The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-15


and various civic organizations, but
these organizations did not seem TO
meet the necessities that confronted
the city OF Dayton although they had
all been excellent servants OF the
community in their own particular
spheres.
Fairmont might profit by Dayton's
example and organize "a Greater
Fairmont Association" or "a Great
er Fairmont Booster Club" or some
other similar association which would
be large enough, ard broad and lib
eral enough to take into membership
all the other organizations of the
tity.
The Chamber Of Commerce has its
place in the upbullding of the city.
the Civic League isydoing some excel
Isn't work for the city, the Business
Mems Association is covering field
that is necessary FOR the commercial
siEStsrests to cultivate, In, q vigorous
Ilmpafnner. but would not a genuine
booster club with q. Thousand mem
hers, put new life 4 into IS, the gpbuild-
ing Of Eairmont?
] Fairmont is only starting to grow.
/ Her ideals are mostly In the future.
There are some big, vital problems
to be worked out for tho city, aside
from political issues, city govern
mcnt, and moral uplifting, that can
only be solved by a larger organiza-
ton than any which we now have.
Naturally in taking up issues of To-
cal Importance as the Chamber of
Commerce has been forced to do 1t
has brought about certain antagonis-
tic, feeling that prevents 1t from do
ing all the good for the community
that might be done, although the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS been very
large increased and q splendid feel
ing OF cooperation exists in the or
ganization;z Civic League like
wise has 'cngendered similar opposi-
ton from many quarters and that is
the best proof that 1t has been accom-
plishing some good for the city, but
the Civic League is semi-religious
inr ltVnt ton ~
Lyon meetings., and It's province is
to establish higher moral plane for
the cty. a laudable ambition for any
organization. Thus we see that the
work CT our present organizations Is
by local conditions naturally Gfrcum-
scribed and necessarily limited. There
might be- organized live. wire 'asso
oIatIon in which the members OF all
these organizations and hundreds Of
other citizens could take part, that
would put the upbuilding of Fair
mont, the establishment of real
Greater Fairmont, above all business
and political aspirations and ambi-
tons and erect an alter Of consecra-
ton to the city's welfare at which
the big business man, the little BUSH
ness man. the 1aborer and the en-
ployer of labor might all alike bow
In patriotic devotion to the upbuild-
ing of the city-we calllour. home and
which We are proud to claim as our
permanent %plast ~ srtsidence a.
| though we see 1ituehF abotit iitS that
does not measure Apjts gqr ideals.
/ We believe ttfatian organization
With thousand members, with sin.
| gle, purpose in view,-and that is to
make 'Fairmont the largest and best
city In West Virginia, in which to
live and transact business, would be
the means OF thousands of people
from other sections Of the country
hitting the trail" for Fairmont.
Unless we believe in ourselves,
/ others are not going to have much
confidence in our claims; unless we
are big enough to correct our own
faults others are not going to have
any faith In our reform; and unless
we are liberal enough to shake OFF
the cocoon of political bondage and
petty jealousies and start a.real, sub
Stlntial, healthy growth. we will con-