The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-17
ACTIVITIES OF
BOARD OF TRADE
Report Issued to Members by Secretary
H E. Moffitt Showing Matters
Taken Up Past Month.

Confidential report No. 2, issued by
Secretary H. E. Motif of the Brattleboro
board of trade, showing matters consid-
cred the past month, reached members
today. 1t contains a number of para
graphs which are not essentially confiden-
tial in character and these are published
herewith:
| Motor Truck Lino-Tba establishment
of motor truck express to Springfield
was brought about through the efforts of
the board of trade and interest shown by
George E. Hawkins There appears to
he no reason to doubt the success of the
line. Shippers of goods from Brattleboro
should realize that here is an excellent op-
portunity to speed up their shipments, to
insure arrival at express speed, and to
| offset the very frequent loss and damage
by any other method of shipment The
rate is low considering the increased ser
i vice rendered.
Store Closng-The retail trade bureau
met early in the month and were unani-
mously of the opinion that the stores
| should be closed as in past years with
the exception that the time be extended
to include the first two weeks in Septem-
/ her. 1t was the opinion of some of the
committee that Wednesday was a better
| day for the closing than Tuesday, but
from the fact that the custom of closing
Tuesday was long established it was
| deemed inadvisabe to change. The re-
| turn postcards sent out to determine
whether stores would close or not have
| been very successful and a very great
majority of all the cards sent out have
been returned with the statement that
the stores would be closed.
/ Committee Meetings-Durind the month
the new industries bureau has held one
meeting, the retail trade bureau one, the
finance committee one, the directors one
and the civic bureau two The finance
committee considered the budget, and the
civic bureau the cleanup campaign.
Cleanup Campaign-The committee
found less to do this year than in past
years but have only succeeded in partial
/ ly completing their task This has been
| due to bad weather during the period
of the campaign and to the fact that the
Boy Scouts were unable to assist on the
Saturday indicated After this week the
scout commissioner assures us that he
will give us assistance so that we can
| finish the task of cleaning up some Of
the poor spots An effort was made this
year to make this a "keepit-up' cam
paign so that next year there may be
little need for work by the scouts on
public dumps, etc. The selectmen have
co-operated by purchasing signs which
will be placed IN poNition and | am as
sured that the law against public nui
sances will be enforced. Goldenglow seeC
has been carefully planted on the railroad
bank and results should be noted toward
the latter part of the summer.
i County Organization-The board o
trade has aimed to be a county organiza
ton and to extend It's principle of ser
vice to surrounding communities. What
ever can be done in this direction returns
a hundred-fold, as these people are. crate
ful for any assistance given, They are in
clined to look up to BrattIeboro and he
people as natural leaders and a great re
4 sponsibility is upon this organization t.
give this assistance. In accordance Wit
this policy the secretary has been in Wi
mington, Nottingham, Wardsboro an,
| Vernon during the past month and it
his belief that on each occasion muc
good for the board of trade and BrattlC
boro was accomplished
, Conventions-Th board of trade offerc
its services to the Holstein. triesan assC
citation, to the Parent-Teacher association
convention and to the Appalachian clu
this last month. 1t was of some assis
ance to the Parent Teacher association
and helped make the visitors from a
, over the state feel that Brattleboro wan
, ed them here The Appalachian club pla
! a walking trip in this vicinity in July an
we have offered to help them IN any wa
we can