The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-30
IOWA STAT
manufacturers
3 ..oeI.tion 10 Now on Campaign to
increase lie Membership to
the Thousand
Mark.
UNDER WAY
1smmittees In Cities Where There Is
4. Branch Organization VIII
Cooperate With the
Secretary.

determined campaign to boost
she membership of the Iowa State
Manufacturers association to 1000
has been inaugurated by George A.
Wrightman secretary OF the associa-
{,on. The campaign started some
t,me ago in Des Moines and will be
continued in every manufacturing city
~ Iowa until the desired membership
ID secured.
Mr.. Wrightman will conduct person
ally three days campaign for new
members in every manufacturing city
81 town IN the state He declared
/ hat he will keep at 1t until the pres
mt membership Of 500 has been in
creased to 1000.
systematic method OF procedure
win be followed In every town where
the campaign will be conducted. In
each city members of the association
will appoint committee to work
with Mr.. Wrightman in securing new
members. A definite number Of new
members that the association can
reasonably hope to secure in each OF
fifty manufacturing towns In Iowa
has been decided upon and the work
xill not stop until this number has
been secured. The members Of the
association believe they can demon
ptrate to their fellow manufacturers
the value Of membership in the
state organization and have no doubts
is to the success OF the campaign.
Organization 10 Strong.
For instance, Des Moines has 115
members OF the association. Mr.
h wrightman has placed the minimum
number OF Des Moines manufacturer
Z who should belong to the association
/ 1T $50. At recent meeting OF the Def
3 Moines branch Of the association, two
committees were appointed to go out
and get the additional fifty-five mem
beers. These committees consisted o.
w. C. Harbach, D. 1. Brody and J. H
tochrane for the west side and L. A
altoona, H. c. Hargrove and n. T. Rol
Inns for the east side. Their work t.
date has been highly successful ant
me members OF the committees ex
pect no difficulty In securing the de
sired number OF members.
The Iowa State Manufacturers as
ISOLATION Is one of the strongest stat,
organizations Of manufacturers in tn
country, according to Mr.. Wrightman
He declares that the benefits to b.
derived from the various department
Of the association more than repa,
the members their annual member
ship fees.
Six hundred manufacturers il
eighty cities in Iowa have built a
association that is without equal i
/ the United States" said Mr.. Wright
man. Its strength and value lies I
the fact that they present cleal
united front on all questions that col
Germ them mutually This gives ther
the power OF quick solution, whic
means progress.
To Present Strong Front.
ITO present strong. united fror
On all state and national questions
The main object of the organization
out the economies made possible b
united effort have not been overlool
ed. AS long as there was no obstacl
except an occasional individual pr
test, the railroads and express cor
panies had free hand with our Pc
pie and they grew very careles
Whatever was charged was paid, IL
Iowa Is rich. The association hs
changed all that The traffic depar
ment OF the state organization hf
caused the reduction of millions