The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-01
BOARD OF TRADE
ITS SUCCESS OR FAILURE DE.
PENDS UPON ITS OFFICIAL
BOARD.
Cheap Labor or Free Service, Not the
Best.-ACapabIe Men Should be En-
ployed, and Paid for Their Service.

Mr.. E. L. Todd, of Elwood, Ind, con
nected with an advertising PROPOSE
tion which you will read about in an
other column OF this paper, upon
invitation attended the business men s
meeting at the Court House Friday
evening 1t happens also that Mr..
Todd has been the Secretary of the
! Board of Trade for hIs home town, and
in other ways has been in direct touch
with similar organizations in other
towns, and learning these facts the
Herald asked him for an interview;
and in compliance with that request
| ar. Todd--whose article will show that
/ he knows whereof he speaks wrote
the following statement for publica-
ton:
Having had the pleasure of attend
ing the meeting Of the business men
last night wherein they started the
movement of organizing Board of
Trade, | cannot refrain from saying that
this Is one of the most important or
CARNATIONS that any town or city can
have, and it should be given the hearty
endorsement of every business or pro-
fessional fnan'in the city. | have been
fortunate in meeting with many or
ganizations of this nature in a NUM-
Der of towns and cities in Kentucky,
Illinois, Ohio and Indiana, and where
find them properly managed they
prove to be of great benefit to the
CITY, | wish to say further, that the
or failure of such enterprises |
are almost wholly with the officers of |
the association; especially the Secre-
tary. | do not wis, to de dictative,
but experience and observation has
shown the following facts:
The only way any association /
have ever come in contact with sue
oeeded was by securing the services
Of Secretary who could and would
Dut all his time and energy into the
work. One who has the ability to deal
With such matters that are sure to
come to the association; and where
hey have secured such man he must
lie placed in a position where his
depends wholly on the
eccess of the association. There are
many business men. no doubt, who feel
hey are willing to perform these du-
les for the good of the cause; which
5 all well enough IL they do it. But
Experience has taught me that no bus J
hess man will sacrifice his own bust
ess for the interests of others. Why
honld he? Why should any man work
Dr. others who are able but not willing y
, pay him fair remuneration for his p
srvice. There is no reason There d
IRE, the wisdom of securing the serv- Q
esices of a Secretary who is ener- q
etc and capable of doing the work, n
Id of paying him for it, is very APP a
aren't q
| am informed that In GAINESVILLE,
enn., where | have recently been %
opping, the association pays their N
scretary $125 per month; and an in az
will show that there is az
uch good coming from that associa- 81
IN work, | fully realize that "a child "
ust crawl before Y walks be be %
nd doubt the child will walk sooner ca
assisted by competent hands There.
re Il is apparent that to succeed en-
tn with your organization in Co 20
mbiu, you must be careful, painstak- w
Z and energetic. Every business as
d professional man must put his
oulder to the wheel and push, and tn
sh hard This association is for ed
2 upbuilding OF Columbia, and In so gr
ing every resident of the city will We
benefited. One failure does not th'
nifty another: therefore you should
* upon your former failures in this
e as being the tault of improper De