Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-21
COmmunity'S Debt tO Section.

clu CdlllOt Dt Hclu lOO Oltci. l1S serted some men say there's no use in these luncheons" but pointed out that it is easy to criticise, but it re- quires real gray matter" to point the way. The Chicago association of commerce." he said, "has a member ship of $500, and from 800 to 500 of them bunch together every Thursday not to talk of making money, but to confer over plans for making Chicago a better place to live and in which to do business" The Boston chamber of commerce, with 5000 members and s350, 1000 annual income, does the same thing, he said,
 Mir. Roy showed impatience with those Headers of the community who profess to be unable to devote suffi- cient time to attend these lunches. He declared that the man who amasseS wealth in community owes to the city the duty of giving back something Gin the red blood of leadership and of the wealth he has taken from the com munity to make a better city"
 That it pays community to lead was also shown by MT. Roy, who de- scribed how a city like Pine Bluff de- velops and grows by absorbing the wealth of its trade territory, and that | because of this, the city owes it to the section to give something back in the | way of leadership toward better con- litions, providing wholesome amuse- ment and opportunity for developing the cultural side of life. The cham Der of commerce. he said, was the medium through which the community could concentrate its efforts and let the spirit of cooperation and help 1 fulness radiate in good roads, good transportation facilities, schools and other opportunities. He said 'it used 1 to be considered the duty of the cham l Der of commerce to erect smoke stacks" but that it is different now because it is realized that smokestacks alone do not make city. You've got to put something on the other side on the cultural side of life. And if you don't do it, you pay the penalty through coming generations.'
 Discussing waterway improvement, Mir. Roy said Pine Bluff began on a navigable stream and would reach the zenith of her development only l when again she has water transporta- tion." He pointed out that, with few | GHC0ullOIS, Sill luC DAS SAtASo N'JoJ SAAN great advantages of water transporta- ton; that New York state is spending 152 millions to rebuild the Erie canal, in order to hold trade, and "exact toll on the exchange of the commodities, and creating value on manufactures. . He declared that Pine Bluffs chief business is to promote the exchange of commodities, and that to do this it :. must possess low freight rates. Water way transportation is absolutely es- sential, he asserted, and cited that since the opening of the Panama canal the freight rates on goods from, New York and other of the East possessing the advantage of water transportation to the Pacific coast are lower than rates from Kansas City, St. Louis and other places in the Mississippi valley.
 Commends Blooms Work.
 Declaring that he knew commercial secretaries from Kansas City to Bos- ton, but didn't know one who is serv- ing his community better" than, D. B. Bloom is serving Pine Bluff. Mr. Roy said "it used to be the idea that it was necessary to get a man from out of town, but it was found that the itiner- ant could get his heart into the work in time,'' and it is now appreciated that competent local man makes the best secretary. When you get a local man as efficient as your secretary, reclared MT. Roy "you've got some thing you better take care of." He then told of the work of a commercial secretary, explaining that the biggest job, "outside of being married,' is that of the commercial secretary, and that frequently that officials biggest task is training new presidents" to pre- vent them from "spilling the beans, , the secretary has been slowly and carefully collecting. He said that a chamber of commerce must "keep on doing something all the time. "Not necessarily the big, flamboyant things,' but little things that to- eiether, are worth millions to the community. He said much of the work of the commercial secretary is never heard of, and people are provoked to remark "Why don't they dc some thing" The good secretary. he as- serted. lis doing something for every body all the time; things of inestima- ble value to the city, but he doesn't shout about it-he does them and for gets all about it.''
 President Holderness thanked Mir Roy, and gave notice that he would be wanted at the next annual dinner of the chamber of commerce.
 Tribute to FOwles
 The resolution, offered by MT Louthan and unanimously adopted by the trustees. expressing appreciation of MT. Fowles' work in behalf of the city. reads:
 "Whereas, Byron c. Fowles has re- signed his position as general mana ger of The Pine Bluff company to as sume a similar position with another company, which calls for his remova from this city, and
 "Whereas, that as manager of the public utilities, water, light and stree car service for the past thirteer years, MT. Fowles has by his courte ous business methods, with the slo gan, Service First has endeared him self to the business interests of tht city to such an extent that his leav {! ing us comes as personal loss. His