The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-07-14
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Cooperation Essential if
Progress it to be Made;
Declaration of Speaker
At kiwanis Meeting.

Tell the world with big sign on
Main street, caldwell, 5000
and in small letters,
in 1880 was the central theme of an
address of optimism, community or
sanization and effort given by George
Blackstone Erwin, representative of
the Chicago Retail Merchants bureau
at the Kiwanis luncheon Thursday
when 100 Caldwell business men we're
guests of the local club.
Tell the world what you are and
what you hope to be and the world,
will make your town just
that was the central idea CT all adj
dress that for frank discussion of COM
munity achievements and things that
the community should undertake has
probably never been rivalled in Cald-
well.
The new idea in American business,
that of community building in prefer
ence to absolute and undivided atten-
ton to individual affairs was empha-
sized by the speaker and marking the
dawn of new era. Kiwanis and
other similar civic organizations are
aiding the development of that idea,
the speaker declared. He suggested
that the Commercial clubs, the hub of
community effort, adopt the fellow
ship and high lights of organization
and operating plans of these subsidiary
clubs to make the central Commercial
clubs greater power for community
development than they are now. Take
the best of everything that has been
tried" is the keynote of his advice to
Commercial clubs. .
Selling America to Americans is
one of the vital necessities of the day,
declared Mr.. Erwin. Perhaps, he sug-
gested, this lesson might be brought
home to every Doubling Thomas could
he but spend short time in Russia or
Germany. For, he declared, America
faces future more respondent than
her glorious past.
Il came west because l learned that
a Chicago saw manufacturing COM
pany couldn't fill orders for saws for
the west" Mr.. Erwin explained Il
want to tell you that this thing means
years of prosperity for the great North
west. We are far behind on our build
ing program and years will be neces-
sary before we can spend the fifteen to
thirty billions of dollars that must and
will be spent for building in the United
States to meet demands of today. The
Chicago Tribune, offering 100000
prizes for plans for the building beau
tiful and pdedging to build the structuc
without regard to cost, is simply ex-
pressing the central thought of the
future of building in America"
High compliments were paid the
College of Idaho and the community
interest that made it possible. Any in
stitution, the speaker declared, which
will keep girls and boys with parents
for four years longer than might other
wise happen. is worth digging deem in
to pocket to support, he declared. And
such an institution, he pointed out,
brings business to the community and
insures for Caldwell the certainty Of
a clean and healthful residence city
Himself an organizer of Commercial
clubs and other community organiza-
tons, and an ordained Methodist mn
lister, Mr.. Erwin predicted that church,
es would be cooperating loyalty with
in few years. They have got to-"
he declared.
I'm so years expect to see Roman
Catholics and Protestants working
hand in hand, cooperating for COM
mon ideals" he stated. Il have work.
ed with vets and drys for a common
interest and l know that churches can
and will get together" In concluding
his brief summary on church co-opera-
ton, the speaker paid a tribute to
Catholic operated hospitals.
Farmers will yet teach America
the lesson of organization" the speak
er concluded. I'm Kansas recently
man told me that farmers two years
ago afforded the finest negative ex-
ample of the value of organization
when prices went to pieces and farm
ers had no way of combating it. But
the farm bureau and memberships paid
years in advance, real organizations if
you will, certainly will change this
state of affairs. Farmers, too, are
learning the necessity of organization,
' eo.operative effort"