The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
PULLING FOR

comes to the front with q relreshlnI
idea; Billings always has refreshing
3 ideas. This time Billings is first il
the field with suggestion that Nor
tana's business men. Montana's pro
fessional men and Montana's citizen
in general get together and pull 70
Montana. Pulling for Montana is tn
keynote of q Get Of resolutions passe,
at q recent meeting of the Billing
Commercial club. The Billings com
mercial club wants to advertise Mon
tana, its riches, its resources, it's pos
sibilities. 1t believes that by a con
certed effort on the part of every
organization Of business men in Mon
tana the advantages of the state car
be set forth ia a way that will bring
results of genuine benefit speedily and
of an abiding character.
The business men-and when the
term is here used it should be under.
stood to include all classes of pro.
gressive citizens whether they are ia
actual trade or not-the business men
of Billings have adopted resolutions
which they hope will result in the
gathering in the Yellowstone capital
of a representative body Of those who
have the states best interests at heart,
those whose hope it is that, one day,
Montana will lead all the union in
popul alton, production and prosperity.
The resolutions of the Billings Com
mercial club are self-explanatory.
They re as follows:
"Whereas, We, the commerce. al
committeetof the Billings club believe
that the development and advance.
ment of the state as an industrial EN-.
| pire would be best served by the
organization of a state association to
be known as the Montana Commercial
association, said association to be
made up of the various commercial
organizations known as boards of
trade. ..chambers of commerce., com.
mercial clubs, business mems assoc
Citations, real estate associations and
other synonymous titles; and,
"Whereas. by organizing such a
| state of association indifferent bodies
could operate in the work and cost of
advertising the entire state to the best
advantage, unite in securing railroad
concessions and legislative action that
may benefit the state, exchange ideas,
and otherwise unite in getting the best
results: and,
"Whereas, Billings has through
the aggressive efforts of its organized
interests been highly successful in
this propaganda, and can as q conse.
quence consistently lead off in such a
movement; then be it
"Resolved, That q convention be
called together of all the boards Of
trade, chambers of commerce, com
mercial clubs, and clubs and othel
bodies of a like character to meet II
Billings onsSaturday, June "a, 1905.
for the purpose of effecting a perman
ent organization; and be it further
"Resolved, That the basis of rep
resentation shall be as follows: Two
delegates from each commercial or.
ganization to be appointed by the
president or selected by the organiza'
ton, one delegate at large from each
town and city to be appointed by the
mayor"
Reasonable 1t would seem that If
chamber of commerce., q bushes.
mems league, a business mems assoc
citation, a board of trade, a city or
ganiZation under whatsoever name, il
of benefit to the town whose resource.
it aims to develop, whose welfare il
aims to promote, then why should no,
a state association of these chamber.
of commerce be of benefit tenfold, ever
a hundred fold greater for the beueti'
of Montana?
1t is such a state association tina
the business men of Montana hav.
long had under considerations: tn.
Billings Commercial club proposes to
put 1t into concrete form and to brinl
it TO a material realization at an earl,
date. In order to do that every com
mercial body in the state of Montana
is expected to send its full quota O
representatives to Billings on June -
The profitable thing for them and fol
all the people is for that to be done.
1t needs no extended talk nor col
umns of written words to point out tn,
advantages that would follow the or
ganization Of Il state association
For instance, If Butte wants some
thing now in the way of help from tn,
national congress Butte goes after i
alone. II Helena feels that she ough
to be favored in the matter of bette,
postal facilities, Helena now goes i
alone. II Missoula thinks she is be,n.
made the victim of dis.rimipatiO, !,