The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-01


By peculiar coincidence, T. III. Martin manager
of the Tacoma Commercial club bursts into print In
a morning newspaper today with most assume
and childish statement Martin has the effrontery
to say that 1.-THE tremendous amount of publicity
work that has been done by Tacoma during the last
two or three years is now in the way OF bearing
fruit"
Holy suffering mackerel!
Martin admits then, that his services haven't pro-
duced any results vet. But remain calm-he AYERS
that they s.are in the way of bearing fruit
The only notification that Martin has, even for
this vague prophesy, is that the REX Tours of Chi
cago threaten to include Tacoma in the itinerary of
Ia party of tourists who saving up their spare
change to visit the exposition IN San francisco next
summer.
The utter futility of Martins labors in this city
since he here nearly three years ago from At
lanta, is so obvious that The Times neces-
sity to dwell upon it. His failure has been COM
plete that it has been byword among Tacoma bust
ness men for long, long time
The Times, in printing editorial yesterday, was
aiming shaft at Martin. 1t simply felt called up
on to tell the business of this city, those who
contributed freely to the wonderful publicity fund
garnered when Martin blew in here, that their money
didn't seem to be spreading the gospel of Tacoma in
the congested east-the country where 1t would
really produce results.
The rank and file of the members of the Tacoma
Commercial club have been Disguised with the stand
pat manner in which Martin has conducted his of
flee.
He came here, handpicked by two three real
estate men, as industrial manager. 1t was prom
ised that he would bring forest of smoke stacks
factories would stretch their bulk upon the defats
1t listened good
Martin in the first place, never held down a big
publicity industrial job far anybody can
ascertain. Atlanta. rather lively town in the sleepy
south, conspicuous spot in the southern
try until year or two ago. Martin didn't know the
pulse of the far west but he could have learned had
he been a younger man, a man less arrogant, less
cocksure less stuck on himself to be plain about it,
AS it is there is forest of smoke stacks al
though Martin has been drawing good fat salary
for some SPELL There seem to be terrible shortage
of smoke stack forests, somehow.
True, with the assistance of railroad that oper-
ates only in the far west he got out very beautiful
pictorial book of Tacoma. 1t was a mighty good
printing job. But the edition was rdculously
SMALL and majority of the edition consumed by
the demands of members of the club.
True, had blboards extong the virtues of
Tacoma. But these bboards were right here in
our own town. 1t was like man putting a costly
and elaborate sign in his own dining room
'This Is Swell Home"
This sort of publicity might help convince our
inhabitants that they should remain in Tacoma but
how in the of the sacred bulls of Basheba
would it attract othersR
When the Chamber of Commerce and the CONNER
cial club were merged. and the big publicity fund
was raised it confidently expected hoped, and
believed that Tacoma had at last concrete organi-
cation, something like the great organization in Spo-
kane where they have done things.