The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-25

kiwanis club. unmasked "A battery OF
heavy calibre speakers at the noon !
day luncheon of the club today and
the salvos of eloquence, logic. wit and
sound advice which they turned loose
upon the members of the organiza-
ton were greeted time and again with
thunderous applause.
The chief speaker Of the day was
Foster s. Minis, general sales manager
OF the American Bank Note Company
of Chicago, and others who spoke
were Charles w. Stratton, president
of the kiwanis club of st. Joseph.
! Mich, and F. w. Clark manager OF
Ormond Terrace.
Introducing Mr.. Minis. President
Fitzgerald said he knew many good
things about him and the worst that
could be said of him is that he is
son-in-law OF John Reilly.
| Mr.. Minis first touched briefly on
/ the election held yesterday in which
the city manager form Of government
was approved for Daytona.
'The commission manager form OF
/ government is all very WELL. said Mr..
| Minis. but you will find it will be no
better than any other kind Of city gov
eminent unless you men Of this club
get behind it and take an interest in
the kind Of men you have for com
missioners. You've got to understand
that at the outset, and il you want
your new city government to succeed
you've got to take an active interest
and not leave it to somebody else.
Within the last five months have
been all over this country. from New
York to Chicago and California and
then back to Chicago and down here,
and want to tell you they've got the
greatest bunch Of wind TANNERS in
California that | ever saw anywhere.
They talk all the time about what
they've got out there, but as far as
I'm concerned I'd rather have that
stretch of land that lies between Or
mond and New Smyrna than to have
the whole state of California You've
got a wonderful opportunity here If
you men of the kiwanis CLUB Will just
get behind it.
There's one thing you need to do
and that is to brand these lies they
are telling about Florida. When |
started down here a man said to me
What do you want to go to Florida
for2 | thought they took all the
money you had in California He
said I'd be robbed down here OF what
ever had left.
Il told him that was no such thing
that the people in Florida are not
robbing anybody, but that's the report
they are spreading about you and you
want to get it stopped.
You have very beautiful city and
find your store fronts are very we'll
kept and look very attractive. but Eve
seen one or two here that caused me
| to think that IL | were "A member of
| Il u
the ku kiux do some time and 4
whisper tn that storekcePer that he Ct
better clean up little bit
You want to get rid of the spirit
of pessimism that you'll find breaking
out now and then | walked INTO one
place and the man was so pessinistit:
in his talk about conditions in geQ-
eral that felt like ought to go right
to Chicago and go to work without
losing any more time.
I'D put quarantine sigu on the
door ~ that mans place. Yon know
quarantine sign means danger am,
that's what that sign on his door
would mean And if he didn't stop
spreading pessimism I'll slip on a
white cap and long white robe and
tell him he'd better get out of town.
Lots of people over the country
are wondering what the matter with
business The trouble with business
in America today is that the war made
us all crazy about money. There IS
too much Of that get business going
on today. We are so crazy for money
that We neglect our children. our
churches and the interests of the com
munity The kids are fiivyering their
time away and jazzing their brains
down into their feet and the Lord
only knows whether there II he enough
Of them in the next generation with
sense enough to handle the husiress
that Will be passed on to them.
The boys Of the country are heing
neglected and We must take a greater
interest in them and keep III closer
touch with them il they are to make
anything out of themselves
There is one thing I wish 10 say
10 yOu men before | close and that is
that # you here in lIaytona Wish to get
tac best that there IS out Of life YOU
want to pay closer attention to your
churches | am not a preacher am
lust a plain bank note man who Is
trying To steal all he can from the