The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1909-08-07
STRONG PLEA
FOR BUSINESS
"Watch Dickinson Shine Slogan
Suggested by Lecturer Irving.
Valuable Assets of City
Set Forth By Orator.

valuable Assets OF City
| Set Forth BY Orator.
Geo. B. Irving of Chicago was in the
city the first of the week and delivered
two lectures. under the auspices of the
Commercial Club. Mr.. Irving is sent
out by the Dry Goods Reporter, the larg-
est trade journal published in Chicago.
An attempt was made to work up a
good audience for Wednesday evening,
but owing doubtless to the extreme
heat. only a handful of people were
present.
Mr.. irving was introduced to his
audience by DR.. V. H. Stickney, presi-
dent of the Commercial Club, and said,
in part:
Great unrest among the common
people is. evinced by the fact that
President Roosevelt appointed a Com
mun'ty Commission to investigate the
condition of the masses particularly of
farmers and children. The solution of
the various problems appears to lie in
the condition of small towns and COM
munities. AS Samuel Adams was fired
into intense patriotism by Otis, and
Thomas Jefferson was inspired by
Patrick Henry, so he hoped to fire the
hearts of Dickinson citizens to a high
patriotism for their own town.
There are three kinds of patriotism.
he patriotism of blood, which a man
yields up in defense of his country;
the patriotism of obedience to the law
and the highest patriotism, the desire
for the good of all. y
Mr. Irving cited case of his asking
one of the greatest merchants of Chicago
what class of credit customer was most
desirable and the merchant replied 'the
labOring man in fixed position and
condition ought not to be hard to attain
in the smaller towns.
Mr.. Irving dwelt upon the tendency of
men with large salaries to speculate.
contrasted the very wealthy with the
unemployed and suffering poor man.
and declared that we. as a country must
awake to higher sense of patriotism
and build for posterity.
The tendency of young men to seek the
city Immediately upon completing their
education is due to lack of suitable
employment and social advantages in
small communities. Why not provide
these things right here in Dickinson
and keep the young people at home?
The sending of money out of the
home town for all sorts of supplies,
instead Of utilizing raw materials at
hand and patronizing home merchants
is another evil ruinous to small towns.
Here in Dickinson every building
should be of brick and the streets should
be paved with the product of the in
exhaustible supply of material right at
our door.
The pottery cIays should be utilized,
manufactures being stated with the
surplus capital now earning but little.
The flax straw. the coal, all the num-
erous materials should be bringing
money and increased population into our
own city. AS it now is the small
town is being swallowed up by the
great city. Transportation is an impor-
tant factor in this. the railroad, inter-
urban lines, autos. telephones and
soon the air ships all tend to centralize
trade.
Illinois was cited as having awakened
to the advantages of manufacturing
raw materials at home. Ten years ago
Illinois had less than per cent of the
manufacturing output of the nation. To-
day Illinois has over 10 per cent of the
manufacturing output of the nation.
The scheduled assets of Dickinson
were cited at length, viz: N. P. round
house; county seat; cattle and sheep
section; horse industry and sales fuel
supply; two brick yards; two Touring
mills; grain elevators; good news
papers; u. S. land office; almory
library; creamery; banks and stores
lumber yards; plumbing house-distri-
buting - some good buildings such as
Merchants bank, Press building. etc.,
private hospital; state senator and
excellent school system, live business
men, etc..
The scheduled liabilities of Dickin-
son are One railroad only; suscepti-
bility of citizens to travelling takers.
medicine men, stove and range sales
men, grocery agents, etc.. inability to
appreciate need of using home made
building material; lack of faith on part
of church interests that patch up
churches and lack of civic spirit that
allows it; ease with which job printing
is sent to the cities (perhaps because
business men like to have nice travelling
girls call on them) too much sending
to the large cities for all kinds of goods
instead of keeping the money in own
| NAty oAAoAA AONuA OAooSAOVAuC1los Wu1Cu
should be overlooked in standing shoul-
der to shoulder for greater Dickinson.
A strong plea was made for the COM
mission form of government, putting
trained, efficient men in the municipal
Offices. The plan of Germany in having
college for training mayors was cited.
Beautifying the home and the city
was strongly urged and practical plans
for so dOin6 were outlined.
| Dickinsons unscheduled assets were
enumerated as: An oldfashiohed county
fair, instead of fake Carnival Co. 8: en-
couraging the raising of blooded stock !;
impressing Dickinson Brick" upon
the country; more healthy outdoor
amusements; band concerts; more
electric lights in parks and public places.
Watch Dickinson Shine" was sue-
Gested as good slogan.
| The address, as whole. was very
inspiring and it is 10 be hoped that
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