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Show A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ADVOCATED (By Geo. 1'. Wright.) H Tho day of Individual effort is H past, and unless wo movo In organ- lznd unity, thero is vory llttlo accom- Iifl It appears to mo that tho need of M tho hour In this country is a cham- her of commerce Ono organized on M good broad lilies, nnd In a manner l that makes for permnnoncy, und to 1 offllloto with all tho commercial j clubs In tho country. jj M I would suggest an organization I H about as follows: A president, two H vlco presidents and a secrotnry, who I may also bo tho genoral managor, and about thirty directors solcctod H from nil over tho country. H This organization should Btart out H with at lonst flvo hundred mombors, M from which committocs could bo so- lectod about ns follows: Finnnco, M ways and means, membership, advor- M Using, city planning nnd manago- M ment, field sports, good roads, legis- H latton, public entertainment, com- M morco, manufacturers, now Indus- M trios, trado extension, traffic, trans- M portatlon, convention, publicity, odu- H cation, statistics, and any others that might bo required or suggested. Wo would hold county conventions M In tho different towns and got ac- M qualntod with our own county and M tho peoplo In It, and In this way lm- I H provo our methods and take advan- H tago of tho vast but untouched on- M portunltlcs, under our foot and all H around us. JH It wo will start out right, I will H predict that In ton years wo can moro 8 H than doublo tho population of this 9 H country, and Its resources. Wo want jjj H people and factorlos for them to work r H In, and tho only way to got them Is H to got out and holler for them. , H There nro many peoplo coming Into H this country ovory year and passing iH on to other localities for lack of en- kl tortalnmont nsldo from what a real 'iH estate agont night glvo them. An- .fl other thing, wo should conscrvo suf- ' '1 flclont of our products for our own jH use, and a commlttoo nn statistics j H could soon havo at their disposal Just H what tho country requires for homo i ' consumption, and what wo could dls- H :H poso of, a commlttoo on commorco or trado extension could toll us whom t,'J to market It, and so on all through tffl the organization wo could got tho best Kfl results and wo would not bo soiling yM our potatoes at fifty conts por bushol H and buying thorn back at six conts JH per pound and tho same with wheat H and other products. j H Cacho county has populated south- I orn Idaho and a part of Canada, and 9H now wo aro filling up Boxoldor conn- ! &fl ty, and If thoro Is not a stop put to ! Wk this noedlcss migration thoro will be IM nothing loft in this county but old jro men and cripples. )Jjl With a momborshlp of flvo bund- red to start with, at $1 oach for on- M trnncn feo nnd twenty-flvo cents per H month dues, together with what tho M field sport commlttoo would get, would bo sufficient to flnanco it, nnd M in a very nhort tlmo wo would bo H housed In our own building whoro H samples of our products could bo dls- H played, nnd nlso wo could hoar lee- H turos from tho master minds who nro H traveling from coast to coast lending J H cneouragemont and arousing enthusl- j M asm by dlipenslng new Idea that M keep us abroast with the times. ' M I would like to hear from someone j 'M |