The Detroit times., 1909-06-01
M|LWA UKEE HAS
WHAT DETROIT IS
THINKING ABOUT
Board of Commerce Party Found
There q Lesson for Detroit in the
Many Strokes Of Enterprise
That City Has Made.
This Years Cruise of Detroit Bus.
mess Men Went Much Further
Than Itinerary Denotes.
BY JAMES scHERMERHoRN.


In nautical measurement the sixth
annual outing OF the Board OF Com
Inerce which ended at the home tea.
table In Detroit Monday night, was
from here TO Milwaukee, and back
but this measurement doesn't begin
to do Justice 10 the actual extent of
the lake voyaging. II was a journey
from jaded mind to jollity: from care
wornness to carefreeness; from being
unacquainted to being acquainted;
from estrangement TO friendship; from
physical WEAKNESS TO renewed vigor;
from civic Indifference 20 an abund-
ance OF local spirit.
They went further than you thought.
didn't they? The cruise had this glorl-
Gus extent, and more. The big party
cruised from comedy TO conservation,
from uproarious minstrelsy TO tender
memorial exercises, from frolicsome-
ness TO religious fervor, from blame.
less hiarity TO beautiful harmony,
from words OF jest TO words Of sober
ness. from sleight-of-hand TO the open
hand. from baseball to benedictions.
from illustrated lecture TO the contem-
plation of the unruffled blue of the
lakes and the shining sibyls OF the
evening skies.
You may gather from this modera-
ton OF statement (Which might easily
run into rhapsody that these COM
mercial pilgrims went far and looked
farther. And that life will be worth
living hereaway for the hope 1t offers
of going again next year.
Whatever else may or may not be
20 in magnificent Milwaukee, her hos
litality was OF the hearty, wide-open
order Detroit simply entered into
ier neighborly heart and occupied.
The fair cream city-known In tho
motto language of the modern cities as
Americas Bright Spot her
best citizens, her busiest day and her
swiftest automobiles to the gracious
task OF convincing the visitors that
they had touched the right spot. Could
neiahborly unselfshness go further
than this? Even many OF her finest
homes were opened to the invading
Detroiters-a rare courtesy to casual
visitors or strangers.
The impression made upon the par
ty was that neither Detrolts place In
the scale OF population nor her world
wide renbwn as Americas slightest
city were secure against the very evil
dent vigor and farsightedness OF WIS
consin's metropolis. Disagreeable as
the confession is. truth compels the
statement that Milwaukee has worked
and wen many choice things that De
troit is still thinking and talking about
having some fine day. We are dream
trg here of at least one leading resi-
dence district saved from dishguring
commercial or industrial invasion;
Milwaukee has several. We are
moving here. just moving here. to set
y great auditorium that will substan-
tate our claim to being the foremost
convention city Milwaukee has one.
we have been agitating since the day
of Gov. Pingree the adornment OF the
finest water front in the world with an
esplarade: Milwaukee has one and is
extending it until 1t shall be con-
tinuation of the Fort Sheridan road
from Chicago. We are talking about
better hospital and library buildings
here: Milwaukee has them. We need
and our present mayor is emphasizing
that need--it being subject upon
which he Is peculiarly qualified to
speak-more ample outdoor provision
FOR the health and recreation or tne
people such as more parks and boule-
wards. public play grounds, beauty
spots. etc. Milwaukee has them.
Indeed, it was worth the cost OF the
cruise to Wisconsn's shores to dis
cover to Just what an extent Detroit
must he alert and wide-eyed II she
wants to continue to be next above In
stead OF next below Milwaukee In
civic consciousness and material
progress.
Now for the other side Of the shield
the confidence and comfort that We
brought away with all Of our solicit
tude: Detroit has for one of its lead
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