The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-02
OVER 300 BUSINESS MEN AND
hANUEACTURERS GATHER.
60 LAST NIGHT
Al Board Of Trade Annual Affair
Good Addresses Delivered and
Good Things TO Eat


The Board OF Trade annual Made
IN Wheeling Boosting banquet" held
last night In the Market Auditorium
was a grand. glorious commercial and
social success.
The AFFAIR was attended by over
900 OF wheeling district business and
professional men and manufacturers.
Inc mirth, music and eating was
begun al ! o'clock and II was near
ing midnight when Aud Lang Syne"
was sung by the large crowd and a
rising vote OF thanks rendered the
Sompalgn committee. Secretary II. B
Naylor. OF the Board OF Trade. and
Caterer George IA. Phillips. for the
enjoyable and successful event
Preparatory to the serving OF the
delghttul menu the song ITS a Long.
Long Way 10 Tipperary" was sung
followed by Rabbi NJ Lazaron. OF the
Eon Street Temple. Offering the invo-
catlon. who also later made one OF
, me best and most impressive ad-
dresses OF the evening. MANY slides
OF wheeling district views and per
sons were shown.
Chairman Robert VI. Browne. pre-.
sented the POSTMASTER. President
IItosBe J. Mathison. OF the Board of
Trade. Mr.. Mathison said he came
TO wheeling in 1879 and had been CON
ntCled win the board ever since its
I ORGANIZATION. 10 years aCo. and that
~ was growing bigger and better an
me ume. but Of all the annual ban
Se "a me present one was the largest
lutz Speaks
Mayor II. l.. KIRK was the first on
" speakers program. but he was nm.
1Dle 70 attend on account Of illness
us place was taken by Hon. George
W, w. LUZ who paid a glowing tribute
nnANNmu -. l..
IN me past, and enumerated what was
needed IN this city. namely. cutting
I doWn Wheeling Hill fire patrol boaf
juvenile jail. public comfort stations I'm
me heart OF the city, public shower
PAIN IN the city hall. certain streets
| lot the boys TO coast on. the elimina-
ton OF the telegraph and Telephone
poles IN the principal streets There
are 100 such poles on Market street
today. while there should be only
80. declared Mr. Lutz
Hon. W. y. Irvine, eN-president OF
me board OF Trade. read an interest
ms ana lengthy paper on the history
OF commercial organizations. explain
ing the difference between chamber
OF commerce and a board of trade
lie said that the first boosting munici.
pal association was organized in the
s siNteentn century, in France. and the
nrst IN America I'm l76S, in New York
cry. Mr.. Mathtson. in presenting Mr.
irvine said that he was a banking
booster and boosting banker
Excellent Talks
Among the most impressive ana
eloquent speeches was made by Rabbi
l-azeron, who I'm conclusion got right
down TO heart-to- heart talk with the
large assembly. saying that he had nor
been made in Wheeling but that he
hoped TO say ere soon that he was
made I'm Wheeling for BY his coming
D. 4 hsn - -. d A.
out, and that Wheeling was the max
Ing OF him. so 10 speak. He paid a
glowing tribute to the people OF this
city, saying that he had been royalty
received and that he believed that
the best people in the country are to
be found here.
Mr.. J. = Hanley. who was the auth
.or OF several Of the songs sung az tho
banquet, who was introduced as tho
AL round booster" said that since
no came 20 Wheeling many years ago
he had been boosting the town. ana
that he was still n booster and ne was
heart and soul for the slogan BUY I'M
Wheeling" He told of the great com
mercial strides that had been made i'm
Wheeling during the past dozen years.
concluding by declaring that Wheel
ing was the best city en- the country
Mr. Leo J. LaFlam. among the most
prominent UNION men In this Commun-
ity. spoke briefly on ORGANIZATION. "
saying that he agreed with Mr. Irvine
about commercial and professional
men and manufacturer organizating
into commercial bodies and that too
applied to labor organization SIR
Ia Flam said that he represented tho
laboring man. that % per cent of the
money paid out for labor ir Wheeling
was spent right here az home The
iaborinE man knows that by so spend
Ing his money that Do will come back
90 him. said he
Tiller Of the SOIL
Mr. g. g. Roycr senior aren't az.
the Pan Handl" Agricultural club
preiarod his remarks bg saving that.
DO was a typical farmer and MAIL
proud to b. "a fIIlrr Of the soil FI.
delivered q splendid speech. 40 The