The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-25
NEW SLOGAN IS ADOPTED
BY NORTH DAKOTA BUILDERS
North Dakota for North Dakotans--Keep North Dakota Money
at Home BY Giving Contracts to North Dakota Business
Men, Architects, and Builders

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1t was q great time the members
and guests Of the Fargo Builders s.
Traders exchange had last night 1T
Prizes hall when the contractors 90
delightfully."- entertained at their an
nual banquet. Without reservation It
may be said that no repast of its kind
that has been served in the city in a
long while, has been so complete j n
Its appointments. The collation. itself
was far out of the ordinary line of
perfunctory banquet menus n a great
compliment to the excellent committee
in charge of the function which COM
prised Col. 4. p. Riley, Charles Bland
Henry L, Klinsmann and Sec, v. @.
Leeby Of the exchange. These gem
tlemen left nothing undone to make
the event a memorable one and were
universally congratulated on their
great success.
Immediately following the elaborate
dinner, which was promptly served at
z o'clock, J. H. Bowers called the at
tention of the banqueters to the in
formal programme of speeches that
had been arranged for the evening and
stated the general regret of the mem
OOAS - LAC CANAaoAt6S llA1I res. Es IL.
Goodwin of the local organization was
unable to be present on that occasion.
Owing to the illness of his wife, Mr..
Goodwin was prevented from attend
ing and in his absence Mr.. Bowers
presided instead.
The first speaker introduced was
Mayor v. r. Lowell, who on behalf of
the local builders and traders was
asked to extend a welcome to the
visitors from out of the city and 70
the other guests of the exchange. 1t.
was a welcoming address such as
Mayor Lowell only knows how to give.
He welcomed them in the true spirit
Of the Fargoan and was really never
any happier in his remarks. The
heartfelt cordially for which the cit
zens of Fargo are so famous was APP
parent in his every utterance, even In
the few jests he made at the pen
Oh the bankers, a large number of
whom We're present.
Price and Hoover.
The next speaker introduced was
w. J. Price of the Fargo Plumbing Il
Heating Co., one of the eldest mem
bers of the exchange, who was most
warmly received. AS a speaker Mr..
Price is always interesting and his
effort last night was 40 exception in
that respect. He began by telling OF
the slogan adopted at the recent meet
ing of the state exchange at Minot-
North Dakota for North Dakotans. He
said it was the purpose Of every build
er, trader and contractor in the state
belonging to the state exchange to use
that motto in carrying on their BUSH
ness during the coming years and also
confine their business dealings with
other mel to North Dakota merchants
as far as possible.
Following an outline of the history
OF the Fargo Builders & Traders ex-
change, in which he himself has play
ed al important part, and the work
of the state exchange since its or
~ganization, Mr.. Price cited a few In
stances where certain big contracts
had been awarded to men outside the
state whose bids were only a few
dollars less than those of the North
Dakota contractors. One example OF
this sort was cited in a recent con-
tract let for the erection Of one of
the state institutions at jamestown,
which was awarded to a Perham,
Mimi. contractor whose figures were
only SIT less than the North Dakota
contractors. The whole job amounted
to SIZE, 1000 and would have meant a
great deal to the Jamestown contract
ors who bid on it and who was just
$17 higher than the man who received
the contract. Attention was later
called to the fact that the same un-
successful bidder was the head of a