The Greeley tribune., 1911-11-23
A GREATER GREELEY

in the minds OF some people that
the Commercial club, of itself, has
some mysterious power to drag this
town forward, and to perform
miracles which will transform II in
to q city. The Commercial club has
no strength beyond the aggregate
strength Of its individual members,
and as an organization can do no
more than its individual members
will do. The building up OF this
town depends largely not upon at
tending to our neighbOr's business,
which there is . strong tendency to
do, but by each attending to his
own business, to his own work, and
the improvements of individual
property, SO that it will be aA honor
and credit to the town. 1t may safely
he assumed that the city council will
do its duty, the railroads win prob
ably do theirs; then let each in
dividual member of this town do
his duty, and we will transform the
town. Mere membership I'm the
Commercial club Is not enough: at
tendance of Commercial club meet
ings does not count, but the man
who from day to day Is doing his
own work as we'll as he can. being
thrifty and economical. Investing
his money 1t home, is hest serving
Greeley. =
I can hest illustrate my point ~
definite instance: A certain bust.
ness man Of this town attends near
ly every meeting Of this club where
he both gabbles and gobbles most
literally. yet this same man carries
his large and juicy bank account In
certain city very far from Greeley.
Is this loyalty to Greeley? Is he =
''bOOster" for Greeley? Is he serv.
ing Greeley with his heart or his
mouth? We are at present going
through something of depression;
our hanks are largely public service
corporations; aside from their CAPT
tai stock. surplus and undivided
profit they have no money to loan
except what is left with them as
depOsitOrs. There Is now a heavy
demand for short time loans neces.
sary to our prosperity. II is of all
practice prudence and economy and
leave every cent OF his available
non-investei funds with his local
banks. A man who does this IL
really and truly booster. 1t makes
{ ~
but for every borrower in the coun.
try (and that means nearly all az
ns); 1t relieves the economic condi.
tion and adds to the prosperity of
the town. I notice that a certain
merchant Of Greeley who relies for
his customers and trade among
Greeley people and who has acouire6
competence in our community SEQ.
mt to keep a considerable portion Of
his wealth in eastern financial insti.
tutiOns q thousand miles from Gree-
ley. Another Of our prominent ci,i.
zens WHO has fattened in public of.
nee buys his house furnishings in
Chicago, notwithstanding that onr
local dealers, while not carving
this expensive stuff in stock. can al.
ways get 1t from catalogue and
commercial travellers cheaper than
IT can be gotten by the consumer in
the large cities. Are these men ,vho
ignore local trade and prosperity.
boosters. They are not. They mr..
knockers. 1t Is not what n man
eats and says over at the CamfieId
hotel that counts, It is what he d..
In his private business life, If ,h.ss
sOcalled Greeley boosters wou,d -
thrifty and economical, keen tha,.
money at home instead of inyos,in
1t in gold mines in Alaska. ws,as
works in Nevada, siseI ranches =.
Hucatan, and In worthless land ,h.
Lord knows where, we would bsva
great burst Of prosperity that wou,S
surprise us all. "'uiu
After travelling over a pr.o,o.
Portion of the United States ,n
the Gulf to Canada and tie Alum moio
70 the Pacific 1 am fully cony,nas
that Greeley has many aIyan,a"N
TO suPerlative degree. and If .as
man will stand by the town :, 'e'y ,
nave . growth and deyelonmon. wiz
yond the expectations Of mos, a -
l observe that . prominent n.n.. men.
OF the Commercial club in n ro1
public speech thinks that Greet INT
nothing but an agricultural us IS
ana must always rely upop ,,r %~n
anrai products for its futur,. .r, ui.
ms Is wrong. The Tribune o".h. -
eiy right In advocating the % %eh-
nnment Of manufactminD Tab Tab
es At this point If we wis,, os- nus
> largo growth As has been r.;p W,