The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-31
This Was the Spirit of Meeting
Held Today.
Permanent Organization OF
Kansas Commercial Clubs.
AN ADDRESS BY GOV. CAPPER
Tells Delegates the State Is
Not Properly Advertised.
Depends Too Much on East for
What 1t Needs

Commercial clubs of kansas were
urged to get behind a movement for
the development of manufacturing
and other industries in the Sunflower
state today, by Governor Arthur Cap
per. who addressed a meeting of sec
retaries of Kansas chambers of COM
merce at the Commercial club today.
The secretaries today organized Il state
organization of commercial clubs of
Kansas. thus giving birth to a new
Pull For Kansas" spirit which was
endorsed by the governor in his ad-
dress
Deficiency in the literature sent out
from the state advertising Kansas and
the states industries and attractions,
was pointed out by the governor The
executive urged that the commercial
clubs of Kansas take this matter into
their own hands and remedy it. Said
Governor Capper: out at the fairs
in California. Kansas was we'll repre-
scented in exhibits and citizens. But l
noticed that the advertising literature
distributed advertising Kansas was
much inferior to that or other states.
I'm eastern states, from which /
have recently returned, L found that
manufacturing concerns were shipping
carload after carload of goods into
Kansas. In a great many cases the
raw material was produced in Kan
sas, shipped east and manufactured
and then shipped back to Kansas.
Why cannot Kansas manufacture
these goods? The time is coming
when the state will establish a bureau
to look after this great movement but
until such a bureau is established the
matter is in the hands of the CONNER
cial bodies of the state"
Permanent Organization.
A dozen or more secretaries of COM
merciaI clubs of the state attended
the meeting today. This afternoon
permanent organization was formed
to take the place of the temporary one
formed several weeks ago. Bylaws
were adopted this afternoon and the
election of officers of the state aSSoci-
alton began later in the afternoon. 1t
was the general opinion among the
secretaries that the temporary Off
GERS, appointed some time ago. would
be elected in their same capacity in
the permanent organization. Temper
airy officers were: w. A. Austin,
Leavenworth. president; j. viii
Kelley, Topeka, vice president and
treasurer, and 6. B. Douglas, Arkan-
sas City. secretary
In addition to the commercial clubs
personally represented a large number
of Kansas commercial bodies were
represented by proxy and asked to be
allowed to affiliate with the state as
sOciation. Those represented by
proxy were: lola, Fort Scott, Atchi-
son. Abilene, :iiTard tIawatha, Bur
Hngame, Smith Center, Osborne, Par
sons, Cimarron, Belleville, Stockton,
Valley Falls, Wichita. Great Bend,
Dodge City, F'redonia, Syracuse, Wei
ington, Scott City. Hill City, Wash
ington and Junction City.
During the organization of the state
association several pep" talks were
made by different representatives
Among the secretaries representing
Kansas bodies were: c. b. Douglas,
Arkansas City; f. r. Harmon, Bur-
ington; S d. Weaver, Burlington;
+. r. Ramsdall, Ottawa; A. L. Oliver,
Emporia; G. w. Kidder, Pittsburg; F.
S Jameson, Salina; c. B. Davies, Con-
cordia; II. C. Lathrop, Blue Rapids;