Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-29
PROSPERITY LEAGUE
OF CAPE MAY COUNTY
New Organization Formally Launched at Cape May Court
House Amid Great Enthusiasm Last Saturday
Afternoon. Has Great Work to Perform.

importance OF Tue 5pecldity poeecsoCa
by Cape May County, by reason of her
peninsular form and her ocean beaches,
and the fact that she is located within
twelve hours of more than thirty mil
lions of the most enterprising people
known in all the ages. This county
has been unconscious of the splendor
and strength of her resources. She is
awakening to them. Not to utilize them
is q reflection upon the intelligence
and enterprise of her citizens. The
luxury of a visit to the seashore is 80
generally INDUCED in that it is becom-
ing a necessity.
The earnings of countless millions
are freely expended for the delights
and recuperation of a visit to the sea-
shore and this county holds in the hol-
low OF her hand the ability to return
full value in health, rest and pleasure
to all her patrons.
This organization Is made to enable
the people of the county to utilize her
splendid resources. There is no area
of her dimensions anywhere which pos
sesses the possibilities of Cape May
County; but she is comparatively I'M
known. The extent and SUI periority of
her bathing beaches, her inland waters,
broad, deep and winding from the City
of Cape May to Ocean City, and on her
whole southern and western borders,
and affording endless facilities for
aquatic sports; her fertile lands, her
fine roads, her intelligent, industrious
and thrifty people, and above all her
situation in the very eye of the Amer
lean people, these jewels of possession
have never been displayed to the walt
ing millions. Why not? Because the
forces of the county have never been
organized; there has never been unity
of action, nor could there be without
such an association as you have formed.
This League for prosperity has before
1t a great and enormous task, but is a
glorious one. 1t means good to every
man, woman and child within the
county; it means better health and
more pleasure to everyone whom the
efforts of this league shall induce to
come here; it means the increase in
value of every acre of land within its
limits; it means multiplication of its
people; it means remunerative employ
ment to all it's Inhabitants.
Limits to the prosperity OF Cape May
County cannot be set. She has started
we'll on the upgrade, but she is only
on the threshold of her power to pro-
mote the health, wealth, and happi-
ness of the American people, for she
has an atmosphere as necessary and
refreshing to the jaded thinker and
weary toiler as sunshine to the opening
flower, or rain to the growing grass.
The only uncertain quantity is the as
sidu0us and concerted action of her
people. knowledge of the natural re-
sources and specially possessed by the
county should be disseminated over
the Continent. Her high roads and
every means of access aud transporta-
ton should be perfected. The ocean
boulevard should be completed by the
construction of the bridge between
Beesleys and Somers Points, the people
will not condone any negligence in
this great work any more than a prin-
cipal would accept from his architect
and builder a house without windows
and doors; and the a~daptability of her
soil to the production of fruits and
vegetables; the limitless supply of fish
in her sounds and game on her mead
ows and in her woodlands; her fine
markets, her adjacency to the great
cities and her freedom from their draw
backs; the fact that she is a real pleas
ure ground of the Continental these
and many other worthy objects can be
vastly aided and accelerated in their
accomplishment by zeal of the citizens
of the county acting unitedly through
this association. To be equal to the
heavy bnt splendid responsibilities of
citizenship in SO favored a part of the
earth is an ambition worthy of the de-
votion of any man or woman"
After the reading of the above the
meeting got down to business and
adopted the bylaws section by section.
The name was changed to 1.-THE Pros
perity League of Cape May County,"
with headquarters at Cape May Court
House.
Peter Shields, the wealthy Pitts
burgher interested at Cape May, said
he was in hearty sympathy with the
plan, realized its great possibilities and
said that there should be an assistant
secretary TO devote his whole time to
the league. David Risley, nj of the
nromoters of Stone HarDOr. In a brist-