The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-04-04
FROM HEADS OF THE COMMITTEES


the railroad company will acquire by
condemnation proceedings
The growth of the located indus
tries and mercantile interests have been
of very satisfactory nature, as will be
shown in the reports of the several
committees. The opening of the Audi
torium, with the exceptional facilities
1t affords, the addition to our hotel
accommodation, the opening in the
near future of the -Courtland places us
in the front rank as a convention city
In order to secure results recommend
an amendment to our bylaws to pro-
vide for the appointment of standing
committee, to be known as the COM
mittee of conventions, whose duty 1t
shall be to present our advantages and
make the necessary efforts to secure
such conventions as are In their opin-
ion desirable. A very gratifying in
crease has been made in membership
This can be largely added to, if each
individual member will feel a more
personal interest in our affairs. This
result has been very successfully OBJ
! tanned in practice in other cities, by
the formation within the Chamber of
Commerce, Board of Trade Auxiliary,
bodies, as for instance: the Manufac-
turers Branch the Dry Goods Branch,
the Boot and Shoe Branch, the Con-
| tractors Branch, etc. Each auxiliary
forming an organization with its own
| chairman, having meetings at least
once a month for general discussion,
and working out their own special
problems. Matters of a general nature
being brought to the attention of the
| full Board at their monthly meetings.
This plan | understand has met with
great success, where tried, and created
unity of feeling and harmony of ac4
| tion, not before obtained.
Another matter of vital interest to
our community is what l believe to be
a lack of 'civlc pride" This state
ment may surprise you. You say, I'VE
are proud of Canton" the greatest city
in the country of its size" True. But
do we as citizens and builders of the
community do our best to uphold it?
Loyalty to city and home products is
one of the essentials. 1 do not wish to
be convicted of questionable taste, in
alluding to this, and would under no
| circumstances make this mention from
a personal standpoint, but when | am
| told by one of the foremost men of
Canton, that he has seen on the books
of one of our leading mail order houses
in the city the names of 2100 custom
ers from our city, it shows that we
are lacking in some degree of that spir-
it of loyalty to home that has built
and made great other cities. The Cen
tennial of Stark county, and the city
of Canton, should be celebrated this
year in fitting manner. A portion of
the preliminary work has been per-
formed by a committee appointed for
that purpose, and / recommend that
early action be taken to make CEN
tennial worthy of our reputation.
Let our watchword and effort be "a
Greater Canton"
THE REPORTS.
Secretary John E. Monnot then read
going into the details of the work
done. He said that he had to do so
much work for the board that 1t pre-
cluded him from attending to his own
affairs.
Treasurer H. S. Kaufman gave
lied account of all the disbursements,
which was not read He had collect
ed or received $2,508.31 during the
year, of which amount there remains
1928, against which there are some
outstanding obligations.
r. s. Bell, as chairman of the COM
mittee on public parks, reported in
favor of the extension of the park sys-
tenn in the city and was of the opinion
that 1t would have the tendency to
make the people better physically and
morally.
II. S. Kaufman. on finance, reported
that while there was nothing eventful
in the past year, the period had been
prosperous one. The eastern war had
not unsettled conditions in this coun-
try, and the fact that the double
standard In
MONETARY AFFAIRS
had been eliminated from politics, the
presidential election was not disturb
ing element While the agricultural
production was below the average, SO
far as the farmer was concerned this
was made up by higher prices. The
iron and steel trade is at high tide and
factories and mills have orders suffi7
cient to keep them busy for many
months. Conditions In The country