Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-04
CIVESWELCO COME To STATE PRESIDENT
Norwich Chamber of Commerce Had Charles A. Pease of
Hartford as Guest-He Commends Norwich Men for
Backing Given State Observation-Disclosures and Allen
President Says Many More Houses Are Needed Here
New Haven Road Representative Tells of Industrial Bu-
reau Work

There is no doubt whatever that the
bureau system is the best of all sys-
TENS. said Charles a. Pease, president
of the State Chamber of Commerce, at
the open meeting held in buckingham
Memorial on Friday evening by the
Norwich Chamber Of Commerce. The
meeting was principally called for the
purpose of securing unity among the
chamber members in the bureau work
recently started and which it is hoped
will be of benefit to not only the Nor
witch Chamber of Commerce, but the
city as well. The meeting was the
first presided over by William A. Som
erS as president, to which office he was
elevated at the annual meeting held
| last month.
President Somers called the gather
| ing to order shortly after s o'clock and
after the roll call of officers Secretary
| Charles w. Pearson read the report OF
| the last meeting, which was accepted.
| The chairmen of the mercantile, state,
new industries and agriculture bureaus
reported progress. Organization meet
| ings have been held and the bureaus
are getting ready for strenuous sea-
son.
Under the head of new business
| Herbert R. Branche spoke of the ma
! tional rivers and harbors convention
| which is to be held at Washington, D.
| c., Dec. ITO, and offered in nomination
| as delegate from the local body, the
name of Vice President Joseph T.
| Cruttenden. The nomination stood and
Mr.. Cruttenden was declared elected
| as delegate.
| Secretary Pearson announced that
any questions or matters which the
| members wish to bring to the attention
of the bureaus should be addressed to
him and he will see that they get into
| the right channels.
State President Pease.
In introducing Charles A. Pease as
| the speaker of the evening President
| Somers said:
This meeting has been called for
| the purpose of uniting our members
| together in a work that 1 trust will be
a benefit to our organization, and the
city of Norwich.
| Your board of directors have been
| busy planning a campaign for this
| year. They have named five bureaus,
each of Is men for progress in affairs
| of interest, namely, civic, agriculture,
| transportation, real estate and mercan-
| tile.
1t being a matter of new business
| and an important one, 1t necessarily
needs an instructor. We have with us
| a gentleman from Hartford who is
| thoroughly acquainted with the bureau
| work of the Chamber of Commerce
| and I take great pleasure in introduce
I ing to you the president of our State
Chamber of Commerce, Charles A
Pease.
In taking the floor Mr. Pease said
| that he was very glad to be in Nor
| witch and that the officers of the state
| chamber want to be of as much as
sistance to the organization as pos
| sible.
Regarding the bureaus of the Cham
Der of Commerce, which topic had been
assigned him Mr.. Pease said: There
is no doubt whatever that it is the
best of all systems. 1t certainly has
a great many merits. Mr.. Pease spoke
of the amalgamation of the two civic
| bodies in Hartford, who chose as their
name The Hartford Chamber of Com
merce and said that the chamber now
has 1900 members.
No bureau ought to push an idea
| of its own until it is sanctioned by
the chamber, said Mr.. Pease. Under
the head of civic bureaus he said that
| nothing should be pushed until a thor
| ough investigation is made. If you &C
| out b1indly and make claims you will
probably be refused and then at some
other time when your claims really
merit attention you will probably lose
| them also. In this connection Mr.
Pease spoke of the method followed in
| New Britain.
1t was felt that the light rates there
| were too high. A thorough investiga-