The news & observer., 1905-12-26
MOTTO IS FORWARD
Chamber of Commerce for
Greater Ra | Ugh.
6EHA
Large Work Will be Mapped Out for
Next Year by This Organization.
Cooperation Of Every Citizen
is Expected.

The Chamber of Commerce is plan
ming a large field of effort for 10
and looks, forward to the achievement
of great things for Raleigh.
In talking to the secretary of the
chamber, Mr.. r. NJ Phillips, yesterday,
in regard to the work of the chamber
land it's plans for 1906, he said:
"In the first place the Chamber of
Commerce and Industry is composed
of more than two hundred men who
profess faith in the city. They be-
lieve in it, and they are going to show
their faith by their works. II is not
the purpose of this organization to
bring about boom, in the popular
sense in which that word is used.
Raleigh has grown by steady, but
sure degrees, and much of what has
already been accomplished has come
as q matter of course. The city is
| most favorably situated and the sue
! cess of the past is but an index to
| what is going to be done here in the
| future.
81 said that Raleigh has progressed
slowly but surely. That is true, but
| perhaps the word slowly should be
| modified. or the word cautiously
substituted therefor. Anyway it is
| just such a foundation as is laid here
| that is needed on which to build a
larger and broader and higher and
| stronger structure. Nowhere can
| there be found a more beautiful city
| than we have here now. It's broad,
| well-paved streets and sidewalks arc
| justly the pride of the city. The
beautiful apd magnificent homes
| which are to- be found in all parts of
| the city would be credit to city five
| or ten times the size of Raleigh. The
| growth and strength of our banking
| institutions, the successful business
houses and the tendency to embark
| In manufacturing enterprises on
still large scale than in the past show
conclusvely that the city is provided
with that city-building requisite
| backbone The large and fourishing
institutions of learning which have
! their beautiful and spacious college
homes here, and the splendid system
! of city graded schools, where pupils
are no longer numbered by the hun
! dreds, but by the thousands, furnish
additional in fact l may say the
| crowning reason why we have great
faith in the future of Raleigh as a city
| of Importance.
Forward, then, is our motto. We
/ shall watch for, and embrace, every
| opportunity to aid the city in goilRg
! forward. We might be more specific
and say something in detail about
what our plans are for looking after
| the city's interests, but it is sufficient
to say that it shall be our purpose du-
| ring the year 1906 to not only
let everybody know that Raleigh is on
| the map, but to increase the size of
! the space she occupies there. This
we shall do by direct and systematic
and persistent effort. We shall expect
| the hearty cooperation OF every citi-
zen who wantc to see Raleigh grow
| into Greater Raleigh. There is every
reason to believe that we shall have
this cooperation. We believe firmly
| in the efficacy of printers ink, and
know that we shall have the cheerful
/ aid of the newspapers. We believe in
! the plan of personal effort and shall
expect valuable results from. indi-
Vidual interests in behalf of Raleigh
| on the part of those who come in
contact with capitalists and investors
from elsewhere.
! "As we approach the year 1906 let
US write the word Forward in large
| letters on our banner, sdld with energy
and cooperation raise that banner
high in the air. For this purpose the
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
| is concentrating its forces, and calls
upon the whole city to put a shoulder
| to the wheel and roll it up to the top.
| "In a word, let every man feel that
| he has a part to play in the city'5
| growth and if he has an idea and is
| too busy to put it into execution, bring
| it to the Chamber of Commerce and
| Industry and it will have attention.
We want to see every active citizen
| buckle on the armor by enrolling
| himself as member of the Chamber
| of Commerce. and Industry, and when
another year begins the drum of pro-
gress will have a still larger roll to
beat Forward for Greater Raleigh !"