Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-04

By vote Of the directors of the
Augusta Chamber of Commerce. Au-
gusta Is now to have its place in
the membership personnel of the
national chamber. This action was
recently taken and it gives the mem
bership OF the local chamber a vote
In the activity of the national cham
Der whenever matters of national
scope are taken up. The work OF
the United States Chamber of Com
merce is of national scope and for
American business interests.
Edwin H. Pace. Jr., of Washing
ton, field secretary of the United
States Chamber of Commerce. was
present at a meeting of the mer-
chants bureau of the Augusta Cham
Der of Commerce on Monday noon
and told something of the work Of
that national institution. He spoke
especially of the ways in which that
organization is cooperating with the
large and small retailers through the
local chambers. Many valuable
, pamphlets have been issued from
| time to time on how the local mer-
| chant can more efficiently operate
| his business, how he can be of great
er service to his customers, and how
| the policies of the larger city store
| can be carried into the local com
| munity. A more recent service fol
| the retailer is the booklet covering
| the various forms of advertising that
| he should use to acquaint the pub
| lie with the merchandise that he has
| in stock.
The keynote of Mr.. PAGES talk
| was local cooperation. A loca
| chamber cannot function properly
without the combined support of the
commercial enterprises of its city
| Commercial activity is the backbone
| of a local chamber and Il great por-
| ton of this particular backbone Is
| made up OF the retail group. The
! retailer who weighs each operation
| Of cooperation with what he Is 60
ing to get back individually lacks
| the spirit of team play and should
| become interested in local commit
| tee work in order to receive bet
! ter and broader view of local cham
Der activity. A valuable source OF
information from the national cham
Der awaits the progressive retailer
who will make his wants known tC
! the local secretary.
A brief history of the national
! chamber was given by Mr.. Pace-in
| WHICH lie Sdlu tLctI tit VI ot'iiibNS
was formed over twelve years ago
since which time it's activity foi
| American business has resulted in an
underlying membership of 100000
] firms and individuals. and 1900 Or
CARNATIONS. Every form of business
! is represented and tn" activity oil
! the national chamber is determined
! by the referendum system through
| the various organizations. The ma
! tional chamber is composed OF nine
worthwhile departments, headed by
/ an experienced manager. all depart
ments being available Tor any special
! informations desired. The depart t
ments are: Domestic distribution
| fabricated production. finance, for
| eign commerce, insurance, national
i resources. research, transportat ton.
| The meeting was of exceptional
| interest as the report Of the heads
! of the various committees in the
Trade in Augusta" campaign were
heard President Harry II. Pierce OF
! the merchants bureau presided and
| after the talk by Mr.. Pace he called
upon the chairmen to report.
| II. G. Barker, reporting for the
| general committee told OF the funds
| available for the campaign. Chair
! man Lester NJ. Hart reported for the
printing committee saying that the
window cards, stickers and package
! inserts were soon to he available
| Chairman Stackpole declared that
excellent progress has been made or
the Trade in Augusta. dance pro-
gram and that full plans will soor
be announced. Blaine Owen report
| ed that the plans for the essay con-
test will appear Wednesday in con-
| junction with the regular Trade in
! Augusta" weekly advertisement III
the Kennebec Journal.
1t was also announced that as
! ArmiStice day is a legal holiday in