Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-22
STATE CHAMBER IS
| DRIVING FOR MEMBERS
Campaign Now In Swing Most
Comprehensive Ever Launch
ed In This State.

JOhn l.. Etheidge, state chairman
committee on membership, Oregon State
Chamber of Commerce, having eomplet-
ed the committee s organization throu-
ghout the state, has begun a vigorous
campaign for membership. Chairman
Etheridge says:
The Oregon State Chamber of Com
merce has launched absolutely the most
comprehensive, far reaching and bene-
flcial piece of work of its kind ever
undertaken by the state.
The purpose of the chamber is te
encourage the development of the na.
tural resources of the state of Oregon
and of trade and commercial inter
course between the different parts of
the state and between this state ana
contiguous territory and also with for
eign countries, and to encourage coon
Grafton between the various chambers
of commerce, industrial agricultural
and other organizations throughout the
state and to generally increase their
efficiency.
"The value Of cooperation needs no
comment. Whatcve. is beneficial to one
section Of the state is beneficial to the
state as whole and whatever beno-
fits one community, thereby benefitting
the state as whole, works to the be-
nefit of each and every community in
the state, regardless OF .ow nstanI re-
moved it may be. The chambers slo.
gan: "Oregon For Every Community.
Every Community For Oregon,' is
real slogan, abounding in meaning and
|coneisely, clearly and absolutely ex-
pressing the purpose of the state cham
ber.
In order to accomplish this purpose
it is not enough that commeiyra, DO
dies, associations and individuals give
unto the chamber their moral support
and individual effort-it is essential
that the chamber be founded upon O
sound financial basis. To raise the
necessary funds, "The Sinews of War;
and in order that the chamber NAV
otherwise properly function, its mem
bership has been divided into three clas-
scs: First, Commercial, consisting of To-
cal chambers of commerce and CONNER
eial clubs; second, Association, consist
ing of industrial, agricultural and 9th
er organizations not formed for private
purposes; third, Individual, non-voting
members.
"The annual fee for the Commercial
membership is $40, for each one hund-
red members of the local club, paus sle
for each additional one hundred mem
bers or major fraction thereof, the max
mum fec not to exceed $50. The holder
thereof being entitled to one vote for
each $40 fee; the number of votes for
any one commercial organization not to
exceed five. The annual fee for the
Association membership is $40. This
entities the association to two votes.
The annual fee for Individual meber-
snip has been put at minimum $5 per
member. No maximum has been fixed.
1t is planned by the state chamber to
raise approximately $4,000 from indi-
7ldual memberships outside Multnomah
county, and approximately the same am
cunt within Multnomah county. This
is imperative in order to put the state
chamber upon its feet financially ana
IN order to make its work effective.
This is a gigantic task but we have set
ourselves to it and it must and will be
accomplished.
A membership committe. with a live
wire as chairman, has been named by
MI Etheridge for each city in the state.
Each of these committees has been noti-
fled that the quota for its city is a
certain number of individual members.
minimum quota of a
certain number of dollars. In raising
his amount Of money the state com
nittee prefers to have the local COM
nlttee secure at least the minimum
number of members at the inimum
zee of So per member. However, the
'lan OF raising the local aloltments ID
eft entirely to the local committees. A
ocal committee may find one person in
IS community who will pay sum equ-
i to its entire quota for mss single
However, the greater
lumber of persons brought into the
hamber the greater will be its strength
nd the more effective its work.
" aside from the stated quota to be
aised by each committee in its city and
ominunity from individual member
hips, il is expected and requested by
tate Chairman Etheridge that each To-
al committee secure at once, if it has
ot already been sent in, commercial
from the local commerciai
lub or chamber of commerce Oh its
ity; that if such an organization does
OF exist the local eomittee viii proceed
t once to organize one in order that
s community may be properly and duly
epresented in the state champer and
ave the right of casting a vote, on
otes, therein and hence a voice in the
fairs of the state chambes.
" Also the local committees are ask
1 to secure association memberships
-om any industrial, agricultural Of 9TH
I organization not formed for private
arposes and existing in its city or
the firm and has gone to Portland.
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