The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-08-18
v. s.. REITER
ADDRESSES
THE CLUB
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he would like to see carried to the city
hall. He derlared that nothing would
please the administrator better than
to be backed up at the board of pub
lie works and city council meetings
by the interest of so representative
gathering. There were also talks by
J. w. Brissey and J. d. Kennedy.
Judge Reiter delivered an eloquent
and scholarly address which held the
interest of his audience throughout. 1t
was as follows:
Members of the Commercial club OF
Indiana Harbor and East Chicago and
friends:
THE assignment to me as my sub
ject, The Calumet Region" carries
with it some burdens not because
hours could not be spent in extolling
the many advantages 1T offers, it's un-
limited resources, its most excellent
location. It's wonderful development
in the past and the most wonderNuf
growth TO come in the future but be-
cause these different virtues have
been proclaimed in speech and print
throughout the length and breadth of
his great land and its many points
have been heralded across the seas and
whispered into the ears of kings and
rulers Of ali nations. You as Individual
citizens of this community have heard
its praises sounded by the press and
by governors of our state by vice
presidents, congressman and legislators
and you yourselves have studied the
questions, paramount in interest, in the
development of this long considered
waste, into an orchard bearing the
fruits of wealth. So l say the burdens
are many. for what can be said that
you have not heard. read or bought Of
We as residents have heard the
sound of the hammer and the click or
the trowel and have stood in open-eyed
wonderment and gazed at the trans
formation. We have noted the rise in
land values and shook our heads In
doubt, perhaps, at the sanity of the
purchasers and in a few short months
seen him double his money. Shrewd
men of business have come. as in the
night and erected great manufacturing
| plants, slightly business blocks and
comfortable dwellings. each of which
has added to the material wealth of
the region and has added to the value
| of each of cur holdings. But what
have we as individuals lone to aid in
this development? How many of us
stop TO realize the Importance of all
I III anu nc tidlf W. 1S0i( 1iloN "
bound to follow For years. a few
hundred miles east of us. in the state
of Pennsylvania the world has con-
sidered that the hub of the iron and
steel industry. today Pittsburg and
the region whereabouts looks witt,
jealous eye on this community and
with abated breath whispers to her
~neighbors that the unfolding of this
section is the beginning of the end of
their supremacy.
we all have faith but are we doing
our fair share In producing rS~uftsg
Not essentially all in a material way
but what has been eur efforts along
the line of citizenship?
Above us there waves a flag whose
stainless stripes have never known the
heel mark OF a that record
has not been made by Indifferent ac-
ton and Individual s~elhshness, but by
foregoing expediency and immediate
profit in the name of the national good
So we as citizens of this region must
forego expediency and immediate
%proft.. at times. for the commercial
good.
In this commercial age we should
pause in our mad rush for wealth and
give thought to the needs and perhaps
perils of the community n country
What has been the extent of your con-
tribution to civics or to your anu
ty? This club and others of like char
acter in this vicinity have welded
great power in the up~-building of the
material community, what section OF
Your constitution provides for looking
after the fundamental principal of al
substantial material growth, substan-
tial citizenship and unselfsh honesty
in civic affairs.
What portion of our time not al
lotted to play or work is devoted te
lettering the lot of the community oil
a single member of it? This is not The
song of a reformer nor the harpings oil
a fanatic. 1 have never believed thai
you can elevate the standard of oul
citizenship by legislative enactment
unsupported by a right minded public
opinion. The enforcement of all law is
brought about by the public conscience
and unless that conscience is at leas1
on an equality with the law the law /.
a nuIlity. This forces US to the con,
clusion that we must arouse the public
conscience to that pitch that our citi.
zenship through its own right though
or through fear of public condemnation
or legal punishment will obey the law
mo well rounded man can enjoy tn,
fruits of his labors when SURROUNDED
with misery and woe. The natura
inclination of enlightened man is t.
surround himself with the convent
ences and luxuries of life and though
he may have these in his home HI
must be a selfish interest, indeed, tina
will not lend his aid toward the bet
terment of his ~neighbors conditions
and thus open up the flood gates which
lead to true happiness and prosperity
These are the things which cult
vate the finer sensibiiirfes In numanIt,
and bring out those qualities which to-
often lie dominant in man simply be
cause the proper cord of his hear
string has never been touched by th'
sweet melody of God Bless YOU ant
the tender memor of greatful thank
|, that are bestowed upon the compass