Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-04-06
P. r. R. TO HELP
BOARDS OF TRADE
Will do all Possible to Assist in the
Development OF Progressive
Towns.

uania railroad is ready to cooper
ale with Boards of Trade and com
mercial organizations in the loca.
ton of new enterprises in the cities
on its lines. W. j. Ross, division
freight agent at Harrisburg has ad-
dressed to these commercial bodies
a letter entitled Suggestions for
Boards of Trade, Chambers of
Cammerce, Business Mems Leagues
and other Social Civic organiza-
tions Seeking to Promote Local
Development.
The Pennsylvania announce
ment to these trades bodies closes
by saying:
"The Pennsylvania Railroad
Company has enlisted for the war
and will cooperate with you as far
as it consistently can, if you will
now and periodically hereafter,
take account of stock and keep the
undersigned fully informed as to
the local advantages and other in
ducements you have to offer, to
those seeking loca .Jns FOR new en-
terprises.
Quoting Woodwork Clum, edi
tor of Clown Development" who
recently made an address before
the Lancaster, (Pa.,) Chamber of
Commerce, Mr. Rose letter says:
"To promote successfully and
solve the problem of local develop
ment, each of YOU must consider it
as you do your individual business.
What would it profit manufac-
turer to erect modern plant,
equipped with the best up date
machinery and producing the best
of a needed product, if he stored it
in his warehouse and let it go at
that.
The community has something
to sell: vacant building lots for
houses, stores, warehouses or in
dustrial plants or similar plants for
rent Or sale; merchants and manu-
facturers to be patronized and pro-
fessional citizens to consult and a
destiny to determine. The shelves
Of the local wareroom are filed
with the commodity called local
advantages. Is this stock covered
with the dust of years or hidden by
a curtain of cobwebs and have it's
owners forgotten their warehouse
and it's salable contents?
'In these modern days Of keen
civic competition the handle of the
big front door of the warehouse
must be polished and the dust and
cobwebs banished and the world
advised of the quality, nature and
utility of these wares, by advertis-
ing and exploiting them as we do
i'm private business. For what is
true of it, is equally and in greater
degree true OF the community's in
terest, for without active co-opera-
ton neither can thrive, hence the
campaign of local promotion and
development is no longer optional.
There are three essentials to men
tai activity. First, to interest;
second, to convince; third, to force
action. Every citizen worthy the
name is interested and it is com.
paratiyely easy to convince him of
the necessity for action if supre-
macy is TO be won, but the difficult
ty is reached in forcing action.
You ctn hold meetings, talk things
over and agree upon what should
be done, but the fighting volunteer,
are usually few and the majority
are prone to shift the burden OF
work and worry TO other shoulders,
forgetting chat united action is es-
seutial and every mans shoulder
must be put 70 the wheel to insure
success
Carefully assemble and com,
pare your local advantages. Eli
inmate the disadvantages as far a.
practicable. Consider your re-
sources, bear in mind present de
velopmeut, determine thGcharactel
OF development needed and fOI
which your locality l. best adapted
then spread the news and tell the
world about H.. A city set on a
hill cannot he hid, aud your CON.
munity must not hide it- light
under a bushel. When iu con.
templatiye mood, We are prone 70
reflect upon piping time OF peace,
but If II you imagine that these are
days of peace, IL is because you
cannot or will not hear the roar u
battle. The battle Is on, one oI
the greatest conflicts Ia American
history that wholesome, uplifting
good uaturrd conflict between
American tommuulllr for -upre
macy ltis 40 ordinary battle
this conflict between American
Communltes for although con