Arizona republican., 1921-02-14
GREATER |. IF |.
 |S NECESSARY TO
 PHOEN|XFUTURE
This City Must Have An Adequate Civic Organiza- tion Or Fall Behind In Race Of American Muni- cipalities

Ambition to build a civic-commer- cial organization which shall give Phoenix first rank among cities of its class in civic organization has inspired members of the committees who are behind the reorganization campaign, which is to open Monday, February 21 Anticipating that the question wEs be asked why Phoenix should have such an organization, it was today put to Major l.. w. Deputy, the director or the intensive enrolment work. by representative of the Arizona Repub- lIcan.
 "In the first place. said Major Deputy. T have not been asked that question. Everybody I have talked with in Phoenix agrees that the clty has a real need for such an organlza- tion. But quite likely the question will be asked, for it is impossible there are not in this community those who can not see the reasons for such an organ ization.
 There are a number of compelling reasons why Phoenix should have modern civic commercial organizauon. Scores of the leading business men and professional men have already ex- pressed the first of these reasons by | organizing a civic commercial body and maintaining it to do a community work.
 In u. S. 5000 Chambers of Commerce
 'In the United States there are to- 1 day about 5000 civic-commercial 1 bodies In other words, the business l and professional men of 5000 American
 cities have banded themselves to-
 gether in a more or less intelligent ef- l fort to ascertain what things will be | of advantage to the community and, ] having fixed upon the things worth while. to seek and strive for them
 unitedly.
 | .Ir,t;, tl,o ,,1a,, of orOapization and operation of a chamber of commerce
 had been placed upon a scientific basis. just as all successful business 1 has been placed. the average life of a
 civic commercial organization was I about 10 years It may be argued from
 this fact that such bodies are not nec- essary. But let us look at the matter
 from another angle.
 ''It is also a truth that 90 per cent of the civic commercial organizations
 which have died have been revived
 some of them not once, but half a
 dozen times. Does this not prove that men need such organizations so much
 that repeated discouragements and
 failures will not prevent them from
 getting together again and again?
 Tn the last seven years a plan o1
 organization and operation for a cham Der of commerce has been worked out standardized, proved by the hardest oi Fall tests. that of experience, and it is now possible to say to community
 that there is no. need of resurrectins and revitaliZing chamber of com.
 merce at the end of 10 years. Cham } bers of commerce which have beer l placed on the scientific basis now ' available to them. as will be the case r here in Phoenix, are uniformly grow. l ing bigger and stronger year by year What of Phoenix in 193o? : F Phoenix in 1880 will look and b,
 what the average business man of to. r day wishes. Phoenix will not mal, r the progress that one or two broad l visioned men or women may conceive l A city is like fleet of warships; tn. : progress of the entire fleet is restricte, : to the speed of the slowest monitor So 1t is necessary for the men wh,
 want proSress-who want to see tn prosperity and community conven : fences of 193O brought into use a early as possible, instead of as late a = possible-to organize to the end tha the slowest monitor shall be speedet . : up and the whole community carrie, . forward.
 z Community organizations hay come to be indispensable to the funda mental prosperity of the cities O
 America. A chamber of commerce i