Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-30

night, in Joining with You in this Gel
ebration, in bringing you a word oil
greeting from my own home town.
Organization Is not confined alone 10
the municipality, or to any particular
state or nation. Organization for the
benefit of mankind Is spread all over
The world. In this great country OF
ours some of the greatest organiza.
lions have been formed recently. look,
ing to the benefit and welfare OF the
community through the length aud
bredth of the great republic, and we
are fortunate indeed in having a man
who is connected with one of these
great organizations. / know you will
be delighted in what ne has to say
Civic Improvement.
Col. Walker next introduced Rich,
ard b. Watrous. secretary Of the
American Civic Association, of Wash
ington. who spoke on Responsible.
ity OF Commercial Organization in
Civic Improvement"
He said in part:
Ladies OF Martinsburg, Mr.. Toast
master, members Of the Martinshurg
Board OF Trade | esteem Ii d very
great pleasure to appear before an or
ganizatlon of business mem. IL Is al
ways a particular delight to me be-
aus for eight years | was the Sec
Rotary of a very active organization
of men, banded together for the in
dustrial development of a certain city
in ONE OF our great states. MAY | say
that | am enjoying a particular de.
hight by attending a meeting in n
OF the states OF the South, and the
South is a somewhat new section to
me, for I have lived in the North.
want to tell you that you have not a
monopoly in your enthusiasm for that
splendid song of Dixie. for ever since
a small boy | have been one OF those
in the North to- delight and TO yell
when Dixie was played. and to be
with you tonight. when Dixie has
meant so much for so many years.
and means so much to you tonight 1t
has been a particular delight to join
with the ladies and with the men In
the hearty applause for that splendid
national song,
None of us need to be told that
there is a great awakening in all
parts of the United States. a great
awakening to the importance of doing
hose things which will make home
life happier and more beautiful than
lit ever has been Perhaps I should
make an exception OF the first seven
days of creation, when everything
was supposed TO be very beautiful,
cut ever since that time there has
Seemed to be a need for civic i'm
lprovement work. In this country we
hardly know of a date to which may
be ascribed the beginning of this
movement. which has assumed such
great Importance. Activity for the
care for beautiful cities is needed. II
is found that in the larger cities. IN
the small cities, and in the towns,
there are organizations to do those
things which will transform ugly and
unhealthful communities into beauti-
full and heaIthful ones. One Of the
encouraging signs OF the times Is that
business organizations form fer the
purpose Of encouraging industrial ac-
tivities of the community, which, see.
ing a new light. realizing that in the
past many of them have been per-
forming but half of their functions.
The statement has been made that
Boards Of Trade are not new. They
are not. In the East we have C good
many commercial organizations that
are celebrating the anniversaries they
Nave had together for so, 70 or 100
years, but there is a new Board OF
Trade and that Board of Trade Is
making it's presence felt all over this
s:reat country of ours as never be-
fore.
If a visitor to your city crosses a
muddy street on a rainy day, or a
dusty street on a dry day, he makes
a few unpleasant calculations. II he
walks through Streets that are not
shaded with beautiful trees and lined
by spacious lawns he makes m
hing more Una utHuau CditufdblOus
cor he IS thinking of something else
besides the effort to make money. He
Is probably thinking OF how his wife
and children would like to live in
that community. He a get along
with these unpleasant things II he
has to and can make money, but IN.
less you can show him some of the
improvements that have been made
in cities he Is quite likely to pass
that city by. How about the investor
of labor? On his becoming a thought
pul man he Is ambitious for his fam
4Ey, for he has usually a larger fam.
fy than the investor Of capital. He
wants his boys to grow up out OF the
faboring class to the professional
class. The efforts of wealthy men for
the education OF the great laboring
classes have not been In vain. The
laborfng man is ambitious, and lie has
other things to consider than the mum
Der of dollars he may receive for his
DAVIS service. He wants something