Evening journal., 1913-06-24

districts. as the rural districts
are with Wilmington. The
country editor has doomed this old
peninsula to the best of his ability and
he asks you tonight II you won't give
value received and help him In this
project
Another thing would like 10 do
in word to the editors-I woulI
like to have we country editors. If
possible, see II we couldn't make
some arrangements that this State
and this nation couldn't be served
with only fifty-one political editorials
a year and the other one devoted to
business and social boom for this old
think in moulding the public opinion,
which, Of course, we do, that we are
called upon to write a political edi-
torial every week. What do we
know about politics when we have
the Sussex Republican and Every
Evening to tell US all the time. You
gentlemen of the Chamber OF Com
merce say you want some sugges-
tions; you want TO get better ac-
Quainted with US. Take the fifty
seven papers on the Peninsula; they
only cost $1.00 year and they will
tell you every time barn is burn
ed IN that community. Those are
just suggestions, and ! am not going
to make a speech. ! think the trou-
BILE with this Peninsula, and / love
Delaware. is that we have a few too
many little prejudices and big oper-
ationB, big business-more business,
are handicapped through petty jeal-
ousy, through thinking that the 9TH
cd man will make some money out
of It, and Just IN this instance, I may
be rubbing II IA, but / think that
every editor on this Peninsula should
blush with shame that we stopped
the DUPONT road because we thought
he would make a little money out Of
Il. (Applause. prolonged) This Cham
Der of Commerce and every editor in
this State should have gone to Do
ver during the last Legislature and
eaid, stay IN session until you pass
that bill, and IL don't care how much
money he makes out OF II. If I can't
make some money while he iB max
ing money. then ] have no right 10
my heritage
Another suggestion for you peo-
pie Of Wilmington-you want more
business and better business. Rural
New Castle wants more people to
feed in this city, and 1t is my sug-
gestion TO the Chamber OF Commerce,
TO tho city Of Wilmington, and to the
editors of the papers OF this PENN
sula, that the object OF this meeting
can be attained by going on the roof
of this building and looking toward
the river and seeing what the posi-
bilities Of this city are. Wilmington,
at one time the carriage centre Of the
world, and today when automobiles
have the right OF way, except with
rural editors, the city Of Detroit is
paying S1.000,000 a week 20 wage
earners in automobile factories, and
Wilmingtc a is not making bolt. Go
up on top OF this grand hotel and
look toward the Delaware river, and
never ask the rural editor of this
State and this Peninsula TO support
and bring trade to Wilmington until
you give us a bigger and a better city
There is one point-develop the riv-
erfront.
Another thing, think that the rural
editors OF this State, II has been mem
toned / suppose by every editor that
ever started a paper-three years ago,
when l came along, / thought that
had to do the grand and noble thing
aad stsft Az EDITORS association. Z
sent invitations TO the rural editors
OF Delaware. but that's about as far
as IT went. The Delaware Leader
tried to get them to come TO Dover
this last year. We can help the
Chamber OF Commerce, we can help
the city of Wilmington, n we will get
together, and old Sussex can take the
lead and say come on Kent come on
New Castle, come on Wilmington, and
II you are swift enough, and we will
make this old peninsula hum
"As another suggestion, / know oi
no better way IN which the Chamber
lof Commerce can lead the develop
ment of this community than by fol
lowing the lead OF the Agricultural
Extension Department OF the COLLEGE
Farm at Newark Starting two years
ago. farmers day was inaugurated a
Delaware College, and its observance
has been continued. This year the
had between 5000 and 5000, by 20
ing out through the rural section ant
getting the people TO come to them
They could have stayed and Issued en-
graved invitations to doom's day ant
never have gotten the response tina
they get today. I would like TO Sc
committee appointed that woul
look after the agricultural interest
and railroad transportation. Yol
people should have as much interes
in our railroad facilities and dow
the State as we ourselves have.
notice that Wilmington has bee
( granted stop over privileges. Tn
| great trouble with us at Newark wit
the B. and o. is to get the B. and @
TO stop. / am now going TO leav
the meeting to the two other SUISSE
, countians."
Judge Gray next introduced Arle
B. Magee. Of Dover, lawyer and on
I of the publishers of the State News
who also discussed Interestingly an
/ frankly conditions as he saw ther
> and emphasized the necessity for
, developed riverfront for Wilmington
= He said:
Mr.. Magee Lauds Kent.
{ Mr. Toastmaster and Gentlemen
j l. too. like the President of tn
Chamber Of Commerce. came near be
, ing born in the State Of Maryland
He was born near Georgetown; wa
! born some twelve or eighteen mile
+ below that point, at what is calei
; Burnt Swamp. / still have foni
recollections Of old Sussex. and I an
glad. however, that / was born ol
Delaware soil.