Evening journal., 1914-09-23
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION Is THE ONLY LOCI
CAL WAY.

THERE may be better ways to apply the co-opera- /
tive idea to the civic. Industrial commercial. so /
cial and physical development town than through
permanent organization. but no town has found
better way yet
Lots Of towns have tried other ways, too
For long time we used to think that there was
nothing like exposition to put town on the
map"
Chicago tried it in 1893 with fair degree of sue
cess The momentum OF the Worlds Fair lasted for
years and helped enormously in boosting" the Windy
City But 1t not until fifteen years later when
the Chicsgo Association Of Commerce took hold OF
the Chicago problem in organized systematic way
and drew every business interest in the city into
operation for the common good, that Chcagos rapid
advance began to have genuinely stable foundation
Buffalo tried IL in 1901 and the Pan-American Ex-
position left the Electric City state Of collapse
from which IL did not for nearly years.
Then the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce was organ
lied, its 5000 members began to pull together Buff
fao and today there isn't city in America that isl
advancing rapidly in every direction.
We might multiply instances indefinitely. but they
would all merely add to the proof of the main propo-
ston which u.s. that the continuous development OF
any town depend upon the continuous co-opera-
tive efforts of the people Of that town. and connu-
effort be exerted only by a permanent organ
zation
Six thousand American municipalities now have
such permanent organization Of Trade Cham
bers of Commerce, Commercial Cubs-the name is OF
small Importance the essential elements alike
everywhere. And these essentials are.
1.-The organization to be Of real service to a town.
must be truly cooperative. It must not be exclu-
! sive limited in its membership or dominated by a
! clique. Every member must be made TO feel that he
is as essential to the organization any other
] Der, and each must be given much to do, in COM
mtee work otherwise, he can do
2.-To insure the intelligent efficient performance
of its work for the common good, the organization
must employ experienced executives aud counseilors
in every field of it's activities Volunteer service is
valuable in many ways. but there be one or more
men who give their whole time twenty-four hours a
day, seven days week. hfty-two weeks in the year,
to the direction of the voluntary work of the men,
bers and the execution the policies and programs
decided upon by them. Without such expert service
well trained and well paid no organization can hope
to accomplish real permanent results for its town
3.-'rhe organization must be well financed It mus
have income sufficient to hire the best expert
sistance obtainable carry out the most desirable
plans for the good of the community, advertise the
town and its advantages. And there is but one bus
ness-like. permanently successful way of obtaining
such income That is the cooperative way of put
ting all the members on an equal basis of annua
dues making the dues high enough to pay expenses
and leave a surplus for emergencies, and building NJ
the membership to point that makes It genuinel.
representative of every local interest.
With such foundation this there is nothing 20,
big nothing too difficult no opportunity too remote
An organization founded may tackle with conhdenc
any line OF effort in town development with full conf
dence of success.
That's what organization in hundreds of citie
l. is doing today.
+ That's what the organization in wilmington can
d made to do.