Panama City pilot., 1908-11-05
COMMERCIAL CLUB.
LETTER FROM The SECRETARY.

PANAMA CITY, Nov. End 1908.
EDITOR OF THE PILOT:
Will you permit me space to outline
some of the ways in which our resi-
dents of the Bav country can assist
in the work of the Commercial Club.
The time is now ripe for the inaugu-
ration of a vigorous campaign of
advertising.
To carry this on intelligently and
successfully, we must have facts and
plenty of them.
We want every man who is inter
ested in the welfare and advance
ment of his own community, and the
Bay at large, to send us all the in
formation possible, relative to the
needs, resources, and business OppOr-
tunities of his particular locality;
this will provide us with the necessary
data to properly place before business
men seeking locations, and prOspec-
tive settlers, the advantages we have
to offer.
We need manufactures for working
up our native woods, machine shops,
canning factories, and many other
branches of business, for which we
have, or can raise, the needful raw
material, and a growing population
to support them.
Give us the benefit of your knowl-
edge of local conditions, and it will
be our duty to spread this informa
ton, and makNeYery effort to secure
some of these mach needed indus
tries.
Much of the land along the Bay is
well adapted to truck farming, and
practically nothing has been done in
this line.
We want to know all about the
acreage suitable for this purpose.
A division into two, five, and ten
acre tracts, will be attractive to in
coming settlers, and give good re-
turns to present owners. Tell Us what
you have, location and price, and we
will advise prospective purchasers to
correspond directly with yoI.
Fruit raising is also in its infancy
and we should work Tor largely in
creased acreage, as tho product can
now be marketed by rad, anl with
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we will have home mrrk3t rs we'll.
One of the most potent fac.ors, anJ
in fact an absolute essential, t. Sc
curing these enterprises, and pro
noting development, is adequate
transportation. This means construc-
ton of railroads, Improvement of
waterways and highways, ami new
construction, where necessary.
Our highways need especial atten
ton, and Road Commissioners should
be urged to repair bridges, and by
seeing that every dollar available for
highways is intelligently spent, make
the roads passable for loads.
The proposed East Bay Canal is of
vital Importance to the commerce of
the Bay and the prosperity of its
residents, and we want every one to
talk for it, and work for it, at every
opportunity, until it is an assured
fact.
The Commercial Club will send dele
gates to the Waterway Convention at
Columbus, Nov 9th, and they viii do
everything in their power to furthe
our interests, but all members can
help by keeping the topic alive by
personal interviews and correspon
dence.
As the winter season approaches,
many inquiries will be received from
people in the North, wishing to secure
board, or houses to rent for from one
to four months. We want to en-
courage Northern visitors to come TO
the Bay, and we want to so impress
them with the beauties and advan-
tages of this section, that they will
come again and tell their friends to
come.
Every visitor favorably impressed
is missionary Helping US in our work
of building and development.
Let those residents along the Bay
who wish boarders, or who have