Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-19
GET TOGETHER
To BOOST CITY
Merchants and Manufacturers
will Cooperate Here \.
TO PUSH SHOPPING DRIVE
Buy Here Drive Assured Of
Success as Aid is Pledged
by All Concerned


dinner held last night in the Elks
Clnb by the Chamber Of Commerce
was one of the greatest cooperative
events ever seen in the city and
d, showed that the manufacturers are
backing the local merchants to the
limit The dinner was known as a
get-together affair, but it turned out
to be just one surprise after another.
AS a result of the meeting the sew
eny-eight men present were drawn
closer together than ever before and;
a better understanding exists be-
tween the manufacturers and mer-
chants of this city today than here
tofore.
Following a dinner President 1. T.
Madsen of the Chamber of Commerce
opened the speechmaking. &here
were no out-of-town speakers pres
ent, the addresses being made by
local merchants and manufacturers.
Those called upon by the president
in the order named were: Fred A.
Briggs, chairman of the merchants
bureau of the Chamber of Com
merce; Jean Dubois, vice president
of the Chamber of Commerce and
factory manager of the Roessler S
Hasslacher Chemical Company; AL
bert Leon, furniture dealer; Frank /.
Antisell, superintendent of the Rari-
tan Copper Works; Mayor Frank
Dorsey; ID. p. Olmstead, of the
EVENING NEWS; Isaac Alpern,
president of the Perth Amboy Trust
merchant; William Il. Bawden, for
mer pastor of the First Baptist
church but now connected with the
Inter Church World Movement.
President Madsen opened the
speechmaking by telling of the work
mapped out by the Chamber of Com
merce for the year 1920, namely:
Buy in Perth Amboy campaign,
housing, city plan, and deeper water
ways, including the canal. The
chamber" said the president, has
now started to work out one of these
four big undertakings for the year.
the Buy in Perth Amboy campaign
The committee has been working
for months getting the plans of the
campaign working. TT is the biggest
proposition ever undertaken here"
said the president.
Fred A. Briggs chairman of the
merchants committee in charge of the
campaign then went into details con-
cerning the campaign and explained
it to the merchants and manufacturers
present.
Next Friday the opening gun will
be fred" said Mr.. BRIGGS, "for then
the advertising of the campaign for
the month of March will be started"
He told of the adopting of the Jersey
City plan for the campaign here and
how this plan works out and then
read list of the names of merchants
who have signed up to take part in
the campaign. The campaign will be
advertised in newspapers, bill boards,
movie slides, trolley cars, buses. and
In every conceivable way.
Special sales will be held by the mer-
chants during .he month of the cam
paign, among these being the five per
w
wearing tag visiting store taking
part in the campaign, is entitled to
five per cent discount on all pur-
chases made. A booklet telling why
people should buy here is to be dis
tributed in certain grades of the public
school and also a circular containing
the ads of every merchant In the cam
paign is to be distributed not only in
this city but throughout the outlaying
districts.
In closing his remarks Mr.. Briggs
asked that the manufacturers coop
erete with the merchants in the cam
pain.
The next speaker was Jean Dubois.
Mr.. Dubois said the main thing was
to make Perth Amboy a better place
to live in and he was glad to see the
merchants bureau start the ball roll
ing. 1.-THE manufacturers have been
asked to aid the merchants in the
campaign" said Mr.. Dubois. land
they are willing to advertise the cam
paign in their plants but they feel
as IL they should do more for the cam
paign as 1t ie great work and means
big cost to the merchants bureau"
He then said that the manufacturers
would subscribe $1,000 towards the
running of the campaign as their do
nation.
President Madsen at this time said
that the merchants had planned to
spend $4,000 In the campaign, but
with the $1,000 additional from the
manufacturers they would have So
500 with which to advertise the city.
when a spirit as shown by the man
ufacturers exists. 1t means progress" Z"
said the president.
The next speaker was Albert Leon.
He spoke of the splendid vindication
the Chamber of Commerce was re-
ceiving at the dinner and said 'The
Chamber of Commerce needs no out
side assistance to bring a thing 10 a
success" He spoke briefly on the CO.
operation Of the manufacturers and
MERCHANTS and said that both need
the other to make a city successful
In this campaign Mr.. Leon pointed
out that the merchants were not only
looking for bigger receipts, but for
new friends. These can be obtained
by the help of the manufacturers
He urged that all of the 400 business
men of the city Join In the campaign
and do their part to make 1t success
full. He spoke of the present housing
conditions and as chairman of the
housing committee of the Chamber of
Commerce, told how hard that com
nlittee is working to find a plan to
overcome the housing conditions
here. He pointed out that this will
take great deal of money and the
committee wants the co-operatioR%o
every one In the city. Turn your
hammer into booster club to fur
ther the happiness of Perth Amboy
and it's people," said Mr.. Leon in
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