The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-21
Noted Evangelist Present at Mer-
chants Meeting and Delivers Ad-
dress on Present Day
Problems.
URGES CO. OPERATION
Points OGt Opportunities Waiting to
be Grasped-Pfea for Mere
and Better Adver-
Using.

Charles Reign ScoFiue at the meeting
/ OF the keokuk Retailers league at
1 the Hotel Iowa last night was the
best business address they had ever
listened to, was the comment Of a
score OF Keokuk merchants who were
among those fortunate ones vino
turned out
Dr. SeoriIle's address was to the
point, vital, stirring and inspiring and
/ he was interrupted time and again by
the applause of his hearers, who
recognized well turned phrase or a
witty story Illustrating some point of
| the address. When he had concluded
Captain A a. Evans moved that the
| speaker be given a rising vote Of
| thanks.
| Dr.. Scovi11e was introduced By the
| president Of the league, NJ. e. JUS
| tice. In his address he dwelt on
present day problems, touching such
points as good roads, advertising.
commercial cooperation and politics
in the abstract.
TO succeed. Dr.. Scoville said that
three things are needed. These are
initiative. pep and Judgment He then
went into detail on these three points.
The speaker had a fund Of stories to
draw on to illustrate the various
points OF his address and each was
good for a hearty laugh.
DR.. ScovtIle began by saying that
he considered it privilege to meet
with a body Of men such as the one
he was speaking to, men who were
striving to do things for the public
good. He said he had met with mer-
chants bodies IN other cities and now
realized the good things that they
stood Tor.
Cooperation, Not Competition.
II am glad to see body OF men
organize for cooperation. Co-opera-
ton is better than competition. In
the olden days we had the latter, but
now we are seeing the benefits Of the
former. Cooperation does not apply
to business alone, but we are learn
ing that It pays in religion and edu-
cation also. 1t is thing that has
here it is bound to achieve large re-
suits.
ITO succeed, you need initiative,
pep and Judgment. By initiative I
mean the power to lay out new work
He who stays in the rut never gets
anywhere, and where there is no in
crease in efficiency there is bound to
be a decrease in receipts.
"Keokuk is fine city and I look
for big things from it in the future.
The dam has put this city on the
map as few cities in the world have
been put on. Because Of the dam,
knew a great deal about Keokuk be-
fore I ever came here. Water power
and electricity are the things of the
future. The coal fields and the Oil
field are going and the new power
is bound to step into first place.
Keokuk has a marvellous opportunity
in this respect
This is an age of cities. All Of
the great cities Of the world have
had trem endous growth In the last
hundred years. The present tendency
is toward the cities and away from
the country. And in the future you
viii have hundreds where you now
have scores. And the city that has
the vision to look ahead and see the
signs Of tbs times and prepare for
the coming of the new era, viii be
the city that will prosper.
Prepare for Future.
TT is our business to prepare FOR
the future. If we spend money now
in preparation, the results that viii
be achieved In the future win repay
for our present expenditure. IL we
sit back and refuse to go ahead, there
will be no results and we will be In
the same r7ut we started in.
THE cities must get money and
they must expend it for the future.
There are many that have done this
and they are now reaping the bene-
ats.
zone Of the things the cities should
strive for il good roads. This is
being taken up by commercial clubs
all over the United States. It pays
a city TO reach out and look after
the roads especfaIly those that lead
from the country 70 the town. The
county roads should be az good as
the city highwaya- Are you trying
to entice the farmer into the city to |
spend his money? II 80. you should |
make him believe you have an IN |
terest In him. You can get him to |