The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-09
REAL CIVIC RALLY
TOpekans Enthusiastic Over;the
City's Possibilities.
Rev. Kahn, C. p. Adams and s.
E. Cobb Were Speakers.


What kind of a city do the citizens
of Topeka want their city to be?
That was the question that was ems
phasized at the big civic rally held
last evening at the Chamber OF Com
merce in connection with the re-or-
zanization movemena of the Chamber.
That question was the theme Of every
speaker. cit was driven home and
eIinched by the last speaker, the Rev.
NJ Kahn, the little fighting rector
from Hutchinson. as one of his hear
ers called him. He called his talk,
"A Tale of Three Cities" What he
said last night was the talk this morn
ing of those who heard him. 1t has
been termed the best speech ever
made at the Chamber of Commerce.
%. B. Cutler. the chairman of the
executive committee of the movement,
presided and introduced the three
speakers of the evening, Charles z.
Adams, S. E. Cobb and the Rev. Mr..
Kahn.
Mr.. Adams urged the promotion of
industrial peace based upon the give
and take and the conciliatoe-y attitude
of both builder and workmen as a
prerequisite to the construction of the
many houses and other buildings
which he said Topeka greatly needed.
The suggestion of Mr.. Cobb that the
cooperative spirit rule in all things
won a round of applause when he
said that among Topeka's needs were:
Bankers who will be willing to help
new industries to come to Topeka
whether the industry places its ac-
counts with their own bank or with
their competitors and merchants
willing to build up Topeka's trade
whether the trade goes to themselves
or to other merchants" The Cham
her of Commerce. he saidA was the
meeting place of all to work for the
good of all
Tale of Three Citics.''
The three cities which furnished the
text for Mr.. Kain's prescription for a
better city were the town that MINI
rod built en- the banks of the enrich
ing Euphrates thousands of years ago
in WHICH each man built for himself;
its successor. the mighty Babylon,
erected on the site of the ruins of
Nimrod's town to the order and for
the glory of one man. Nebuc4ladnezar
and Jerusalem, which was rebuilt I'M
der the leadership of Nehemiah thru
the cooperative effort of all, for the
welfare of all. The first two cities
he pointed out, paid the penalty of
their two types of selfish interest and
were destroyed.
The study of the needs of a city
and the acting together of the citi-
zens were the best assurance for the
future of a city, he emphasized.
Only as men strive to make the most
of their own environment for the
benefit of themselves and of their
community, can a city grow to the
best advantage BY looking about at
home In search of the things most de-
sired is the goal aimed at most fire.
quently attained. So each city should
seek to utilize THE qualities which
are a part of its citizenship for the
welfare OF the city as a whole. It
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sources and make itself a more at
tractive place in which to live and to
work and to do business. This way
lios the assurance of the future of To-
peka, or any other city 1t can be
best done thru a Chamber of Com
The Modoc quartet sang several
lively and catchy skits and I. E. Henry
led the audience in the singing of a
number of songs, some of which had
been written for the occasion.
The meeting gave a great impetus
to the reorganization movement of the
chamber.
Organization Is Complete.
The organization for the conduct of
tie reorganization movement of the
Chamber of Commerce has been COM
Dieted. The executive committee thru
it's committee on committees. COM
posed of A. d. Gray chairman, F. A.
Derby and George w. Stansfield, has
named committees on bylaws, pub
licity. civic dinner. civic rally, listing
and quota.
The members of the bylaws COM
mittee are George p. McEntire, chair
man. Roy L. Bone and Ernest H.
>Hogueland. The quota committee is
made up of E. f. Strain. chairman, w.
O. Anderson. S. E. Cobb. E. H. Crosby
and Horace L. Hall. The civic dinner
committee is composed Of William
HorleY, chairman, I. E. Henry, G. L.
Hooper. e. V. King and L. C. Rain.
The chairman of the publicity COM
mittee is A. p. McKown and the other
members are c. B. Crosby, W. B.
Flowers, Howard Johnston and Paul
T. Morgan. The listing committee,
which has to do with the prospect list,
is headed by ]. E. Greist, as chairman.
The other members are S. L. Court
ney, r. c. Ellis. 2. A. Fairbanks, Ferd
J. Funk, +. c. Gibbs. John Hersh. Lee
roy Powell, Milton Tabor and A. X.
Van Hook