Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-22
Objects Of Chehalis County
Chamber of Commerce and
Industry Explained
TO AID IN DEVELOPMENT
The Organization Will Gen.
tralize Efforts Toward the
Upbuilding Of County

The following preamble to the by
laws of the proposed Chehalis Coun-
ty Chamber of Industry and Commerce
fully explains the objects of an or
ganization that promises to do much
in the development of Chehalis coun-
ty, as well as harmonize the different
section of the county
The object of the Chehalis County
Chamber of Industry and Commerce
is to promote the agricultural, trade,
industrial and commercial interests
of Chehalis County.
Recognizing the mutual interde-
pendence of all these interests and
the consequent wisdom of advancing
each individually for the sake of all
the others, and realizing that this
can be accomplished far more success
fully through the agency of a strong
central organization than by independ-
izations, the Chehalis County Cham
Der of Industry and Commerce, as
bers of Industry and Commerce, as
such central organization, shall take
UP and vigorously prosecute the meas
ures advocated by the local organiza-
tions, giving to all such undertakings
the united support of the entire coun-
ty.
The County Chamber shall carefully
avoid any participation in or interfer-
ence with the purely local activities
of the local organizations within the
county when of an intra-county COM
petitive nature, the sole object of the
County Chamber being to represent
the County as a whole in its relations
with state and national legislative
and administrative affairs; in it's ec0-
nOmic relations with common carriers
and other powerful public corpora
tions; and in its endeavors by every
legitimate means to develop the natur-
al resources of the whole county and
promote the best interests of all its
citizens.
These considerations involve such
subjects as the procurement and equit-
able distribution of state and nation
al appropriations for the building and
maintenance of good roads; the i'm
provement of the natural waterways
of the county; the regulation of water
and rail tariffs; the procurement of
outside capital and the immigration
of desirable citizens for the further
development of all the varied re-
sources OF CNendllS county.
The signs of the times are clear
and unmistakable. If Chehalis Coun-
ty would win in the tremendous race
for industrial and commercial supre-
macy in the Pacific Northwest, she
absolutely must harmonize, co-ordi-
nate and concentrate her efforts for
the aggressive development of her
natural resources and the materializa-
ton of her commercial advantages.
Without this, the wealth of her tim
Der will gradually disappear to the
advantage of limited few, while the
richness of her soil, the advantages
arising from the character and loca-
ton of her harbor, her excellent ship
ping facilities, both water and rail,
and the tremendous possibilities of
her commercially strategic location.
will all lie dormant, while less favor
ed but more aggressive sections will
assume and maintain the lead.
1t is to avoid all this, that the Che
halls County Chamber of Industry and
Commerce is organized, and with the
loyal support and cooperation of the
commercial and industrial organiza-
tions and good citizens generally of
Chehalis County, the County Cham
Der will fully realize the objects herein
set forth, and Chehalis County will
come into her own.