The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-07-01
Communication

Sometime ago l wrote short ar
t;cle giving my views on the Fourth
of July fireworks and l was agree
ably surprised to ind so many PEG
BILE endorsing what l said. NJ. teie-
phones were kept busy aid l. was
approache on the street by numerous
people.
/ do not want to write OF say ANY
thing 10 hurt anyones Feelings d.
that is not my makeup, but L be-
iieve when you have opinions Oh
public matters to express them. IN
stead OF saving the community
money. on this useless extravaganza
the committee is planning 10 make
it much more elaborate and continue
to play the multimillionaires luxury
game, SO instead of spending 5000 10
$500 l suppose they would spent
that many thousand il they coula
raise the funds.
1 was Dor min this town over hall
q century ago and not with silver
spoon in my mouth either, but nave
fought the whole distance by nara
plugging, but l have always con-
tended that you got less for your
money in fireworks than any othef
amusement.
AS a boy | have worked i'll your
canning houses oyster houses, DoA
factories, printing Offices, stores. sCld
papers on your streets, shlned SHOES
on your corners, helped to extlnSulsL
YOUR fires, played on your base pail
teams, carried water for the e4e-
plants at circus times when water
was scarce and inconVenient anu
have done everything that any other
boy has done that was honorable
AS a school boy l have worked
many a day for 25 cents and lost
day from school not because school
was distasteful to me, but because
nay mother needed the, quarter.
/ have see nour town grown from
a small to a prosperous city ana
have grown with her.
| have watched our lovely girls
srows1o beautiful women and have
loved many OF them and have not
entirely gotten over it YET: .............--
-; MY ree0F I'd VIII prove that prog Tess
.fas been- the watch word With me,
that my views around the financial
table have always been liberal anc
more so with competitor, that l
have always stood. for the best
things in the community.
Now as long as this matter IS go
ing to be forced SO deliberately / am
going to relate few things that the
average citizen has not gwen nuch
thought. We have been promised
gigantic things. the picture has been
painted so beautiful that the rain
bow with all her splendor is nothing
more than a piker in comparison.
+ don't know whether they prom
ised a whole lot of fireworks for the
Fourth of July, but l know we have
been fed with lot OF hot AR eN-
plosives.
Barnum was right when he SAID
a sucker was born every minute, put
l think the number has been greatly
increased in late years.
We have been promised nor2 than
we ever hope to achieve.
There is one thing however that
We were promised and this promise
nateriaIized very promptly and that
vas S3609 per year SECRETARY.
Did you ever stop to think that
there is not bank president or
cashier III our midst drawing this
much salary. and they are cQnposed
of the abIesf. men in our comm unity,
men who. are capable, men who are
industrious, men who are mapping
out the welfare of this community
for you and for me, 365 days year.
Men who have grown up in this COM
nunity and have served us regularly
and faithfully giving the pest that is
in them.
Then why should you be asked to
pay a man $500 a year when some
of the best men we are able 10 pro-
duee with a life long training 60 not
set such a salary.
They tell yol that this celebration
will be free to the community, when
in fact the community is asked to
pay for it. + have. been severely
criticised because | di dnot fall for
a bunch of New Workers. who have
more love Oh interest Iii Cam
than any other town, only to make
money by organizing it,
You hear lot of citizens yelling
that We need more smoke-stacks,
and the same fellows which yell the
foudest were the ones a short time
ago trying TO wreck the few We did
have.
Now d. Goldsborough has done
as much fol- this community as any
man jnsiE Hove him the sanfe as l
would a brother he would make a
good chairman for anything except
freworksJ.
p. Now go ahead and shoot your big
. fre-cTackers, your roman candies