The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-11-23
BY the Board Of Trade Today
with Very Good
Results
SPLENDID "a FF a r
is a Big Meeting at the
Waldo with a Very
Fine Address.
i believe in Clarksburg, .

81 believe in CIarksburg,'
Men who went to the big board
of trade meeting last night. not
quite sure whether or not they be-
lteyed In harrisburg, came away
absolutely convinced that they do
believe in the town.
Nearly 800 men were charmed
by the mastery portrayal OF how to
put town on the map and Keep It
There. by Edward F. Trefz. OF the
Chicago Association OF Commerce.
Few men who went to the meet
ing last night knew how to put a
town on the map and some OF them
did not care. but every man came
away with expert knowledge on the
!subject and the keenest interest in
undertaking the work for Clarks-
burg.
! why attempt to put Clarksburg
on the map?
Because 1t pays. Putting Clarls-
burg on the map will attract more
factories and more people and thus
bring more money here for distrfbu-
tion.
| More pay-rolls interest and con-
Germs will profit us all.
! Congressman John w. Davis in
troduced Mr. Trefz as a distin-
guished orator The crowd was
skeptical before he began-orators
are not to be found every day-but
when the Chicago man had talked
for twenty minutes there was no
longer any doubt as to how he was
regarded as speaker.
/ He made It clear to those who
/ heard him that the people OF this
city have been sleeping on their OPP
tportunftfes He talked ct Times a
good deal like Dutch uncle. But
the 800 men who heard him liked
him because he was telling them
the plain truth.
Boards Of trade in other towns
are ,ficient and they pay.
Mr.. Trefz made It clear to his au-
dience that the Clarksburg Board OF
Trade is efficient and now pays and
will pay better in the future be-
cause OF the larger efficiency which
it will have as a result Of the In
creased membership.
'sBut why don't you fellows get
around in this crowd and get at least
hundred men to sign up?'' asked
prominent man who enjoyed the
meeting Everyone at my table
has signHed his Willingness to sign
here and now" he continued.
There is not q blank application
in the room" some one told him
The first gentleman was about to ex-
press surprise at this needless over
sight, when he was Informed that a
public announcement was made that
no one would be asked at Wednes-
day evenings meeting to sign.
The big thing OF value at last
nights meeting is the demonstration
OF the fact that Clarksburg people
genuinely want to get together.
They know that they have gotten
together and they have learned the
first element requisite Of keeping
together, which Is. keep together!
The evidence OF the fact that
C7arksburg is united as never before
is the fact that more than fifty men
volunteered to give two hours OF
their time day to work for the
Board of Trade.
Five days ago i've men cound not
have been found to volunteer.
The ten teams OF WORKERS as
sembled at the Board Of Trade
headquarters this morning and were
grouped and sent out like an army.
The team workers themselves are
expressing wonder at the system and
snloothness With which the plan is|
working. Few men on those teams
realize that several weeks ago the
Board OF Trade engaged Lewis D.
Sampson and Will L. Finch. editors
of Town Development Magazine, II
chicago, to plan and lay out this
campaign-and to do more. They
were engaged to really wake the
town up.
And the town is awake as never
before!
There is an immense amount Of
work for the Board of Trade to do.
Some OF it is already under way,
and more will be undertaken soon
Secretary King received a nice
tribute to his untiring Efforts to
bring about good roads campaign
in this county, and when MI. Trefz
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