The Republican journal., 1914-04-09

speak before you, so will only just men
! ton few things to be done and suggest
how they might be done.
Make your slogan "Get together; keep
together; work together" for what the
| majority want to do to build the bigger,
| better. buster, booming Belfast we all
want. Have every move of the Board
of Trade and of the citizens of town gen.
| orally be toward the.glory and honor and
! uplift of Belfast.
| ANY one who does not agree with this
is better off out of growing Belfast than
in it.
Getting together" means more than
turning out to an occasional dinner, or
coming to Board of Trade smoker once
in while. When some one comes to
your place of business and calls for some
thing that you do not happen to have in
stock, don't tell him that you have not
any idea, ''doubt if it can be found in
town." when you know full well that
lust what the customer wants is In town
and lust where it can be found.
The get together man will not only tell
where it can be found but will say
good word for the other fellow.
Getting together means cooperation all
the way along the business lines OF your
town.
Get together men insist upon it that
the business men of their town are the
squarest, fairest, most reliable business
men on top of the earth. While they
may not be the biggest in the world they
are just the best so far as they 60.
There used to be story told about
Lynn shoe manufacturer in the early
days of the industry in Lynn that illus
trates the idea. About the time that
specie payment was to be resumed after
the war, the manufacturers of the high
est grades of foot wear found that prices
were down so low that it was useless to
attempt to do business unless some ar
rangement could be made to steady
prices. The worst feature of the case
was the fact that there were three or
four New York concerns who were so
situated that they could produce tribe
cheaper than any of the others and they
were disposed to drive the others.
Finally there was a get-together meet.
ing called at Boston and practically all
the fine shoe manufacturers were repre-
scented at the meeting. The New York
ers were not disposed to give up what
they thought was their advantage, and
the meeting was fast getting into
stormy mood when big, fine looking
man got the floor. He made speech
that fairly electrified all hands. he
pointed out to the New Workers their
error and at the end of his talk three OF
the four who had been holding things
down gave in. But one of the lot got to
his feet and in a rage denounced the
speaker as an interloper; as nothing but
maker of what they called scrods. the
cheapest, meanest kind of brogans for
the Negro trade.
No sooner had he taken his seat than
the entire Lynn delegation were clamor-
ing for recognition. One was recogn!z-
ed. Gentlemen, Lynn denies the ALE
cations and aspersions of the gentleman
from New York. The gentleman who
has so fully and clearly stated our POSI-
ton is one of Lynn's honored business
men. A manufacturer OF shoes that
possibly most of us might call SECONDS;
but, gentlemen, they are strictly hrst
class seconds. They are made IN Lynn.
Therefore they must be first class.
1t is time for Belfasters to be getting
together in the idea that any thing BEL
fast produces, even its seconds, are hrst
class seconds.
1t is cordial cooperation with each
other, even with competitors IN the same
business, that brings success. no
one of you can possibly have all the
trade in your line if there is one other
handling the same goods.
II there is not enough for two, the
thing to do is to either for one to get out
of that line, or both of you work togeth-
er for big increase of population here
O that you both can stay in and both
make dollar. And the way to 40 that
is to join the Belfast Board of Trade and
work for yourselves and all the other
fellows at the same time. 1t will do you
all good.
Greater Belfast! Where can it be
found right now, and how? Draw
straight line from the center OF Post
Office Sqaare out into the country 10 IL
miles and then complete circle and you
will have an area inclosed of 754 square
miles in extent, or an area larger tnan
that of Waldo county.
Within the area Of Waldo county there
are 25 towns and the City of Belfast:
The population of the county outside of
Belfast is approximately 20 or Is thou
sand people, mostly farmers.
When Belfast was booming we had
their trade; as Belfast doomed backward
she lost that trade heavily. 1t seems to
be worth while to get outside in the
habit of coming back here again.
When New York, or Boston, or Chica-
20 or any other of the cities want the
trade of agiven community they arrange
to send their Board of Trade and Cham
Der of Commerce members to those
places and they tell them that they want
| their trade and what they have to offer