Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-17
Former Congressman
Campbell Says City
Should be Port
SHOULD BROADEN
Quarterly Meeting of
Chamber of Commerce
Largely Attended =
Musical Program Given.

The opportunities for the build
ing up of a great business ana
residential city here were told by
former Representative P. P. Camp
bell in an address delivered at the
quarterly meeting of the cham
ber of commerce last night which
was attended by several hundred
members and their friends.
The speaker said the water
transportation here should make
Alexandria good port. The
outward and incoming flow of
business from beyond the seas
should be said be landed here
and there is no reason why it
should not.
Continuing, Mr.. Campbell said:
"The country should know cities
don't grow; they are built and it|
takes organizations like this, OF
business men, who determine to
build a city, Advertise what you
have; organize and build. There
is no reason why there should.
not be city extending from
here to Arlington. Virginia is
one of the most interesting states
in the union from historic stand
point. 1t only needs an organiza-
tion of this kind to bring it to
the attention of the country. |
shall be only too glad to cooper
ate in any way possible"
Mr.. Campbell told of the great
opportunities in this country for
creating wealth. The constitution
he said, had inspired the people
and the result is that in the last
century and a half it has brought
out the best, producing such men
as Bell, Edison, Rockefeller, Car
negie. Ford and others who have
created wealth.
The speaker deplored the fact
that many people bray at the
wealth of the big men OF the
country. These men, however, ne
asserted have created billions or
wealth and have set aside several
millions for themselves.
Efforts are being made today
to destroy the opportunities that
others have made. The wealth
created in this country today is
done by men having hope of indi-
vidual reward for individual eff
fort, he asserted.
The speaker referred to the de-
plorable conditions existing today
m Russia where the demagogue
would take that from the indi-
vidual that it fully belongs to and
distribute it to others who have
not. This condition, he asserted,
should not happen in this coun-
try. We must, he said, put a pre-
MUM on success rather than on
failure and in order to 90 this
we will have to see that these
people are protected in their in
dividual rights.
There is no class condition in
this country today, he said. add
mr. there can nc done. There
are no bars 70 progress and there
should be no limitations TO prog
ress. He added, there should he
no interference in this, free
country. The great people in this
country are recruited from the
rurai districts and they have
forged their way ahead and have
won.
Politics. Mr.. Campbell said,
should never divide us but what
will eventually divide US Will be
the radicals and conservatives,
He predicted that Virginia would
stand for the conservatives.
Concluding, the speaker urged
all to help make Alexandra the
best city in Virginia.
In his opening remarks, Mr'
Campbell said he is now living
between here and Washington in
Virginia where ne has made his
home for the past ten years. He
expressed fondness for Virginia,
her people and her traditions.
The meeting was called to or
der by r. +. Knight, president
of the chamber of commerce. who
introduced F.. a. Feldtkeller.
chairman of the committee in
charge of the quarterly meeting.
Music was furnished by the Krazy