The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31

proud and which will be monuments to
their enterprise for many years to come,
such men-not one or two or a dozen OF
them, but many will make things come
to pass.
I'VE believe that once the business
men of Topeka are convinced that
| their money will be spent for purposes
which are of serious public Importance
there will be small difficulty in having
| their interest and support. Then in
whatever Topeka offers through the
Commercial club. she should be honest;
the article good; the advantage true,
and the statement when seen, worthy of
lattention.'
Mr.. Holidays Address.
Concluding his address President
Mills introduced Charles K. Holiday, a
former president of the Commercial
club as man who inherited his inter-
est in Topeka from his father. one
OF the founders of the city. Mr.. Holli-
| day said: IF 1 was ever more proud of
my membership in the Topeka CONNER
c:al club at one time than at another
| it is at this time.
! The meeting here tonight reminds
me of one in Chicago, or New York or
any other great city. 1 believe that any
city can have a commercial club just
as good as it deserves if it will only
do so but to do so it must always be
progressive. We have had a new To-
peka since the disastrous floods of 1908
and now what we need is a Greater
Topeka and that is what we must and
Will have before the ambition of this
| body is attained.
ITO attain the greatest amount of
good this club should have the assist
lance of every business man in the city
and every business man should attend
these meetings. Topeka needs more in
dustries factories of all kinds and if
they will not come here it is the duty
of the members of this club to reach
out and bring them in and show them
what we have to offer.
The three honorary Secretaries oi
this organization can accomplish more
good than the best hired and paid sec
retary that ever lived. Let the officers
of the club be honorary, all of them, fol-
if we are to accomplish anything it must
be by self-secrifce and by self-secrifice
Topeka can easily be made city Of
100000 population and that within g
short period of time"
''The Topeka Spirit"
Following Mr.. Holidays address
Frank P. MacLennan. of the Topeka
State Journal. was called upon by Pres
ident Mills and asked to speak about
The Topeka Spirit" HE said in part
Il feel that we are all imbueG
were not we would not be here
this evening. 1t is this Topeka spirit
which has given us these beautiful anc
lcommodious quarters within less thar
40 days.
1T was the Topeka spirit which
gave us the busy man, for whom We
long sought, who conducts a great
business, but who finds time to give
to the municipal light commission, II
civic welfare and to be at the head Of
this great Commercial club. Mr.. w. w
Mills; and it was this same spirit whicf
enabled our three honorary secretaries
Mr.. Adams, Mr.. Bone and Mr. Clark
to find time to accomplish their grea
work in establishing this Commercial
club on a firm business basis. Thi:
Topeka spirit has been tried by water
and by flames and has not been de
stroyed by fire or washed away b!
5 flood.
l when fire recently destroyed one o
the greatest business structures IL
| the city it did not destroy the Topek;
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