Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-18
St. Louis P. M.
Visits In Mexico
The Chamber of Commerce Holds
Big Banquet Friday Night--Mr.
Harvey Also Here.

The Mexico Chamber of Commerce
held their usual monthly meeting
Friday. The gathering was in the
dining room of the Christian Church
where all sat down to a sumptuous
chicken pie dinner. There were 113
members and their wives present
Miss Maud Biggs of Hardin Col
lege sang. Rev. C C. Grimes offered
the invocation. A group of Missouri
Military Academy Cadets gave an
interesting musical program.
Col. E. Y. Burton presided and in
troduced the speakers. Mr.. Colin
Selph, postmaster~of st. Louis, made
the principal address. He talked on
cooperation and patriotism Re-
counted his work of building up the
st. Louis postoffice from 35th place
to first place in the country. 1t was
done by system and cooperation
The address was superb effort elic-
iting much applause. On the ques-
tion of the war, fealty and unity of
the American people he used the fol-
lowing reference:
OF course every true American
citizen realizes that we are confront
ed with conditions most unusual.
This is the hour and the day when
every business man must lay aside
selfish interests and refrain from
mixing his business with his patriot
ism. The very life of the nation is in
the crux; the enduring liberty and
freedom of our people are at stake;
the faith and confidence of the op-
pressed peoples of the world rest in
America; the destiny of the nations
hangs upon the successful culmina-
ton of our endeavors. In this great
conflict, which was undreampt of
and unthought of by the greatest of
philosophers and statesmen, we must
follow, with undivided loyalty, with
unstinted fealty, with unreserved
faith and confidence and with en-
thusiasm and. patriotism, our great
leader, the man who sits solving a
thousand problems, unperturbed who
is conscious always of his tremen-
dous responsibility, who has assum-
ed without fear the burdens incident
to the great undertaking; who is
cautious and wise and, above all,
generous and humane. The American
people are more than fortunate in
having at the helm at this time such
superb man as President Wilson,
and the splendid result of it all is
that business men everywhere-men
engaged in finance, commerce and
industry and agriculture-are max
ing sacrifices with patriotism un-
excelled; are rendering great service,
offering not only their money but
their experience, giving the country
and the nation the benefit of their
man power and their brain power.
II. Clay Harvey of McAllen, Texas,
former Missourian, we'll known in
Audrain, close friend of Col. Bur-
ton, was introduced, and he made a
fine talk. His subject Community
Work" took in town folk and farm
folk of his community They get up
and all boost The result is that his
town and county have doubled in
population in three years. He declares
where everyone is working for
the good of the community all the
time you will find live, progress,
i've town. But where only part are
working and the remainder sitting
back and waiting for the others tc
do it all then you have town thai
is not growing or arriving any
where"
Every word he said was timely
and practical, taken from actual ex
perience.
John T. Stewart, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, read th'
names of ten new members, announc
ing further that the next two weeks
the Chamber of Commerce woulC
bend its efforts in the interest of thu
Liberty Loan Bond Campaign. Afte
that--one thing at a time-the IL
dustrial survey of the City will b,
looked after.