The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-05-14
Board of Trade Member
ship Drive Now EX-
ceeds $4,000
CLEANUP EFFORTS
BEING KEPT UP
Omar Swenson of Concord,
N. H., Tells Of Z @om-
81
plishments in 7 = City

Subscriptions to .S,arre Board Of
Trades membersb sS..mpaign were in
excess of $4,5oc ,2ording to tabula
tions at head .xg ers last night, and
the amount ~ growing. The first
two days OF e big drive for a full
time secretary exceeded expectations,
although reports of the various can
vassing teams have disclosed the ne
cessty for continuing the campaign for
few days in order to cover the field
thoroughly.
A number of prospective contrib
utors who are known to be heart and
soul in the Board of Trade movement
are absent from the city and town.
Their membership subscriptions, when
grouped, will give the fund splendid
impetus. Fifty dollar memberships
continue TO predominate among bust
ness houses, with a considerable num-
Der of 500 annual pledges. The num-
Der of So memberships is one of the
most gratifying features of the drive,
inasmuch as it has mustered a good
many individuals who were not pre-
viously identified with the Boarf Of
Trade.
Granite manufacturers, merchants
and professional men are demonstrat-
ing in a most effective way their con-
fidence in. the full-time secretary plan.
In addition the farmers of this local
ity are reinforcing their contributions
with pledges OF continued financial and
moral support This fact alone ought
| to 20 a long way toward cementlng
the interests of town and country IN
this vicinity, and the moving spirits in
the campaign, II may be said, are
thoroughly alive to the possibilities Of
effort along this line.
Last evening at Board of Trade head
quarters, the workers in this weeks
drive were privileged to listen to an
exceptionally inspiring talk by Omar
Swenson of Concord, n. H. Mr.. Sven
son is a well known New Hampshire
ouarrier and manufacturer, an officer
and member of the Concord Granite
| Manufacturers association, and an en-
thusiastic supporter of the local cham
Der of commerce.
Mr.. Swenson's description of results
accomplished by a full-time secretary
and an active membership working
with him brought home to his hearers
a verv intelligent idea of the possibili-
ties OF the new movement in Barre.
| Mr.. Swenson emphatically applsuded
the organizations purpose to center
the Board of Trade activities around
Barre's basic industry, the granite in
dustry. In Concord, he said, the mem
bership fee prior to 1917 was 81 per
year. Now it is 800, but it is worth
more than fiftv times the former fee,
for in the Interim a full-time secretary
has been employed and the Concord
| Chamber of Commerce has been per-
forming a very real service to the man
ufacturing and mercantile and civic
interests of that city.
As an example Of how his own con
eern was benefited, Mr. Swenson elted
/ A chamber Of commerce move which
\ kent street car fares down and enabled
/ his workmen to obtain reduced fares,
along with other workingmen. At
present the chamber there is cooper
ating with the merchants in putting
on a dollar week" Dollar sales and
dollar discount, are being widely pro-
claimed through the medium of an
aeroplane which has bombed the
countryside with circulars for thirty
| five miles around.
1t is the purpose Of the campaign
committee to cover every foot OF the
/ territory. However. if any persons are
overlooked pledges may be mailed di-
rect to Board Of Trade headquarters.