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THE 3HGPS, SATURDAY, APUIIi 8, 1905. 3 STIRBUSINESSMEN Franklin MacVeagh and Judge Wade Before Local Merchants. COOPERATION AN ESSENTIAL To Progress of a City Destined To Be Great Industrial Cen ter cf Ccuntry. The only pity is that every business man of the city did nut hear the wise, counselling of a merchant prince and a former national lawmaker as to what must be done to bring forward a com munity commercially and socially giv en last evening at the Rock Island Club. It was the seventh annual banquet of the Kock Island Retail Merchants' association end the speakers were Franklin M::.Ye:.gX head of the wholesale giocery house of that name in Chicago, and Judge Martin J. Wade, of Iowa City, who served as a member r --- Y V M J. WADK. IOWA CITV, IOWA. of congress from the Second Iowa dis trict, having been defeated for elec tion last fall by a narrow margin. There were i:!." guests. The banquet was served at 7 o'clock in the new dining room, but it was not possible to seat all there and there was an over flow meeting in the lounging room. Mr. MacVeagh spoke on "Coopera tion." He preached consideration of his subject by a reference to the nat ural resources of the community com prising the tii cities. He was amazed at the possibilities here. The people living in the locality doubtless did not rn.VTKtn MACVEAGH. Chic go. appreciate what they had. Apparently the community was yet in its swa-.l dling clot-hes. He said the people ol the Mississippi valley possibly as much ! more than the people of Chicago contributed toward the upbull ling o! the city by the lake. cv liiriurnt In llusiiienM. He sai l cooperation was anew move irietit or no' km in business. It was de veh ped throigh various suv.rcos. ani the dinner table was one of the most pi.difie of !!;.-'. Wars had been avert- .-1 m the dinmr table, not business war.-, but con l ids between nations The Rock Island merchants in holding Mi.vr nnnn:il bpnuucts were on the rs;h! course. Ther had been a dis ineiinatien to cooperate for nearly one i.-nimi v.:irs It was strange tha' the business people were coming to i t tiiis; hite .lav. Rut it was better late than never. Once it came it wouli remain. lur strained and unassisted competition was a practical impossi teility. Trusts were a necessary pro test against this impossible compel i ti. although Mr. McYcach did not wish to be und ood as sympathiz in? with these clean tic couihinatioc- f wealth. The universal movemen was for a rational cooperation in bus iness. 1-abor had organized because it could not stand the whole effect ot competition: employers had done like wise. While all these combination were still in a crude state, they were the best that could be had until the ramming process effectually had been r.prlied: The best that could be ex pected, since there never would be a backward step, was that these move ments would go forward under such control as would make them less harm ful. Swirtj- Ciprranlon of Cooperation. The new science of sociology was an effort to introduce the new idea of Cfoperation into society and business. The brotherhood of man was the foun dation of all religions; the inspiration of ail education; the motive of ali learning. Society was the perfect ex pression of cooperation. It had its be ginning in the family. There cooper ation was born and nursed. Society has organized and found expression in government. No civilization was pos sible on any other basis. Chicago had learned the lesson that it was not big enough to thrive without cooperation. No city was big or important enough to do so. If the business people were going to cut each other's throats six days in the week they were handicap ping the prosperity of the community. It was essential that a city learn what to cooperate on. It was a new role for the business man. He must study his way as he went along. First the spirit must be there. The seed must be sown if it is not already. Once it began to V - f J0 ..Hfc 7 ' i t j v - -r grow it would keep on growing big ger and with increasing benefit to the community and the people until the end of time. The objective was the common cause underlying the individ ual interests. The citizen could not afford to neglect it. For instance, the railroads. One man would say that there were four railroads entering the city and that thie merchant no longer had to bother his head about excessive rates. Competition would insure rea sonable charges. ( lilfiiKo'M Knilroatl Kxprrlrnrr, Mr. MacVeagh said Chicago had 34 roads, and only recently had wakened to the fact that they had been operat ing as one against the common en emy, the shipper. A community could not go forward with each business man pulling in a direction that he nought was the right one and was keeping it all to himself. There was he obstructionist to be reckoned with, the one who would betray an agree ment, but there was a means of hand ling him. Mr. MacVeagh said that he must be gripped at the start and held firmly as long as he remained in the city. One man could destroy the pros pects of a whole community. He be lieved that the merchants were rap- dly learning that there was something beside rivalry in business. There must ontinue to be rivalry ami competition. and there always should be, but it was nellowed bv the spirit of cooperation hat inspired broadness, sympathy. happiness and good citizenship. S-r ;rmt Industrial Ontrr, Judge Wade had not prepared a speccii. lie r.ad not been two days onsecutiveiy in his office in Iowa City t;. 1 1. KiNOsnt nY, r.sider.t 'f tl.o I'.'k Islan.i Kctail Morc-h.uits" Association. ai-..I also Pres-j J.I. .-. ,,f tl.,- Illinois jitAto Merchants' Ass'jciatioi:. -' ') yv i y : m-x--. J questions that effected tneir commun slnce the f.rst of the year. He said ity. A city, if it would progress, must that he wouli talk to the merchants as have a square deal with the other cen neighbers. He was interested in the tcrs of, the nation. Judge Wade 1L r 11 tri-cities, for his home was not so far rom them. He confidently believed that here inside of 50 years when the Mississippi river received needed at- Kntion from the government would spring up the greatest industrial cen ter in the United States. The neu cleus was here. All that was needed was native push and harmony a get ting together or tne men who com prise the citizenship. Cities did not grow. That was a mistaken theory. fhey were made. Ther would never be any bigger or better than the peo ple who comprised them made them. Judge Wade said he would avoid poli tics, although, possibly through force of habit, he felt more at home in that sphere than in any other. He believed that the question uppermost in the commercial world at this day was that of transportation. Investigations had produced facts positively that were startling. For instance it had been found that a car of freight could be shipped from the city of New York to Meriden, Miss., $25 cheaper than it could be shipped from the city of Chl cairo. although the latter point T not half the distance away the eastern metropolis is. Uuartrr Ontnrj- of Dlacrlniiaatloa. This discrimination against the west in favor of the east had jen in ef fect for 25 years, and it wou' continue until the people of this great Missis sippi valley rose up aad entered a pro test that could not be ignored by the government. New York, Boston and Philadelphia were supplying the terri tory of the south and southwest when it should be supplied from Chicago, Sr. Louis and the Mississippi valley. There was a law that applied, to these discriminations. They were in viola tion of the interstate commerce law, but it was not enforced. He could r.ot say who was to blame. He advo ftc ninrp no'.itics among the busi ness people, not during the heat of the campaign when each became a parti san, but after the excitement of an election bad died away. Tnen tney j shou".d get together and discuss those WE A GREAT MARCH With to tKe ILea,dlo In the montti just passed we have had a phenomenal sale of5 GOLDRIM Flour. The reason is obvious: GOLDRIM. is the Highest Quality Patent Flour on the market. No trouble about quality; always gives Perfect Satisfaction. :STERN DAVENPORT. blamed the business people of a city for countenancing the continuation ot this condition. There was nothing ac complished by erratic movement. There must be calm and considerate action. The situation should be un derstood befprt jWas tackled. Know you .were . rjght. and then blaze away and do not lay down until your mis sion has been realized. He said nat urally when things went wrong the congressman was blamed. He knew this to be so from his own experience. Voice of People Counted. A congressman could do little with out the Influence of the people of his district and state behind him. Con gress did not heed a congressman much. It was the voice of the people that bestirred congress to action, and had been known to waken the senate from its" slumbers. Judge Wade ad vised the merchants to study the trans portation question. They would not have to look up the details. Employ FOR FORTY YEARS SENNEWALD'S PRESCRIPTION FOUR THOUSAND MAM KS-f CTKIVA EIHHIMMiSiVl AND GOUT It is the one remedy that has stood the test of time. Has per manently cured thousands and w ill cure YOU! It neutralizes the uric acid poison and expels it from the system. Costs only $1.00 per bottle and can be bought at any drug store or ordered direct from us by mail. Ask t the flruz tor for our unique littla book. "Pim Tlk Abont Rhm tim." It coau nothing nd tcll n" implest Usxu&Ke U there U to know about the cause, treatment and cure of BheomaUcm and UouU E. A. SENNEWALD & CO., L 800 Hickory Street, SL Louit, mo. GOLDRIM FLOUE an expert to do this. Then study his report and see if your community was getting a square shake in the matter of rates with other cities of the coun try. Let the states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin band togeth er and make a demand on the federal government for the righting of a wrong that could be shown to be a wrong and congress would have to listen. MervfaiintM KoMnlUzed. Nothing would be accomplished by sitting on the sugar barrel whittling and cursing the unfitness of the con gressman. Judge Wade did not hesi tate to say that the merchants in some of these western cities were dead and fossilized, letting other cities come right under their noses and steal away their opportunities. He urged an awakening of the progress that had been permitted to grow latent, the study of those questions that affect the whole community, a looking up of the laws. If the railroads were not treat ing the city justly go after them through the interstate commerce com mission. Demand an even chance with the other cities and you would get it. but nothing would come with out fighting. Judge Wade interspersed his remarks with a number of delight ful stories. A pleasant .feature or the evening were the readings of E. J. Stackhousc, of Davenport, who gave "I.usca", "That Old Sweetheart of Mine," and a scene from Richard II. W. IJ. Mclntyre was toastmaster. A telegram wa read from fJeorge E. Green, secretary of the State Retail Merchants' association. regretting his inability to be present. In conclusion O. H. Kingsbury, who is president of the local association and of the state organization, thanked the speakers, and asked the members to! weigh the advice they had been given. I He announced that the Rock Island! association would have its next meet- ing Monday evening and he urged aj full attendance of the members. The gues-ts tanj? the first verse of "My! Country Tis of Thee" standing before j they dispersed. Music during the evening was furnished by the Bleuer Tlemcnv.ay orches'ra. MULL CO. "Good Flour Makers 1Z Ss2 to AND RETURN VIA THE Chicago (Si Alton Railway Saturday Morning, April 15. Leave Peoria at 6:30 a. m. Saturday. Arrive St. Louis 12:30 noon, Saturday. Return Leave St. Louis 7:15 p. m. Sunday. Arrive Peoria 11:30 p. m. Sunday. Palace reclining chair cars, (seats free.) Palace day coaches, quick time. Ticket office 327 Main streetreet and Union Depot. Telephone 576. A. D. Perry, General Agent Pt Passenger Department, Peoria, III. H - T. W. Fogelstrom UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER. SmXSK I.IKHKSOllGAllK. LlDy jiSSISI' i VjP Furniture Upholstering neatly done. 1103 Third avenue. Rock Island. Old 'Phone W122; new 'phone 5423. t t T H E ONLY W A Y I T I tr t I frH - K -I-l"!"!- H-S-H