The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-01-19
STRICTLY BUSINESS.

Columbia and Maury county do so
much for The Herald, that we always
ave in mind to do the most and the
best we can do for Columbia and
Naury county. And in that
spirit and with that purpose. we
make suggestions now and then, look
ing, as we think, to the general good.
Sometimes we hear a sort of public
refrain from some suggestion we have
made; oftimes it seems to go in one
ear and out the other and nobody pays
any attention to it. Still, nothing
Haunted, we keep on casting our
pearls before swine.
Some weeks ago we suggested for
the forteith time that Columbia should
have Commercial Club, a Chamber
of Commerce, or something of that sort.
And to that suggestion more than one
business man, some of the young bus
mess men we are glad to note, gave a
hearty amen, and said yes, we
must; we have put it off long enough;
we must get together and organize. ="
But there has been no getting together
nor any organizing yet.
Last week we suggested, as remedy
for the servant question, that we all
chip in to a common fund, and send
an agent to Ireland or Germany or
Sweden, or to all three of these coun-
tries, and arrange to bring home with
him a thousand immigrants to this
county, to be used on the farm, in the
stables, kitchens and houses. They
are coming to this country by the
thousand every day, but they don't
come South. They go to the North
and East because others from their
neighborhoods have stopped there;
and the letters they have received
from this country were all dated and
postmarked there, and about all they
know about America is what they
have read in those letters. With just
little effort as many as we need
could be brought to this town and
county. That is the substance
of what we said week ago; and
some of the best business men in
Columbia said, THAT is good sugges-
tion wish somebody would do it."
Now we say, why not somebody do
it? And who shall that somebody be?
There's the rub. 1t is a good thing;
we will all agree upon that 1t is
feasible plan; not many of us will
doubt that But it is nobody's bust
ness to give it any special attention,
and therefore it goes unattended to- |
And that brings us back to our first |
premise; the crying need for a Com |
mercial Club.
Now while the year is young, let's !
organize Commercial Club. Let's !
stop talking about it and do it. So
many things are waiting for it; so
many feasible, practicable, helpful
are hanging upon it. If
we will only organize, we can do
much for our town and county, at
very little cost and at practically no
personal effort, because we will pay
me man to do all the work; to work
,ut all good suggestions; to put into
the things that should be
lone,
Every town needs pushing, just like
very private enterprise needs push
ng Some people exc out an exist
nee in the gold old easy way, with
nut any progress or enterprise. Some
owns are so favored by nature and
Environments that they grow and pros
er just because of the prosperity of
he times and the people; but these
anne towns and these same people
yould be better off if they had some
hing or somebody to push them
long.
1t is not growth that we particular
Y desire. We do not judge a town !
y it's size. There is more squalid