Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-12-14
new DIRECTORS
ARE ANNOUNCED
DON E. MOWRY TALKS AT
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
MEETING

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electing the directors of the Chamber
of Commerce by a direct-by-mail bal
| lot was declared success by Secre-
tary ID. A. Caldwell at the meeting
and banquet of the association held
Tuesday evening in the st. Mary's
auditorium. Over seventy members
were present. A splendid banquet
was served at $50 by the ladies OF
st. Mary's church and this was fol-
lowed by the business meeting and
| talks.
In announcing the result of the bal
| loting, Mr.. Caldwell said that this
method assured the selection of di-
| rectors by greater percentage OF
| the total membership than the meth
cd formerly in use. Two hundred
seven ballots were counted, fifty-five
per cent of the membership having
voted.
The twenty-five directors elected
are as follows: Fred DeVoe, ID. G.
Everest, III. G. Berger, DR.. Jos. f.
Smith, Otto Mueller, w. e. Curtis, G
/ C. Yawkey, Emil Flatter, w. III. Flieth
Karl Mathie, o. G. Lemke, w. Del Cur
| tbs, T.. H. Cook, Chas E. Parker, Guy
Gooding, G.. H. Hooker, w. G. Lam
| don, w. H. Bissell, Roman Deutsch
W. W. Albers, j. d. Christie. Harry
| Heinemann, j. S. Alexander, NJ j. Nc
| Cullough and w. r. Dodge. The ma
| iority of those elected have already
signifed their acceptance.
Mr.. Caldwell expressed his graft
tude to the board of the past year for
the cooperation they had given him
| for their Willingness to attend calls
| for meetings that were at times in
convenient; and for the time and en-
ergy they had ungrudgingly given for
| the good of Wausau. DR.. Joseph f.
Smith, president of the association,
who presided at the banquet, also
thanked the past directors for their
spirit and interest.
Don e. Mowry. secretary of the
Madison Association of Commerce,
gave talk that was followed with
much interest. 'sThe Chamber of Com
merce,' said Mr.. Mowry, "is the silent
partner of the city hall not possess
ing authority, but being merely sug-
gestive, offering ideas and plans for
| the betterment of the community
He said that commerce association
has two objects: betterment Of the
community and more business. Pri-
marily the association should inter-
est itself in business; the civic pro-
gram follows after, for business foots
the bill for civic progress.
Hestoid of the problem confront
| ing Madison, and the efforts made
to bring more business into the city
to keep 1t from becoming merely an
educational center. "a retired mems
town is dead town." he said. "You
must have commerce to keep town
large and growing. 1t may be neces-
sary for you here to bring in new
industries to take the place of those
that may disappear in the course of
time with the depletion of the sup
ply of wood products"
Telling of the building of the pres
ent commerce association in Madison
out of number of closely related but
similar organizations, Mr.. Mowry
said, 81 do not think that you will
have the same difficulties we had at
Madison. You men have placed your
organization on a basis where you
need not fear for its continuance. II
is well grounded as any business
must be-"
The modern Chamber of Commerce
idea was explained by the speaker.
The National Chamber of Commerce
was started ten years ago by Harry
Wheeler of Chicago. with the assist
ance of President Taft and others.
It's idea is to keep the people of the
country informed of the business OF
the nation, most people taking very
little interest in this subject. AS
an example he cited the fact that few
people were aw9~e that the national
debt had been decreased by two and
a half billion dollars since the war.
Seventeen states now have state
chambers of commerce.. Such an idea
was proposed for Wisconsin but has
not been put into effect. The activi-
ties0 of the state chamber would in
clude such projects as Northern Wis
consin waste land development, tour
ist development, road problems and
legislation. The service the national
chamber gives to the nation the local
chamber gives to its city and COM
munity. Its service does not stop al
the city limits but includes the en-
tire community served by the city and
with which business of the city CO.
operates.
Mr.. Mowry paid generous COM
pliment to Mr.. Caldwell's ability as
secretary. He said, 81 am pleased to
see how Don Caldwell is going on. We
thought SO much Of him that we made
him secretary at Oshkosh. He has en-
thusiasm and interest and is playing
the game square"
One Of the items OF business taken
UP at the meeting was a report on the
farmers barn. given by Orin Lille
quist, Mayor Flatter and Mr.. Cald-
we'll The barn is being used and is
found very satisfactory. The capaci-
ty is sixty-eight single horses inside,
and twenty-eight outside The cost
of the structure amounts 20 approx
imately $1,000, OF which the city pays
half and the Chamber Of Commerce is
pledged to pay the other half There
we're about $50 contributors In the
Chamber OF Commerce and their
names will be placed on an honor list
at the entrance TO the barn. The sec
retary urged the members OF the
cham hor 40 lolL th. ha .,x,av a.