The Winslow mail., 1926-05-14
President of America S
oldest Board of Trade
Gives Practical Idease

In the Charleston, S. c., News,
J. Gilmore Smith, president of the
Charleston Board of Trade, the
"Oldest Board of Trade in Amer
ica," in an open letter to judge
Paul M. Macmillan, General Chair
man of the official Clean Up and
Paint UP Campaign Committee in
Charleston, makes the following
comments and practical sugges-
tions:
"The Charleston Board of Trade
gladly gives it's unqualified endorse
ment to your comprehensive plan
to make the official Clean Up and
Paint Up Campaign one of the big
gest municipal events of the year
This great movement-which is the
only movement that individuals,
regardless of religion, creed, race,
prejudices or politics, can unqual1-
fiedly get behind-should appeal to
the civic pride of all the people OF
Charleston and have the hearty
support of everybody.
with the powerful aid OF the
press, the Mayor of Charleston and
other city officials, the civic, com
mercial and fraternal organlza-
tions and other social and business
agencies, the real estate interests,
the churches and the schools, all
working for the good and better
ment of Charleston, great ana
lasting benefit can be be bestowed
upon our city.
What "Clean Up" Should Mean
"a clean up should also mean
a paint up 1t should mean the
removal of things unsightly. There
are a lot of Objectionable and un-
slightly things in Charleston. Re
Gently the city has been the reclp-
lent of much unfavorable and un-
savory publicity called forth by
the deterioration in the appear
ance of buildings, streets, lots and
alleys.
individuals and cities are alike
in many respects. A clean city
enjoys better health than dirty
one-and shows it. In clean city
mosquitoes, flies and other enc
mics to health cannot live. A
clean city advertises to the world
that it's citizens are healthy.
"Charleston is a proud old city,
and it has many reasons to justify
its pride. But pride and dirt just
naturally can't get along together.
No city can keep both.
Community pride, cheer, con-
tentment, health and thrift are
valuable assets to the city and to
every individual. When you get
right down to the bottom of it one
finds that cleaning up the town is
a good business proposition for ev-
erybody. 1t returns large dividends
to every business institution as
well as to every individual citizen.
Visitors Take Notice
"Those who visit a clean city al
ways will say a lot of nice things
about it, but dirty city invites
unfavorable comments and keeps
strangers away. Many communi-
ties have shown a more rapid
growth in population after Clean
Up and Paint Up Campaign was
inaugurated than they ever hoped
to enjoy The best way to boost
your community is to clean up,
paint up and keep it up.
''It starts repairs and building
activity, giving employment to all
classes of craftsmen-carpenters,
masons, painters, plumbers, tin
ners, rOofers, glaciers, electricians,
plasterers, gardeners and laborers
1t creates a lively demand upon To-
cal dealers for everything needed
IN making homes clean and attrac-
tive and safe from fire, disease and
the weather. 1t stimulates the de-
sire and pride of home ownership
and helps the real estate men. 1t
stabilizes, restores and increases
the value of real estate and helps
the bankers and the borrowers.
''The history of community adyer-
tising reveals the fact that no city
has successfully advertised it's ad
vantages until after cleaning up
and giving the city and its envi-
rons an inviting, thrifty and pros
porous appearance.
Attracts New Industries
"There is no incentive to the
manufacturer establishing his plant
in the city which displays insani-