Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-12-05
WATCHFUL WAITING POLICY FAVORED
BY GOVT HEADS in MEXICO SITUATION
SENATE STAND AWAITS WILSON VIEWS
Capital City Board Of Trade
Hears Waterville Live Wire
Impetus Given Organization

One of the most enthusiastic meet
iugs ever held by the Augusta Board
OF Trade met last evening aT Cuy
hal To listen TO an address by 3. 4.
AhrenE, secretary of the WaIerville
Chamber of Commerce on the genera
suhject Building Cities for Tomor-
row" Fully $50 Of the ci1ys mnst
progressive and representative men
were present. representing virtually
every industry. business and profess
SION IN the city. Secretary III. Nj. Da-
Wis Of The Augusta Merchants Asso-
ciatiun called the meeting TO order
and Hraefiy stated its object To ne the
formaIiun Of q live civic organiZa-
ton which should be non-par-lsan,
non -sectarian and open TO everyone.
Following Nj Davis' remarks ne
was chosen chairman Of the meeting
and the speaker of the evening was
introduced by Ratpn G. WebDer.
Mr. Anrens los tho time II piune-
ing into MS subject and spoke sub
stautlaIly as follows:
Very few towns or cities wnul ! agree
1oday 10 remain Jusi as -her .re un-I
IsS. Streets will be paved. iISatca,
cleaned and Regulated better IL 1415 Imam
now schools will more nearly meet the
y,.a xrg nf 60 fn will
population will multiply; and citizens
will learn, in increasing hammers. .tlai
business exIsrs because Jtla-p are nu-
man wants that must be served.
In any normal American .:ity S0nc III
these changes will take p.ace whether
anybody CONSCIOUSLY looks after ne
public interest or not. The upwa-4 push
Of -euterprislng Indiv vlduals viii achieve
some general advance. BIT. # there !s
IT 80 pruEress without cistnl.-;,Sii;- Sc
.aya the active business rnLn nf the CITY
rrust organize themselves lrto :. .:1nIe-n
Chamber of Commerce II MAJ ,!.e pal
lc lEink.
our city in 49, will 'r1h ara Ne
v haf the average business claa uf TO
day wishes. Mind you, The c',r VIII not
make the progress that one or rwo
i.ruau-visiuned men can mage Tar
sighted leaders are heid back bv the
Indifference and ignorance Of individuals
WIN -Ent see A CRY is like a :ie.:t of
warships-rhe progress OF the entire
hesi is restricted 10 the spec IF the
g was monitor so II il necessarr for
the I7e vino want prog~Ess-whn want
II snu The prosperity and ranvenien tes
of ie.5 brought Intp use as aari~ as
:'psr'tlt instead Of as late - 0Sssii'ie-
To organize To Lhe END thar the SLOW
est monitor NAV ne speeded up and
Tht T--oie community carried forward.
In mpre than 25eo American towns
anu Cites the business an! prufessIon-
a. men have banded themselves togsth-
e- il q r1ure or less intelligent effort
10 ascertain what Things VII advan1acr
he immunity and. having fixed '.pon
tie rf,iI1gs worth while, n ~eet a1d
.:t-1~n for them unITetilv
These community organizations ha-e
come II he Indispensable - ne most
Fundamentally PROSPEROUS tpwrs ard
Cities Of America Large SUITS uf nun
ey ara spent ny them IN public endeav-
ors. and greater sums will ne expended
in the wears 70 come because the per
manent value OF their work is Just be
coming known. Olean \. Y. wonder
fui little city with q population Of f56ob.
has been spending annually nearly
dollar per capita ON the work OF it's
Chamber of Commerce. Poughkeepsie
\. z. SPENDS Toe. per capita, Troy
spends 43c. per capital. Oklahoma City
spends over sG.9ea year; Toledo. O..
about $50 ,oeo; Minneapolis. s11B.HFn: Meri-
den. Ct. So.5et Charlotte. Y. 9, 81. .Dao;
Waterville, Ne. $3.50; lewiston, Me.
Sl2.50o; Bangor, Me, s15 oo1
Some Or these community organ!za-
tipns have been in existence for Pc
riors ranging from three To Is Years
Ever one has depended upun the SUD-
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