The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-28
WILLIAM c. BRUCE SPEAKS
w. L. Yule, Head of the Manufactur-
ers' Association Stirs Enthusiasm by
His Story of the Great Kenosha
- Industries,

business and PROFESSIONAL men Oh lie
city met about the banquet board at
the Knights Of Columbus Hall on
Thursday evening at the first dinner
given under the auspices of the Keno
sha Industrial Association and the
gathering proved to be the most inter
e8ting and helpful gathering Of the
business men ever held in Kenosha.
1t was an expression of the good fell
lowship existing between these men
and in the spirit shown and the adj
dresses delivered during the evening
the great movement for the lettering
Of Kenosha along industrial and COM
mercial lines was given great impe-
tus. The success of this banquet
proved that the new industrial asso-
citation has touched popular chord and
it is being assured the support of the
men who are all potent in the affairs
of Kenosha.
The dinner which was served under
the direction of l.. G.. King was a
dinner worth while and the arrange
ments and the service were all that
could be desired.
The dinner was a secondary consider
alton, however, as the plan of the pro-
motors had been to get the men of
Kenosha together to talk over the plans
for greater KenOsha and it was a
great success from this standpoint.
There were many speakers and all
of them brought something to aid in
the elimination of the knockers and
the advancement of the boosters.
The meeting was in charge of A. E.
Kuolt, cashier of the Merchants and
Savings Bank and president of the as
ISOLATION w. T. Marlatt acted as
toastmaster and the guest of honor
was William George Bruce of Milwau-
kce, the secretary of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association of
that city. Mr. Bruce proved to be a
man with message and hitting right
from the shoulder he told the business
men of ,Kenosha just what there was
needed here to make Kenosha one of
the greatest cities of the lake shore.
Mr.. Bruce spoke as a man having
authority and he brought a message
culled from an experience of long serv-
ice in similar and highly successful
movement in Milwaukee. He spoke
of the demands that Kenosha was MAX
ing on the business men of the city
and declared that the hour of oppor-
tunity for Kenosha had arrived. He
spoke for the advancement of the in
dustrial and commercial life of the
city and declared that it was the duty
of every man in the city to aid in
this movement. He spoke of manual
training schools for the boys of the
city and placed laurel wreathe on the
head of the successful mechanic as we'll
as the successful promoter. He spoke
of the new and higher patriotism, the
patriotism which begins in the home
town and finds its expression in the
support of every movement to make
the home town better and greater. He
spoke of individual duties which the
citizen owned to the municipality, of
the homely things which every man
could do to advance the city. In con
clusion he spoke of the men who boost
ed, the men who knocked, and the man
who sat on the side lines and refused
to even knock, declaring that he was
the greatest enemy to the advance
ment of every town.
Mr.. Bruce was heartily applauded by
the great crowd present and it was. evil
dent that the points of his address
found fertile ground and that this adj
dress will do lot toward getting the
Kenosha association working along the
proper lines.
Following the address of the even
ing there were some responses by At
torney A. E. Buckmaster, former Mayor
c. F. Stemm and M. Albert. In clos
ing the POSTMASTER spoke of the re-
cent death of Thomas B. Jeffrey, z. G..
Simmons and Charles N. Frost and at
the conclusion introduced William l..
Yule, the new president of the Keno
sha Manufacturers Association. Mr..
Yule made an address that was the hit
of the evening. He brought a mes
sage of cooperation from the associa-
tion of which he was the head and in
speaking had something to say of the
great industries that are now in Ke-
nosha. He spoke of the fact that
Kenosha was better known out of Ke-
nosha than in Kenosha and declared
that the great problem for the indus
trial association would be to keep out
of the~way of the onward rush of the
great industrial plants now established
in Kenosha, He spoke of the great
additions that are being made to the
present industrial plants and gave it