The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-21

TONED merely to answer those Who may hest
tate afaliation With the Rock Island Chamber
Of Commerce on the claimed grounds that 1t il
not functioning ~ helpful community agency.
, The Rock Island Chamber Of Commerce
sAosld be the most potent faetof for civic And
iadnstrial progress in The ctt. Today y hAs
1 nsnbsrsAb IT 80 men fepresentin6 al
classes 81 citissnship. Tlsrs 10 campaign
ualsf way 70 enlarge the nembefsAib TO m
ctude men Who ought to lend their snppoft to
such N ossanisati6n that IT. influence may D.
increasingly felt in the initiation and shcour-
Assnsnt Of dose undertaking. hat eoatribats
to the community welfare and prosfeas. The
cAAmbef alreaAv has done big thiA8s fos Rock
island. It can and viii do bigger things Il the
men With the will TO advance the interests q
strive toward common goal Ths chamber Of
commerce il exclusively busfness institation.
III social features aJe confined TO tie benefits
and pleasures men gain through intermingiing
In the promotion OF Z cause IN which Ill share
equally the benefits because its one justihca-
ton for existence ID performing service THAT
win. rsdeand 70 the advantage of the people -
: whole. Several hundred OF the substantial
men Of Rock Island enrolled in such IN organi-
sation could carry through any program they
might deem worthy Of fostering. The local
chamber Of commerce must grew II II Il TO b
The permanent induence for god In the city
that ~ sponsors always hoped that 1t would be.
The chamber has thus far been successfully
managed, and It has gotten results for Rock
island.
II you want the chamber Of commerce to b
to Rock Island what 1t 10 to other cities Of SIM
liar sire you must join in its activities - Z
member. The Rock Island Chamber Of Com
mercel will be only what the men Of the city
make it, for after all an organization only re-
fleets the hopes and ambitions Of those COM
prising its membership. There il lesd for 4
strong chamber Of commerce in Rock Island.
1t can exert salutary influence in the retrisv-
ing Of the good name Of the city aftsr the
storm through which 1t has been passing has
been Gained. It can upbuild the industrial Unit
through the promotion Of the advantages q the
community - location for more Of Just such
institutions Is were secured through the efforts
Of the chamber In the past year. Rock Island
must not stand still. No city thSt stands still
ever permanently pfospers. Rock Island must
90 ahead industrially and commercially. and
the way to get that result is only through CO.
hesion of men willing to do what men in other
progressive communities do. The chamber Of
commerce should forget the selhshness of the
individual and strive only Tor these ends that
will serve the people - whole. Rock Island
has the nucleus Of one Of the most virile COM
msrcial bodies in the state The men are here.
All they have to do is yet together and deter
mine to lend little Of their time and effort to
wards the bettefment and advancement Of
their city. Hoek Island ish't going to grow
unless it receives -nourishment and encourage
ment fromw&hin. You want your city to carry
on. You can have your wishes realized nc
quicker than in sfaliatins with the chamber Of
commerce and ju1ning hands with your fellow
cftizens, in the common cause. 9S o.
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