The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-30
THINK OUT THINGS FOR BIRMINGHAM
 AND IMPART IDEA
New Chamber President Urges Merchants and Man ufacturers to Mental
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Think for Birmingham and when you develop an idea, do not hide it. but impart it to others.'' was refrain of short talk made yesterday at the annual luncheon of the 112 members of the Merchants and Manufacturers association of the Chamber of Com merce. by J. D. Moore. president of the chamber.
 This division of the chamber came into life with seven members. It now has 112. They embrace the leading wholesalers and manufacturers of the district.
 Murray Brown. president of the as- sociation. in opening the after dinner addresses. refer red to the dinner giv- en last fall by the association to 400 Birmingham travelling men and to the good which he believed had been accomplished by enthusing them with the Birmingham spirit. He empha- sized again the slogan of that oc- ca asion, which was that a Birmingham travelling man not onl ytry and sell his own goods not only try and sell lines also, spreading the Birmingham gospel wherever able.
 "we have the goods. we have the freight rates and we give the ser vice." said MT. Brown. tThe mer- chants began trading with us in the stressful period when it was neces- sary to do so, have stuck to us and will stick If we continue to give the service. We should continue our system of shipping out goods the day they are offered"
 1 MT. Moore made an off-hand talk on development of the cooperative spirit. Getting acquainted is the first step. he said One dinner club, new had S0,000 members in 26. states. Others had extensive notifications They had proven fine vehicles for bringing men together.
 Put Ideas to Work
 He said 1t was the duty of mem bers of the chamber and it's divisions not to depend entirely on the officials but each member should think out things for the chambers benefit ] Put your ideas to work he said '.The wonders of steam followed the man who observed the lid of pot of boiling coffee rise with the issuing steam. Ben Franklin saw the light ming and recognized that it was a force His idea travelled down the corridors of time until we had the telephone, the telegraph, the wireless and the radio with it's endless reaches. Think for Birmingham and let others share the ideas that you de- velop that We may make Birming- ham what 1t can and should be-" Manager Bum made a short talk in which he invited the members to come to him when they thought something was going wrong and to say a kind word when things were going right.
 Merchants Convention Chapline Hodges briefly outlined i plans for the out-of-town merchants l day to be held in Birmingham in August. Last years event was a great success, bringing 2200 mer- chants to the city and they became that much more friendly to Birming- ham by reason of the visit and the excursion to Lock IT. Mir. Hodges made ringing plea to boost Bir- mingham wherever and . whenever 1 chance occurred.
 The booklet, "Birmingham-th l Wholesale Center" was distributed and members informed that copies could be had at 10 cents each. The 1 booklet contains names of members of the association together with what | they have and produce besides a lot of other useful data.
 An outstanding and valuable fea- ture of the booklet is a map of Bir- mingham's trade territory showing i distances of towns, population, etc. 1 The booklet is to be distributed to merchants in Birminghams trade environs.