Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-15
C. orc. REPORT
TO SHOW WORK
Z DONE IN 1921
Secretary Reynolds Will Re
veal Industrial Prog
reSS.
NEW BUILDING URGED

detailed report Of the activities Of
the Indianapolis Chamber Of Commerce
during 1921 will be submitted to the
board of directors, officers and mem
bership Of the organization at the an
nual meeting tomorrow by John B.
Reynolds, secretary Of the organization.
Members of the board Of directors will
be elected at that sime, the polls - be
open from II a. N. to 7 p. m.
The report takes up the work Of the
Chamber of Commerce by departments.
Starting with the bureau Of industry,
Mr.. Reynolds reports this department
assisted fourteen industries seeking new
sites and has compiled and filed a great
deal Of information of an Industrial ma
ture. In connections with the bureau
of industry. Mr.. Reynolds suggests the
department broaden its work to take care
the interests Of established industries
as well as the establishment of new In
dustries.
Much has been done by the bureau Of
municipal research toward carrying out
the recommendations Of the New York
Bureau of Municipal Research for i'm
provements in the city and county gov
eminent, Mr.. Reynolds reported. He rec
ommends the name be changed from the
bureau of municipal research to the de-
partm1nt OF civic affairs
POINTS TO LENGTHY
RATE ADJUSTMENTS.
The freight and traffic divisions has
been of much benefit to indianapolis
shippers Mr. Reynolds reported. He re-
ferred particularly to freight rate adj
justments obtained by the bureau and
to it's activity in behalf of Great Lakes
st. Lawrence River project.
The benefit Of the courtesy trips made
by Indianapolis wholesalers to other
Indiana cities is discussed In the report
on the wholesale trade division. 1t also
discusses the excursion of Indiana re-
tailers to indianapolis and states greater
activity Is planned for this year.
While foreign trade has been neghgt-
Bile Mr.. Reynolds says, the foreign
1rade department has been Of great as
distance to manufacturers in gathering
.CSormation and compiling records
The Junior Chamber of Commerce hsa
become all agency Of much general serT-
ice, the report says 1t refers part1cu-
larIy to educational and Institutional
lectures and to social ana athletic &C
tivities.
The Industrial exposition Is discussed
at length in the report The work OF
the fire prevention committee also Is
reviewed
The Chamber OF commerce WIS Iu44y
represented at the meeting Of the Inter
national Chamber Of Commerce at Lon
don. the report says, and it has main
tanned ulo Sc relationship with the Cham
Der of Commerce of the United States
MEMBERSHIP NOW
OPEN TO WOMEN.
The membership of the organization
has during the past year been opened to
women, the report says, and there are
now more than one hundred on its rolls
Under the heading Of general activt-
ties, the report speaks Of the assistance
Of the Chamber of Commerce to the
American Legion, its activities in connec-
ton with the opening Of the baseball
season. its participation In the enter
tainment Of Marshal Foch, its efforts to
bring the offices Of the Seventh district
of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance
to Indianapolis, its activities in connec-
ton with the national encampment of
the G. A f., the work Of obtaining
parcel post substation, and the notices
and slogans boosting Indianapolis
If the Chamber of Commerce is to
continue to be Of service to the com
munity, a new and adequate building
must be erected, the report states