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Show ' THE OEVELOfMENT OF UTAH Advantages and Responsibilities el Membership in Your Own Commercial Com-mercial Club. The first question that iiiKtlnctlvelj arisen In th mind tit every live man iu soon hh tlio HiiKKestion Is made tc him that ho ouuht to be an active member of his own commercial club l.i "What am I going to get out of 117' And if the matter can't be laid before, him In a liht that U advantageous tc his pocket book his interest noon lags, lrst tills estimate of human beings appear ap-pear too low, It might bo added tliut the question applies witU equal force to Intellectual, moral and spiritual things. la religion or business, In law or In love, It Is ever the same. "Does It pay?'' Men choose thus-' paths which they think pay, men join those, ort-aniz.itioiis which appear profitable, i to tln iu financially or otherwise. So the local rointnercl.il cluii tmi-l come, under the rule, "What are ou goinii to get out of II 7" I.e,iitu; a.-iid" the social advantages, because they can be filled by ottier organizations, or-ganizations, there are a number of qualities distinctly withi-i the province of the commercial clubs. '.madly stated the club's primal purpose is to foster everything which tends to m.iku your town grow. Is there need of u railroad? The club bends every energy towmds getting It. Io uii need a brick ard, an tlectric plant, or any kind of manufacturitii; establishment? The club gets it. Have you no town hall? The club crystallizes sentiment in that direction. Do you wish streets opened up, roads repaired and bridges built? Is your school system out of date? Tho rluti lakes the initiative In seeing that these changes are made. Are there evils to be overcome? llavo you "drunken fences" and poor sidewalks? side-walks? Is the city council lax in enforcing en-forcing the laws? The club, by liavini; the best blood of the city In its ranks, wields an influence strong; enough to correct those evils. Today there are scores of commercial commer-cial organizations doing Just such work In the state of I'tah. One club, founded only five years ago, is directly responsible for establishing a bank, an up-to-dato water system, a complete electric-lighting plant and a number of other substantial businesses in a town which prior to that time had gono on "in tho even tenor of its way" for a half a century. That same club is perfect ins plans w hereby a quarter of a million of dollars will be expended in the community. As a direct result of the above campaimi for Rood roads, good water and good schools, property values have risen from 60 to 100',;, and every land owner Is enjoying tho result of that raise, to say nothing of the Increased comfort, tho municipal cleanliness and the satisfaction of living liv-ing in a progressive community. Tim question, then, IS relevant, "Does It pay?" Unquestionably, yes. Had every citizen of that, town been furthering the work of improvement, instead of having some who tried to block the wheels every time a start was made, the progress would have been ten fold what It has In en. As a matter of dollars dol-lars and cents the argument is irre-histable. irre-histable. but when it conies to keeping in tune with the MOVINC world tho personal advantages are simply euor-ntous. euor-ntous. The duties of such membership aro many, but not particularly arduous. If every member puts zest Into his work tho club's efforts will bear fruit; if not its work Is likely to prove abortive. One has constantly to overcome the labor la-bor of the knocker, who unfortunately can't the giKid that Is bound to rotneoutof such tolling. Hut God bo thanked for the knocker. He shows us how little we might be wire we not members of the boosters' society. Hesponsibillty of membership carries with it an attendanee to all meetings, the payment of all dues, since the commercial com-mercial lubricant is necessary to success, suc-cess, a unity of action in all things nnd a persistent effort to build up )oir town. To sum up, the commercial club Is 'o town life, what lungs are to thu human body. If the body gets impuro lir and injurious gases. Its work Is sluge;h and it may die; If the com-me. com-me. rial club ceases to exlBt, the town Is asphyxiated. |