The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-10-02

WELl-MEANlNe CITIZENS WHo
woRK ALoae wsose l'ess
KNOCKING The HOME TovN
HsF Commercial Clubs Fail II Work
Undertaken foF the improvement
Of LeeaI Conditions.

In a western town not long since q
General Call was issued to citizens 20
hold Meeting for the purpose Of or
ganizing a Business Mems Association.
or as the papers announced. a Com
mercial club. According 70 the News
paper Reports Of the event the meet
ing was a Grand Success. and some 20
or go prominent citizens enrolled their
names al members. Thus the Com
mercial club was started on It's Career
Among the active citizens and those
who were foremost in advocating the
Club as an Important Thing for the
welfare Of the Town. we're a Minister
and a Lawyer The good clergyman
was made the Secretary. a Banker Of
the town was elected President. and
the Lawyer Tsea-u- .r AS is usual
gsith such clubs. d Constitution and
Bylaws were ADOPTED; an Executive
Committee appointed and also Hua-
Ting Committee 10 ec1 ish to the
club. It was outllaed tat BY harmony
and co-ope.at.~4 tosn could Be
Doomed and ns e much Better. One
Ok the Things desired vas a Public
Library Among the other Things
were Manufac. zr.ns Enterprises, .
Creamery and another Elevator for the
town. TO compete with the one Eleva.
tor already located there
Six months Of careful labor on the
part 81 the Commercial Club deyel.
0ped the fac. that the efforts towards
securing any oF these Things were
without results. There was no Library
the Creamery Proposition was consid-
cred unfavorable. as the farmers could
secure more by shipping their cream
out Of Town than the Creamery could
afford to pay. and as to the Elevator,
only part Of the Stock necessary for
its art was subscribed An Inyestl
CATION revealed that out OF this very
same town each day an average o.
more than 5000 was being sent to Out
side Cities for Goods that might al
wen have been purchased at the home
stores. II was discovered that thg
Minister, who was the Secretary O
the Club, ali the while he was Advo
eating Town improvement. was quiet
" Working among the Members 0f hi
Flock u secure Orders for Groceries
and other goods to send to a Chicago
alleged cooperative concern He wa
receiving FIVE per cent. commission Or
all Purchases made. The Lawyer o
the town, who WIS made the Treasurer
o. the Club. was sending away for th'
Clothes he wore, and even the Bankel
could not find Carpets sufficiently goos
in his home town. aud sent away th.
money to e foreign place for rugs, ans
also a PIsno that ornamented ali
home.
These misied Enterprising Cltizenl
we're working ali along the wronl
lines. While they were Anxious to IN
prove the Town. to start the Creamer!
.-lhat, perhaps. would keer q fes
shoussnd dollars a year q the town-
an Elevator that vas almost unneces
sary, as the one already located in III
Town was capable OF hanJllng all tn
Grain produced Ia the nelghborhood
and would result in no saving or tn
bringing a later income, the,
oveTlook~4 s.se Importance Of devisinl
means OF retailing Business to tt
Town that was going away from il
The very ones intrusted with fh
Building. p Of the Industries Of II
Place we're foremost "a turning owe
70 other communities the Dollars tha
should be retained TO improve n
Homo Trade. and make Wealthy tn
community
Moral-it would be we'll for men
bers Of Commercial Clubs to take hee
that the most impoTts action foF tn
Club 20 take e 20 Devise Means {
Protecting Enterprises already estal
iished instead Of gaining new Entei
pTlses d Doubtful Utility.
raR nastr naaw~ $500.