Show I BUSINESS OPTIMISTS FORM ASSOCIATION I I Advocate Square Meal and a Square Deal for Every EverySt I J r- r rJ r c J. J St st. L tuis rZ ray 1 I. The ThC Tho National Prosperity association has been br- br or organized g here hero to inaugurate a n. national movement for the restoration of or confidence confidence confidence dence and a general revival nl of or Industrial Industrial Indus Indus- trial and commercial acl activity The platform of or the association was adopted at a meeting of or tho the executive of the tho St St. Louis Business BusinessMen's BusinessMen's Mens Men's league The new organization r received messages messages mes mes- sages from New York Chicago Philadelphia Philadelphia Phil Phil- adelphia PIttsburg Louisville Cincinnati Cin Cm- New cw Orleans Oilcans Dallas Kansas City Milwaukee and San Francisco stating that official action indorsing Indorsing- the movement will be taken tJ b by finan finan- cia cial Industrial commercial and civic bodies It is a certainty it is Ig believed ed here her here that the war against pessimism and destructive destructive destructive de de- de- de agitation will spread within a few da days s 's from one end of or tho the country country country coun coun- try to the other Pun cs of or Or Organization an E. E C. C Sims chairman of the executive executive tive board boord of or the thc a association said Purposes of the National Pr Prosperity sperl- sperl t ty association are arc To To keep the dinner pall full To keep the pay car going To keep the factory busy To l keep ep the workmen employed To uTo keep the present wages up Some of us have discovered d that our business showed a profit in April Our business bustnes was not profitable for three months before April We ye came tog together ther informally and compared notes noles The situation in St. St Louis Loul was better belter than we had be be- Wo Vo asked representatives of different lines of trade to meet with us and enlarged the organization The organization o of the National Prosperity a association has nothing to todo todo todo do with the past post It looks forward It has no politics It Il has a platform Tho The to two planks are arc a square meal and anda a square deal for tor every e man U |