The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-12-26
Letter Shows How Big Business
Organization That Fights Re-
form Got Its Funds.
BIG L|sT' Registered
One Hundred Corporations Asked 70
Give $1,000 Each Per Year fer 7
Three Years to Defend In" ~
4 dustries interested.

Washington. D. .C.-The senate CON-
mittee on agriculture has finally pub
lished the text Of the pie letter sent
to n hundred of the leading persons
and Corporations in the realm of
American big business, asking them to
give $1,000 apiece, each year for three
years, to put the United States Cham
Der of Commerce upon its feet. This
begging letter was signed by Allen
Walker, New York City representative
of the national chamber. It reads, as
sent to one manufacturer, as follows:
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, # AIN ~ 5s4 I'll ayi
New York. NJ, Y, October 20, 1915.
Dear Mr.. :
Il have your nice letter of October
~, and fully appreciate the spirit In
which it is written. .as.a 3-Ts Ersr
II know just how much it might
mean to have Mr.. Fahey lat that time
president of the chamber) drop in and
meet the officers Of your company,
because-'in brass tacks""-such an
occasion simply means using q coach
and four instead of q blackboard in
which. to approach the given destina-
ton, but it is just as impossible to con-
ceive q fixed date on which MI. Tahey
could make such a visit as it would
be for you to say exactly what time
you will be in London--though you
probably hope to be there one Of these
days. VIZ
. e ..r-.-. E-. Co.. - st-.f~ r
II have heard MI. Fahey say how
much he would like to drop on and
visit you and 60 through your great
and interesting factory anyway, and
that he would try to do It on the way
to Washington, but when he says it l
know there is little hope of his doing
it at an early date, because the man
is simply driven beyond all human
possibility of keeping pace with the
demands upon his time and service. +
What I should like to know from
you personally and frankly is whether
or not the chance of your company's
being registered upon the big list
with the other corporations who have
agreed to subscribe $1,000 a year for
three years, has to await the POSSIBLE
ity of a visit from Mr.. Fahey; because
if it has I might as well cross it off
the list of prospective subscribers be-
tween now and the annual meeting in
February, 5fsstTsta ..H5 ..sg,,o, ,-,
r.f 81 send you herewith an u%p-to-date
list of the leading men and corpora
tions who are subscribing In this
group, and I think you will admit that
it represents a classification of the
real leaders of industry, which. you
are invited to join. 5.sg} ygu4gf.s
RI IF it be a question of proportionate
share over which your associates are
hesitating, l would simply point out
tina, the men who have initiated this
emergency fund decided, after much
elaboration, that this was the only
prompt big way in which to handle a
big thing. You know, I think, what
sacrifices of money, time and labor
Mr.. Fahey and his associate direc.
tors are making. Mr.. Wheeler 70.
cured a years leave of absence from
his bank to devote to this work and
gave personal service that could not
possibly be purchased in the open
market for $4,000. He spent at least
$4,000 out, OF his own pocket In per
1sonal expenses to travel the whole
country! 2 There is no other answer
Yet Mr.. Wheeler himself has some
down on this special list for $1.ooo y
year for three years. 81" 3I or .n4i
The point I wish to make-and !
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