Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-04-03

(Special.-The International Con-
gress of Building and Loan Associa-
ttons is to be held in London, England,
August IL and IL of this year. The
building and loan associations of the
United States will be represented by
q commission of prominent men. This
commission is composed of w. J..
Bayesdorfer, president United States
League, Shreveport, La; H. F. Gel
1arius, secretary, Cincinnati; L. L..
Rankin, Columbus, o.; H. s. Rosen-
thai, Cincinnati; H. w. Pinkham,
Wollaston, Mass; Charles E. Clark,
Covington. KY; c. A. Royse, Terre
Haute. Ind; Charles o. Hennessy,
New York, and George D. Gilmore,
Omaha, Neb.
The first suggestion for the Interna-
;tional Congress was made by Henry S
Rosenthal, editor and publisher of the
American Building Association News,
Sof Cincinnati. In the issue of the News,
published at Cincinnati, January 2,
1880, will be found an editorial calling
attention to the importance of the or
ganization of building and loan associa-
tions into leagues and United States
/ league. In this first article all asso-
Citations are advised to join state
leagues, as matters of vast interest
: were about to come up for considera-
ton and action, and which should be
dictated by those most interested
therein, and who have the best vel
fare of such financial institutions most
at heart. In this first article he wrote
the memorable sentence, '1n unity is
strength and in numbers lies safety"
He urged that leagues should be or
gRnized in all the states and terri
tories, and that these in turn should
select delegates to attend a National
Convention of Building Associations
In the United States" at such time and
place as might be agreed upon by
these concerned. Foreseeing the i'm
portance of such leagues, and with a
vision far into the future, at this early
date Mr. Rosenthal suggested that
there be grand Building Association
Congress of the World to be held
during the year 1892 at the place to
be selected for the Worlds Fair"
On the 18th of August, 1890, in an
Issue of the News, he again urged the
Ohio associations, soon to convene al
Dayton, to take their initial step for an
International Convention of Building
Associations, to be held at Chicago
during the Worlds Fair in 1893. In
this article he urged that a suitable
exhibit illustrating the work of build
Ing associations and other cooperative
organization should be made, anG
went SO far as to suggest Judge A. A
Winters, of Dayton, O., as a most suit
able person for the presiding officer Of
such International Convention. So en-
thusiastic was this gentleman in his
advocacy of an International Congress
that again, on March 2, 1891, in the
News, the following article appeared
Organize Loca! and State Leagues.
SIN the first number of the News
Issued in January, 1890, We called upor
the friends Of building associations il
the different states to organize loca
and state leagues, and as speedily al
possible to unite these into a nationa
league, under the auspices of which
grand International Convention o
Building Societies might be held IL
connection with the Worlds Fair, IL
Chicago, in 1893. Such progress ha
been made in the last year in the OF
ganization of leagues as leads us t,
hope that our suggestion may be car
ried out. But there is no time to lose
What have our readers, who hav
taken an interest in this subject, t.
suggest in order that the preparation
may take definite shape? What step
should be taken and who should TAX
them?
"The building association interes
has no paid officials who can give thei
time to working up this movement