Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-01
NEWS OF INTEREST TO AUTO PROSPECTIVE BUYER
CITIZENS EFFORT
BUILD UP CITY
Chamber of Commerce Work
Endorsed by Mr.. WHY'S of
Overland Company

The only way to build city, in
crease it's industrial activities and es-
taDnsh for 1t an enviable position in
the business centers of the world is
for its citizens to get together and
work together, in the opinion of John
\. WHY'S, president of The WHY'S
| overland Company, of Toledo, Ohio,
the largest automobile manufacturing
plant in the. world. Despite his ac-
tive participation in the affairs of his
| immense factory, Mr.. WHY'S contrib
utes considerable time and financial as
sistance to the development of NUM-
eipal growth. He is an enthusiastic
supporter of all live Chamber of Com
merce organizations.
Recently the distinguished automo-
bile manufacturer made a trip to Riv-
erside, Calf, where the local Cham
Der of Commerce is conducting an ex-
citing campaign for new members and
civic upbuilding. In response to an
urgent invitation, Mr.. Willys gave a
brief talk to the Riverside business
men, in which he emphasized the nee
esslty Tor them to work together and
not depend on individualism.
The only way you can build your
city is by working together toward
that end" declared Mr.. Willys. Il
don't build $50 Overland automobiles
every day by my own efforts. No more
can any one man among you build
Riverside. Individualism is an old and
Impractical theory---in my opinion it is
a hundred years behind the times.
Work, and work together, is what
will count. You must have the Wis
ion, you must believe in what you
can do, in what your city can do.
ANY Chamber of Commerce can get
new industries, if it will get after
them. When I took over the automo-
bile factory in my old home town of
Elmira, n. Y, in 1910 it had Il en-
ployes. To-day we have $500 en-
ployes there and in another year we
hope to have 5000.
1T was my interest in the city, in
the Chamber of Commerce, which
made me so to Elmira, when / might
have done better financially in anoth-
er community. But, now, the big
factory there is making a prosperous
and happy community. You'll find
men who will become interested in
Riverside in the same way and who
will bring you industries. / don't
know how much my local representa-
tive is doing for this Chamber of Com
merce, but l know | want him in it,
And, just to show my interest in the
movement and in Riverside I'm going
three years for him, to get him started
right"
When we undertook to rebuild the
Toledo Chamber of Commerce" Mr..
WHY'S concluded, I'VE were a little
alarmed at the amount of money
which was being expended in that di-
rection. We had been spending about
$4,000 a year for that purpose. This
year, however, we are spending $780,
600 in the support of the Chamber of
Commerce and every time l return to
Toledo 1 can see that the city is grow
ing"
IN an editorial comment, referring
to Mr.. WHY'S remarks before the
Chamber of Commerce, a Riverside
paper had this to say: This country
needs more men of the WHY'S type.
He has developed from the ranks and
has earned all that he has. Riverside
owes a deep debt of gratitude to the
manufacturer of the Overland auto
mobile, not only for the wonderfully
encouraging words spoken by him to
the Riverside boosters, gathered about
the luncheon tables yesterday noon
but he happens TO be one who backs
up his words with deeds. If there is
anything that more fully demonstrates
this than his action in taking member
ships in the Chamber of Commerce,
that cost real money. we don't know
what it is. We are for John n.
Willys."