The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-06-25
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Juneau Commercial Associa-
ton Starts Active Mem
bership Campaign

it's membership every live business
concern in the city, the juneau Com
mercial Association has just launch
ed an active drive for new members
which it is believed will practically
double the present strength Of the
Association Officials of the organi-
cation say that next year will be
filled with chances for upbuilding
the community and the present drive
is for the purpose of consolidating
Juneau business men in the common
effort of taking advantage af every
legitimate opportunity offered.
The campaign is being conducted
both personally and by written So
lcitations. 1t will be continued until
its objective has been reached and
juneau is listed as a 100 per cent
Commercial Association town.
The activities and work of the
local organization are partially listed
in a circular letter mailed to non
members of Juneau business men,
as follows:
A Live Organization
Ht 1OlJilltICldI hSSOtId-
ton is a live, going organization
It has forty two paid memberships.
1t has been particularly active the
past three months during which time
it has done much for the welfare
Of Juneau, as well as for the whole
OF Alaska. 1t mas taken action on
many subjects, chief among them
being the following;
at has attempted to improve the
fishing industry by interesting a cold
storage company to make investi
cation Of Juneau as a location for
a cold storage plant.
at has assisted the City Council
in putting through the Front Street
fill
at has sent out trade expedi-
ton down Chatham Straits in AMI
attempt to bring that section within
Juneau's trade area.
at named representative to apl
pear before the Brook Committee in
Seattle to give that committee it's
ideas as to Alaska's needs.
ut took up with Delegate Grigsbys
the question of increased pay fori
jurors and witnesses and urged
that the pay be increased
1T sent protests to Congress
against the proposed abolishment of
the Surveyor Generals office, as,
well as against the proposed legisla-l
ton eliminating Canadian steam-s
ship competition in Alaska. I
1T has sent various communica-
lions to Delegate Grigsby, the All
aska Bureau of the Seattle ChamberI
of Commerce, and to other CONNER!
cial bodies in the Territory in ref
erence to matters of lesser import
ance.
Prosperity at Stake
I'VE believe that the future pros-l
perity of Juneau depends to quite
an extent upon the prosperity of
it's commercial organization. There
are many vital matters affecting
Alaska's future which will come upI
for discussion and action during the
next year, more perhaps, than has
ever come up in a like period of
Time, que 10 dWdkeUeu Interest III
Washington, in Alaska's commercial
possibilities.
1.-THE business interests of Alaska
through it's commercial organizations
must be alive to the opportunities
for development afforded through
this newly awakened interest. The
proper reimbursement of Alaska's af-
fairs requires that they be partici-
pated in by the commercial organi-
cations of the Territory. We have
passed the time when each indivi-
dual can go his way, concerned only
about his own affairs.
1.-THE present is an age of coopera-
ton, and our future progress both
as to the Town and the Territory,
will depend to large extent upon
whether or not we move in con-
certed action. We believe that
every man or woman in business or
owning property, or contemplating
being in business or owning prop
erty, should become a member of
the Association.
Dominant Factor
"The Juneau Commercial Associa
ton proposes to make itself a dom
inent factor in Juneau's commercial
progress. 1t can do this with the