The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-01-18
ORGANIZATION OF STATE
BOARD OF TRADE

At the time of the holding Of the
state fair at Tampa preliminary steps
were taken towards the organization
of a state board of trade. Mr.. SAM
uel A. Rawls, of this city. was elected
Temporary chairman and Mr.. W. G..
Brorien, of Tampa, secretary As only
a small section of the state was rep
resented at said meeting the perma-
nent organization was deferred and a
resolution adopted that all the boards
of trade of the state be requested to
send delegates to this city on jan
uary 18th for the purpose of making
the organization permanent one.
In response to said resolution a
number of delegates met in Ocala
Wednesday at four o'clock in the Elks
hall.
Promptly at the hour named Chair
man Rawls called the meeting to or
der and Secretary Brorein read the
minutes of the meeting at Tampa and
the resolutions adopted there On
calling the roll il was found that the
following cities were represented:
Bartow-E. W. Codington, c. II.
Walker.
| Jacksonville C. H. Smith. Edwin
Brobston.
Fort Myers-W. S. Turner.
Tarpon Springs-G. E. Nobltt.
Palatka-H O. Hamm
Palmetto CManatee River board Of
trade. j. W. Jackson.
St. Petersburg-J. D. Bell, a. F.
Bartlett.
Arcadia-Edward Scott.
High Springs-W. NJ. Gramble, NJ.
c. knight.
Tallahassee. c. Gilmore
Tampa-W. F. Hines. ]. D. Cal
hOun, T. J. LaudBrown, w. G. Bro
rien
The secretary announced that sew
from the different boards of trade
stating that they were sorry that they
could not be represented but were in
hearty sympathy with the movement
and hoped it would be successful.
After some discussion a motion was
made that the permanent organization
be effected and for this purpose a
committee was appointed consisting
of one member from each city rep
stitutiOn and report TO the meeting az
its night session.
The following delegates were nam
ed on said committee: z. W. COding-
ton. Edwin Brobston. w. S. Turner.
G. r. Nobitt II. O. Hamm. J. ".
Jackson, \. f Bartlett. Edward
Scott. F. c. Gilmore, J. D. Calhoun.
W. VI. Gramble T. f. Biggs.
Before the committee retired one OF
the members stated that IL" com
r!ittee would 0e pleased 10 hear yug-
Sos5icns from an- or all preson; "a
20 he best method Of organization.
ana the chairman called on Dr. 0~~e-
let. of -. Petersburg. 10 civ tho
committee The benefit OF his sucGes-
tons. He responded and stated that
he thought that il ought 10 he made
general enlisting as many people 10
Join i as possible throughout the
confines Of the entire state. H re
ferred TO the fact that California has q
state board Of trade and has accom-
.plished c most wonderful work for
mar state by distributing literature
and devising cher methods for induc-
ing immigration TO it, He said that a
united organization embracing the
whole state could be much more ser
vice2ble than separate organizations
and that in the present condition of
the railway service in Florida a state
board could do effective work
Or. Bartlett was followed by
. -iSSS- = NOdlilS toll, IlAHISSr blll4uSeL-
Calhoun. Smith, Rheinauer and 9TH
lers. all making enthusiastic speeches
and valuable suggestions. All the
speeches were particularly pleasing
and ELECTED very hearty enthusiasm
and the good points of many of them
We're punctuated with applause.
The afternoon session was regarded
as highly pleasing and satisfactory.
A. the evening session the commit
tee on constitution made their report
and the follCU .ag was adopted by sec
tons:
ARTICLE l.
Name
The name Of this organization shall
be the Florida Board of Trade
ARTTCI = TI-OPJECT