The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28

Secretary Gallagher spoke heartily in
 favor of it
 President Warrens annual address
 was in full as follows
 Gentlemen Of the Chamber of Com
 desire to express my thanks for and l appreciation of your continued cont-
 dence and esteem in eleetlng me as
 your president for another year, and l
 shall try, with your assistance, to make
 ths chamber If possible more of fac l tor during the ensuing year in advano- | Ing tho Interests of New Haven Tho | past year has been an unusually event | ful ono, giving to us ono of those perl l ods of financial and commercial dls l turbnnoe when seem ip come about
 once in every decade, and to follow
 period of unusual prosperity. opinions
 as to the cause of the panic differ but
 undoubtedly period of ''(renzled l finance followed by "fren2ied legIsla-
 tion," and an attack without discrimn-
 alton upon all corporations and corpor- alton management was chiefly the cause 1 in disturbing public confidence, without
 which we cannot have business pros
 perity. New Haven seems to have suf- fered as little from the trouble as any
 place, and our financial institutions proved their soundness and conservative
 management The work Of this cham bet during the past year has been about
 as usual We have had one or two
 addresses on public questions, one by
 tho Hon. Charles N Fowler, chairman of the house committee on banking ma .
 currency, In lIondrie hall. on the cur
 rency question, before a joint meeting
 of the Yale Forum and the chamber .
 and another by Mir. F. J. Diamond, su-
 pervlslng principal of Wooster school |
 on 'Our Public Schools as q Business {
 Proposition" The annual banquet was
 held as usual with large attendance, |
 and Wns ably addressed by prominent [
 speakers on questions of public Inter | est : Last year in my address called the
 attention of the chamber to the ne
 cessty and importance of using its ln- luence, and possibly take some action towards helping to improve the tene- , ment house conditions Of New Haven.
 and neln the occupants to a healthier
 and Improved manner of living. If any
 member needs additional evidence of the necessity Of such action, he should , read the able address of Professor Bailey on the question, gren before 8 the Civic association on March 26 Much { attention Is being given to making tho . city beautiful" which is good but some should be given to making it l healthful, and it is the duty of every e member of t<is chamber to do what he , can to help 10 make it so. and not act on the principal that what is every
 bodys business Is nohody's business" l The movement to give day to clean 4 ing tho unhealthy places was well . enough, as far as it went, but our in- ' iluence be used 10 have such laws e enacted, If they are not now on the s statute books, to compel landlords and
 owners of tenement house property to . Improve. their conditions and see that n the board of health and other city ofi- f cials enforce the laws, not for one . day but all the time,
 e For the president of thls chamber 10 q make an address and not refer to New a Haven harbor would be like the play /. of Hamlet with Hamlet left out There ' has been much discussion over the mat d ter but thanks to the very able and o tee on harbor appointed last year, we v trust that 1t has all been settled and !. If the members will read that report, q which will be printed in the year book, - they will learn not only what has go
 ably been done by you former harbor Q committee, but what needs to be done d 10 make New Haven harb,r what it q should be, ono of the greatest helps
 10 our commercial growth. 1 trust X that not only the harbor committee but If every member of the chamber will use n his influence to obtain for us as many |. as possible of the improvements sug- l' gested by them in their report; and that l. now. the facts have been so clearly set e ' ences of opinion will disappear, and nll
 work In harmony 10 accomplish the a ends desired
 a It has been and should be the policy :, of tile chamber to use all It's influence II and make an earnest effort to foster k and develop our commercial interests, le and not only assist the manufacturing :, interests that we now have. but encour. age Tn every possible way the locating p here of new mannfacturing enterprises.
 n T lNf a..atN k, new enterprises has done excellent y work in their efforts but very little 't could be accomplished during the past l. seven months, on account of the hnan-
 cial conditions. In their report at the
 annual meeting, they made recommen- 10 dations which, if the same could be n adopted and successfully carried out, F. would be of great assistance in devel- - oping and increasing our manufactur- IT ing and commercial Interests A guar. In antee fund, If the same could be raised, l., and used In the manner recommended,
 would bcof great value and If handled
 In tho way suggested, would involve 'd very little If any risk on the part of r. the subscribers thereto and might he
 made to prove a profitable investment " Another way in which to increase a es clty's growth fig by judlcious advertise " ing, fin very much the same manner ns ,o a business man makes his business 'e successful This subject was very ably
 
 yt Arthur s. Hitchcock of Boston before |, the Pawtuckct Business Mems assoca ~ ton on the subject, creative Adver- r. Using" and making application of it to 1- advertising cities, He stated in his ad
 dress that boards of trade and cham. bers of commerce. should be especially IS interested in thls subject and that it le has been proven beyond any question or by many cities, that the most effective - easiest and least expensive way to ac- F. complish thla result is 10 employ cer- ne tain methods of advertising through f. announcements in few of the leading = magazines that nre read by business s- men, and by such literature as booklets ne and circulars describing the advantages r. offered by the city, and he refers 10 re. ,o suits as shown in Atlanta Ga, Elmlrn ie N Y,, Memphis, Tenn, Savannah Ga h. and Kansas City, to prove hls state be ments
 ,.. Certainly, New Haven offers advan. '' tages which we need not hesitate or ot en ashamed to show, and if set forth fir lg the manner above suggested may result ho greatly to our beneft
 " l submit the above statements ant h- figures for your careful consideration. nd The chamber has been most fortunate n in having ono of It's members who ha. = been willing to give so much of hi, Hs time, and served SO ably as it's secre CT tary for so many years, but my ob n- servaton and experience causes me tt . believe that we should have a secre 'c' tary who can give moro time to tn,
 office than our present one, with hl' - duties ag an officer of the courts, l
 able to give. What, in my opinion, w