The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-02
Campaign OpensMonday
To Increase Membership
OfReorganized Chamber

profession. vocation or business
Consequently tnpy reflect the best
citizenship lu q city. They ropre.
sent tho progressive element. ana
arc compoHod ~ that class which is
always on the lookout for hottor
things for tho community aaa whole.
Whnt the chamber Docs.
Tho proRreasive business man no
Iourar oouHdcrs 10 necessary 90 pro
mote Die own business to obtain di-
rect results through an organization.
Business men hrc now organized into
rruup. rumpuscd Of members ~
tnrIr own business or profession
whtrh represent and look after iholr
several lines ~ activiticH, but the
chamber of Commerce serves the
community pg "a whole ana by joining
10 those business men become active
ip those matters that are OF COM
muuity interest and which may or
may not interest them in "a personal
way. Up to date business men ro-
allie that "A hoalthy growing com
muuity is the greatest asset their
blsincss can have. and that by help
ing tho other fellow thoy are indi-
rectly helping Themselves through
| the process of reaction.
Only the most practices were con
sidercd In roorEanizing tho Tulsa
/ Chamber of Commerce, and no dctl-
nito plaua werc mndc uutil the ot
| ficcrs had made "a careful study ot
/ chamber ~ commerce activities in
/ Approximately l50 other American
cities where chambers Or coWmcrc"
have been prcduminating influences
| for growth and good Tho informh'
/ ton so obtained was siftcd and sort
! ed several times. and finally through
| sN Ill "a Al
! fenturcs were accepted and the OBJ
/ ioctionnhle features rejected While
/ thc adopted plan as whole may not
bo perfect. II WAS selcctod with OK
trcmo caro- ana represents the best
points In i50 different chambers OF
commerce Ia the United states.
Membership Important.
one essential factor In tho sue
cess Of the reorganization plan IL a
large membership, and the obtaining
OF this membership is the first step
In putting the new plan Into exc
. cution Therefore, with this IDEA
prodomiuating the Chamber OF
/ commerce viii conduct mcmber-
ship campaign beginning Monday
/ october 3. and continuing until tho
enrolment IN the local chamber ~
| tho largest In proportion TO popula
| tion Of any city in the United states.
| For the past week the Chamber ot
! Commerce rooms In the city nan
have been buyzinR with activity
More than 10000 pieces OF mail,
consisting Of literature and personal
I letters have been sent TO the present
membership and TO those at present
not Ia the organization whose serV-
Ices and moral support are desired
In chamber OF commerce work
] Of NfuTlAttu rtfrt IONS
to working teams, and all othrr
printed matter are ready for distrl-
button In anticipation of the Jump
off" Monday morning.
All active workers that are 10 par
tioipnte I'm the campaign VIII meet
at the Chamber OF Commerce rooms
lat $3.50 O'Clock Monday morning and
from that point they will start out
on the work OF obtaining new mem
bors.
4 A uniaue feature OF the reorgani.
1ntion plan is the application card
for membership. on tho face OF TINS
card IL the usual form OF application
for membcrship, with n blank space
on which record may he kept of
activities OF the applicant In com
munity work. on the reverse side OF
the card IL list Of the different
branches OF activities OF the five
principal bureaus.
Each one Of these branches Il
numbered. In tho bureau of agri-
culture. the first branch is the de-
partment OF dairy products; No,
is farm products, No. Ia horti-
lcultpre, and 80 on until the nine ac-
tivitlcs Of the bureau of agriculture
have been enumerated. The bureau
OF oivics starts with No. 10, which
In city planning, and ends with No.