Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-14
What Can the Chamber of Commerce
Do? =

Answering the second of the five aues-
tions most often asked in relation 70
the expansion and reoorgan ,zasst cs on
the the Chamber Of Commerce do,sa mem
Der, of the committee makes the state
ment below. The first questlon,s an
swered in the kennebec Journa' OF
Tuesday, was why there should be such
an organization here. The three other
questions which cover other phases OF
the campaign next week. and answers
to which will be made this week. are as
to how the chamber Will be fnanceo'
who will run it and its outlook for per-
manency.
What can the Augusta Chamber of
Commerce do?
It can do anything upon which the
have been centered as needful to be
done.
What it will do depends entirely unon
the membership. Every member VIII
should do. and the doing Of those thing
will then become al matter of uniting
the whole chamber to that end
Putting the question another way.
suppose it is asked. Who is gong o, 70
shall do? The president? NO. The di-
rectors? No. The commlttees' NO.
The members? Yes.
The manner in which the members
will do this is one of the most important
features of the Chamber of Commerce,
a feature on which is based one of the
chief appeals for the support and CO
operation Of the business and profess
sional men and women of Augusta.
In word, it is the referendum. Two
questions VIII be asked of every mem
Der Immediately after the week of the
intensive campaign:
!. What, as n citizen, do you think is
the thing of first Importance for the
Chamber of Commerce to undertake AOr
the good of ,hQ city of Augusta?
2. What, in Your opinion, is the first
thing that should be undertaken by the
Chamber of Commerce to improve con-
ditionS and opportunities IN your own
line of business?
In securing answers to these two ques-
tons. reliance will not be placed on mai
replies. Group meetings and confer
ences will he held, discussions invited
and other methods followed, all intend
ed to obtain from every member a ca
did and earnest expression of opinicn
or suggestions.
It has been the experience in other
cities that the answers to these tW
questions. though coming from 400 to 3 49,
Chamber Of Commerce members. cias r
fy themselves under a comparative
few important headings. These SUI
jects, thus broadly defined, represca'
the planks in the platform of work %
the expended chamber.
1t is clearly seen here that to the pTr-
gram Of work as thus developed, tn
whole membership is pledged, and it t.
the duty of the officers and director
and Of the special committees VIII
fort to carrying this program throuelf
The program will cover period of a,
least three years of activity.
Having learned the interests of the in
directors to call into committee service
the men who are interested in certain
projects. The signed answers to the
questions will disclose who are the men
most interested in various matters. BY
putting suchsmen on special committees.
the directors insure careful study of
projects and their completion by inter-
ested groups of citizens.
1t is by giving the individual member
the opportunity to work on the thing he
is particularly anxious to have done