The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-14
COMMITTEES MEET TO
PREPARE CAMPAIGN
OF EDUCATION HERE

Work preparatory to the educational
Chamber of Commerce was to be TAX
en- up by committee members at meet
ings in the offices of that organiza-
ton Monday afternoon. The first of
the meetings, held at 2:30 o'clock was
that of the member-prospect commit
tee and names of prospective members
were to be considered by this body.
The campaign committee was SEIZED
uled to meet at o'clock and the pub
licity committee at 1880 o'clock in the
evening. All these meetings were in
preparation for the later work of the
organization in extending its influ-
ence through wider membership and
education of the residents of Rich
mond.
Attitude of Citizens.
In connection with the attitude of
| Richmond citizens not actively engag-
| ed in business, toward the new Cham
| Der of Commerce, the following state
ment was made public Monday by a
| business man well qualified to speak
on the subject:
Richmond has many property own
ers who are not engaged in commerce
| ial or professional pursuits-what
| should be the attitude of these per-
sons toward the proposed Chamber of
| Commerce?
THAT question was asked by a
prominent business man, and he stated
| in explanation that comparatively few
of this city's citizens not actively in
| business had ever affiliated with the
- T.
existing in Richmond.
Should Back Organization
| Every property owner in the city
with the new Chamber of Commerce
but should actually affiliate with it
and pay his or her pro rata of the ex,
are many logical, practical reasons for
pense of it's operation Why? There
are many logical practical reasons for
such action. Your interests are in
Richmond. Your home. friends, &C
quaintances are here. You get your
| living here. Your neighbors in Rich
mond, by their activities and enter
prises, have created a part of the value
, of your property. Do you doubt this
What would happen to your town
and your property if every citizen
within it would sit down, fold his
hands and resolve to let the other
| fellow bear all the burden of de
velopment and progress?
| "Within twelve months you would
have the deadest town You ever saw
all of the live people who could dc
so would have moved away and you
| couldn't sell your property for fifty
cents on the dollar of its present
worth. Evidence of the absolute truth
of this is overwhelming in the hun
dreds of cities throughout America
that now maintain live, aggressive
chambers of commerce, many of then
at more than double the membership
dues for Richond s proposed organI
zation-they each and every one trie(
the 'sit-tight let-alone' policy and fount
| to their cost and sorrow that it WoulC
| not work.
'In view of these facts-and ever.
intelligent, will informed person viii
concede their truth-surely no one viii
! contend that the new organization il
| not an absolute necessity to the vel
being of Richmond. You and ever,
! other citizen will be a beneficiary o
it's activities and efforts.
The cost? Your membership in i
! would cost you about seven cents ;
day-if you are a man-the price o
one very ordinary cigar, $25 a year
Sure you can afford it; and the salts
faction of proving to your family ans
neighbors that you are a pubHc-spirit
ed, progressive citizen, and the insp1I
alton you will gain from mingling OF
an equal footage with several hundred
of the live wires among your fellow
townsemen will far Offset the trivia