Arizona republican., 1921-02-11
DWIGHT B. HEARD To
MAD BUDGET FUND
c. OF C. COMMITTEE

roiiowing adjournment of the first
neeting of the budget service fund
Sonmittee of the chamber of COM
nerce reorganization campaign. held
sast night at headquarters, the an
uouncement was made by officials in
charge thar Dwight 3. Heard had
asreed to serve as chairman Of this
verE important committee. The COM
pee is composed of large number
- local citizens, most of them we'll
Known business men, and has been
earefully selected for the important
part 1t win assume during the reor-
Hyanlzation activities
The committee at it's meeting last
night discussed the different phases
OF the reorganization plan, and par
ncularly that part affecting its finan-
11al feature. The campaign executive
committee met several days ago and
decided that the local chamber should
nave at least $4,000 to insure its per-
manent and successful operation IN the
future This money is to be raised py
the enrolling of at least 500 members
ut $25 a year membership dues, anu
subscriptions by the larger interests
Of the city to a so-called budget serv-
Ice fund. Campaign Director Depuy
explained that 1t was the usual custom
In other cities where service fnnds
were raised in chamber of commerce
nloNcLituLS OIL tiic hliu tiiht iae~'C 1>S<-
launched here. to apportion the amount
fairly and equitably among those IN
dividuals and citizens of the commun-
Hy who were best able financially 10
carry the assessment, and who also
are more directly benefited by any
successful achievements of the cham
Der than are the individuals without
special investments of some kind or
banother. He also explained that the
revenue from memberships would be
used in defraying the actual admins
trativc overhead expense, and the serv-
ice fund to carry out the special activ-
fties of the organization that are de-
F, cided upon by the members and en-
bodied in the permanent program OF
work.
You would not spend large
amount of money to build fine ma
j chine unless you expected to have the
ssnecessary funds to supply the neces-
1ery fuel, oil, ETC., to keep that ma
2Ape running. So 1t is with the
mber of commerce. You are going
- raise $4,000 from your citizens to
build this fine. new machine. and you
are going to make certain that 1t can
be put to practical use, and that 1T
will accomplish something. The fund
of $4,000 in addition will make pos
sible the carrying out of activities that
Will get real results.
Working along the lines Of sound,
substantial business principles, MEM
\ berships and service fund subscrip-
tions will be signed for a period of
three years II the organization was
being financed purely on a twelve
month basis. Il could not hope to do a
great deal. There are things In con-
nection with the program that will re-
quire one. two and may be three years
permanency and adequate revenue for
the chamber. we are going to ask the
ped \e of Phoenix to show their con-
( fidef@be in the chamber of commerce
and the future Of their city by signing
their guarantee of moral and finan-
cia1 assistance for not less than three
years. That IL what Is being done in
dozens Of other cities throughout the
country; in fact, in all the cities that
are supporting civic commercial or
ganizations that are getting results"
Major Depuy also explained that the
local board Of directors had decided
to increase the memberships to a uni
form charge of $25 year, which is
the amount of dues that is being
charged by more than So per cent of
chambers of commerce of the nation
at this time. The chamber of COM
merce OF the United States sons
months ago made a survey OF the
chambers of commerce of the country
and from this survey 1t was learned
that the actual per capita cost fol-
maintaining membership in The right
sort OF q modern organization is be-
tween SIS and $1s year.
TT il obvious. therefore," he said
that when an organization Is charg-
ing . less amount Of dues either 1t Il
losing money on its membership OF
else is not functioning IN the manner
It should for the community. Phoe-
nix is no one-horse town, and its citi-
zens. / feel sure. want more than Z
one-horse chamber of commerce. Wher
the present reorganization campaign /.
successfully completed, Phoenix will
have a chamber OF commerce that will
be second to mono In cities of this class
In the countryn