The Greenville times., 1910-10-21
DEVELOPMENT OF MISSISSIPPI.
Outline Of the Purposes Of the Missis-
sippi Commercial Secretaries
Association.

The Executive Committee of the Mis-
sissippi Commercial Secretries Associa
tion recently held a meeting in Jack
son to perfect the organization, which
was launched at the time of the State
Wide immigration meeting in June.
The object Of the Mississippi Com
mercial Secretaries Association as
stated by the Executive Committee, is
to promote greater efficiency in the
different local organizations: to en-
courage a uniformity of effort where
it is practical or possible and to assist
the development of sectional resources
by cooperation as it is manifest that
the welfare of one part of the State is
the concern of the whole
It is the desire of the Association
that there shall be a commercial organ
izaton in every town in the State that
can maintain one and it is possible in
smaller towns if the business interests
desire it, We want the small organi-
Zation to be affiliated with the larger
towns and cities to which their inter
ests are allied, and arrangements will
be made to initiate efforts along this
line in any town which desires the as
sistance of the Association. Business
men in any city or town having no com
mercial club, can receive our co-opera-
tion by corresponding with our Secre-
! tary, Mr. F. O. Conant, at Brookhaven.
There have been many misdirected
efforts by business organizations in
lack of experience and information.
This Association makes it possible for
one organization to profit by the ex-
perience of the others, whether it h9
been success or failure; by this co
operation we should be able to utilize
. all of our resources ana learn where
success is possible and where effort is
useless Sometimes through misdirect
ed effort an organization runs down;
our assistance may put new life into
it and point the way to usefulness.
Our organization believes in heal
thy rivalry between towns and cities.
. IT develops the resOurcefulness of such
rivals and some times makes two cities
grow where it might have been expect
ed that only one was possible. We are
in an era of intensive development so
that there need be no fear that any
part of the State may receive too many
people who want to cultivate the soil.
.,nJ Sp11
/. should ask is an equal chance in the
combined effort that we are going to
put forth Under such conditions if
they cannot get what is coming to
them there is no help for them.
Another important aim of this AS
sociation is to assist the retail mer-
chants and to cooperate with local as
sociations in the protection and develop
ment of home trade. Thousands of
dollars are sent to the large cities of
the north that ought to be kept at
home or at least spent at home. The
mail order business prevents the sue
cess of many business enterprises.
Spend your money where you make it
if you want your city to grow and it
is only right that you should spend it
where you earn it if it has been made
possible by the cooperation of the
business interests of the community.
With these objects we invite all the
commercial organizations of the State
to become members of our Association
Towns that have no Commercial Club
can have our assistance in organization
by paying the expenses of the nearest
member of the Association. Write
the Secretary at Brookhaven for any
information you wish.
A meeting of the Association will be
held in Jackson on Monday, Oct. 81
at the Board of Trade rooms at 10
'clock a. IN. Every Commercial or
ganization in the State is urged to
send a representative aud all those i'm
terested In the work are invited to be
present
Special round trip rates on railroads.