Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-21
few PROFESSIONAL
men MEMBERS OF
LOCAL c. OF c.
Only Eight Of the Scores Of
Doctors, Lawyers and Den
! fists Represented.


That only eight professional men Of
| Pine Bluff-two doctors, two dentists
and four law firms-are members of
the chamber of commerce, and give
any aid to that organization In its
work of leading the movement for the
growth, upbuilding and prosperity OF
the city, will be rather a surprise to
the business men of the city, ana es-
pecially to those who have been Civ
ing of their time, talents, energies and
mneny in the good work.
There are about $50 commercial en-
terprises in Pine Bluff, including the
largest manufacturing plants and the
smaller retail stores and shops. There
are several scores of doctors, lawyers
end dentists. With the exception of
the eight professional mol now on the
membership list Of the chamber Of
commerce, the professional men Of the
city have allowed The commercial in
terests to bear the entire burden of the
work Of bringing new people and new
industries here.
The commercial interests arc the one
class which already bears the heavy
burden of direct and indirect taxation.
The professional men pay no part OF
the cost of government, except that
they pay taxes on whatever property
they may own. The larger the popu-
lation Of the city, the bigger the field
in which they labor. The more pros
porous the town, the more prosperous
the lawyers, the doctors and the dent
lists. The professional men provide
SERVE which is absolutely necessary
something the people must have.
Their investment is of the minimum,
the lawbooks of the lawyers, and the
instruments of the doctors and dent
lists, being the sole "stock" required,
after the training has been obtained,
and the point has been we'll taken that
the question Of training is equally di-
vided because business man needs
training as much as does the doctor or
lawyer or dentist.
Because the professional man is so
vital factor in the city's progress,
and because in Pine Bluff the pro-
fessional man has been called upon
to do SO little in the past toward adj
vancing the general interests of the
community, it is felt that each Of these
professions will be more numerously
represented in the future in the coun-
ellis Of the chamber Of commerce, and
that each member of the professions
will do his full part in the work of
bringing to the city and community
| in which he lives the greatest measure
of progress and prosperity Coco
roads, Of which this section has many
| have extended his field of operations
! immensely, increase in population has
brought greater demand for profess
sional service, an dthe prosperity the
community is enjoying means that col
lections are easier and more satisfac.
tory, all tending to the advantage OF
the professional man.
The membership and financial cam.
paign Of the chamber of commerce will
be held next week, and it is believed
, the professional men of the city will
take advantage of the opportunity tt
| aid in the work of the chamber of com
merce in the new year, by lining u1
with the other Give wires" ane
'boosters' of the city, to bring here
more people, more factories, and, as
a natural accompaniment, more none,
\; in actual circulation.