The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-28
OUTLINE WORK Of GA.
i CHAMBER COMMERCE
President Haden Tells What
States New Organization
Expects to Do.

ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 25 Especially
How the Georgia Chamber of Com
merce will map out Statewide pro-
gram of work for the next three yea
is told by President C. ]. Haden n
an interview given to the press today.
The State Chamber will devote much
of it's time to the betterment of
marketing conditions for the Georg
Farmer.
THE development of Georgia is a
monumental task" said President
Haden, ut is no one man job. No
set of individuals can hope to accom-
plish it. 1t is worthy of the combined
result producing efforts of every able
bodied Georgian
Broadly speaking, the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce has for its
dominant purpose the advancement
of the welfare of Georgia; the pro-
motion of its agriculture; the i'm
provement of general conditions with
in it's limits and it's protection from
unjust attack at home and abroad.
Specifically stated, the aims an
objects of any given section of the
State, or of any froup of individuals
looking towards betterment of any
character, are the aims and objec s
of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce
The dynamic factor in the build
ing of the State of Georgia will be
the spirit-the tision-the enthus-
iasm of it's people. The Georgia
Chamber of Commerce will inculcate
the Georgia idea" in the breasts of
Georgians. 1t will seek to give them
vision" in all the fulness of the
word
Already it has given them a Wis
ionof what Georgia and her people
can produce. The idea behind Geor-
gia Products Day struck home witch
amazing force.
Agencies of one kind or another
have been working for Georgia's bet
terment for years. The State Agricul-
tural Department, the State Agri-
cultural College, the Farmers CO.
operative Demonstration Work, the
Corn and Canning Clubs, Farmers
Unions, commercial organizations,
State, district and county fairs, the
State Department of Education
these and many more have been or
ganized and are actively engaged ih
lettering conditions in as many diff
ferent directions.
THE Georgia Chamber of Com
merce will cooperate with each and
every one of these agencies for good.
The fact that OF has already met with
the unqualified approval and support
of many of them, is convincing proof
that it will have a State wide field
in which to work.
LAS soon as the officials of the
Georgia Chamber of Commerce have
conferred with representatives of the
various sister agencies throughout
the State, definite program of wori;
will be adopted and adhered to.
Generally speaking however, the
Chamber will work for better mar
keting conditions; better roads and
highways; a better school system;
better credit system for farmer and
merchant; diyersiflcation in crops
and country wide organizations for
mutual benefit in each county Above
all, the Georgia Chamber of Com
merce will carry on a consistent and
intelligent campaign, whose slogan
will be Georgia Products for Geor-
gia People. Before any real de-
velopment can take place the people
of Georgia must know the resources
and possibilities of their own state.
True progress can only be at
/ tanned through agricultural develop
ment In close cooperation with all
the big progressive and constructive
! forces named, the Georgia Chamber
of Commerce will devote time and
money in assisting the husbandman
| TO solve the economic problems cor
fronting him. In this way the State
Chamber will best assist the manu-
facturer, the wholesaler, the retail
er, the jobber, the banker and all
the other units making up the COM
/ pick business system Of to-day