Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-25
OF BOARD
OF TRADE SAYS BODY
HAS NOT CEASED WORK
Agrees With Plan
of ACTING Mayor
for Booming,
HIS STATEMENT

Agitation for revival of interest
and financial support in the Board of
Trade, as started by Acting Mayor
Garretson and the press, is welcomed
by prominent business men of the
city, among them L. C. Moore, presi-
dent of the Perth Amboy Board of
| Trade. Mr.. Moore says that notwith-
standing temporary inactivity of the
Board of Trade, 1t has not ceased to
exist. AS president, he has been car
rying on the work. He is daily an
swering communications for the
board and is supplying information
about Perth Amboy as requests are
made for it.
In a communication to the EVEN
ING NEWS today, Mr. Moore men,
tions some of the most important
things the Board of Trade did the
past year, Among them were the
establishment of better telegraph SER
vice and the settlement of serious in
dustrial strikes. He states the board
should have a salaried secretary to
devote his entire time to its work.
To carry on the work as it should be
done, Mr.. Moore states the hearty
cooperation and support, both moral
and financial, of the business and
professional interests of the city are
essential. His letter on the subject
| follows:
EDJTOp EryrLrNTJNrr NrUyVc,
In order to remove any false i'm
preston which may have been cre-
ated by recent articles In the press, I
wish to state that not withstanding
the temporary inactivity of the Board
| of Trade, we have not ceased to ex-
ist, although on account of lack of
funds we were compelled to give up
our room and dispense with our sal
aried secretary. -
The president Is receiving its NAH,
answering and sending out booklets
land in cases of important matters has
! had the assistance of the directors
| Letters of inquiry from civic bodies
are constantly being received from all
parts Of the country, addressed to the
! Perth Amboy Board of Trade. Last
week we received a letter from a de-
partment of the United States Gov
ernment asking for information
about our city. All such communca-
tions are answered promptly, show
ing in practical manner that Perth
Amboy is still on the map.
During the year, we took up the
fight for better telegraph service and
succeeded in getting direct telegraph
service up to midnight, where as for
! merly we could not receive or send a
telegram later than z p. NJ. We OBJ
| tanned some concessions from the
Central railroad as to summer trains
to the shore. We represented Perth
Amboy at reception given by the
State of New Jersey to the Interna-
tional Navigation Congress, an organ
ization composed of $50 foremost en-
| gineers from all parts of the world.
and welcomed them when they passed
| through our city.
Undoub IDLY the most important
| achievemel Of the Board during the
lyear, was Tie part it took in settling
the recent strike. In commenting
on the action of the Board at the
time, the EVENING NEWS expressed
itself editorially on June 20, as fol-
lows:
''If the Board of Trade never did
anything else for the city of Perth
Amboy, it's services Tuesday night in
bringing together the officials of the
Barber Asphalt Paving Company and
the representatives of the employees
of that concern now on strike, have
proved its value to the city.
"All who know the facts will admit
that had the city not had a Board Of
Trade, the successful ending of the
labor troubles in this city would
probably not have been brought about
for some time to come"
The Board of Trade is in a position
to do a great work for Perth Amboy;
la work that can only be done by an
organization of this character But
to carry on the work as it should be
carried on, the hearty cooperation
land support, both moral and financial
1of the business and professional in
terests of the city is essential. The
Board hould have a salaried secre-
ltary to devote his entire time to the
work of the Board
We welcome the agitation started
by the press and Acting Mayor Gar
retson, if a revival of interest and
financial support commensurate with
the work may thereby be obtained.
1. G. MOORE,
Pres. Perth Amboy Board OF Trade.