The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-11-10

table extended a hearty welcome to
the hundreds of Tableland visitors in
the hall. The speakers were Mr..
Thomas A. Dunn, President of the
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce;
the Honorable John S. Heron, Presi-
dent of Pittsburgh City Council;
Ralph B. Johnston, official representa-
tive of the Commissioner of Agricul-
ture of West Virginia; the Honorable
John A. McSparron, Secretary Of
Agriculture of Pennsylvania; and
representing local department stores
were C. ]. Wolff, of Kaufmann's; c.
A. Marsh, of Gimbels; w. H. Burch-
field, of Jos. Horne Co.; H. c. Engle,
of McCreery's; Col. Franklin Black
stone, of Frank & Seder Co.; and W.
H. Newmyer, of Boggs & Buhl. = " y
Tableland President Pleased
Speaking for the Allegheny Table
land Association, Mr.. ]. B. Watson,
President of the organization,
thanked the Pittsburgh group for the
splendid opportunity offered for dis
playing Tableland produce and for
the visitors, stating that he was GER
tain that never again would there be
any fear that the people of the eight
Tableland counties would consider
any other city than Pittsburgh as
their trading center.
His remark drew attention to the
purpose of the entire Allegheny
Tableland movement, which origina-
ted about two years ago in the Table
land, where the leading agriculturists
and business men realized that
marketing problems of all the Table
land counties were the same. They
organized with the resolve that coun-
| ty and state lines were to be forgot
ten, and that they would work for the
good of the entire area.
How Tableland Movement Rose
A communication was sent to the
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce,
representing that in the past the
Tableland people had made Philadel-
phia, Baltimore and other eastern
cities their trading centers, but that
now, with good roads and auto
mobiles, it would be much more advan-
tageous to come to Pittsburgh. The
Association asked that the Chamber
of Commerce help them to become
acquainted with Pittsburgh business
men and organizations.
Much publicity has been given to
the bus tours which left the Pitts
burgh Chamber of Commerce during
the past summer to carry business
men and won en- to the Allegheny
Tableland to get acquainted with the
potential customers who were knock
ing at the door; and those who went
know that results have already been
seen in the opening of new accounts
in local stores and in visits from
Tablelanders who seldom before had
visited Pittsburgh.
Therefore, Mr.. Watson spoke truly
when he said that now the people of
the city and the people of the Table
land were not merely neighbors-they
are friends.
Following Mr.. Watson's brief re-
marks was an cal Jrate stage show
put on by radio stations WWSW,
KQV, WAS, and KDKA. s. * * y
An indication of the effect produced
upon the people of the Allegheny
Tableland region of Western Pennsyl-
vania, Maryland, and West Virginia
by the affair is contained in tele-
gram received by Thomas A. Dunn,
! president of the Chamber of Com
merce, from Garrett County's Com
mercial Club of Oakland, Maryland,
which says:
"Any doubt that may have been in
the minds of the citizens of Garrett
county regarding the success of the
Tableland Fair most certainly has
been dispelled. Only loud acclaim
and enthusiastic boosting is to be
heard from those who visited the
booths and displays while in your
city. That cooperation between Pitts
burgh and the Tableland area is no
longer a myth, and that the potential
possibilities of such cooperation are
in evidence so overwhelming that
even the most skeptical sees and see
ing believes, has been the result of
this Fair. No one event or act in the
Tableland movement has so convinc-
ingly proved that Pittsburgh is our
neighbor, our friend, and our helper,
and that Joined hands will mean much
to both Pittsburgh and the Tableland.
That busy men take time for these
things transforms your city from
massive piles of steel and stone to a
group of human hearts working and
striving, as we are, for better things.
Our wish, our hope and our determin-
ed purpose in that through these de-
lightful contacts and associations
there shall be formed mutual, help