The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-31
Business and Professional
Men Agreeably Surprised
at Business Volume
SWIFT PAYROLL $44, 900
MIR. Bird and DR.. J. F. Du-
Bots Make Strong
Addresses

The Industrial Banquet served
by the Sank Centre Community
Club at the Club rooms Thursday
evening of last week, attracted
nearly one hundred of the bust
ness and professional men of the
city who sat down to "a splendid
dinner prepared by the ladies of
the Episcopal church.
President w. M. Parker of the
club had charge of the meeting,
and during the serving of the din
,ner called for vocal selections by
a splendid male quartet consisting
of o. w. Dowswell, Robert Schwal-
en-, Henry Thielen and Fay Coop
err, with Mrs. Dowswell at the
piano.
Secretary J. H. Hansen Of the
Club reported on attending the
annual meeting of the Secretaries
of the Civic bodies of the STATE,
held in St. Paul recently and
President Parker gave report OF
the Fargo-Grand Forks rate rul-
ings inaugurated by the Inter-
State Commerce Commission a
couple of years ago.
About this time the Presilen Of
the Club introduced Verne Bur-
CESS as POSTMASTER. This as
signment was a new one for
Verne but he got off on his right
foot and made an ideal presiding
officer introducing his speakers at
ter he had grilled them unmcrci-
fully.
H. A. Falk was the first man
called on and that gentlemn1 dis
cussed something that should have
been brought up in the business of
the Club-namely the proper or
ganization of a boys band in the
city. Mr.. Falk reported progre IS
and stated-that a meeting woali lie
held on Monday evening TO make
arrangements for the organiza-
ton. A full account of this meet
ing will be found in this issue of
the Herald.
Before DR.. J. A. Dubois was in
troduced A. M. Wallace vas called
on and made a few brief rema1 ks.
DR.. Dubois discuss al the indus-
trial development ii Sank Centre
in a general way. He called at
tention to the fact that every COM
mInity had two kinds of citizens
boosters and kickers. There
were more kickecS than boosters
in the early days because existing
conditions made folks that way.
While Sank Cent?. has many IA
tural advantages individual sue
cesses have matteroi but little. 1t
las been the general working to-
gether of the either as whole
that has brought about these splen-
lid results of whiun every citizen
is proud. Sank Centre, according
to DIR. Dubois, has been stabilized
very largely because the citizens
have kept their fini ,cial feet on
the ground. He ca.,ed attention
to a typical example of this when
dozen or so years ago one of the
banks of the city would have been
forced to close It's doors had it
not been that the business inter-
ests of the community would not
allow the bank to close. Absolute
confidence in Sank Centre banks
and Sank Centre business institu-
tions is absolutely essential il tine
greatest success is 10 be o2ta ned.
The doctor said that he hoped the
time would never come when il
would be necessary to record a
business failure in tbs city He
said competition up to a certain line
was healthful, but competition Of
ten times became unwarrante1
unnecessary and unhealthful, cit
ing as a concrete instance the at
tempt of this city to support two
newspapers when the Herald was
filling the bill in the field alone.
The people of Sank Centre and
surrounding country have but the
faintesr conception, according to
the Doctor, of the magnitude OF
the business of the Swift & Com
pany branch in this city
During the year 1926 the Swift 6
Company branch of this city paid
the farmers approximately 1885,
900 for eggs and poultry. In this
same period they paid out for la
Dor over $4,000 and the City OF
Sank Centre received approximate
ly $4,000 for light, water and
power. The local taxes We're APP
proximarely $4,000, and other
items of expense locally, brought
the total turnover of the Swift &
Company branch in this city in
1926, in the vicinity of $3.50, 900.
1t is expected that the million dol
lars mark will be passed this year.
| DR.. Dubois paid Harry F. Schmidt,
local manager of the Swift & Com
pany branch "a splendid tribute.
He discussed the development OF
the Swift & Company business in
this city, from It's starting in a
small way in 1917 up to the pre-
sent time.
The splendid type of business