The Lake County times., 1922-12-06
SANE TALK
HEARD BY
DIRECTORS
chamber Must Be OF Real
Service to Succeed


Service to Succeed"
Fifty representative business and
professional men of Hammond lis
tened to a speech last evening at
the Chamber of Commerce for four
hours. No one paid any attention TO
the lapse OF time.
The speech was not eloquent It
was not entertaining. But It was
vitality interesting. More than any
| thing else It was business sermon.
Frank J. Green. the eight thousand
dollar year secretary Of the South
Bend Chamber Of Commerce was
telling the directors OF the Hammond
Chamber OF Commerce and their
guests how his organization is con
Quoted and how it functions
Mr.. Green isn't an orator He is
a business man. He believes in his
job. Any man who will travel fifty
miles and talk four hours about his
job believes in It. He came to Ham
mond on the invitation of Carl Kaufr-
man. president of the Hammond
Chamber of Commerce, evidently
glad Of the chance Of telling about
the South Bend Chamber Of Com
merce
# thousand men could have
heard him last night the Hammond
Chamber Of Commerce would have a
thousand members today AS 1t was.
Mr.. Kaufman told each of the dir
ectors TO invite a guest and as a h
result the number of converts was
limited to the number of guests.
It was the most convincing talk
ever delivered before Hammond
business men. Every word was
gospel. Every word took root
CHAMBER OF SERVICE
Mr.. Green said last night that the |
and hurrah is gone and that in its
place today there IS a Chamber of
Commerce Of service to the COM
munity. Such a Chamber Of Com
merce. he declared. must have a
manager who IS fearless and who
will cater to no interests other than
the interests OF the entire commun-
ity. 1t must be non political and
| non sectarian. It must be the min
ute men OF the community. protec-
ting the people from frauds. sharks
and get-rich-schem II must be
clearing house for the business
and charity Of the city. a melting
pot of the best thought and a fed
Grafton for social service. It must
not work for glory. but for the sat
tsfaction OF service well performed. /
Make your Chamber OF Commerce
an institution of heIpfulness. with
out bias and prejudice. and itJ will
be success" declared Mr.. Green.
| Win the good will of the commun-
ity and you have won the battle"
The Chamber Of Commerce must
| serve the employe as we'll as the
employer, said Ar Green. It can
help the employer get labor and the
laborer out Of employment ind pro-
| ftable and congenial work. It canI
save the business men OF the ethyl
| thousands OF dollars a year by es-l
| tablishing a traffic department toHI
| check over all Of their freight bills
| and uncover overcharges. It canEI
drive the takers out OF the city and
save the people thousands Of dollars.
The speaker minimized the i'm
portance of having the Chamber OF
Commerce bring new industries to
the city. He said 1t was more I'M
portant that the Chamber of Com
merce serve the community so wellIi
! that Industries seeking locations
would be eager to locate. He de-
clared that a Chamber of Commerca
that was able to handle housingE
problem was about the best induce-
ment any city could offer a new in
dustry.
HOW TO GET INDUSTRIES
Let your Chamber OF Commerce.
solve the problems you have now
and set up the machinery to soive
the greater problems in the futursH
and industry will be attracted td
Your city" he declared. DO nod#
think that the literature your Cham1
ber OF Commerce sends out will landN
industries. They will listen to whadH
you have to say and then hire q taxi
cab to go around and check up on 4
the facts. No Chamber of Commerca6
ever fooled an industry that wad
worth having. The thing that n
Worthwhile Industry wants in al
Chamber OF Commerce is the semdE
thing that the average citizen v ants
service. Service is the rent ycuE
pay for the space you occupy. The
Chamber of Commerce Of rhe blard
and the brass band IS gone. TodayiE
tbev want hYeSs %zrLxs III
People are not going to remain irIE
poorly conducted town If theytE
have an opportunity to get out TherdS
IS generally something wrong IN thdE
town that has a big shifting popu VI
laton"
SOLVE HOUSING PROBLEM X
The biggest task that the South
Bend Chamber of Commerce has had
to perform was that Of housing
which is also a serious question iHI#
Hammond. AS manager of the Cham n
ber of Commerce. Mr.. Green took thd#
stand that employees objected to liv
ing IN homes owned by employers
The Studebaker plant was spendina@
S15.ooo.o coo In extensions and tncreas
ing the number OF employees fron4#
five thousand to $4,000. The Cham
Der of Commerce gave the facts td
the people and organized housing#
drive The owner Of every vacan
property suitable for a home wa7
listed and he or she was urged td
either build or sell the lot at q fairs
price
Every Industry, bank and wealthy