Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-17

its entirety and your organization will do
all in its power TO persuade council To
provide the funds to carry out these recon-
mcndations. OF these recommendations,
two, IL would seem, should be acted upon
favorably right away: The Lobdcll land
at the mouth of the Chris,iana on the
south side should be purchased ms site
for the first piers, and produce wharf
should be built at Front and Church
streets. We desire To make Epecml APP
peal To every member o this organiza-
ton 10 talk with as many Clty Counch-
men as he knows IN advocacy OF the har-
hor development plan Wilmington has
talked for decades about ITS rvcr-iront.
Now is the time with the machinery ready,
that the united business interests should
let their voices be heard and the weight OF
their influences felt
The report on local harbor develop
mcnt prepared by John Mclgs jointly for
CITY Council and your chamber has been
widely circulated and is still IN great de-
mand The preliminary work has been
well done, and il remains only tor unit
cd public opinion to impress our clty
authorities that this development should
gu ahead speedily.
Industrial The sudden termination of
the war LETT Wilmington IN much better
sham, than cities who had gone over pre-
rnpdcrautlv To munitions work When ii
Is realized that within the city proper
there WAS only one munitions plant, II can
the moro easily Toe realized why W llmlng-
ton has css oi a rCadlus!nent problem
and scarcely any reconstruction problem.
II iS pcricctlV safe TO assume that regard
lcSS oi future trade expansion or rCstuc-
rsa,... ilf.r,f
.Lats, 10 face the new daV. Ii can also bc
confidently assumed that because our IN
dustrICs are organized TO work TO capacity
on a peace basis, and because our prod
ucts are basic products, Wilmington IN
the future "a in the past, will fare cX-
ccptiouaIly we'll The location of new IN
dustries IN this section during tho war
period was a matter Of strict government
regulations In addition the activities 81
the War Finance Board tended tn reduce
now lndusti1als to a minimum. With the
signing of the armistlcc, the prospect oi
locating new Industries immediately be
came brighter. Today your office is IN
touch with several industrial prospects,
which should develop iavorablv During
the war your office was able e. lntcttcdc
for local Industries with different cdcral
bureaus, particularly the Fucl Admins
tration. the Food Administration, INC
War Trade Board and the National
Council Of Defense.
Traffic hc-Much of the traffic work done
under the direction oi your staining
traffic committee. has been a direct benefit
IL local Industries The traihc committee
4 was rcpr,,cnt,d al All the meetings ~ tho
4 local railroad committee on car service
I And supplN. II was duc 70 the mtcTrcs-
/ sion ID YOUR committee, that important
executions were granted when mira city
4 movements 81 carload freight were CHM
mated
Mercantile The most important activ-
/ IN ~ the mercantile section. was the
Merchants Institute and course Of Ice
t,ircs frr ,al,-pcoplv. held IN February.
Through vour mCr .utllc section, local
merchants also made many adjustments
III business pra,ti~cS to conform - = war
nrsAran pi economy uTtaIlmcni ut 'n-
necessary delivery service and tho conscr-
yation nf hrht and power were two items
/ ui this character. The ADOPTION ot q
uniform schedule of hours for opening and
\ closing stores provCd a decidedly pro-
\ rr,,,lvr step and tins schedule y stu ~
i eject ioT All the larger stores and many oi
I The smaller ones The shorter schedule
I was worked ont with the approval ot the
4 local fuel administration and lines 81 re-
4 TAM trade ar OvCl tile city followed the
lad ii vour section bv adopting shorter
hours. Tins conservation movement also
pledged tie merchants to To- economical
Ii the usc oi electro light and power.
inform hours for the pref hristmAs
shopping pcrod were also adopted by the
members 81 this section Two dollar day
I sales successful in every way, werc held
7 during the wear Mauy 1T uur merchants
\ lci!cvc that with tie return of morc nearly
I normal concItIops u mercantile lines, more
spccIal cooperative sales should he held
and thus subject Viii receive & { ottcn-
ton OF the officers and proper commit
tees oi the section.