Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-18
ADVISES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
 10 HAVE CIVIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN

About 150 members of the Norwich Chamber of Commerce attended tn
 meeting held Tuesday night at Odd F'el
 lows hall, and heard talk on Bushes
 and Chamber of Commerce Work Dy
 Ernest N. Smith of the United States Chamber of Commerce. Mir. Smith.
 who came to Norwich from Battle Greek. Mich, in opening his talk, told of a recent meeting of directors of the
 national chamber held at Washington when reports on business were made by directors from various states in the Union. Many of them boasted of the iron ore that could be found in their state, but when it came to the Bridge port director he said there was plenty of iron in Connecticut, all in the blood Of it's citizens, and it has been greatly needed during the past two years.
 The National Chamber of Commerce | sEi2 tss ssssarsY, $ tze Largest iHSss- ness mems organization in the world numbering fj0J0O members. There has been criticism of making it's headquRr ters in Washington but this is the best place it could select to carry out its program. when we think that vas: sums of money are now being expended
 by congress yearly, and that much of l this money comes from taxes that af-
 feet business men, that is sufficient reason why the headquarters of this large organization should be in closs 1 touch with Washington affairs. As late | as 1907. he said, this government paic | all it's debts and did not need to collec' in taxes to do 1t. Today there is a de 1 fcit of three and one-half billions, tn, total of the expenditures in 1913, ant we are paying income taxes, prof taxes .and many kinds of taxes, whil, | the government has assumed the righ | to look into every mans business, |, 1 share in the profits but not in tn. losses. The government today is spend 1 ing at the rate of $S50 a minute, iron
 the time of the birth of Christ to tn present day. Where a business man' money goes there lies his interest | 1 Washington we have the agriculture and labor depar tments, but no bushes
 department. Not many years ago
 | president of our country said that bus
 mess ought to be represented at Wash
 ington and out of this grew the Ma
 tional Chamber of Commerce. bringin
 8 representation of business to Wash
 ington.
 It is a fact, he said, and many of yDo
 know that yo uare paying more none in taxes to the government today tha
 to your city, town, or state. The Ma , tional Chamber of Commerce seeks | : aid you in your work, and thereto when questions are sent to you for vot you in Norwich should vote and sen us your stand on the question.
 We can all remember that not lon
 ago the government had a lot of shiI l on hand and business in the eountr said, sell them. The government sai no, and business again quoted figur, and said sell, but the government d. cided no. Now we know that if the al vice of business had been taken hul
 dred of millions of dollars would ha,
 been saved Again on the bonus que tion, business men, many of them VI had sons in the service, said don't pa ' this bill some will get it that do n
 need it, while tfsose who are in net
 will only get pittance. The bonl was lost and another bill will some ds