The Saint Paul globe., 1903-08-06
TO INJECT
LIFE INTO CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE WORK
Present Officials Have Plan for
Reorganization and Rejuve-
nation of the Once Famous
Institution--New Membership
Provided for.

A reorganized and rejuvenated
Chamber of Commerce will commence
the work of properly placing ST. Paul
and it's advantages before the COM
mercial world Oct. 1, if the plans of
the reorganiZerS are realized. And the
preliminary work accomplished seems
to more than warrant the optimistic
views of President Luther Gushing and
Secretary B. F. Beardsley.
President Cushing yesterday made
public the plan of reorganization and
permitted glimpses of the preliminary
work. The actual work of reorganiza-
ton on new lines commenced with a
meeting of business men about six
weeks ago. This meeting, which in
cluded representatives of the several
commercial organizations of ST. Paul,
was called for discussion of the city's
needs of Chamber of Commerce The
unanimous decision was that the pro-
posed chamber would occupy a field
that cannot be worked. by any of it's
contemporary organization and that
the organization must be completed.
Committee Is Named.
A committee, headed by President
Cushing, and including A. II. Lindeke,
Ambrose Tighe, F. B. Doran, O. L.
Taylor and e. H. Morphy, was selected
to work out the details of the new
chamber, as it in fact will be.
The result was plan for the injec-
ton of new and vigorous blood and a
life of practical activity. The first and
most radical change is that in the plan
of membership The reorganized cham
ber will consist of 100 standing mem
bers and not to exceed, 300 regular or
lay members, designated in the by
laws simply as members. The standing
members will be representatives of
100 st. Paul business houses and COM
mercial enterprises, including banks
and railroads. Standing membership
fees are $50 per year, and the applica9
tion involves a contract for member
ship for two years. Each standing
member will be entitled to place on
the directorate. The other member
ships are placed at $12 per year. An
additional number of directors, not yet
fixed, will be elected.
The receipts from the standing MEM
bership will be devoted chiefly to the
compilation and distribution of statis-
tical information concerning ST. Paul
and its manifold interests. In this
connection a complete statistical libra
ry covering st. Paul and other princi-
pal American cities will be maintained.
Plans for Control.
Il lie pTdCtlCdl COutTOl u the CIldulpSI
will be in the hands of an executive
committee of twelve appointed by the
president. This committee will be a
court of last resort, as it will have the
power sof final disposition of matters
presented to it. A plan now in process
of completion contemplates the coop
Grafton of this committee of twelve,
with similar committees from kindred
organizations, or, in short, resurrec-
ton of the old consolidated committee.
One of the changes which will appeal
both to the business men and public is
the relegation of the old Monday
morning meetings. The meetings will
be held the second and Fourth after
Moons of each month, commencing
with September. The second Tuesday
meeting will be an open meeting and a
public forum, when any citizen with
project or grievance will be given a
hearing. The last meeting of each
month will be of the directorate.
The reorganization will be perfected
by the nominations of officers at the
first meeting in September, and their
election two weeks later. That the
new chamber idea has struck popular
chord is evidenced by the fact that the
standing membership is now practical
ly filled, and President Cushing yester-
day said that its completion and a
waiting list is assured.