Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-12-01

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Brighton Cafe where a delicious din
ner was served to the members and
the guests of honor of the evening
These latter included the leading
realtors of Atlantic City and Ocean
City.
Following the dinner, a roast
chicken repast, John Kay, Jr., acted
as chairman for the evening and out
lined what had transpired at the first
meeting of this Board, at which pre-
liminary organization was effected,
He then introduced Clayton Haines
Brick, president of the Ocean City
Realty Board, and Governor of Cape
May County in the Realty Board of
New Jersey. Mr.. Brick responded and
gave a very interesting talk wherein
he told the reason for the forming OF a
Realty Board. He stated that the for
nation was done not to raise prices
and rents, not to gouge the public,
but to bring about cooperation He
told of the days in Ocean City before
the formation of the Board, when he
would not trust his rival in his W
office unless he was there to watch
it. He then told of how things were
today and how the Board had brought
these rivals into a feeling of partner
ship. He went on to say, Nov is the
time to form your Board. Skeptics
will laugh at you and then later these
kickers and the new crowd will be on
the outside knocking to get in. And
if the new man il the right kind he
will not only ask to come in but he
will be taken in by the Board. The
Board will make business a pleasure.
In fact it is more than a business
today. 1t has almost become a pro-
fession." Here Mr.. Brick went on to
tell how the homeopathic doctor had
once been ridiculed and how today he
was accepted and acknowledged. He
cited other instances and then said:
Real estate agents five years from to-
night will be no more. They VIII
either be out of business or else they
will be Realtors" Mr.. Brick spoke OF
the other speakers and praised the
Real Estate Board at Trenton, which
acts as the bulldog of the business
throughout the state. He then said:
"Get your Board started, get incorpo-
rated. make your application to the
National organization and do it all in
"a hours if possible" He referred to
the admission and membership
charges and said: when the Ocean
CITY Board was first formed we
charged $25 admission fee and $25
membership. Our present admission
fee is $500 and u membership fee is
$685." Mr.. Brick now rested in honor
of William Emley, of Atlantic City,
who, he explained, had an engagement
atsmidnight and had to be back for It,
Mr.. Brick then said, Il can't see what
aayone can do in Atlantic City at mid
night" and this remark brought forth
a hearty laugh from everyone, includ-
ing Mr.. Emley. Chairman Kay now
introduced Mr.. Emley, who is the
president of the Atlantic City Board,
also vice president of the Real Estate
League of New Jersey. Mr.. Emley
said: 81 have attended many forma-
tons of real estate boards, Of which
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all former occasions l have found that
speech making was out of order.
Speeches seem to go over the heads
of the guests and l believe that man
to-man talks are better. They are OF
benefit to the Board. Ocean City did
this at their formation meeting, and
Mr.. Brick has told you a few things
about the Ocean City Board of today.
I don't propose to stand here posing
in the role of a professor or an in
structor. L have lots to learn. l am
glad to talk to you and tell you what
I do know, however. I am not going
to say half as much as Brick said I
would. This generation has brought
out cooperation. In the past, M
person did not trust another and had
to protect his own interests lone.
Now every business is organized.
Why? Because it brings out cooper
alton and a lettering of the business.
1t is an Anselfsh way of attaining a
selfish motive. 1 cannot predict the
benefits accruing to Wildwood three or
six months after the founding of your
Board. l have only to bear witness
on the advantages resulting in At
lantic City. These advantages / am
going to leave to my colleagues to
tell you" Mr.. Emley spoke of an act
on the statutes of the state wherein
an agent can collect a fee on a sale
without having a contract signed. He
said that the state board had made
this legal and stated that the Board
now had other acts before the legis-
lature that will make the business
into a profession. He also spoke of
the National Board, their activities
and the compliment paid them by
Secretary Hoover at Washington re-
Gently. ut is hard to imagine a city
with several men in the business who
lack business ability enough not to
see the benefits accruing from a Real
Estate Board" said he. He then told
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