The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-30
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The New Haven Chamber of Com merce has long been deliberatlng upon the question of salaried secretary, who should give most of his time to the interests of the organization, keep regular office hours. act as secre- tary for the various committees then they meet, and generally represent the Chamber to outside parties when they come to inquire about commercial possibilities in this vicinity. MT. Gal lagher, who has acted as the secretary of the Chamber fo many years, nas gwen it the best of service, hut his duties as chief clc'l of the superior court for this county have necessarily prevented him giving as much If h. t',re to the wor6 as he might have desired. In his annual address to the Chamber of Commerce Monday night, President Warren went ono step farther upon the secretary ques- ton and also indirectly suggested an entirely new line of activity. Presi- dent Warren proposed that, instead of the Chamber obtaining the services of professional secretary for part of his time, an arrangement be  made with the other commercial bod ies of the city whereby they should combine and appoint a general secre- tary and pay him a salary sufficient to enable him to give all his time to the work of such an office
 The suggestion seems to be a good one. To our mind the outcome, which would naturally result and which would be of ncalculable value to the commercial interests of the city, would ] be the uniting in closer harmony and unity of purpose of those various or- l ganizations in the city which at pres ent arc working for the same objects but along different parallel lines, with | the resulting needless loss of energy which must necessarily result Why not, then an Associated Commercial | Organization, modelled upon very much the same lines as the Associated Civic Societies at present? In the past the Chamber of Commerce, per- haps, has felt the dignity of it's years and reputation Such a suggestion coming from without might have seemed objectionable to it. But, now that the plan is proposed by the Chamber itself there appears no req son why the New Haven Business Mems Association and other similar organizations should not properly take steps towards it's realization.
 The advantage that such a large or gahization would carry to the manu- featuring and mercantile interests of the city can only be partially foreseen by a glance at the phenomenal success that the Associated Civic Societies have had in the short time of their existence and in less vital field. A New Haven Associated Commercial Organization (perhaps another name less ponderous and just as lignifled could be devlsed), if organized, would find itself a great power in the city the helm, who should be an able man, giving all his time to the work, New Haven ought to see a much larger share of the newly organized manu- factories and those that are changing their locations coming here, and the strongest kind of organization for the specialization and reflection of public sentiment in commercial matters it is possible to have. And such a repu- tation as the "A. C. s." has come to have about the city, this new organiza- ton would not be long in gaining about the state and in the nation. It would be an advanced step along the