Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-09-03
"PEP" SUGGESTIONS

Your editorial OF last week on pep
that Ladysmith requires deserves con
SiGeration by every good citizen OF the
city. and the writer is willing to take
some criticism in committing himself
as to what he thinks is wrong or
should be done. The habit of passing
the buck has got hold of everyone.
Furthermore, when some capable feI-
low starts something, jealousy creeps
in. Too many business men have been
disc outraged in the past because some
connection was afraid Of his own in
tcreSts. or group of other business
men did not do their share in the
work 1t has become a hal bit i'll Lady
smith of finding il easier to knock than
to boost. and when the knocking was
justified it was not done along reason
able or intelligent lines. If you don't
like the manner in which the council
is acting on matter go to the council
or write them a letter instead of talk
ing about it on the street corner.
When you keep away from them
they are put to Il disadvantage by not
getting your ideas nor do you get
theirs and their reason for doing GER
tain things.
There is undoubtedly a lot of harm
done by an evident misunderstanding
between the Catholic and Professionals
of the city and whenever a public
project comes up, one accuses the
other of certain things. and there
ought to be some one in Ladysmith big
enough to partly straighten the matter
out
You hear of clamoring for more
industries for Ladysmith and that
something should be done to get more
of them here, etc. In the first place,
it is the duty of the council or the
Chamber of Commerce to get i'll touch
with the company owning the Big
Falls proposition and get them to def
nitely commit themselves through the
local press what their intentions are
Then small committee should work
with the council and get hold Of that
class of local tinanciers who spend
their surplus money on outside fake
or miSmanaged concerns, and get them
TO invest their money locally. For in
stance. we are in the center of Il dairy
region. and why can't we have one Of
the largest ice cream factories i'll the
state. There are two or three small
wood working partnerships III the city.
each employing two or three men, and
I feel that they are not larger because
of Il lack of capital. The majority OF
all large manufacturing institutions
started with few men. so why not
encourage our own small Industries and
build them up instead Of diyerting all
of our attention to some prospect miles
away.
We must appreciate and feel proud
Of some of the good things we have in
our community. You will notice that
the homes are in better condition than
the average. You do not see so many
tar-papered ShackS. stove pipes nor
mpainted houses as you do in other
neighbOring cities. / think the schools
are above the average and remember,
that a member of the school board has
10 please every one of 30 teachers, 500
students and 1900 parents all at the
same time.
The Chamber of Commerce is a fine
thing theoretically, but practically 1t
is not. merely because it has the
passing the buck habit also and be-
cause the bull hasn't been taken by
the horns" When a bunch OF men get
together for the purpose OF working
out something for the city'S benefit, and
committees are appointed, politics, re-
ligion, etc, should be forgotten, but
the most capable be appointed, and in
order to enforce interest and regular
attendance these committeeman should
he willing to agree among themselves
that they would be fined So OF $40 foi
every meeting they did not attend. L
know this would work, because | have
been party to such a proposition
elsewhere.
AS to our merchants, lawyers, doc
tors. preachers. etc. when you shake
them all together you will find them
Above the average. so we ought to feel
| that Ladysmith has exceptional ma
tcr;al to work on toward the develop"
ment of more pep.
AS to the manufacturers, | am one
myself. so you will have to draw your
own conclusions but in justice TO the
others | known them. so we'll that
feel they are always ready to help La
dysmith even if they have to put up
with more grief than the public real
| ICES and consequently are often-timeS
, misunderstood.
Now | have given a few suggestions
and will expect others to write the
| News Budget and add some more, aad
| out of the accumulation we might 1lhd
| one or two ideas worth trying.
HARRY BAILOU.