The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-30
Stone and Webster Managers Talk
Before Fort Madison Chamber OF
Commerce is Well Re-
ceived.
COMMUNITY BUILDING
The Spirit Needed for the Building
of Cities is Told
by keokuk
Speaker.

| Ravid DAILY. district manager for
I Stone & Webster, was one Of the
speakers at the banquet given by the
i Fort Madison chamber OF commerce.
/ Mr.. Daly's address was on the topic
| of Community Building" That his
! talk was one of the best given is to
be judged from the very compliment
! tary notices in the Fort Madison
| Democrat
The following is taken from the
| Democrat:
The big message of the evening,
and one eminently in fitting with
| the occasion for the gathering, was
given by David Daily. district man
ager Of the middle west district of
a rousing and spirit building, straight
| from the shoulder talk on community
building.
| In many years of work in which he
| has come in close contact with the
workings Of many chambers Of COM
merce, particularly in cities in the
southwest, Mr.. DAILY has cleaned
great deal of useful information,
which was delivered in an inimitahie
way Wednesday evening, and which
who applauded the speaker to the
echo.
Tracing the growth Of some Of the
| leading cities in Europe from the
time they were founded, the speaker
emphasized the fact that the cham
Der of commerce. or some form Of it,
is an institution of many hundreds Of
years standing. He showed the SINH
larity of MEDIEVAL trade guilds and
fair associations to our modern and
up-to-date chambers of commerce,
and showed that city patriotism is
almost as old as the history Of cities
themselves.
Geographic Advantages
Some cities are created because OF
peculiar geographical or climatic adj
vantages, Mr.. Daily declared, and
some are founded and have their
growth solely because they are ia
vored by nature in some way, but
the great number of cities that pros
per do so only because group OF
fearless, far-seeing and indomitable
men will that they shall become
great centers OF population. Numer-
Gus instances of this were shown by
the speaker in establishing his point. |
He showed how Galveston. built on
an island and exposed to the fury of
tropical hurricanes. and almost with |
out an excuse for existence, grew and |
prospered in spite of the historic |
flood which all but wiped out the |
city in 1900. He showed how, be- |
cause of the sturdy spirit Of civic /
pride, Galveston arose from her
wreckage and fought her place back
to commercial precedence in the |
southwestern district of the United |,
States. San Francisco, whose for I
ward looking citizens had plans for
a newer and greater city made al
most before the tremors of her all
destroying earthquake had ceased.
was also shown as an example OF
the progress which city must in
evitably have if her citizens will that
there shall be progress.
In emphasizing the need for the 4
spirit of indo1nnitable perseverance,
in the building of cities. Mr.. DAILY
called attention to the fact that New
York's chamber of commerce has
never ceased its activities for a big Il
ger and better city in spite OF the II
fact that New York is now the Il
largest community in the United
States. He showed that in Chicago, II
the second largest city in the union,
the chamber Of commerce is working II
tirelessly and increasingly that the
IA nous 81 will" spirit of Chicago may
never be lost.
Work Is Praised III
Chamber Of commerce work is now
as highly specialized as any other
the speaker maintained,
and that organization will best sue.
coed which puts the most brain and
effort into its work "In other words"
Mr. DAILY said, your chamber of
commerce is a selling organization.
II has for its prime purpose the in