Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-20
MANY GOOD FELLOWS FEAST
Six Hundred Attend Commercial Club
Dinner Given at the Rome.
TALK BUSINESS AND CIVIC GOOD
Rev. John Matthews, G. l.. Mckay,
r. II. Abbott, DR.. w. VI. Davidson
and r. 7. EIIick Give
Speeches.


Speeches.
A good fellowship dinner at which 600
men were Toasted upon good fellowship.
good things to eat and good entertainment
was held by the Commercial club Tuesday
In the banquet rooms of the Rome hotel
The spirit of pulling together for the bust
ness and civic improvement Of Omaha was
expressed in enthusiastic applause for the
eNhortations OF the speakers and in a more
tangible way by thirty-five men who signed
up as new members, making the total mem
bership Of the Commercial club 1000
This fourth Of the similar dinners which
the club has arranged and carried through
as was suggested by Sidney w. Smith, the
POSTMASTER, was undertakes because the
club believes that good fellowship gives to
the joint efforts Of the commercial boost
ers OF Omaha more efficiency
The slogan OF the club" said Mr. Smith,
is Omaha first, last and all the time
The Commercial club unites in its work
| every endeavor that can be for the good
| and the growth Of Omaha. Everyone is to
some extent selfish, but there are two
kinds OF selfishness, good and bad The bad
! kind seeks only its own advancement and
/ fails. The good kind seeks in endeavoring
to advance ones self, to advance others
and help the community. that kind sue
| ceeds."
sound Business Sermon.
Rev John Matthews pastor Of the First
/ Baptist church preached a sermon Of
sound business advice which brought pro-
longed cheering and hearty amens from
! every corner Of the house.
! Three things make a live CITY," said
i p Matt
people and spirit Location has made the
history of all great cities In Omaha you
have a town in the center of the United
States, the gateway of the northwest a
great railroad center and the best possible
| location for what should become the
typical American city of the west
| The people are quite as necessary as
place and position and Omaha has a cos
| mopolitan population almost as much so
! as New York. Germans, Swedes Swiss.
| Italians. Englishmen and Canadians all
are gathered here Here we have the con-
| servatism and sanity of the north the
| business ability and shrewdness of the
east, the courtesy and chivalry Of the
south, all united in the boundless en-
thusiaSm Of the west. All these elements
should work together to make this city the
dominant factor in western civilization.
word from Solomon.
The third necessary element is spirit
A city without fair visionod spirit amons
its citizens Is dead. think 1t was Sol
ONION who said-Rnd can risk the quota
ton here because none of you will know
II it comes from the wrong ,place-Solomor
said that II is better to be a live dog thar
dead lion. 1t L. better to live even in Z
small city with this splendid spirit erys
talizing INTO action than In a city Of ,
million without It.
''The business boosting spirit that make,
for greatness In . town has three eIe.
ments. Firstly, Il is the spirit among cit
liens that believes in, stands by and work,
for the good OF the city. Here In Omshs
there are things we may vant-cleane,
streets, less grotesQueiy ugly electri,
scenes. which are worse than those In an,
other city 1 have ever seen, but we ar,
privileged IL we do not like those thing
TO better them We ere privileged to bull,
q city and do not need to live in a cit,
which other mon have built for US.
The second necessary element In thi
spirit that works for success II that me,
invest their money in Omaha enterprlses
II had 1900. vain hope for a preacher
; 1 would risk It with the money and businss
judgment Of Omaha men In an Omaha an
tsrprise.
Thirdly, It is the spirit that Joins IN,
organization which helps to crystallize IN,
enterprise and progress of the city. !,
this case It Ia the Commercial club. T,
express your Joining in that spirit ioI,
the Commercial club. Remember that liv,
fish swim against the current, but deas
ones can only float with II. Be a Iiv
ons-and be It tonight"
Rev. Mr.. Matthews discourse upon 'IIv,
Ones was followed, first by George I.
mckay OF Chicago, secretary OF the Ma
uonl Association Of Creamery Butter
AanvfActurerS, here attending the conven
ton Mr.. Mckay spoke upon butter a,
one of the greatest OF Nebraska product,
and compared the value of butter az a,
agricultural product with others. such a,
hay and grain.
{ Omaha Makes Good.
f. H. Abbott, assistant commissioner O
r indian affairs, In Omaha to arrange in tn,
, awarding Of contracts for Indian supplies
was called upon He bespoke his pride il
being a Nebraskan born.
II was never so proud OF being a M
! braskan a. tonight" said Mr.. Abbott
This rally has been pleasure from star
to finish.
I'm the matter OF contracts for India,
: supplies Omaha has made good AT IN,
; rrst chance. A clothing inspector. for In
stance told me that he saw In Omaha IN,
/ most sanitary and welI-manaEed cIothin,
; factory In the county, and Omaha receIvet
clothing contract In competition wifi
cities everywhere, including New York
> which is the clothing center.
When was regent Of the stata nj
: Versity OF Nebraska, 1 remember plan
ming for the future Of THAI sroAt scboo
and solscting a site for the medical sohoo
and right now want TO conSras1lats yo,
upon the recent Appropriation FOR IN,
medical department"
Davidson on Dead oENs-"
IIr w, NJ, Davidson war the mex
speaker and Dead Ones" WAs the sub
ject assigned to him.
Eve are making history for this cit,
. through every live member of this orRani