Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-23

vides a 25-footS channel at low tide.
making 1t possible to economically
and expeditiously ship by water to
every port in the world by boats of the
largest draught.
Perth Amboy has a large foreign
population and is doing wonderful
work to educate 1t through its public
schools and it's public library. Last
year it's public library, in its circulat
ing department alone, circulated ap
p~roxilnately 100,0 600 books, many of
them in Polish, Hungarian n
French, besides English.
The population of Perth Amboy in
the 1910 census was 32,121, and 1t =.
now estimated at $4,000 or over.
Now, right here, i am going to
make what I believe is a very prac
teal suggestion. 1 do not want thi
evening to pass away with my not
having at least sown one seed that will
bear some fruit-fruit that will be a
help to your city. My suggestion Is
that a brief history of Perth Amboy be
written on a few G. of thin paper
and thai this history be pasted in the
front of every book issued by the IL
brary. One of the first things to in
still a vital civic spirit is to have the
citizens proud not only of the present
but of the past of their city. Perth
Amboy in an unusual and peculiar
sense has a remarkable history. and
therefore it seems to me thai both the
old and the young should be given an
opportunity to read this history, and
one of the best ways of attempting
this woul not only be to teach the
local history of Perth mboy IN all OF
your schools, but to have this history
In every book in your circulating IL
brary."
Mr.. Norvall then offered to have
this short history written and $4,000
copies printed which he would present
to the city on condition that the
Chamber of Commerce here would see
that they were pasted in every book in
the public library.
Judge Carey, who followed Mr..
Norvall as the next and last speaker
of the night, spoke highly in favor of
the proposed short history Of Perth
Amboy in order to %acquaint those Nv
ing here with a knowledge of its
status as a commercial and industrial
city and also to know something of
how it was founded and developed.
The Chamber of Commerce with
1000 live members the speaker said,
could do anything they wanted to and
he cited instances of huge undertake
ings\ being launched by small bodies
of from three to twelve men and be-
ing successfully carried out.
The speaker dwelt briefly on many
Of the important subjects before the
| people of this country today. He
pointed to the spirit of unrest which
is smouldering in d iffeqrtnepolkKe
is ~smouldering in different parts Of
the. country and which recently burst
into flame in Boston when the police
there struck.
"If everyone could only possess
that feeling" Judge Carey declared,
that we a to keep civilization 60
ing ahead, instead of being content
with letting conditions remain as they
are or declining--what a wonderful
country this would be-"
Judge Carey pointed out the need
Of a Chamber of Commerce Club
| House here where members of that
body could meet socially and also to
discuss matters of business and civic
! development. The speaker said that
not only in numbers was there
strength, but in union or numbers as
| we'll. Cooperation. he pointed out,
was the big thing first necessary i n
order to attain any goal.
An appeal to the residents of Perth
Amboy to join the Chamber of Com
, merce and assist in making a Greater
Perth Amboy was made by Judge
l Carey, who stated that he hoped by
the time he again came to Perth Am
| boy the Pacemaking City's Chamber
of Commerce would boast of at least
1000 members. If 1t only had 500
memberships, he said, he would join
himself in order to reach that mark.
At the conclusion of Judge Carey's
talk, which brought forth much ap-
J plause, President Madsen explained
| briefly the three days drive for mem
berships. Sixty AVE already been
secured, he said. but these is, only
a small part of the 1000 members
set as the goal in this drive.
The presence OF a score or more
women showed the Interest which the
women of the city are beginning to
take in the Greater Perth Amboy
movement. The guests entered the
dining hall at about 7:45 O'Clock and
the dinner pleased all. Music was
furnished during the night and sing
ing was led by l.. W. Ballou, of the
! War Camp Community Service.