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COLDSBOROUCH MAKES
SPLENDID SUGGESTION

| Would Have All tanDftsiSe bhsIheSA
Elements Represented Al " Coh-
ference With Similar Baltimore
interests. Secretary Or Tho Mer
chants And Manufacturers AsSoci-
alton, Baltimorc, Delivers Spien-
did Address TO Cambridge Mer-
Grants.
Secretary A. 5. GoldsborouSh, OF
/ tho Merchants and Manufacturers
/ Association was the speaker at the
| fourth and concluding dinner OF the
| series given by the Merchants ASso-
citation of the Cambridge Chamber
| of Commerce last night. He made
| a splendid address, delivering real
message to his hearers, but unfor
tunately there were very few mer-
! chants present.
Mr.. James w. McCready, chairman
of the Merchants Association pre-
| sided and introduced Mr.. P. Watson
Webb as the postmaster for tie oc-
casion. In introducing the speaker
! the postmaster stated that ne
! thought it was fitting time to BRING
| to the attention of an official OF the
| business mems organization OF Baltl-
| more the situation existing between
| this portion of the Eastern Shore and
! the metropolis Of the State. lie
| stated that the farmers found that
| other markets offered better prices
| for their products than Baltimore;
| that the farmer shipping to some
! commission men IN Baltimore found
| that the commission man was also
| wholesale dealer and sold the pro-
| duce to himself as such; that the re-
turns received We're frequently below
| the market price of the day. settle
ment being made sometimes Oil "a
fictitious sale and sometimes on fic-
| titious market price. Dorchester
county farmers know Of many in
stances of this kind of work in fact. !
upon some occasions they have fol- |
lowed THEN produce to 1larket. lave
sought 10 buy from the commission
men and been quoted from 5o"2 to |
1000 more than those upon which |
the commission man made his re-
turns.
MI. GoldsboroEgh IN responding |
stated that he believed these condi- |
tions could be rectified and that |
those guilty of such practices could |
be made to reform or get out OF
business and that acting upon be- |
half OF the Merchants and Manu- |
facturers' Association OF Baltimore
be would be glad to have COM
mittee from Cambridge, to be COM |
posed OF representative men repre-
sentine the different branches OF in |
dustry, such as farmers, merchants
manufacturers, cic.. meet similar
committee from the organizations
with which he is connected and that
he believed such a meeting would
ia productive of mutually beneficial
results.
Mr.. GOldSbOrOugh spoke last night
upon the individual Responsibility
OF the Citizens TO the Community
and il was said by all of those VINO
had heard the addresses that it was
decidedly the best one that has been
delivered here since the organization
of the Cambridge Chamber OF Com
MERGE He claimed that the citizen
received from the community as he
put into it and that the class OF peo-
| ple who want to draw benefits from
community without having pre-
Yiously contributed 10 its welfare and
| its upbuilding are selfish, narrow and
! a detriment to the we'll being Of that
| community.
The responsibility of the business
| man cannot be delegated; the man
| who attempts to get someone else 10
! perform his part of community WORK
| admits that he is either incapable OF
| doing so or is not willing to. and In
| either event he is not entitled TO
| share in the prosperity and well be-
| ing that others have brought about.
| The man who is so engrossed in ms
| own business that he has not time
| to help with community problems
| admits that he is selfish and greedy
! and that he has no use for the COM
munity except in so far as he is able
| to take advantage of it for his own
personal gain The man who never
has time to attend meetings. who Is
| so tired after his days work that he
| cannot get out for short time, VINO
| has business meeting on hand and
| who always has bunch of excuses
| to offer. might just as well come
| right on and admit hat he is
| thoroughly selfish, that he is not
! willing to assume his share OF COM
munity responsibility, then he would
| neither mislead himself nor attempt
! to deceive others-he could be placed
| in the class of those who seek only
| selfish. narrow, personal profit and
| gain in this life and are willing to
| chance to buy their way into the next
world.
| The dinner was prepared by
| Messrs Herbert f. Keene & Co. The
| menu:
Fruit Cocktail. French Dressing,
Saltines, Fricassee Of Chicken New
| Potatoes Persilled, String Beans Au-
| Buerre, New Beet Salad, Pocket
| Rolls, Pineapple Sherbet, Lady Fin
| gers. Sailed Nuts, Coffee.