop-
uIation. New York has not one-fifth of
the dynamic force and enthusiasm of
Chicago.
to spend millions upon millions in max
ing that city grander than Paris the
queen of the civilized world. In a smaller
way Topeka can follow along the same
path Our city is full of intelligent, tall
ented people, whose brains TEEN with
ideas, valuable to the human race. All
they need is recognition, the help of
numbers, the encouragement of sincere
appreciation, the backing of the city in
it's entirety
Hitherto, boards of trade, etc, and
similar organizations have struggled
unaided TO do good for Topeka What
the people for one end Open the doors
wide Have a board of trade or what
ever you want to call it, with thousands
of members. Let it be the whole city
of Topeka. Let every man who is will
ing to work for the city have hand in
it. Encourage every man to feel that
Topeka is as much his city as it is any
body eIse's.
Enroll the young men, and the old
men, and the women, and the girls and
the school children. With such an army
OF progress, Topeka will be invincible.
The auditorium will soon be built. The
first meeting in it should be a celebra-
ton and a glorification; and that meet
ing with it's 500 vice presidents, should
then and there take up another project
for building up our city.
We are started now and nothing can
stop US. They can talk to US about
hard times, but we are not going to be
lieve in them. We are tired of hard
times. We won't stand them any long
er. We won't be deferred by croaking
and whining. While we have 10000
pairs of strong arms and 30 600 clear,
active brains, we are going to use them
for all they are worth. r
Hurrah for Topeka! -