The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-03-25
IF Benefited
MUST GIVE AID
U. P. DEVELOPMENT WORKERS
MAKE THAT AN ULTIMATUM
ARE WILLING TO co AHEAD
But Only Upon Being Shown That
Money to Pay Expensesis
Forthcoming

u want 70 SAY 4 word 70 YOU and
liCs for publication about this Upper
| Peninsula Development Bureau said
one Of Tie prominent officials Of the
bureau 10 Tie writer one day during
the week q notice that you have had
something 10 say along the lines OF
/ letting bygones be by-gones and taxi
/ ing start all over again. That IS fue
and those who have labored in this
bureau work Tor the past three or
four years are willing to take up the
burden with renewed energy and go
ahead but only upon one condition
and that Is that the fellow who Is get
ting the benefit Of this work comes
across withth money 70 pay the ex-
penses.
There are about dozen fellows
who are willing to take hold with re-
newed energy and work hard without
any compensation but we are not go
ing 10 work that some fellow who is
not paying his share may get the
benefit II this bureau is worth any
thing 20 the peninsula il must be paid
for: IL il Is not Of any worth then we
will let IL drop and there will be no
hard feelings in the matter.
we can't hire a manager worth hav-
ing on the job without paying him a
good salary and we who have borne the
brunt of this work for the past few
years are not going to get down on our
knees and beg for money that ought 20
be- forthcoming as a purely business
proposition. ii this bureau Is worth
anything 1t must be paid for; If IL Is OF
no benefit let II drop
AT our meeting which has been
called to meet at Ishpeming next
month we expect to have this matter
thoroughly threshed out If the inter
ests that are benodtting up here from
the advertising of the bureau want il
continued there are as | said, about
a dozen fellows who are ready to take
up The work with renewed energy. but
we must be assured of the money 10
pay expenses before we start"
When asked II the big land interests
of The peninsula had not responded
literally 10 the bureau we were in-
formed that only fcw of them had
done SO that the first year Of the bur
eau's existence, there was fair res-
ponse but that since that time only
few of the land interests had helped
out and that some of them getting the
biggest benefit had paid nothing 20 the
support of the bureau
When asked about the Western Sc
curitios Co, about which 50 much is
heard these days, he replied that the
bureau had. after some investigation.
refused to have any dealings with this
company; that when the bureau was
formed a contribution of 100000 per
year was promised. that this coutribu-
ton was later on compromised at
81 10000. that the bureau had refused
to sell its advertising matter to the
company but that much OF the matter
had been secured and that on one oC-
casion some bureau advertising was
found by MIR Green away out IN Mon
tana bearing this company's stamp
"Thc bureau has no complaint 10
make so far as the refusal OF this com
pany to contribute Is concerned as we
refused TO accept their money" said
our informant. "But. there are other
conccrrN that are getting the benefit
and from whom we expect assistance
and are getting none In fact we have
had but very little assistance from The
east end OF the peninsula The small
concerns are all doing as much
they can TO contribute There are
some large concerns that are not civ
ing anything and We are not going 80
work for them any longer"
Al the coming meeting OF the br"eau
Il IS hoped TO have large aid
representative gathering 50 that the
officers OF the bureau may know u the
land interests up here really care %
have the bureau continued.
Every effort Is being made 10 get
large representation AZ the meeting
from all over the peninsula and
enough roney must be pledged right
there TO carry on the work or Il will
be discontinued entirely