The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-03
Richmond Chamber Of
] Commerce Strongest
/ in South.
INCOME WILL BE
$4,000 A YEAR
Total Membership Of This Great
Business Organization Will
Soon Reach, I,Aoo-Commit-
tees Striving Hard to That
End-Canvass Ends
Wednesday.

with more than 400 new members
already enrolled. the Chamber Of Com.
mercs approaches the end Of the most
remarkable membership campaign in
its history. The canvass comes to an
end wednesday afternoon with the bet
ting 10 to that when the returns are
In the total new membership will be
considerably In excess OF the 500 mark.
which thu. chamber has set for itself.
Viewed from every angle the canvass
now drawing to q close 10 the most
momentous In the chambers history.
With . membership slightly In excess
OF $50 at the start, It will finish with
. roster Of nearly i.40o-an increase of
nearly - Per cent
Expressed In terms Of annual dues.
the campaign win show an even moro
striking result Before the memorable
chamber dinner the annual income was
113.O0o. This was enough to pay fixed
expenses and provide q modest margin
for development work. The augment
ed membership, together with the an
Creases subscribed at tho dinner. will
mean an addition OF more than &c..
900 10 the chambers annual receipts.
And place them at approximately $780,
600.
LsoAs the soatA.
& A result OF tho campaign. the
Richmond Chamber OF Commerce takes
Its place - the most powerful and
weAlthiest institution Of Its kind in the
South, excepting possibly the orEaniza-
tion In New Orleans.
without authentic figures from like
institutions to aid me-" said Business
Manager Dabney, II will even make the
statement that not another oity in the
United States tho size Of Richmond.
has Chamber OF Commerce with as
1ar9e . membership and as large an
annual income. ~ the Richmond cham
her win have when the present cam
paign u over. I know OF no organiza-
fion of its, kind In any American city
nomparab1e In size with Richmond.
that has annual receipts amounting to
go. 900"
with nxed expenses remaining prac-
ideally what they were before. the eh-
tire increase will be devoted to adyer-
tising and development work 1t will
make possible q more thorough cam
paign for new industries, and will
permit the advertising Of Richmond
as q market place on a wider scale.
Comnittees Work Hard.
Second only to the cooperative spirit
displayed by Richmond business men.
the officers Of the chamber commend
the work Of the nine campaign COM
inittees. Day after day the eighteen
men composing these committees have
left their business to give unselfshly
Of their time and efforts In the inter-
est OF q stronger Chamber OF Com
nerce.
ITO these committees" said Mr. Dab
q In he
Of the canvass. They have given a
high example OF unselfsh citizenship,
and their work has aroused the ad-
Miration Of every business man in
Richmond"
Committee No. 2, composed Of Ma
than Simon and 8. 8. Rosend orf. has
led tho other eight in result-getting.
Arthur n Cannon aAd W. II. Myers.
making up committee No. /. have so
Ear taken second honors. Committee
No. {, r. ". spiIlman and Alvin NJ
Gaz4th. stands third
The lead Of one committee over an
Uther. however. nas been small. and
an have done remarkable work. The
nine committees will resume the can
49,, Tomorrow. These include, be-
osAes the foregoing: No. .. J. q. Cor
10y and W. H. Schwarzschild, No. 4. B.
w. WILSON and Aaron Clarke: No. 5.
n b F1orsheim and ". A Crenshaw:
Ne 2, Julien II. Hill and ". D. Cren-
sAaw: No .. Horace F. Smith and Fritz
0ttsrding. IT.. and No. ;. J. T. Palma
tory and W. H. Adams.
The new members include = large
number Of Individuals who are MEM
bees Of firms and corporations which
have been long affiliated with the
chamber. The list below includes only
those who were reported at tn. last
meeting Of the campaign committees
Theoe have since secured number OF