Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-03-23
RICHMOND GETS
APRIL CONVENTION
0f Chamber of Commerce Execu'
tives and Sends Largest Dele
cation To Lexington

Richmond won thc next meet
mg of the Chambers uf Com
'crcC organization cNCCutiYc> tu'
lril az thy meeting in l-CNingtr
"Wednesday afternoon. GcurCc
Down sought the April meeting
hui Richmuud's argument that
such a gathering here at time
when TIE lu,al commercial organ
5iaiion r. Tu>t gcitinC un 81 icct
met with support irou thc gath
ctng and Gcorgctuuu GRACEFUL,
withdrew in favor ui RsCiwoud
iur the Afril meeting.
Richmond had The huuor ai>u oi
having jhc largest attendance alta
the meeting et any uut-oi-iouu
city. tbu~c Who went over f-cm
: fcrc a. dclcgair> irom the tlam-
hcr .i Commerce. lcmr. Frc>i-
dcut-H. q. Turley. William O'NCii.
Sccrciar, Lewi> "a Duui,ar. 7.
" Hamilton. iiumcr n. tarpru-
ter. L. 81 Rowland. Il. J Nc
kcc. loisu N. Arro'i aui =. d.
SauiicR.
M hsd "a delightful iiuc and
iuuud tins gathering uf hu>iliug
hu>iue>> tncn irum Eiuc Grass
TWINS "a most inspiring ouc. usbcr
citic> represented lC>-lc> lcNiul
a 'u and Richaoui were George
ioWu. Paris. nau,5ilc. Lancaster.
Cyutlliana. Falmouih. Owing
vile.
The feature ui ihc -, gram
vas au adirr>> Is Iuoiu- NILSSON.
ii Cbicagl. uu Commercial OR
.snization- iu kcntuck,.
\ maa'~ interest iu hi- Jil1m-
Ter ui Commerce. >aif AR. VII
~uu. cau ',c based ciihcr sr ar arp
peal e. i5- yuol citizenship ur Goo /
h,> economic sense. s uau can
also l,c interested iu li, Charm
hcr ui Commerce hy au appeal q.
III enlightened scif~hur~~. when
liC lccuusc> convinced iha; Meth
cr hc or hi> TOWN cam c>i~t with /
uui the other.
All Jhc saigic> uth which mru
deal are made uui Of o- hccau>c /
II the character 81 ihc CITY. Auu !
might ask ulc. said AIR. Nilsson. /
what interest ]. from Chicago. |
Save in kcuiucky. My iutcrC>; i
IN Kentucky j. i,a>ci uuun the
theory tia; u kcuiucky Is rro~-
.l'c-ou> THAI prosperity reacts uu /
gcry either state in Amcrica. Tu-
ia, Wc are So hr0uui; tugc;hcr /
hN railroads. automobile. tclc- Z
graph line. etc. that uo mcmi'cr 1
oi the human iamiit can suffer
without all ui IT. bearing "A share /
vi the burden.
Ii kcntu-ky towns want ~uC-
cc>>iui Chambers oi Commerce. I
they must develop "a clean-cu, /
program oi work. Such q pru-
grain must ic io,nicd u1un q /
community realization that IT,
values are ha>cd uron n willing /
mes 81 mCn io do new tlUug>. Ev-l
cry time vou iind a man or a,
town which rciusc> to change you
find a man ur q town which >im- 4
ply caunu1 grow.
Real estate value - the kcv tui
nearly every other community
value "a i largely thru The e.
iurt> oi the individual ur the ac-
tivitic> % commercial bodies that
real estate value, are regular. All,
81 the larger towns IN kcuiuckvi
combined iu The last ten wears iu-i
creased population about 10000. 4
one CITY IN Virginia alone greu /.
that much. The normal growth B
% the population of the United
States j. about twenty per cent 4,
every ten wears Every city.
should strive to get IL share oi
tins normal growth. Human be
ings. like wafer. tend 10 flow
along established channels. I'M
Connecticut CITY growth l. forty
times larger than is in keniu-
XIV. How much would il bc Wori'l
10 Central Kentucky towns IL,
;hcv could alter somewhat these
established channels: II the
cities of Kentucky during the
next ten wears could claim their
lust proportion Of the normal in
crease of the nation. il would
enormously increase their real e.
tate values.