Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-14
EARNEST WORKER
CALLED 'INTERLOPER"
Chamber of Commerce President
About to Resign Because Of
Endignity.
RESENTS BEING CALLED SQUATTER
Paid His Own Expenses to Advance
Civic Betterment But Gets No
Thanks.
(Communicated)

To the Editor Of Evening Capital:
f. / fully realize the objection TO a
communication in the paper. First.
| 1t is usually Of little interest to the
majority of the readers. Second. 1t
tends to bring answers which take up
your valuable space, which could be
used 10 better profit. i therefore
leave it to your better judgment
whether this is of sufficient local
Importance to warrant its appearance.
| You and all those who really have the
best interest of Annapolis at heart,
know full well that since have come
to live in the city, have used my
utmoI II ability, freely given my time
| and limited means toward every mat
ter of civic de velopment. have ac-
cepted positions of responsibility on
various organizations and committees,
| from an evident miscouception of
| civic duty. At every turn and on
| every side | have been greeted as an
"Interloper' and ''Squatter" Tie
| last of which seems to be an express
sion too frequently used TO designate
| those who by the accident OF birth
come into this world, in some other
Paradise than Annapolis. / do not
write this with the intent of bringing
myself or what | have endeav )red Ito
accomplish f)r my community before
the public. but with an idea of try
ing to show that although we
set rp a great argument that We
want people to come to our city, spend
money AMI build homes, when they do
come and become interested citizens
and not parasites, they Immediately
become the object of ridicule and crit
icism. We have today one of the
finest automobile engines in the
United States. Money had been
raised from time to time and put
aside by one of the local companies
with the idea of purchasing such an
apparatus when sufficient funds
could be raised, as we all remember
there was series OF fires around
Christmas time two years ago. At
that time | went to your paper, Sc
cured your permission to start a fire
fund. How well we succeeded with
the aid of those interested is shown
by our present apparatus. Within
the last year, since my incumbency
as President of the Chamber of Com
merce, that organization besides
its regular work has held two
large meetings in the House OF Dele
gate: the first to bring before the
people of Annapolis and the Eastern
Shore the new boat line, at that
meeting the Pennsylvania, Baltimore
and Ohio. the w, b. g. A., the Short
Line Railroad, Washington Chamber
of Commerce, Baltimore Chamber of
Commerce and otder organizations
were represented. The citizens of
Annapolis, however, were conspicu-
Gus by their absence. This meeting
was well advertised, and the lack
of interest by Annapolis citizens is
not only deplorable but inexcusabls
The next meeting in the State House
was that which we endeavored to get
up a Greater Annapolis Association.
Experienced speakers were brought
down from Baltimore, and the meet
ing went off most successfully. A
committee of twenty-five representa-
tive citizens were appointed to carry
out the desire of meeting and at no
meeting OF the committee could the
chairman secure a quorum, and after
repeated attempts it became neces-
sary for the committee to adjourn sine
die. The Chamber of Commerce al
though it started this movement, made
all arrangements to carry it forward
kept distinctly in the background, and
as its President / was net appointed
on the committee for fear that the
prejudice to that organization might
injure its success. AS an official of
the Chamber of Commerce | have
taken my time, energy and money and
have attended every meeting in Bal
timore aud Washington that it was
necessary to attend. The impression
chat the Chamber of Commerce of
Annapolis has created outside of this
city, one can easily learn by going to
Baltimore or Washington, where one
may hear much to their surprise that
Annapolis is supposed to have the
most wide-awake Organization in the
State of Maryland.
This impression has been created
1 OnAN w naAQ NQEh a. NLCSC O0A Va
town meetings 1t was in the powe
of the Annapolis Chamber of Com
merce to have had elected one of
their members as president of the As
soeiated Board of Trade of Maryland.
The gentleman from our orgsniza-
tion, however, refused to serve, and
as a token of respect one of ouI
members was elected a -presi-
dent.
| The Chamber of Commerce some
two years ago, with the able assist.
ance of the Evening Capital, took the
Annapolis Gas Company before the
Public Service Commission, at which
time as acting secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce, il became nv iut,
to carry this work forward. Deemin
it advisable TO prepare for the Ga.
Company's expert witnesses, / had /.
conference with one OF the editors o.
the Washington Times, which papel
had succeeded in getting q reduction