Arizona republican., 1917-02-07
MARKETING SURVEY
ANNOUNCED DURING
CHAMBERS ANNUAL

What with the announcement that
the dream of a marketing survey is
to come true, the election of Is di-
rectors, the selection of half a dozen
advisory members of the directorat te
and the snappy and helpful address
made, the annual banquet and meeting
of the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
last evening was great success. All
of the available seats provided at the
tables set in the Woman's club house
! last evening were taken and there We're
representatives of both the Tucson and
/ Prescott chambers of commerce pres
ent.
/ The fifteen newly elected directors
are Charles A. Stauffer and H. J. Nc
/ Chung who headed the ticket in num-
/ ber of votes and J. NJ. Aitken, H. l..
Aller, II. w. Asbury, H. c. Bennett. C.
D. Doris. A. L. Esgate. Roy S. Good
rich. Vic Hanny, Harry Kay, ]. d.
Loper. w. Macarthur Jr., ]. C. Norton
and John OMalley
/ The new valley advisors chosen are
I DR. A. J. Chandler from Chandler; j.
/ l.. Cook of Tempe; O. s. Stapley of
/ Mesa: Dan Millett of Buckeye, L. My
ers of Glendale and c. A Robinson of
/ Peoria.
| President j. C. Norton of the cham
| Der of commerce. acted as toastmaste
and there were eight short, snappy
( talks, several Of which brought forth
/ most important announcements such as
! the one made by Dwight b. Heard with
regard to the marketing survey of the
/ valley, the first Of its kind attempted in
the United States with the government
/ in cooperation with a community.
b The annual report prepared by Pres
ident Norton and Secretary Welch and
BHrf flaa 1af tor
/ pilation of some of the most important
activities of the chamber during the
past year 1t is presented to the peo-
| pie of Phoenix this morning in full in
/ The Arizona Republican.
Following the banquet there was
singing in which all took part and then
an election committee consisting OF
Colonel McClintock, w. S Goldsworthy
and f. W. Griffin took charge Of the
election of directors The ballots were
/ tailed while the speaking went on.
Mr.. Parker Talks of Cotton
/ DR.. Norton introduced as the first
speaker of the evening. Edward f.
Parker. in charge Of the development
work for the Southwest Cotton com
pany, a Goodyear subsidiary. who had
I for his subject, Cotton In the course
J of his remarks Mr.. Parker took occas-
J ion to read a letter from +. W. Litch-
field, ice-prcsidert of the Goodyear
company. a striking paragraph OF
which runs:
My best wishes are with you in car
rying on the work. While we have to
make a profit in order TO enable our
organization to grow and carry on the
finer things for which it stands. We
must work just as hard TO build vi
7 our good name, accomplishing things
! which are lasting and worth while and
/ build up an organization of men. moi
/ merely of employees. as we pursue fl
nancial profit. While in carrying out
4 this work there will always be rough
spots friction and discouragement il
I you work towards the higher ideals
/ these things will. one by one. be for
gotten and your memory will only re-
! tain the kindlier episodes and things
accomplished which will continue to
/ stand as monuments of big work well
done"
Some Of Mr.. Parkers facts were very
striking. He stated that his company is
working 1000 mules and eight tract
/ oIs in the work it is doing while al
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