Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-21
A UNITED FRONT.

Las Vegas IL going to unite her fore
90 and array her business interests
In d solid front before The world. She
will then move forward into her nat
llral position Of power and Import
anee The expression Of sentiment, or
rather Of hard common sense. which
the business men Of the community.
% FAR as they could be seen on short
notice. maize Through tonIght's Optic
shows that the time Ii ripe FOR cement
ing the business interests Of this com.
muniiy Into one strong central body.
This Ii an age of organization and Of
concentration Or effort ana power.
Any body Of men who, With a natural
community OF interests. divide their
forces and work through various chan
neIs, often either ignorant Of each
others purposes Or openly opposed the
one to the other, a iat but be left
behind III the race for supremacy by
those who unite their fos aes, A thou.
sand times II has been said on the
streets and hi the business gather.
ings Of this town that what We need
Is to get together" Every one has
recognized the fact: every u has
wished II might be accomplished. bui
the hitcbing and saving. the working
al cross purposes, has been going on
III long iha. ,here we're these who
felt that a harmony of effort was a
beautiful ideal which could not be ut.
tanned in Inns Vegas. There were
those who believed also that no carr
est, honest effort In Il good cause ce
fail" And so the movement was
started. which bids fair TO meet with
the fullest success for the ~organizn.
tion OF n Commercial club which Will
Include In It's membership every bust
ness and professional man from the
mesa 10 the erosion. Its Importance
In the future development Of this com
munity car hardly be oyerestimated,
With a carefully perfected organiza,
tIon and It's duties and responsibilities
divided among strong. vigorous com
mittees. II a meet every opportu
nifty for the expansion OF our various
interests than half way, and dis
cover and promote new enterprises
for the town. II a advertise the
natural attractions OF Las Vegas In
the next two years more than has been
done within the past ten years. II
can bring the men Of the town TO.
gether frequently IN friendly inter
course. and AFFORD an attractive M
cieus for a better acquaintance among
our citizens. Any special interest
whether wholesale. or retail. social oI
political. east side or west side. can
be naturally and easily discussed by
those interested az thsy mjngle within
the four walls Of the club. No one
who has observed can ever say that
Las Vegas has not wealth. brains. en-
ergy and ambition among her citizens
TO protect her every Interest and carve
out a great deEtiny among the cities
Of the rapidly developing southwest
No one who has observed can den,
that she has been getting left behind
by other cities Of the territory during
the pas, two years.
This is as unpleasant a fact to writ,
as H. Is 10 read nst why npt
come right out and say u When Eng
land finds herself getting LEFT behind
The other nations III the race for com
metciai supremacy those men wht
dare come out and declare the fact IL
their countrymen aud 10 tine world II
the same time II Is not pleasant, bti'
4 Is necessary 70 speak The truth And
the world looks on With interest whils
England meets and grnpplcs Win no.
problem las Vegas has lost ground
because she has been divided Il y MOI
YET 100 late. however 90 make up Al
Thai We have lost n the appprtnnltie,
which are Immediately offered ~
must give a lone pull. d strong pun
and n pun al together II Ii nor 70 b,
thought that with the mere organiaa
ton Of a club an our difficulties AMI
differences Will Vanish but this moye
ment viii lead The way 70 q greai
Improvement IN condilons. The splrii
of cooperation ana harmony, IL frsi
novel, may prove 90 popular thai i
Will eve agaln be relegated 70 !