The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-30
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL. Issued Thursday. One Dollar feai
THE BUSINESS MEN,S SHOW.

that the exposition being held at the armory of the Second Regiment is not only a success from the point of view of the interest it excites, but what is more to the point from broader conception of the economic value of such undertakings. Formerly and originally a pure food show exclu- sively it has become under the man. agement of an alert group of New Ia ven merchants an industrial exhibi- ton with great possibilities.
 The British have way of describ- ing themselves as "intelligently self ish" They estimate carefully what their rights are and then they see to it that they get them if they are possible of requirement. At the bottom, too, of their enterprises is love of country and pride in the superiority of the British race. We admit that at times and under certain circumstances this 
 trait of national character stands out with amusing insistence, but it cannot be said to be on that account ineffec- tive. The difficulty with the American branch of the family is @ sort of lazy generosity based on modesty which is not real. We are apt to think we ought not to do things lest they cast kind of artificial discredit upon us, as if life and the battles of life were not intensely serious. The absence of a marked pride in small communities or in communities where perhaps the ed ucational life predominates can be traced to this false reasoning. The presence of lively sense of civic en- thusiasm, even if bit assertive, can be explained upon the ground of a bet ter understanding of what constitutes intelligent selfishness. The city of New London is just awakening, for exam pie, from a condition of commercial lethargy which is intolerable to the younger business men. The city of Bridgeport, for another example, has long proflted by the realization of the economic, fact that while it may, be a little embarrassing to cry out the ex- istence of clans for sale, clans sell better that way. It was in fact that understanding of the laws of trade that led people to advertise their wares.
 As beautiful as New Haven is, as unique as it's environment is and as { charming as are it's people, it's most pressing need to-day is the realization that a little intelligent selfshness mix ed in with it's reserve will produce un- suspected results in the commercial life of the town. Thoughts of this character are brought home forcibly to the observant citizen who attends the exposition at the armory, which its managers have made more repre- sentative of New Haven's industrial versatility than any which has preced- ed 1t. The brilliant display of the va ried goods produced by Sargent & Company has already made an impres. sion upon those who have visited the exposition, for which, we undertake tc say, that immense manufacturing con. cern was not prepared. People who have never been given an opportunity to learn the extent of the producing power of that establishment stand before the display in a condition 0, wonderment. They had no idea tha the company produced goods demand ing such skill in manufacture and sucf imagination in construction. Wha they thought is of only passing conse quence; what they now know of thu actual producing genus of that firm puts new phase upon their interes in the city of New Haven, which is { popular asset not to be lightly under estimated. So the people of New Ha ven have had only an inadequate idet of the territory covered and served b! the Southern New England Telephon, company. The mystery of long dis tance service and of short circuit worl is mastered by few moments con sideration of the illuminated map oi exhibition at the exposition in the tel ephone booth. It is a question merel, of organization and the enforcement o principles which have been created b, an ever-exp9nding usefulness. Tn meaning of this is felt in it's fulles significance when it is recalled tha this is a New Haven enterprise, whicl originated with pioneers who wer filled with the zeal of the faith tha moved them and which was carried t it's profitable fruition by means of Ne7 Haven capital.
 We select these two displays, not be cause they are alone deserving c study; the exposition is full of inter esting and instructive things, but be cause they ought to convey to the pro ducers of New Haven the though that much is to be gained anothe