Evening journal., 1912-11-27
FNErDED-TFN THOUSAND DOLLARS.


tee Of the Board Of Trade toward the $4,000 fund
needed to give to our city and its advantages and
manufactures worldwide publicity and also to induce
manufacturers locate their plants here and repre-
sentative and beneficial organizations to hold their
conventions here That the subscriptions have
reached $1,000 may surprise persons. Our sur
prise IA view of The importance Of he boards plans
to every business great and small IN this city Is
that the $4,000 fund has not been oyersuhseribed and
that the actual work Of obtaining publicity and get
ting industries and conventions Is hat already under
way
We have received from r. j Mseiaam the ehterpra-
ing mauagcr for The OF Trade letter OF appre-
claten % our efforts an behalf Of the fund IL con-
talns such substantial argument bearing upon the
Embarrassing project that take pleasure Ia print
lng A. 10 II followsl
You certainly had your sleeves rolled up when you
wrote that editorial headed Municipal Promotion
Fund which appeared IN THE JOURNAL on SATURDAY
That editorial Is the best presentation OF me board "
Trade movement ] have FAR seen or heard II
everyone grasped the situation as you 90 the tund OF
$4,000 would be oversubscrlbed IA cay Inc onsl-
ness mon would right up 20 this ofhce and oner
their subscriptions send their subscriptions through
the malls Immediately.
This ie n plain business proposltion-a proposition
send after business for the city Of Wilmington
Just the same as statesmen are after business for
a private nrm We desire TO employ an industrial ex-
pert who will devote all his time to tho proposition OF
rettne new ndusrlee for the city and IN co-operat-
ing with those established. He VIII endeayor 10
~ limo ~ WIN he An Wilmington looking after local
interests the rest OF the time he Will be on the road
endeavoring TO get to establish Industries here
The fact u.s. If the people OF ms city would only wake
up 10 the great possibilities OF business campaign OF
this kind, they would not only put ON Que industrial
man but several. The city OF wilmington Is many
times larger than the largest firm ia this city and even
the smallest firm has several men on the road endeaVor
Ing to get business for it, II s customary Tor the large
firms TO send men throughout the United States and
other countries business for them Several ex-
pert business-getters should be employed by the pro
posed industrial bureau of the Board OF rade I'D place
of only one present under contemplation
For instance this city manufactures leather There.
I4f4r For Tho lurf OF
shoes Leather is shipped from here to New England
to be manufactured into shoes why not have the
shoe manufacturing done here An expert Industrial
man should be employed to devote his entire time to
the solving the problem of making this city shoe
take up another specially and another should devote
his time general industrial propositions. The more
industrial working for the city through the Board
of Trade. the more business the city Woulu ooIa'n.
Pittsburgh. of Oh greatest Industrial centers In
the world has several expert industrial men deyoung
dusries that city The fact u.s. Wilmington has not
been awake TO it's great advantages and opportuhi-
/ ties
There is certainly much greater reason why viii
/ mngton should arouse itself 20 industrial problems
reputation of Rochester Cleveland Detroit and other
cities in the East that are known for their enterprise
has been due chiefly 10 the efforts OF their Chambers
of Commerce The commercial bodies in these cities
have large force Of men employed in promotion and
development work. Last year the pay roll of the Spo-
! kane Chamber OF Commerce was $1,000 Spokand emu
| ploys men to get business I should the pay roll
of the Seattle Chamber Commerce lis about $4,000
Thcrc are other commercial, bodies I'm Spokane and
Seattle working in the interest of those cities that
have also large pay rolls. The combined nay rolls Of
the Portland Commercial Club and the Portland
Chamber OF Commerce must be upward OF SS5VQo
Can you imagine how any business enterprise in this
CITY would succeed IL were managed similarly tho
way in which Eastern Boards of Trade are run. Run
is the right word. for the average Eastern Board
of Trade Is not "run" It has gotten much be-
yond an ordinary CRAWL How would any business
firm INA this city succeed and got business If il made
no greater effort than Wilmington has made through
tho Board of Trader Wilmington has Just simply been
hanging around waiting for something ia turn up,
VIII he maj thrOughOut Ocen
turning things up and getting BUSINESS We nave
been Wandering why business has not been coming to
Wilmington when, "A matter OF fact we have not been
going after IT, Cities that do not after business
win fail 10 prosuer lust the same as a firm that does
not go after business For years firms that do not
advertise have been known dead ones. Most of them
have ALREADY nassed avay If "a firm cannot succeed
without advertising and following modern business
methods, how Il De expected that a city will sue
coed unless DC ouoNs tue suNNVaHlu We'houa vi ou''
The successful cities throughout the country are not
results accident but of welldrected effort ON The
part of their business men through their Chambers OF
Commerce Eastern Boards of Trade organized fo
deberatiye purposes, whereas Westernl Chambers o
Commerce were organized for promotion and develop
nent purposes 10 is high time the Eastern Boards o.
Trade we're being conyertd into promotion and develop
ment bodies However, the main thing we have e
city is to be congratulated this board is abou
TO establish itself business basis and be OF rea
II Wilmington wants to grow and get business
enterprises conventions and publicity. i must provide
necessary enable the Board of Trade to omplo
men to do the work 10 IS up to the business o
the city decide whether they want the city to grow
IN Ofuef lndl thtA MAY hdNe an opportunity 10 SCI hv
business One thing is certain. &c is Just easy Il
get business for city, it is to get business for
firm but neither the city nor the firm Will get muc
business unless goes after it, WIN be the inter
est Of THE JOURNAL 10 have $4,000 people here II
place OF 100000? If IL is to the interest of
other enterprise in this city to increase the popua
ton and the TO do this Is TO get more industre
here, for labor will follow work
I'm that letter there is ample food FOR thought 70
all patriotic Wilmingonians who desire TO thel
home city prosper enjoy the selfish pleasur
Il of prosperng with t.
; In all cities, including own. there are hundred