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


officers and directors:
George r. Garter President
w. r. Farrinsfon :. 3. .....--r...
s...s First Vice-President
r. NJ. Church ,.s,......
-.s..Seccnd Vice. President
g. II. Cooke. :. :. x. Treasurer
Ers. Directors.
p. A Berndt 4 A. Kennedy
f. r Bishop r. w. Macfarlant
g. Fred Bush u. 4. Peck
II. B. Bocth s. s. Paxson
Al. w. r. Boftonsies q. n. Paris
A. \. Campbell Il. r. AZ. Swanzy
@ p Denison IL Il. Spalding Z
]. 3. G. Hagens p. ID. Tenney !,
III F. Wiehman
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
,orsanization was 3 live one and could
be depended npon to carry ON the
work entrusted to t.
At following meeting of the direc.
tors 0f June 10 Mr.. Raymond G.
Brown was elected secretary.
The question had been asked II an
amalgamated body. formed of the two
commercial organizations. would. or
could, accomplish as much as the or
CARNATIONS could individually. 1t was
ccntended by most of the business in
terests that by eentralizing our efforts
in one organization a 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 1t
appeared that with all efforts centra-
liked in one greater body, and pulling
along the same lines for the same
common purpose and with the back
ing of an the business interests there
were greater Possibilities. This has
been, beyond doubt, demonstrated
In the activities Of the new body.
a 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. ID. Chambers
are built around the aggregate Of such
individual notions,
Seldom, however, has any one de-
fined in bread language the SCOPE OF
the modern trade organization with
precision. Perhaps the most able
answer ever given to the question,
What constitutes an efficient com.
mercial organizst ion3s Is the address
by william George Bruce, secretary
Of the Milwaukee, Merchants and
Manufactures. es6ciati0n. delivered
before the 19f4 t6nyent10li bf CONNER
cial secretaries at Cincinnati. 1t IS
with due sense Of appreciation that
I quote portions Of Mr.. Bruce's ad-
dress
Amid the. ncreasing activities
Of American urban centers Of popula-
tion which are deemed essential to
their material and social welfare GER
tain DENIED promotiohaI efforts are
now included as q fixed factor. Men
are no longer content to perform the
mere civic duties prescribed rigidly
by statute. commonly referred to as
obeying the laws and paying taxes.
Today they are quickened BY the rea-
lizatiOn that they are citizens. The
hopes and aspirations Of a communi-
ty In this direction, and the promo
tional effort generated by such ideals
can not be entrusted either to purely
private enterprise or public authority.
The activity of the local government
Is circumscribed by law The single
individual Is necessarily deyoting
nine-tenths ct hts working hours to
making q living
There can be and is an uncovered
field lying between the function OF
the individual and the local govern
ment. There Is need for some organ
izatioh which permits collective ef-
tort and which &C the same time en-
eroacfies on neither the power 4of the
individual nor the sphere of local
government. There is created. as IL
were a new category as a. result Of
which many Individuals give a part
Of their time, thought and effort, and
each contributes bis spare effort and
influence. Your commercial organize
ticn is then 4 piece Of machinery drigs
en- by collective influence. Constant.
ly il should be noted that a CONNER
eial organization is merely the ma
chinery through which certain ends
are to 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. 1t 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
confiniHg its work to the civic realm
solely.
1T 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 conyeniences.
comforts and Injuries Material adj.
yancement is both primary and funda.
mentaL s. .ssss ~ - ~
The modern commercial organiza-
ton is summoned to g .deuflle calling.
lt must encourage matetial advance
mont and at the same time the civic
and social prcgress Of the community
Economic and social endeayor should