The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-02-07
PLAN OF ADVERTISING ORGAN
lzATI0N IN MAEKAT0
WORK TO ONE BIG END
Better Mankato Is the Idea; An
Excellent Meeting Held
Last Evening

Of all the clubs and kindred civic
organic ltions in Mankato and in the
community about Mankato was takcr,
at the meeting Of the Advertising
clu3 held last evening. The meeting
followed an excellent supper which
was served at the st. Johns Parish
house. The club had an exception
ally large and representative attend
ance. In opening the meeting,
President ]. c. NARROW stated that
The club had two big things TO do
this year, one to unite with other
clubs and the other TO win the State
Forum Advertising cup which the
club won last year. The big cup was
on display at the meeting.
Mr.. MarloY said that the tentative
plan suggested had been for the Adj
vertising club, the Retail Merchants
association, the Commercial club, the
fair board and the Automobile as
ISOLATION 10 all go together into one
body, but to preserve their individual
organizations sufficiently 10 each
carry on their own work. For such
an organization paid secretary
would be employed to do The work.
The Plan Explained.
c. w. Fisher was called upon to
explain the plan as it had been out
lined. He stated that the idea was
TO get one man, a big man. an orS;-
nicer ard "A booster who would do
big things for Mankato. Some men in
the city were opposed 10 the plan.
Mr.. Fisher stated. and he remarked
that orly yesterday the Retail Merch-
ants association directors held a
meeting ard elected a secretary Of
their own.
I'VE have one OF the best towns.
situated IT, the bast territory in the
country" stated Mr. Fisher" and
now all We need is operation to
make a bigger and q better Manka-
to-"
One of the plans Of the new CIR
ganiZatiCn.- he stated, was TO have
a commercial club room. well fur
nished and arranged so that the
various organizations could have their
meetings there. To do this it would
require considerable money and the
have 10 dig down and dig deep"
All Eelong to Organizations.
b. n. Pay stated that as he saw
ii there was three or four organiZa
lions and the same men belonged TO
al. In unity there was always
strength and in his opinion all Would
be mutually benefited if they went
together.
Rev. Z. +. Crazy of the Episcopal
church spoke in favor of the plan
He stated that iE this city the min
listers have club ard that all the
church work together for common
end, that there is no jealousy or
Cnimity. The came thing applied 10
organizations such az this. he said
and rem Irked that he was anxious
10 see the proposed amalgamGtio ion q
realization. Rev. Crazy urged that
the various far merS organizations IN
this community DC included also il,
the organization and that Nankato
be eXterded beyond the actual limits
of the city SO that it includes the
whole county. He suggested that
some speaker from Minneapolis be
asked to come here and address the
the Minneapolis Civic and Commerce
association.
George Atchison/ remarked that he
believed that TIME was ripe for "a
greater and bigger Markato and
that he considered single OrSani-
ZGtion the proper means 10 get the
best results. All the clubs wore en-
twined into ore another he stated,
and the time had now come when
everyone should get together and do
things as q single body.
One Big Organization Favored.
+. A. Francis also spoke Of the flu
lure Markato has, and stated that he
considered a l'S organization OF the
kind mentioned the rropCr thing
needed 10 get results. l.. w. Andrist
moved that the club should so on
record as faYoring a plan to amalga-
mate with other organizations and
this was unanimously passed.
JOHN ElClangCr, superintendent @!
the local government employment
bureau gave a short address or the
service he-e ard asked The merchants
TO consider the matter of advertis-
ing the bureau in the newspapers so
that the general public would be-
come better acquainted with its pur-
pose. He said that he had a large
number Of posters printed, naming
Mankato as the clearing spot for
IatCr throughout the northwest and
that he intended to mail them 10
postoffices, depots, commercial or
ganiZations, etc, throughout South
crn Minnesota.
Address BY RalIam.
Arthur Ha!lam, editor of The For
unite, an advertising paper and adj
vertising manager for Crane Il Ord
way of Minneapolis gave an. address
on the subject of Markets of Peace"
Since putting the ignoble Hun cut of
business" he ctated. The matter OF
foreign trade had been talked to a
great extent. but it was his opinion
that the merchants in Minnesota
should devote their interests TO the
trade at home. ADVERTISING, he said,
made a merchant go liter new bust
I.ess. Ii was never necessary to
worry about old business becaltSe
that was settled, but the problem was
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