Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-04-27
LA SALLE SECRE TARY
GIVES STIRRING
ADDRESS
TELLS Of HIS WORK
PRESIDENT j. /. BANE GIVES Df'
TAILED STATEMENT or sERV'
ICES PERFORMED DURING PAST
YEAR BY OTTAWA BODY
MAYOR WEEKS EXPLAINS PRO
POSED BOND ISSUES.

Chamber of Commerce members
upon an avowcd mission which hac
but one aim boosting Ottawa hcic
an en-. husiastiC meeting last night III
the Office Of Secretary James Farrell
Forty members of the organization
We're in attendance at the meeting
which was presided over by President
j. l.. Bane. who revealed in detallc.
report the large amount OF work and
service performed by thc chamber
during the past year
Charles Bryan, secretary of the La
Sale Chamber OF Commerce, gave Il
brilliant address on he need and puT
poses OF a chamber of commerce. MI
Bryan said he brought with him greet
ings of the La Sale Chamber OF Com
merce to the Ottawa organization, and
he was, indeed, pleased to meet the
Ottawa members. He said the La
Sale Chamber OF Commerce was now
active in drive to raise SI0,0of and
at present nearly half that amount
had been subscribed. He ikcned the
{ hambor of Commerce to a big store
the watchWord No organization can
stand alone. To be real organized
body producing results it must be
democratic and embrace among us
members every industry and profcs-
sion.
This is the only way that you can
expect success" he said, When a
certain concern used newspaper ink
his neighbor was Obliged 10 do like
wise. Competition in husiuesa on
laracs and broadens buSinoas indus
tries A business man OF the present
day who thinks he can conduct his
business alone and unaided is dccciy-
ing himself. He must have the sup
port and cooperation of tn" public.
And he said in a cit. this size a Cham
Der of Commerce was tluIy tn" only
organization tina: can be Of aid and
service probably to every industry,
but when a member makes an invest
ment Of Sl2 year he Is by no mcana
free to rest easy and let the other lol
low do the work; he must take hold
of the oar and pun and pun hard.
Ottawa, he was pleased to say, was
member of the national organiHa-
body of men ever banded together
No man single handed can make any
organization a success, and without
funds no organization could make
any headway In this day every
branch OF industry is organizing,
and it il a matter Of common KnOWl
edge that in the next few months the
Various chambers OF cOmmcrCa
throughout the country would have
all they could do in aiding ami dcvel
oping the industrial problems before
US today.
There are three factors in the bus
mess world today and only three tha,
enter into the lives of our people the
consumer, the producer and the dis
tributor. The Chamber of Commerce
can do more 20 promote harmony and
to work out successfully plans for all
business interests that concern the
public welfare. The newspapers, he
said, We're the dominant factor and
the agency for tac success Of Iu0It
organization, but he also believed that
once in a while they should have
some paid ads.
Mr.. Bryan's address was greeted
with applause and made IA deep i'm
preston on those present last even
ing.
President Banc on behalf Of the or
ganization thanked the speaker fol
his splendid talk, and by unanimous
vote of the members present he wa
asked to come again
Mayor Weeks Speaks.
Mayor Weeks was asked to speak
nf some OF the contemplated inn
provements the city is planning, ant
he reviewed carefully some of tn,
more important ones. He said he wa
very much pleased to see the position
taken by the directors of the Cham
Der OF Commerce in giving their ak
and support to the proposed Improve
ments which the city now had or
hand. He called attention. first. t
the matter OF the improvement o
Goose creek, in which it was necee
sary to divert the stream into tn
Fox river. and he believed that thi
Improvement would benefit not onl
the adjoining property owner but {,
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