Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-09-10
COMMERCIAL Club NEWS.

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COMMERCIAL CLUB NEWS.
1 There are two mistaken notions tina
iare handicap to the modern Com
|mercial Club. The first is that tn
Commercial Club Is formed for thu
selfish interests of the retail mer
chants. In the Manchester club only
about ten per cent of the membership
are retail merchants and nearly twice
that many are professional men. The
purpose Of the organization is te
make this better community In
which to live and any attempt to serve
the retail merchants at the expense
OF the general public would be con.
trary to the purpose OF the organi-
cation. The club Is for the benefit
of all the people In this vicinity,
whether they belong or not and ev-
eryone is invited and urged to join
in working for the public good.
The second mistaken idea is that
the success Of Commercial Club Is
measured by the number of new In
dustries started in the city. and that
therefore the main business of the
club should be to chase after indus-
tries and offer them inducements to
come to the city. The folly Of such
a courst has been so often demon
strated that reputable business firms
do not ask or expect cash bonus to
induce location. II the city can
show Industrial conditions desirable
for an industry the best firms ask no
more. BY creating live. harmonious
business center where everyone is
boosting and the knockers have to
sneak around the corners situation
developes which will attract new busi-
ness suitable to the location. At the
present time new corporation IS
considering Manchester as location
and ali they are asking Is: I'VE must
have locality that will welcome our
enterprise, and one in which local con-
ditions are favorable
The spirit Of cooperation in Man
chester has grown immensely In the
last three years but there are two
or three big jobs In front that demand
more faith and loyalty than has been
shown rs yet. Manchester needs
modern hotel OF large capacity and an
large enough to hold the
people who gather many times each
year for meetings Of various kinds.
Some outsider will establish hotel
here eventually II homo people do
not but the last legislature enacted
law under which the way IL easy and
plain for Manchester to have not
only an auditorium but : community
equipped to supply the needs
Of the community In many ways.
Delaware County Is not lacking In
red blooded Americans who want to
see Memorial here similar to those
which are being planned all over the
Although we seemed to have
more than our share during the war
OF residents who were too selfish to
give anything to their country or the
cause ibf humanity, and too ignorant
to 3tDfsciatea the value ofta govern
meat bo4d : stillswe sals0g haxeta lot
Of 1olks,Iiust lik4ithe afolks all sver
thif land who are insisting that there
shall be memorials 70. then bQys who
gave their lives in this war. /.
Col. !Tinleys.ohief ~ the American
Legion In, Iowa. has given his hearty
endorsement; to the plan Of Memorial
buildings. erected "a, sefxe Is COM
munity, centers which. skallebs.s NOM,
ORAL Of service. not only Of those
Who seeyed d. France but sthcs Who
remained on this side. ana thoaye & g
Civilian clothes whose ef{0rtA were
essential to the success Of the strug-
gle.
Such building should be provided
with committee rooms. headquarters
and offices for the Farm Bureau.
Commercial Club, Board Of Public
Welfare. and all community organiza-
lions and most important Of all there
should be room for the American
Legion and another for the G "A. r.
and space for maintaining relics and
war material and records for the fu-
ture
Delaware County could vote to build
such building or any town in the
county. II the county as a whole
cannot unite for such purpose, the
community Immediately adjacent ito
Manchester surely can and the Com
mercial Club will be glad to know
what the people think Of the plan.
The next meeting Of the club will
be held at Masters restaurant on
Monday evening. September 18th at
$3.50 p. m. Why not get the habit
of attending these meetings? Don't
wait for a special attraction. The
meetings where lot Of the members