Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-24

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...... -. =. ). First Vice President
Second yiee-President
q n Cooke Treasurer
Directors. -.
e. A BeFnat ]. A. Kennedy
f. +. Bishop W. Macfaflane
q. Fred Bush l.. r. Peck
r. B. Booth 8. s. PaxsOHa i,
I A. w. T. Bottomley E H. Paris
Il A. n Campbell = M. Swanzy
q. P. Denison boz E. L Spalding
{ IFs C, Hagens & ID. Tenney
:. II. =. Wichman
On May Is the first meeting Of the
directors was held, The object OF the
meeting. as stated by the president.
was TO, assure the community that the
organization was q, live one and could
be depended upon TO, carry on, the
work entrusted TO Il, s,isS .S q 81 4 s
AT D following meeting Of the direcr
tors or June 10, Mr. Raymond G.
Brown was elected secretary. -,
The question had been asked n an
analganlated body. formed Of the two
commercial organizations. would. or
could, accomplish as much as the or
CARNATIONS could individually. 1t was
contended by most of the business In
terests that by centralizing our efforts
In one organization q greater good
could be accomplished than In two In
terests working from different angles.
1t is not meant by this that the angles
from which the two bodies worked
were for any different results, but II
appeared that with all efforts centra-
lized IN enc greater body, and pulling
along the same lines for the same
common purpose and with the back
Ing of all the business interests there
were greater possibilities. This has
been. beyond a doubt, demonstrated
In the activities of the new body.
Why IS the Chamber. Of Commerce,
someone asks and because the cham
Der gives no answer he Is left with
the impression he has about snakes in
ireland. There amt none" Every
member has some idea OF what a
Chamber Of Commerce il. Chambers
are built around the aggregate of such
individual notions
Seldom. however, has any one de-
fined In broad slaRglage the scope of
the modern sltrade organization with
precision Perhaps the most able
answer ever given to the question.
What constitutes am efficient conn
merciai organization?. is the address
by William George Bruce, secretary
of the Milwaukee, Merchants, and
Manufacturers Association, delivered
before the 1914 convention of CONNER.
cial secretaries at Cincinnati. It IS
with q due sense fofj appreciation that
Z quote por1ops Of Mr.: Brnce's adj
dress sTE h,isggs.s
Amid the eyer.increasing activities
OF American urban centers of popula-
ton which are deemed essential 20
their material and social welfare Ger.
tain defined promotional EFFORTS are
now included as q fixed factor. Men
are no longet content to perform the
mere, civic duties prescribed rigidly
by statute, commonly referred to as
cbeying Tier laws and paying taxes
Today they are quickened By the rea,
iization that they are citizens. The
hopes and aspirations Of a commune
" In this direction, and the promo
tional effort generated by such ideals
can not be entrusted either to purely
private enterpfise or; public authority.
The activity of the local government
is circumscribed by law. The single
individual IS necessarily deyoting
nine-tenths 81 his working hours to
making living
There can be and is an uncovered
field lying between the function Of
the individual and the local govern
naent. There is need for some organ
ization which permits collective eff
fcrt and which at the same time en-
croaches on neither the power Of the
iHdividnal noi, the sphere of local
There lis created. as ID
were. q new category as result4sOf
which many individuals give part
Of their time. thought and effort, aud
each contributes his spare effort and
influence Your commercial organiza-
ton Is then a piece of machinery driv.
en- sby collective influence Constant.
IL It should be noted that q CONNER
cial organization IS merely the ma
chinery through which certain ends
are 10 be attained
"a broadened Chamber OF Com.
merce, however. needs to Go Slow
You can not put through commercial
measures affecting the
people by using force. It takes a
long campaign OF education, IN
some cities the pendulum has swung
from the extreme OF activity along
trade lines to the other extreme OF
It's work to the civic realm
solely
IT must be recognized that a super
structure of higher civic and social at.
tainments can be built only on sound
material foundations The family
must be able to buy necessities be-
fore it can indulge in eenveniences.
comforts and luxuries. Material adj
yaneement is both primary and funda
mental.
The modern commercial organiza-
ton is summoned to a double calling.
1t must encourage material advance
ment and at the same time the civic
and social pfcsFess Of the community
Ecc monte and social endeayor Should
90 hand in hand And the SIamese