South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-31
sEC'Y sPAULDING'S RESIGN ATION
AND THE FUTURE OF THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.


CHAMBER OF CONIMERC r.
The resignation Of Mr.. II. G spauld-
ing. as secretary OF the Chamber Of
mmerce-business manager of the
organization. as il were.-i, tempo
rariIy. at least. decided loss. It may
be possible to obtain uccessor
equally suitable 90 the task but
doubtful If there viii Doe any coHsid-
cradle Improvement Mr. Spaulding
brought 10 the Chamber O. Commerce
about the first real life th.t it has
ever had More has been Undertaken
and more accomplished than during
the entire previous his ry of the or
ganization. and if it now 20 pass
under the dominance of those very
financial interests. that Of late seem
especially seeking to gain full con-
troll OF it, Mr. Spautding viii leave
behind him anythi 2 but an opti-
misuc outlook
Generally too. sc believe Mr..
Spaulding's work as been satisfac-
tory 10 those asso lated with him.
Trained as he had oeen before com
ing here. for the -ork OF a real com
mercial secretary he may have incur
red the in-wiH certain gentlemen
who are prone t regard their private
gain first. bur believe that in tile
main ne has Do en- satisfactory 10 the
majority He loves ON 10 an equally
important fiei of ealeavor. South
Bends loss is Inc International Paved
ways gain.
Mr. SpaulCngs work FOR South
Bend on the Lincoln Highway and the
Dixie High, as. though To an extent
unappreoiat d here-pretty much as
everybody. efforts are. who try to
do anythi i'm particular-no doubt
had muci to do with this new open
ing being made for him Mr. Spauld-
ing reaIl, had Lecome something OF an
expert good road promotion. The
reward nat has come to him is a fit
ting OF we Will see now how we'll
his su .essor will continue the work
that J. mas undertaken.
Tn consolidation of the Chamber
Of G nmerce with the Commercial
Attn tic club, going into effect about
the same time as Mr.. Spaulding is to
leal e will mean "a quite thorough re-
Vamping of the institution We do
NOT presume 10 know how much Of
the social side of the consolidated
chamber will be retained as inherited
from the c. A G.. but it is very good
time 10 obtain a new secretary, If
one is TO be had, and an equally good
time FOR the present one to quit if he
IS To quit at all Mr.. Spaulding never
has been in harmony with the con-
soHdation idea. but that does not de-
tract from his fitness. or his qualid
cations for the work OF commercial
executive. II may be that his expert
ence i'm this work has brought 10 him
"a larger wisdom with regard TO the
Commerce activity with social club
intercourse. We have favored the
consolidation ourselves. and cannot
see why. under proper management
the combination cannot be worked
out but the future viii have to de-
termine the wisdom of our guess.
We are. indeed. sorry To learn of
Mr.. Spaulding's resignation. We have
appreciated him as a live-wire. We
have appreciated him for his intelh-
gence and for his right motives Had
he been given more rein, We have no
doubt but that ne would have accom-
plished much more than ne has. He
came here when the city was rent in
twain" as il were. so far as the
Chamber of Commerce is concerned.
and he has uot been able To entirely
overcome it. but has made some in
roads that too largely. through his
own personality. We have believed
that the consolidation OF the Cham
Der with the G. A. g.. would go far
Their toward the elimination OF this
prejudice and we still hope that it
will but il is regrettable that Mr.
Spaulding could not have stayed To
help work it out-though maybe.
a successor can be found who. like the
proverbiaI drug store substitutions. is
just as good"