New Britain herald., 1925-04-10

started in 176S. The next was start ed in Glasgow, Scotland. He said .that there are $500 chambers in the United States. There is a national body and central state organizati tions known as the state chambers of commerce.
 He said that the chamber of com merce system differs from that of the national government in that it does not control, but guides in com munitios, forming strong bond of understanding between men. He said that the chamber In Plainville was great help to the community and called attention to 8 printed record of the work accomplished by It. He said that many chambers which were older and greater could not boast of as good a record as that, and that the members should feel proud of their organization.
 Mir Bullard said that the state chamber tries to be a help to the state. There are 39 in Connecticut affiliated with the state chamber and through these bodies the state body is able to get a clear picture of the needs of businessmen It's object is t. give service to the state and com- munity
 He called attention to the fact that PIainville had been signally honored by the election of John H. Trumbnll to the governorship and he wished to speak a word of apprecia- ton from the state body for the work accomplished by Governor Trumbull while he was in the legis- lature. He said that he brought to the chief executives office a business head,
 He said that the money in the state is wisely spent.
 Ex-senator Charles NJ. Bakewe1l, who served two terms in the senate and was chairman of the committee on education and teacher of phil osophy at Yale university, stated that in Connecticut, the people are for tunate in living in small towns, small enough to appreciate what if means to be Americans. He termed Connecticut as the most glorious state in the union. He said that when our ancestors came here. they came to found homes and find lib- erty, but after 15O years, the liberty seemed lost because a tyrant king oppressed them. Then they banded together into what was known True Sons of Liberty" and preach ed patriotism throughout the land.
 He cited Connecticut's splendid part in the wars which the country has been through He said that in the Civil war when President lin coin called for men, Connecticut was the first to raise it's quota and again in the war with Germany, Governor Holcomb went about taking stock of the resources and men in the state and had it completed before war broke out. Then Connecticut men were the first in action and the last to leave the field and many of them never came home while others came home crippled and disabled. He said that Connecticut had done her part better than any other state in acring for the victims of the war, but their glorious record makes it i'm perative that the state care for them.
 He said that there was need to- day to reorganize the "True Sons of Liberty 10 keep the fires of freedom burning. He said that the oppps- slon is threatened not from kings but It IS fatal to think that liberty can be Kent secure without vigilance. He said that the liberty of the country was lmperillcd bv organized minority groups who enforce their wills on others and coerce others into doing their bidding. He said the bloc svs- lem was curse 10 the nation whnr- by organized groups could rule inc maiorities, He said that one of the purposes of the Chamber of Com merce and the sister clubs was to amalgamate all thc neople into one oodv and defeat the bloc system. He said that the aim was to have the officials of the nation and state use their best judgment and not use pressure for the interests of a single grouD.
 He spoke of his experience with the American Red Cross in Italy and other European countries where when the children wore being fed they would sing American songs and that was making for a spirit of great