The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-10

the next session Of the Legislature.
The committee q Of the opinion tnae
Topeka now has the best white way
system in any city Of its size In the
country.
The convention committee Of the club
under J. 8. LQngshore looks forward to
the increase Of the convention fund
OF the club from less than .-es'tss 70
5000.
Conventions cost money" eom-
mented Mr.. Longshore. '.and II To-
peka wants moro of them the Dusinee1
men must be more liberal and Join
the Merchants' association. which
makes 1t possible for us to have those
that we now have" There are ap-
H pHro.imately forty members .s Of .naas the
firms undertake the entire burden Of
financing the convention.
More Factories Here.
The promotion committee expects to
bring q number Of new factories to
Topeka in 1914 through the factory
aid' fund which was raised Tor the
purpose of giving financial assistance
to strictly worthy enterprises, ana
'sWhen anything worth while comes
along we are ready t. finance 1t, re-
marked c. 8. Elliott. chairman OF the
that every precaution will be taken to
see to 1t that the institutions are In
every way worthy"
The public welfare committee under
A. A. GODDARD has called a meeting OF
Representatives from all charity or
ganizations Of Topeka to meet next
Monday evening for the purpose of
perfecting q council OF fe1erateo
venting waste and duplication in Civ
ing to the poor. 1t was ]. B. BILLIARDS.
suggestion that charity" as the term
is usually applied. be done away with
in the future, and is not unlikely that
the club will work with view to pro-
curing legislation which will make 1t
possible for cities and counties to
build work houses and work farms for
the unemployed. The club believes
in ''helping others to help them
selves.''
Aid of Immigrants.
An effort will be made to bring the
right class Of settlers from England
and other countries to settle in Shaw
nee county, particularly as tillers OF
The state and municipal legislation
committees of the club will be busy in
the next twelve months.
1t is expected that the jobbers and
members of the club will organize an
other trade extension trip for late
spring or early summer, to be much
more comprehensive than the initial
trade trip made last June over the
Central Branch.
The school board will ask Com
mercial club members to serve on one
or more advisory committees this
year, for the purpose OF offering sug-
gestions relative to improvements in
the school system.
dixie is one of the enterprises which
the club has in contemplation. but a
law will have to be enacted by the
legislature before this work can be
started.
Message From Secretary Kelley.
Following is an extract from the
annual report of ]. Will Kelley, Sec
retary of the Commercial club. rela-
tive to 1914 enterprises:
"Of course we would try to finish the
things left undone-we should devote
real energy towards the Improvement
Of Shawnee county roads. The roads
Of this country should be the best in
the state and this club should do its
part In bringing about that condition.
There has been more or less agita-
ton during the past year for a public
market house, and 1t seems to me that
the efforts of the club should be di-
rected towards q careful and thorough
of the market house Ques-
ton, looking towards the establishment
Of ouch an institution. At this time
am gathering together information on
this question and will have it ready
for the consideration OF the committee
at an early date. Hand in hand with
this goes the truck garden, fruit rails
ing. poultry raising. etc. With the ex-
cellent facilities surrounding Topeka.
for growing these products. 1t should
be one Of the real garden spots of this
I'VE should still endeavor to get a
union depot for Topeka, as no improve
ment we could make would add more
to the beauty and convenience Of this
city than union depot.
'One of the chief propositions that
will be before the club this year as 1t
looks now. will be encouraging and as
sisting in the building Of one or moro
railways. There is a road
now building in southeast Kansas that
is headed for Topeka. have met the
president of the road and in fact have
had him here and he seemed quite en-
thusiastic about the prospects-it would
traverse territory not now directly
connected with Topeka by railroads
and enable them to come to Topeka
and do their trading instead of their
going to Kansas City. There is also
some prospects of a line between To-
peka and Kansas City. in fact the line
Is assured as far west as Lawrence so
/ am informed. Interurban railways
mean a great increase in Topeka's
business and naturally we should be
interested.
There will be things suggested by
the social survey and the city plan re-
ports that will call for development of
parks, Fairgrounds and boulevards that
will occupy the attention of the club
to a considerable extent.
ITO continue to engender a friendly
feeling towards Topeka by the state at
large and the entire country, too,
should be our great effort-tO make
Topeka better place to live SO that
others will want to come here and be
of US, should be our highest aim for
1914 and each succeeding year.
FEARING 4 COAL STRIKE