South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-09
MEN MAKE CITIES
WILSON ASSERTS
IN SECOND TALK
J. NJ. Studebaker Boosts Move
to Extend Chamber of Com
merce = Personal "AXeS"
Must Not Interfere.

I'VE can not conduct a Chamber
OF Commerce membership campaign
and have personal axes 10 grind"
These were the words Of J. NJ
Studebaker Friday noon at the mem
bership campaign luncheon at the
Oliver hotel when Mr.. Studebaker
declared enthusiastically That he isl
with the movement to the finish.
More than $50 men were present and
the plans for ~remaking' South
Bend were mapped out.
Men make cities" Lucius f. Will
son declared I'm his the principal
speech OF the luncheon. why should
not Michigan City. located on the
south shore OF the great Lake Michi-
gan, be developed as much as Chi
CagO2 The natural resources are the
same but natural resources never
make a city. Men like Swift Armour
and Marshall Field made Chicago.
Men can make South Bend
The Ueeting was most enthusiastic,
Additional team captains were APP
pointed and plans for conducting the
campaign were formed. Pres Harry
A Engman. jr and Marvin Campbell
talked i'm addition 20 Mr. Wilson and
Mr. Studebaker
Studebaker asserted that South
Bend people can not realize the pre-
dicaments that now during the war
are facing the American manufac-
turers He declared that as vet no
wave OF prosperity has swept the ma
tion. but says that il is at hand and
that South Bend must be ready. He
pronosticated that the wave will be
the making Of cities and that South
Bend can If men viii act. rise 70 the
highest multiplying itself.
Progress il Two sided.
Public progress is two-sided, Mr..
Wilson asserted in his speech after
the luncheon. The people should
work with the Commerce Chamber
and the Chamber with the people.
The Chamber is the people
agency; il is the peoples machinery
for the promotion Of public business
lis il then not the peoples duty TO
get behind their own agency Is II
then not their material interests 10
cooperate vigorously with their own
machinery?
"Once create a community feeling
like that: once stimulate action along
these lines and the whole aspect OF
the development of South Bend viii
change for the better The best ciu-
zen is the one who does his best To
help the city through the Commerce
Chamber all the time.
Mr. wilson's talk was chiefly along
lines Of things that the men can say
in carrying on t1e campaign. He
presented scores OF arguments that
will be used by tho captains and
team men 20 promote the campaign.
You must get the people TO believe
in the values OF the Chamber" ne de-
clared you can't make them be-
lieVe unless you yourself believe. You
can not give a person something un-
less you have it yourself. Believe |
first. yourself. then make others see
it,.
Can Guide Public Opinion.
In continuing his remarks which he |
called Selling Talk he said. in part: |
The Commerce Chamber is the |
one organization i'm a city that can |
study and act upon large economic |
social questions. that can rob munici- !
pal issues OF mere partisan bias and |
that can guide public opinion towards |
sane and persistent progress.
The clOse-fsted citizen who is |
afraid TO invest a dollar in boosting |
his home city should remember that !
shrOuds have no pockets.
Even the skilful manufacturer
cannot create his product out of
nothing. Labor and materials must |
come from some source. Material |
may be shipped 10 him, but labor /
must be at hand. Grand Rapids holds |
her furniture makers i'm the same |
debt because she has developed skill |
ful and efficient artisans.
Cooperation l. Necessary.
NO scheme OF welfare work on the |
part OF the manufacturer can sup
plant the cooperation of the entire |
city. IL is impossible for any one !
man 10 see the needs. the troubles. |
the ambitions the sentiments the inn |
pulses and the joys Of a thousand or
even a hundred employees. Welfare |
work may he ever SO excellent. but it I
viii become infinitely more effective !
IL the entire city is intelligently at /
tempting 20 make the factory en- |
ploye "a citizen i'm the fulness OF the |
world The AVERAGE man is so thor |
oughly human that impulse governs |
him more frequently than logic.
1T IS worth while TO the manufaC- |
turer To have an organization in |
South Bend that viii bring the ac- /
tive. thinking men together 20 lay /
definite plans for better schools. for |
trade extension. for public markets. |
FOR more efficient government for i'm j
proved transportation and for wiser /
citizenship The manufacturer is a !
part of the citv-he will find that its /
enterprises helps his limitations. III
ny joining the Chamber ne can in !
duce a retailer and lawyer 10 join I'm \
making better schools for his work
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