Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-05-30
Committee Named to Enlist
Members for Work in
Commercial Campaign.
LIKE THE u. S. ARMY
Forces OF Chamber of Commerce Need
Additions and Munitions Of War
Are Not Sufficient to Prosecute
Extensive Plan.

At the meeting OF the trustees or
the Chamber Of Comemrce yesterday
at noon committee of fifteen was
appointed to conduct a campaign for
new members and secure subscrip-
tons for the organization.
While none of the contracts have
expired, a number of the members
have fallen in arrears. During the ad-
ministration of former Secretary H.
G. Spaulding, number of members
had neglected paying their monthly
or yearly dues to the association and
when the incumbent, e. B. Bloom, as
sumed the secretaryship, he found
that many who had pledged to sup
port the organization had violated
their contracts. Y
During the two months of Secretary
Blooms administration much good
work has been accomplished, consid-
ering the financial condition of the
asscciation.' Among the most import
ant achievements was the landing OF
a garment factory, which will give
employment to some 100 women and
girls; change in the schedule on the
Pine Bluff & Arkansas River Railway,
which enables Pine Bluff to secure a
great deal more business from the
station touched by the road; an excel
sior factory; bright prospects for
wagon factory, which will employ so
or more and the arrangement for a
trade excursion.
The success of the association de-
ponds wholly upon the prompt re-
spouse Of it's members in the payment
of dues. Never before in the history
of Pine Bluff has commercial or
ganization been of more benefit to the
city and produced better results than
during the past two months.
The committee will visit all the old
members and make a campaign for
new ones. Efforts are being made by
the secretary and other members to
make the association what it should
be and put it on a more solid founda-
ton. The finance committee realize
the good work done by Secretary
Bloom and will make an effort to put
the association on better financial
basis, so that bigger and better things
can be worked for.
L. B. Bloom, George Darby and E.
M. Shober were made committee to
select a band for the trades excur-
sion. which is to take up four days.
Want Dredge Here.
Among the important matters con-
sidered was the appointment Of a
special committee which will take UP
the question of having government
dredge boat stationed at Pine Bluff
to operate between this city and the
mouth of the Arkansas, river, with
Arkansas members of congress when
they come to attend the Democratic
state convention in this city next
week.
1t also developed at the meeting
that the Cotton Belts additional
equipment in the shape of six motor
passenger cars are to be used on
branch lines in Texas and Louisiana
and are not to be operated between
Pine Bluff and Little Rock. 4 special
committee will be named to urge the
Cotton Belt officials to use some sso1
the additional equipment between
this city and Little Rock. The same
committee will also make an effort
to have the Iron Mountain officials
add a parlor car on trains Nos. lbs
and 1877, operating between Littls
Rock and Eudora.