Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-01-10
GET TOGETHER
DINNER PLANS
WILL BE MADE
Citizens Committee and Di-
rectors Of Trade Board
Will Convene Tonight.
MUCH WORK TO BE DONE
Platform Will Be Perfected
for Reorganizsd Board--
Raise Standard of City.

Tonight the directors of the Board
of Trade and the Citizens Commit
tee will meet at the temporary head
quarters at 178 Smith street and
thresh out the final details and per-
feet plans and arrangements for the
get-together meeting and dinner to
be held at the Packer house Monday
evening.
The meeting will be busy one.
much work being on hand A plat
form will be perfected which will
clearly and comprehensively set
down Just what the re-organize~
board will be, stating specifically the
things that will be taken up at once,
as we'll as how 1t is to be Differed,
controlled, maintained and managed.
Nothing in the dark or vague about
the new plan.
Acceptances to the dinner invita-
tiops mailed out Wednesday are
coming in rapidly, each with word
Of encouragement and enthusiastic
approval of the movement to get-to-
sether the business men and citizens
Of Perth Amboy.
Mayor Ferd 0arretson will act as
toastmastsr for the dinner Of Mon
day evening and will introduce the
speaker of the evening. VIII L.
Finch, editor Of Town Development
Magazine, OF New York city.
There are some men who are not
satisfied in their own minds as to
Just how much good can be accom-
plished by hroadminded. thinking.
commercial organization In Perth
] Amboy, would. II they took time to
! thoroughly analyxe the situation,
soon be convinced that nothing un-
der the sun could develop this COM
munity and its interests as could
such an institution.
Our city has broadminded busf-
ness men: 1t has men who by their
clear thinking and every day aggres-
| siveness and environment, are con-
ceded to be leaders In our town
these men are not together-they
are not assoclating their ideas and
active strength-all are working III
separate channels and SO widely dis
associated as to be practically value
less to the community
A Board OF Trade, with associa-
tioh rooms. with live manager will
provide a place which will bring
these clear thinking men together;
will associate their ideas and their
strength; It will bring them together
into a perfect working unit with q
manager to make that unit yield its
greatest possible efficiency to the
community.
You are one Of = community and
to you belongs = responsibility Of
making that community Just as pro-
gressive and enterprisins as II can
be made. The test a. to tho stand
ard OF your citizenship. your civic
patriotism. your desires TO make
your city bigger. busier and moro
enterprising will be shown in the at
titude you present toward the move
ment that IL being inaugurated to
enlarge and re-organize q greater
and \ more efficient Board Of Trade.
Tho greatest aspiration q man can
aspire to Is to make his community
and his city of such a high standard
industrially. mercantilely. education
ally, morally and otherwise as TO
make II criterion from which to
Judge the standard Of other cities.
Nothing Is impossible to the men OF
to the city that believes IN the big
ness OF Its men and the greatness of
its self as to unite in concerted ac-
tion for the development OF that city
as whole.
1t is worth trying for.