The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-03

make upon the management OF the
Commercial Club, and we make it
publicly, because we want the public
to take it up and discuss it, for what
it is worth. We think the Commercial
Club puts too low price upon itself,
and has too cheap an opinion of the
liberality of the people of Hatties-
burg. In other words we think the
officers of the club have never asked
the people for enough. We think
they have been taking too small bites
at the cherry. Not that we object to
the cherries they have been biting at,
but they have not laid out broad
enough plans and gone before the peo-
pie and asked for enough money.
Our opinion is that If they will lay
their plans right, and go directly to
the people in thorough, systematic,
business way, they can get what they
ask for. We believe they can get
ten thousand dollars almost as easy
as they can five. People give accord
ing to the size and demands of the
thing they are giving to. Hatties-
burg is a big town. 1t needs plenty
of money to push it along" to tell
it to the country" to promote it's
interests" 1t is Just like taking stock
in any other good thing, to take stock
in Hattiesburg; and giving to the
Commercial Club is simply taking
stock in Hattiesburg. And for our
part we will never believe that the
corporations and people
of this town will refuse to take ten
thousand dollars stock in Hatties-
burg, until they have been asked and
have refused to do so.
That is the criticism we have to |
make upon the Commercial Club. |
they do not esteem themselves high |
The people believe in them,
md they should believe more in the
'eople, and ask and expect greater
hings of them.
And while we believe in having all
he members possible, We do not be-
eve in trying to run this club on
fees. These fees are
mere bagatelle compared with the
eeds Of this business organization.
esides, there are institutions that
an make money by giving a thous-
nd dollars this year to the CONNER
la1 Club, to be spent as the honest,
arrest, intelligent officers of that
Tub think best. Why not assume .
lat these large business interests .
re managed by men who have some Z
interest in Hattiesburg? :
Thy not find out if they haven't?
And there are some smaller insti-
ltions and some individuals who
lght'to give five hundred. Why not
> to them and tell them so? And
lose who ought to give one hundred
pillars, why not ask them for that? 1
Thy not let a man know that he is
,garded as hundred dollar man .
ven If he is cheap ten dollar skate T.? .
Thy let him think he has done his .
art when he has not? Why let him .
link that he has squared himself in .
lie public mind and in the opinion of .
Dt go at it in thorough, organized, .
lsiness way, and put it square up
the people, to the corporations, to .
lie financial institutions of this city,?
And, we may be tride radical b.
ght here, but this is our honest .
ew of this matter. If a firm, cor 4
oration or individual will not give .
)proximately what the committee .
links he ought to give, do not per- .
it him to give at all. A man who .
light to give hundred dollars and il.
ont give but five, ought not to be ,
lowed to get on the giving list at all. !.
ct him feel and let everybody else .
now that he has not done one earth .
thing to help Hattiesburg. And i.
,me Of these big institutions that .
ant to give a mere mite, let them :
ave the distinction of staying out
together; and some day when they
ant something from Hattiesburg
ley will find out where they are at