The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-13
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Urges Civic Unity.
Mr.. Simmons made strong plea for
civic unity. He urged the people of
the city to seek to aid the common
council rather than sit back as carping
critics. "We must have no north, no
south, no east and no west he de-
clared, 'but one united city, ready to
modify our form of criticism and make
it constructive criticism which leads
into cooperation
Mr.. Simmons declared that Kenosha
was the one city he knew in wkich the
people were 1000 workers. He de-
clared that there was no coupon-cut
/ ting class in Kenosha, sitting idly by,
| but that every man and woman and
| child was worker He made COM
parison between Madison and Kenosha
and declared that Madison with moth
| ing to recommend it but Bob LaFol-
lette's capitol building and 1900
noisy, crazy students was showing
greater faith in itself than Kenosha.
Mr.. Simmons paid tribute to the
American Brass company and the work
of its Kenosha plant and declared that
about this great supply plant should
be located ten or dozen great fac
tories making brass goods
! No Cloud on Horizon.
/ II can't see anything but brilliant
future for this town." he declared.
4 eve are going to have big problems,
but Kenosha has thrived on big prob
| lens and when the time comes, we are
going to meet and solve those prob
lens Of the future just as we have
solved other problems in the past.
There is no doubt but that Kenosha
| can have all the industries it wants.
The only question is for Kenosha to
be able to take care of them and to
provide for the people which come
with them. This means the providing
of schools and playgrounds--yes and
| churches. l want to take issue with
the mayor on the question of play
grounds. We are not giving the kids
of the city fair deal. They must
have place to play. The police chase
the kids off the sidewalks into the
street, and the automobiles chase them
off the streets back onto the sidewalks,
and between the two, they force the
! kids to learn the wrong way to go.
The development Of these children is
one of the big problems Of the city
and the biggest problem in that de-
velopment is to give them place to
play. Play means the building of boys
and girls in the right way and the
building Of them into the right kind
of men and women"
Story of Great Industries.
The men and women at the meeting
heard a wonderful story of the devel-
! opment of Kenosha as an industrial
center. Half a score of men intimately
connected with great industries Of the
city told in detail the story of the
development of these industries and
the manner in which products were
made and where and how they were
marketed.
George S. Whyte, president of the
club and president of the MacWhyte
| company, presided at the meeting. In
introducing the topics for the evening,
he declared that Kenosha was on its
way to be city Of quarter of
million people and that the great in
dustries of the city were ready to do
their part in bringing this result.
Frost Is First Speaker.
Walter j. Frost president Of the
Frost Manufacturing company, was the
first speaker for the evening He told
especially of the work of the Frost
company, giving intimate details of a
business which has grown to great
proportions in short time. He de-
clared that the business of the COM
pany was hooked up closely with the
building trades and that he could see
/ but one thing for the future and that
was a busy season. when we know
that in 1919 there were only 10000
houses built in the nation and that
| 100000 couples set up housekeeping,
we get some idea of just how this
nation is underhoused. Then add to
this the fact that only 5000 900 Of the
! 25,000,000 homes in the nation have
sanitary plumbing and you can grasp
something of the great opening that
there is coming for the products of the
| Frost company" Mr. Frost declared
that he expected a marked improve
ment in business in the next thirty
days and that by the middle of April
there would be very great change
for the better in the business world.
Chester Tells of Leather.
John I. Chester, new vice-president
of the N. R. Aliens Sons company, told
of the great business which had been
developed in leather from Kenosha.
In brief talk, he told Of the processes
of making leather, putting touch Of
| interest into every operation and illu-
strating the various methods of tan
ming by showing completed products
of the watts. He spoke of the loss of
the big leather companies in convert
ing the great hides into finished leath-
err. He told of the contribution the
Kenosha tannery had made to the war
demands of the nation and took a par
donable pride in the fact that Kenosha
had furnished more leather products
for the war than any city Of the ma
ton with the exception of Philadel-
phia. More than 100000 pounds Of
leather went from Kenosha to furnish
harness, saddles, man-harness and gun
sings for the army fighting abroad.
Automobile Outlook Bright.
James T. Wilson BROUGHT a MESSAGE