Evening journal., 1898-03-02
THE TRADE MUST COME
Wilmington to Be Doomed BY
Down State Buyers.
ADDRESS BY CHIEF JUSTICE LORE

DENTS CF THE PENINSULA.
THOSE INTERESTED SUBSCRIBE
MONEY.
A small group CT business men as |
sembled last night in the rooms OF the
Builders Exchange TO foster the trade |
of The Peninsula by organizing a |
| MerchaLts AMID Manufacturers Afso- |
citation.
The meeting, notwithstanding the |
small attendance, was an interesting |
ona. and naught but praises was heard |
OF the movement. " is now generally |
| thought Uhat Wilmington win prosper |
by the action Of Those interested in the
| work. Mayor McIlear called the meet
| ing to order and requested uhalt Will
| liam Ilawton, president Of the Board OF
| Trade. act as chairman. Mr.. laWuon
accepted. and Herbert n. Fell was
| chosen secretary.
To start the ball rolling, Mi LaWt0n
defined The object OF the meeting.
George H. Hollis chairman CT the or
| ganizaticn committee, was the first
speaker He said that the low rate Of
fered TO the down-state people, which
has been given by the railroads, rs phe
FIRST move toward securing The down
state trade. He proposed THAT an ex-
cursion be given on April 3 G1i from
Deimar. Iewes and selbyville,
as N would be impossible 10
run excursions from other parts OF the
state ON these days. The other towns
would be attended to later. Hereto
fore the fare for the down-state people
gclng TO Philadelphia from Whining
ton was rs cents, but IL has now been
raised 10 81, the same fare as Will
mfng;cniaus pay. He said that the
merchant would have 10 advertise, and
uhat special Inducements must be gwen
, to get The trade to this city.
: James MCgary WIS Of the opinion
: that rate Of one cent mAe would be
a reasonable rate for the railrcad conn
pany to charge 10 the eXcurslonists.
j. ID. Sisler voiced the same senti-
n mep.E He favored showing the
: visitors around the city. giving
, them free rides 10 Shellp0t Park and
u showing them The business and amuse-
l. ment places OF Wilmington
y ICHIEF JUSTICES OBJECT LESSON
Chief Justice Lore then addressed tls
meeting and said Our litt'e cNy
r cueht 10 trade with the Peninsula. Pal.
Il tmOre to-day Is stiainlng every neryt
(, to coniuol the trade as far as possible
y FhiladaTh!a. without any effort w'hcs
!, eyer. simply overshldOws Wilmington
did not understand thoroughly thi
A. manner OF bringing the people TO vii
d minatCn. butt I th.nlI anything thl
would increase rne business OF this Cit
m is worthy Of consideration. There ar
two requisites in the matter Of secur
y ing trade, namely Get what the peopl
u want and sell * az a modUste p.ice
y These are the two cardinal principles
A. The business men Of Wimirgton, VIII
u have brains. would net and could Io
y allow the business to paE3 their dCo
y. ~ fer the mere sake cf the price.
- "While on a visit 10 Sau,sbuy re
= Gently. / entered a large hardwar
d store which has NO comparison I'M TIM
= city. The business that Is done by tn
"a business men. Of that town Is wonder
= full. and when / asked the reason o
4 this. was told that it WIGS due TO tn
efforts Of The merchants to cater TO th
trade. The people OF the Penlnsul
r. are Homogeneous. They are good liver
and know what they WANT. They iiv
within their means and they are gcln
r. 10 buy where they can buy the cheaI
,rt est. AS a manufacturing city Wi
od mingtOn is well-known, and for the el
.ro cellence of their work the manuiay
ne turers are not 10 be exceled in th
I'm United States We sh0u.d go 10 th
90 river 'front.', where we could bull
ed large battleships TO fight for Cuba. CAT
M plause)
srs "Go down among the peop.s II n
nd two lower counties. Take them by Vf
ms hands and sh5w them what We hav
HI and get them to build up Wilmingto'
led Il Is my earnest desire to see Whining
af- ton built mp TO it's highest deye.ol
ments."
Chairman Lawton said that tho
Interested in the movement must
ves uuited. 1t Will cost money, but %
I've trade wihiC.h ccmes here from the i
,n- ninsula must be increased. IL is III
10 what it should be.
md David Lemon theu addressed q
rte meeting. In his characteristic style
,ia. | rldlcu,ed the city for losing it's pre-
lie tige when ii once held sway as a man
-uro facturing city Wilmington, TWEEN
mis- years ag3," said Mr.. Lemon was q
ons ncur market Of the world. Where Is
tar know? We excellCd i'm everything, b
ia we have lost the opportunity, and tn
once lost can never be regained. Whe
has all the peoples money gone?
}. has been used to keep a police force
ing walk mp and down our streets, paw
tbe with the heard earnings OF the peopl'
Tbe He rid,culed the press for not raj
lick ing to uhe support Of The business m
fine in their fight against trading stam
es- He then started into denounce
ion. trading stamp men, whom he des
ned mated as al lot OF uhievss. Mr.. Sis
out here objected, but Mr. Lemon
minded him that he had his say a
he (Lemon) would have his. Mr..
gary raised the point OF order, a
lu Chairman LawtOn told him TO conf
himself to the question:
Mr.. Lemon then proceeded to reai
-hS. long article en- Government La'
the when Mr.. MegaTy again objected, a
AVE Mr.. Lemon left the meeting.
men Others who spoke were John Ian
hey son, w. ID. Mullin. Jr., HO,s.ein II
hey vey and Mayor McLear, whose remal
ac- were favorable to the movement. Ma,
ock- Mclsear moved that tine committee
di- cordially assisted in it's work, and
w,sor-oslnT