Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-14

popular demands of $4,000 people
the influence of the Board would bt
unlimited. We may even succeed II
obtaining a new railroad station. A
board of trade, to be conducted In &
manner corresponding with the
needs and opportunity of this city
also requires financial support-that
Is essential. Perth Amboy is bound
to grow, board of trade or no board
of trade. The question Is shall We
lie dormant and wait for some
twentieth century Columbus to dis
cover US, or shall We arouse our
| selves out of our slumbers and in
sist upon taking our place in the
list of great cities to which our situa-
ton and natural advantages entitle
US? This campaign was started with
the idea of arousing the people OF
| Perth Amboy to a realization of the
! opportunities which lie before them
and to urge upon them the adyis-
ability of an organization big enough
and strong enough to take advantage
of them.
"The term Of Office of all the pres
ent officers and directors OF Board
of Trade soon expires and a new
election will be held at the end OF
this campaign. All who join the
board during this campign will be en-
titled to vote at this election and
hold office, and it is hoped will take
active part in all future activities In
the board.
at is my hope and ambition, and
from the attendance here this e
ming / believe my wish will be full
illed,-it is my hope and ambition
that this campaign will result In an
organization so large in membership,
so Drumming over with enthusiasm
and so efficient that 1t will complete
ly swallow up the present Board of
Trade and make it's work appear in
significant by comparison.
President Taft in a recent adj
dress said, / was elected to office by
the largest majority and went out by
the largest majority of any president
of the United States. 1t is my hope
that it may be said of me that | was
elected president of the Perth Am
boy Board of Trade by a very small
membership and went out with the
largest membership of any Board OF
lIdue III MiuuICoSA CodhtS Al 't-'c
my sincere wish that the board will
continue to grow and prosper for
years to come"
Mr.. Finch Is Introduced.
Mr.. Finch was then introduced by
the mayor, and took for his subject:
How to Put a Town on the Map and
Keep 1t There" Mr.. Finch said he
was no prophet of Moses, neither was
he an orator, but that he was fami-
liar with commercial organization
and qualified to speak from actual
experience. and that his remarks
would be based o~nisound facts gained
by experience.
After congratulating the citizens
present on such a large gathering
which portrayed civic interest, he
launched into his subject and began
explaining what could be accomplish
ed with an efficient board of trade,
He said the idea of civic bodies orig
mated years and years ago when 1t
was called the town meeting, but
that gave way to politics, which
usurped the manipulation of the
town affairs. The business men be-
gan to realize their interests were
not properly being looked after, and
gradually came to realize the need
of the original idea expressed in the
town meeting, so they consequently
began forming chambers of COM
merce, boards of trade, etc. In re-
cent years hundreds of cities and
towns have awakened to the need oil
a civic body and have straightway
formed such an organization and
worked wonders In their municipal
ity.
Though forty per cent. OF the popu-
lation of the United States Is found
in cities, nevertheless 1t Is communi-
ty life. for no matter how large the
city there has to be a union between
its citizens before the most effective
work can be accomplished for the
municipalities welfare. The civic
union idea in towns and cities has
become so prevalent that the place
which now has no such body, of citi-
zens finds itself tagging behind her
sisters in the industrial world.
! In looking over the. large body, OF