The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-04
BOOSTING FARGO
Was The THEME
EXCELLENT ADDRESSES LAST
NIGHT AT THE BROTHERHOOD
BANQUET AT THE FIRST CON-
GREeATloNAL CHURCH AT THE
COMMERCIAL CLUB.

A Greater and Better Fargo was the
general topic discussed at the monthly
banquet of the Congregational broth
erhood which was pulled off in the par
lors Of the commercial club last night,
and 1t proved a very interesting and
profitable session.
The speakers were A. Y. More, J.
Peter Hardy, the new secretary Of the
commercial club and Hon. A. B. Cup
till, the pioneer and intensely loyal
citizen OF Fargo. Sickness in his fami-
ly prevented j.. p. Dotson of The For
UNI from being present as one of the
speakers. ~.
Mr.. More made a short talk with re-
ference to the question What can
the newspapers do for Fargo? He re-
verted to the fact that Fargo being
the metropolis of this state, its pa
pers should be influential. He deplor~
ed the fact that the newspaper, edi-
torially, of today does not carry as
much weight as was formerly true,
generally speaking. Through the CO.
operation of publishers and people here
in Fargo every worthy cause can be
pushed forward. The papers are here
to serve not only Fargo but the entire
northwest, and he as a new man in
the newspaper field, expressed the hope
that every man in Fargo would seek
the cooperation of the papers in con-
nection with any purpose to advance
the interests of this city and this state.
His remarks ELECTED warm applause.
The only J.. Peter Hardy, newly
elected secretary of the commercial
club, in his usual happy way, proceed
ed to surprise those who were not ia
miliar with the facts, by graphically
m~arshalling facts and figures showing
what, for instance, the commercial club
had done for Fargo the past year. AS
a concrete illustration of what can be
done in any given community through
cooperation on the part Of business
men, his statement was an eye-opener,
and tickled the ears of every loyal
Fargoan present. A good round sum,
nearly $4,000. had been expended by
the club in boosting Fargo and, some.
of the concrete results were indicated.
Mr.. Hardy was generously appiauded
by his hearers.
The next subject, What Can the
Railroads Do for Fargo and What Can
Fargo Dc for the Railroads? was very
ably covered by Judge Guptill. He was
by so many knock-down argu-
mentS with reference to the future of
Fargo as a railroad center, he found it
difficult to know what to present and
what to omit. His fifteen minutes of
allotted time were heightened to forty
five, and when he sat down all felt he
had some more great big meaning facts
to advance. That his subject was a
very live one and intensely interest
ing vas shown by the way questions
were fired at him. He is a Fargoan
and a North Dakotan to the marrow
and he don't care who knows it. Some
of the ideas he advanced were the fol-
%"
The Northern Pacific and the Great
railroads are competitors, and
he showed why he personally knew it.
After the Panama canal is opened
he showed why Fargo" can and should
a wheat terminal point, equipped
with elevator capacity for millions of
bushels of grain, and as a logical re-
suit, a wheat grinding center.
He indicated why Fargo, as a result
of the building of the Grand Trunk
through the city by means Of
traffic arrangements with the Great
Northern, was going to be the short
est line not only from New York City
to Japan and. China but was going to
be the quickest way from both coasts
of South America to the Orient.
He showed how, Fargo is going to
be on a trans continental north and
south road. ~.
He indicated the marvellous results
in store for Fargo as a manufacturing
center through the use of Ignite coal
in producing electrical energy.
He advanced the reasonableness of
a fair treatment of the railroads that
are now in North Dakota and of those
illustrations of what results
to any state, following drastic legisla-
ton. He reverted to unwise bills now
pending in North Dakota. His remarks
were listened to with lively interest and
generously applauded. .4