The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-01-21
O. H. Benson was the next speak

4 VI.
"There are four kinds of business
men in this country" Mr.. Benson de-
clared in opening. "There is the tired
, business man, the retired business
man, the rubber-tired business man
rand the attired business man.
"The tired class always is too tired
to get into the game and work while
the retired business man is the man
who got into the game, got tired and
fell out. The rubber tired business
man is usually the one that is pa
rading most of the time. He never
does anything. He is sometimes the
consumer that makes work for labor.
The attired business man is the one
I'm interested in. He is the man who
locks upon men to serve in the
League of Neighbors There was new
Ell time in the history of the country
when there was more to be done by
this line of business men than there
4 is today.
This chamber of commerce has
harnessed up to the new game. You
are launching a new organization, q
new program. You will reflect your
power into other cities in the coun-
try.
81 have Travelled around the coun-
try considerably in the last year and
| have sometimes been saddened and
alarmed of what I've heard. | have
often gone home sick at heart with
the atmosphere surcharged with an
unrightful program. have asked the
question, "What. is the cause of this
state of affairs? And | have received
all kinds of answers. 1t is a rare
thing that any man has come back
with a reasonable answer.
at is barely possible that our
boosted democracy of years gone by
has not functioned properly, that the
churches haven't done what they
should and that the schools haven't
functioned as they should function.
We have got to have a League Of
Nations in the future if we are to
have an organization of democracy.
"The strength Of any city or COM
munty is dependent upon one thing.
1t must have unanimity of action. 1t
must have a single concert of idea.
1t must have one thing in common
for which they must fight. You need
pooling of community interests and
then you have League of Neigh
bors.
"First you must recognize the
farmers as business men and second
the farmers should drop in ard say,
yes, here | am, what can ! do to
help your program
"If there ever was manufacturer
or the face of the earth, it is the
farmer. The farmer ought to recog-
nize the business men as essentials.
Production should be kept up. If pro-
duction goes down so per cent, your
business will go down so per cent. If
you increase your production your
business will increase.
"Words of praise should be said TO
the County Farm Bureau which rep
resents all of the best interests of the
city. 1t stands for q League OF
neighbors whose job il is to raise all
possible. The League of Neighbol's
does better than that. 1t believes IN
helping everybody in the county"
M. Benson made particular plea
for new members for the local Cham
Der of Commerce.
Join while the organization
changes from war OF pre-war to an
aftcr-war program" Nj. Benson con-
tinucd.
Speaking of the necessity for edu-
eating the boys and girls in business,
Mr.. Benson said:
as it true that the fathers today
are denying their children the train
ing which was given to themselves?
Parents do not spend enough time
with their children to teach them how
to do things.
"You need a leader to get out III
to the highways and by-ways and en-
courage the boys and girls to earn
their first dollar at home instead o
leaving home to seek q living else
where. Nobody ever became thrifty
from money donated to them. The
homemade dollar did the best work
What an investment of $1,000 for a
good live human leader to help the
boys and girls in the county.
"The first thing this Chamber Of
Commerce should do is to break
down the barrier that keeps the boy
or girl from earning the first dollar
at home. Second, break down the
barrier between yourselves as bust
ness men and the farmers. You can't
live in the chamber or in the home as
you have in the past The future
must be changed.
81 am extremely happy to have had
this invitation to come here to speak
tonight. always take away more
than | give. There are two things |
want to ask you before l close. First,
complete your program and second,
spell out in golden letters the lang
uage of achievement"
President True told Mr., Benson
that if he took away more than be