The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-11-15
Active Commercial Club, Rep
resentative of and Embrac-
ing People of Entire Com
munity, Is Plan of Reor-
ganization Now Under Way
All Members to Have
Definite Duties to Perform

THE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR
A large number lof men and wo-
men arc interested in the Com
mercial Club. Deep down in
their. hearts they are glad it is
being re-organized along the
most modern lines. They are
! we'll disposed towards the plan
proposed by the American City
Bureau. They want to hear
more aSort it. They are asking
themselves:
'Why does Bismarck need civic
commercial organization?"
''What can a modern Commerce.
al Club do for Bismarck"
"Who is going to run the Com
mercial Club?"
"How is the Commercial Club
going to be financed?"
"Is the Commercial Club going
to be permanent"
Through the courtesy of The
Tribune, these five questions 7
will be discussed, one each day,
in these columns.
Toaay's question, the second ir
the series OF articles on the work
ling of the modern Commercial Club
which Bismarck is, building, is:
"What can a. commercial Club do
for Bismarck anyway"
1t can do anything upon which
the thought and energy of the COM
munity have been centered as need
full to be done.
What it will DO depends entirely
upon the membership. Every mem
Der will have an equal voice in say
ing what it should DO, and the do
ing of these things will then be-
come a matter, Of uniting the whole
organization to that end.
Putting the question in another
way, suppose it. is asked, "Who is
going to say what the Commercial
Club is going to do?" The presi-
dent? NO. The Directors? NO.
The committees? NO. The members ?
Eo, 0DS0lutely. @ #
4 The manner in which the men,
bers will do this is one of the most
features Of the reorganiz-
ed and expanded Commercial Club,
a feature on which is based one Of
the CHIEF appeals for the support
and cooperation of men and women
of Bismarck.
In a word, it is referendum.
Immediately after the completion of
the intensive membership campaign
a card will be given to each mem
ber,- asking him two; questions.
Q). What, in your opinion, is -one
Of the first things that should be
undertaken by the Commercial Club
to improve conditions and opportunj-
ties in your own line Of business?
(2). What as a citizen do you
think is the thing of first import
ance for the Commercial Club to un-
dertake for the good of the city OF
Bismarck?
Group Meetings Held
IN securing answers TO these two
reliance will not be placed
wholly on mail replies. Group meet
lngs will be held to obtain from every
member candid and earnest express
sion of opinion or suggestion. When,
all the members have expressed their
preferences, the filled-in cards will
all be sorted out, like answers going
into, like piles. 1t will be found, no
matter how large the membership:
that the community is thinking along
certain lines Of service that are very
definitely cYstalized Under Seven,
eight or ten probably more headings.
Some Of these piles Of sorted cards
will stack up much higher than the
rest, and from the answer on these
cards, the program Of work for the
Commercial Club to undertake, will
be formed. It has been the experience
in many other cities that the owners
1t these two questions, although COM
ng from 300 to 1000 members, clas-
sify themselves under compare
lively few important headings such
projects are more parks, street mark
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