Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-04
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NOW FOR PERTH ANfBOY.

sboy. At least, It will be some time
before another such opportunity pre-
isents itself to really do something
sworth while for the city. The re-
organization campaign that Is to put
the Chamber of Commerce on its
feet starts today.
Every city needs flourishing civic
organization such as q Board of
Trade or Chamber of Commerce by
means of which the citizenry can
unite in working for the COM
munity.
We have our Board of Aldermen
and other municipal bodies elected
by the people to handle public af-
fairs and, of course, O great deal de-
pends upon them. but SO often we
hear that the public officials want to
know public sentiment before they
act. Through the Chamber of Com
merce this public sentiment can be
crystallized. 1t is an organization Of
citizens to back the city officials in
advancing the interests of Perth
Amboy.
Every city that hopes to succeed
these days must have some such or
xanization as a Chamber of Com
merce. There is keen competition
between municipalities and the one
that can present the best argument
wins. To have a high class man al
ways on the job whose sole duty 1t
IL to talk Perth Amboy anywhere.
any time. is one of the prime re-
quisites. We have the facilities here
for the making of a great city. We
have the natural advantages that are
70 essential. We need to present
these things to the world in con-
vincing manner. There Is no or
ganization that can do it so well as
q Chamber of Commerce.
We have had Boards of Trade and
Chambers of Commerce before, to
be sure. They have done good work,
too. But mistakes have been made.
The handicaps seem to be too great
for further progress under the old
regime. The old Chamber of Com
merce had, apparently, lost its grip
on the people. 1t was not function
ing as 1t should. 1t was not having
the support that such an organiza-
ton must have to succeed.
But. the city is not standing still.
1t will go backward or forward. To
keep it going forward we must be
organized for the purpose. This is
the age Of the expert and we must
have an expert in municipal progress
IL we are to go ahead with the pro-
cession. To that end, therefore. the
American City Bureau was engaged
to reorganize the Chamber of Com
merce along the most approved lines.
II has made a success in this line of
work in many places and there is no
reason why it should not succeed in
Perth Amboy.
But the American City Bureau
annot do it all. There must be CO.
peration on the part of the people
II this city. After all. the future of
Perth Amboy will be just what we.
the citizens of the city, make it.
Our trouble in the past has been
the petty quarrels and personal dis
likes that have been allowed to take
precedent over our desire to work
Tor Perth Amboy as whole. We can
not all think alike and we cannot all
act alike, but we can all get to-
ketber, thresh out the local prob
lens, and stand by the majority in
rorking for the city. We can select
ir own leaders and then stand
Y lal behind them just as We stand
AItL Il to the government although
me men elected may not be the men
Of our choice.
Perth Amboy needs cooperative
spirit. 1t needs unity OF action.
We have any quantity of local pride
when outsiders are inclined to
'7faock" Perth Amboy. but when it