The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-06-06

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I'VE want the benefit Of your busE-
ress experience We want to know
Row best to proceed with what we
admit is pretty heavy undertaking
But we feel that what we are tryinx
10 accomplish viii not only be profit
able from a standpoint of dollars and
cents. but viii be profitable from the
standpoint of better citizenship in the
future We are not seeking donations
to help us along We want to make
this an investment proposition that
will appeal to men of good business
Judgment, and at the same time cor
vince them that aside from its profit
ableness in dollars and cents il VII
be a splendid thing for the con-
nunity--
President Dickson then explained
briefly the kind of a building it il
proposed to erect, the uses to which
it is to be put. and the probable
amount that will have TO be raised
An estimate of the probable receipts
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mitted to the business men present
together with guess" at the prob
sble cost of maintenance The direc-
tors who prepared the figures admit
ted tnat the estimate of expense vas
largely guess work on their part. but
they insisted that the estimated re-
ceipts were well within the limits os
conservatism This, too, was the opin-
ion of DIR. P. L. Hall, who gave the
figures close study
Dr. Hall expressed his deep inter
est in the project and assured the di-
rectors that he would give it support
He then proceeded, in reply to in
quiries. to advise the directors how
| to proceed with the campaign-and
that was just what the directors had
secured the meeting for-advice- He
told how the Elks' Building commit
tee had proceeded, and how the spIen-
did club building had been financed
IN brief, succinct sentences ne gave
that little bunch of wage-earners
more helpful advice along practical
lines than they had been able TO ac-
| cuire in seven months of devotion to
the duty of boosting the Temple pro-
ject-
Mr. A D. Benway also favored the
directors with some counsel that can
not be otherwise tnan profitable His
interest in the project was manifested
from the very moment the meeting
bega, and his methods of dIrece que<
tioning aided much in getting the full
facts brought out Rev. Dr. Batfen
and Rev. Dr. Orr were present and
pledged their heart support in every
way possible
| 4 am afraid remarked Governor
Sheldon, that my letters went out
little too late, but want you gentle
men to understand that / am at your
service any time, and whenever you
want another meeting Of this kind.
you will do me a favor by letting
me know I am In hearty sympathy
with this movement The working
men of every city ought to have .
central meeting place of their OWL
a home of tehir OWE, where they can
feel that they are owners and pro
prietors- And Lincoln Is just the
pace in all this great west for such
a movement to show the first great
success
DO not think said DR. Hall, that
because only few buGfness men are
here this evening that they are not
interested They have talked this
matter over among themselves at va
nous times for the past six months
Ycu all know that Lincoln merchants
are approached every day and asked
to aid this or that project But I
want to say TO you gentlemen faz.
in an experience that is pretty wide
never saw more publicspirited Let
of men in my life than the business
men of Lincoln Your plans are
splendid, and all you need to do TO
achieve success issto chryssalize them-
get them into workable shape. and
then present them to the merchants
and other business men OF the city
But you must have a tangible, work
ing proposition And as a freinj I
want to warn you that you've got q
mighty big job ahead of you and IL
will require a vast amount Of work
and of self-sacrifice to win out
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