Evening journal., 1908-12-03
THURSDAY, December 3, 1908
DovER's STEP FORWARD.

HE Business Mems Association of Dover is
moving steadily along There was an en-
thusiastic meeting in the capital the other even
ing, when President Maclean, OF the Whining
Ton Board of Trade, delivered an address and
carried a message of encouragement from this
CITY 1t looks as il the formation of the Dover
business men into an effective organization will
be the first decided step towards the organization
OF the Peninsula Board of Trade in which the
local business leaders so much interested.
There is no-reason why the Dover Business
Mems Association should not be an effective
force in the advancement of the State capital.
individuals do little, but when organized
they can do much The truth of this statement
has often been illustrated in our own city. An
individual, be he ever so influential cannot ac-
complsh SO much. speaking individual,
he can when he speaks as the representative OF
hive association of active men. In these days to
do anything worth while towards the progress Of
4 municipality. we must act as organizations.
The people of Dover and Kent county for some
years have considered i'm a desultory manner
various problems such as transportation. Little
has been accomplished simply because the ef-
forts have been the efforts OF individuals, marked
often bv a spirit of too much criticism. One of
the designs oi a business mems association or
any body of that description is TO secure cooper
alton. Get together. If there is a complaint
about any public service utility get into touch
with the managers of the utility and il ami
cable agreement cannot be reached that the
complaint is remedied.
The business men Of Wilmington and those OF
the State towns working together could accom-
plish much for their common benefit. And it is
important that they should work unitedly in
view OF the fact that important question of legis
laton and questions of taxation will soon come
before the law making body of the State.
So far as we are concerned. we should like TO
sec not only Dover. but all the other towns of the
State push forward. Dover is the capital of the
first State in the Union as one of the speakers
at own Board of Trade meetin0 the other
evening put IT, II is fine town In fact in many
ways doubt if Dover is surpassed by any
other town of similar size in this part of the
country 1t is rich in historic lore, il is situated
IN the center OF fine farming country. Its citi-
zcns are hospitable, intelligent and delightful to
meet IL has the culture that comes TO a COM
munity of long standing and it should have the
progressiveness of the modern day. Not that we
say that Dover could be called unprogressve-
but there is a distinct type of modern day
progressiveness in all cities and towns which
should be striven for. Wilmington of course,
has not reached the goal by any means. We are
simply striving to get there.
The Dover Business Mems Association has
our best wishes And we know that if the Bus-
ness Mems Association of Dover accomplishes
anything, other towns in the State will see to it
that they get hump upon themselves, for in
all our State towns there is more or less rivalry.
And the more of this rivalry the better.