The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-27
THEY ARE GOING AHEAD
BUSINESS Men Are Determined to
Organize for Good of the City.
A OF TRADE Is A GO
Leading Citizens Favor Concerted Action
in Reaching Out for Increased Rev.
enues - Outside Districts to Be
Induced TO Trade Here.

gether and say so. Two meetings nave
been held and both OF them were duly
advertised. At both, matters of vital
importance to the community were up
for discussion, and they were DIS
cussed i~ntelligently. but the number in
attendance at both meetings was so
small that the speakers were, as a mat
ter of course, discouraged. not by a
lack of sympathy but for the want of
more sympathy. All Of those present
heartily endorsed the sentiments ex-
pressed. but there was "A void. almost
painful; there was a noticeable absence
of men for whose mutual benefit the
meetings were called. However. the
leaders In this important movement are
not deferred In their purpose and Will
go right ahead towards the consum-
nation Of the plans outlined and a
board of trade will be organized.
NJ. j. Fitzpatrick. who has never
failed to attend a meeting that had to
do with the welfare of the city and its
people unless he was sick or a long
ways out OF town, said yesterday: I'VE
have tried dozens of times to get the
business men together to organize
a commercial body. They just won't
attend. A few are ever willing to or
ganize for the good OF the city and you
will always see them right on the spot
when a call to meet is issued. but the
others don't come. So there you are.
But we have finally adopted measures
which. ! believe. will bring all bust
ness men together. our committee Will
draft a call embodying the purposes
and benefits. expenses. etc. OF the pro-
posed board of trade and ask men to
sign 1t. When they sign they will un-
derstand hat they are required 10 meet
on the date fixed. Then we will have
a nucleus to begin work with. that is.
in the way of attendance and attention
- fangVs tha ra=t x~fn ha aaEN
John II. walkup-There is only one
way. and that is the proper way. once
a board Of trade Is established there
Is a center OF all business relations, in
tcrnal and external. There you can
find the men to do business with. II
anything should come up to require the
city's attention. we have an organized
body of men tn look after il. Instead
/ Of having to call a meeting or the bust
ness men in order to find out what
ought TO be done or how IT should be
done. there's your duly authorized
beard.
J.. II. Losee-It is a wise move. There
is much that a board Of rad can ac-
complish where IL Is quite impossible to
do anything now, simply because our
business men are not organized. we
have Allowed valuable outside COM
munities TO drift away from our COM
mercial center. A concentration of
forces in working order in this city
would work a marvellous change, in my
opinion.
J.. c. Keppler-I am for anything
tina goes to help the city of Anacon-
da. A board of trade would assist
nightly In building up our city. Bust
ness is pretty good, but ' think IL could
be made better. and certainly an or
ganiZed body of business men working
for the interests of all would not fail
to make trade livelier in every branch
Of industry.
Colonel O~Leary-The formation of a
board of trade must necessarily follow
the efforts that have been made in that
direction during the past two weeks.
Important business arrangements that
reach far out into the country sur
rounding us hav forcibly suggested
the ACCESSIBILITY Of such an organiZa-
ton in Anaconda. The interests of
outlying districts naturally tributary to
this city are our interests. This VIII
be more fully demonstrated when the
commercial machinery of the city be-
gins to work in harmony and without
friction. Results that would be secured
by the concerted action of our mer-
chants. i'm reaching out for business.
would astonish the average person. The
expenses incidental to the organization
Of a board of trade would be merely
nominal. one man. the secretary, could
do all the necessary corresponding and
other clerical work. The Tues could be
fixed at 80 cents a month. and possibly
n less amount would be sufficient. ]
have spoken To several leading men OF
the city and they heartily concur in
the proposition, saying that nothing
but good can result from the organiza-
. ton. In one instance a prominent bust
ness man only the other day when W
were around with the Rock creek
bridges subscription paper. said that
we could draw on him at any time foI
: $500. Already we are assured that most
/, fiattering inducements are in store foI
outside capital that wants to come
here and put up factories. These mat
tiers will be put into the hands of a
board of trade that will go ahead and
do business with intending investors.
: \. c. MacCallum-I am going East
tonight. but you can say that I'm FOL
r a board Of trade. Our merchants hav,
: been too backward and the time Is rip,
|. for the concerted action of every bust
. ness man in the city. | will not he her,
5 to take part in the proposed organiza
. ton. but I'm coming back and will pull
4 with the ready workers of Anaconda fo
Anaconda. We should have put on
5 thumb on all this tributary trade Ion,
$ ago. but what could we do without per
manent organization? OF course. every
= body wants all the trade in sight, bu
q no one of us could go out and collec
4 tit takes a whole city sometimes 4
convince outside districts that its of
ferings are just as bright as those o
some other city. / repeat. IL is hig
n time thai Anaconda does something {
s favorably impress the communitie
= tributary to us.
L Ed Devine-The Big Hole o prop
Il osition has assumed a most desirabl
o aspect. IL will be the entering wedg
d To a more important matter-that
y the organization of a board of trad
n That's what We want and need.
y know that a great many anchers owe
IS there would come TO Anaconda for the
N supplies IL they could. But the roa
a must be repaired and kept open IN
e year around and then they will com
Il and continue to come.
Ie J. V. Petritz-The proposed board c
a trade viii have no difficulty in cor
$. vincing outside communities ths