New-York tribune., 1915-01-31
A oGET-TOGETHER" MOVEMENT.
NOW WELL UNDER WAY.

That Gght lies in the Chamber OF Commerce
Of the United States, most representative, per-
hans of the aids that Business as whole has
brouqht 10 its support. 1t is the essence OF
democracy. the incarnation of the spirit OF
Get Together" Peculiar and timely interest
attaches 10 the organization because the third
annual meeting will be held at washington
carly in February, when fresh appraisal Will De
made of nationwide investment IN team
work. in which every business man-big and
Httle-is profit sharer.
What is this Chamber Of Commerce OF the
United States; what brought 1t about what
does il do; what does it mean to you and
to me?
To answer these questions is to tell the story
Of 4 Great Awakening that has stimulated the
whole commercial consciousness and brought
anew distinction and efficiency to business. 1t
r,srbes the roots of our oldest trade menace;
points the path to capitalization OF ,ne
export opportunity that the World war
created
This is no snnal Of high-sounding crusade
tho, through with psalm and precept 1t
merely the record of piece OF pracuoai' COM
non sense uplift projected along business lines
Its Code is the Gospel OF Far-rluhs GO
op,ra,ion which levels all economic RANKS
and ;s belnful alike to clerk and capitalist 10
community and country. To know ABOUT
makes vou a more useful citizen; to be part
oi it is to be a better equipped cog IN 'iie JUST
ness machine.
Why were Congress and Business so "iue
apart all those years? You need no diagram
to find out
Take anv business man plugging away a'
his desk Unless he has real imaginatloi'' no
outlook is not particularly big. He is aosorOeu
in his own problems; he does not sec d'i0''
the frontiers Of his own interests
Like his colleague Of Wall Street VINO nevei
saw bevond the Hudson River, he was oinu
10 Ike shifting changes in public mino anu
public policv. Like a pair of ostriches they
hid their heads in the sands OF their environ
ment and trusted to God and whatever parry
happened 70 be in power 10 deliver tnenn'
So long as Business was free and untranl-
melled agent this procedure was all rsht' h'
country developed so fast; the bowels OF inc
earth disporeed their treasure so easily thd'
even such shortsightedness could not pre-
vail sos;,s, ,ybat seemed 70 be an irresistible
prosperity.
Put censorship and control OF Business oe-
yeloped; Nation and State put the pr0oe '"'0
the corporation; depression stalked about
Business looked up from its desk and saw big
Laws cleaning like ogre eyes; beheld long
rsmpsrts Of regulation hedged around
Unless he was very vitally affected M
npsiness Man merely said to himself;
why worry2 There have been othef up
hesyals Sanity will return. have my own
Affairs 10 mind" And he stuck to his knitting.
So he Piled solitary needle, not resi'1ihs
that the threads of his own business were
bound up in the greater fabric OF the business
Of the whole country. What concerned anu
disturbed that fabric also disturbed him'
Had he looked for moment at the e%an'pi.
Presented by Germany he might have sSvea
some cash and character. Her oommefeidi N"u
industrial agencies are linked into compact
union that is a tower OF strength at nome
buwsrk abroad. When foreign concerns COM