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successful in their own businesses
and personal affairs in the commun-
ity. Besides the officers and direc-
tors, are numbers Of unself1sh men
and women serving as committee
members with no thought except the
general welfare.
"You are absolutely right in making
an appeal for a greater and more
sustained loyalty of citizens to
agencies instituted for doing the
very thi you urge. The Chamber
of Conn cree has long list OF
worthy complshments behind 1t
and is nov at work on others.
Zone OF the greatest difficulties the
men who g.He of their time and in
telligent effort in it's direction en-
counter is the difficulty in bringing
about active participation by a
greater number. Too many want tc
"let Geor.e dc it" and when he
doesn't they seek to blame others or
an agency Of individuals. the Cham
Der of Commerce, which can do much
with cooperation and less and less
without. It is not necessary for me
to list achievements of this organiza-
ton for your benefit. You are too
we'll informed not to know OF the
new industries that have been
brought, the help to establish. indus
tries that has been rendered. the
constant fight being made for fair
freight rates and the assistance to
various governmental units in fiscal
matters bv the Indianapolis Chamber
of Commerce.
Recalls Leadership
Going back several years, all will
recall the splendid leadership of Mr..
B. A Worthington as chairman Of
the Industries Committee. He was
followed by Mr.. w. B. Harding,
President Of the G. & j. Tire Com
pany, as chairman and now Mr.. G..
M. Williams, President of Nordyke
& Marmon, is filing that position in
most able manner The machinery
is here and the intelligence to carry
on to an increasingly higher plane
the work that has been and is being
done. The organization had COM
plete industrial survey made by a
most able man several years ago
and has been working along the
lines of his recommendation to
round out our industries.
One of the things that President
Fishback has had most close to his
heart is the raising Of a fund for
the purpose Of advertising Indian
apolis to it's citizens and to the out
side. This plan is now being formu-
lated and soon all loyal men and
women of Indianapolis will have the
opportunity of subscribing to such
a fund. Not only will it be used to
advertise our advantages, which are
admittedly many, but to assist In
the acutla bringing of new industries
here and in assisting those already
established. The Chamber of Com
merce is pledged by action of it's
board of directors to this program
and it receives with deep gratitude
the assurance of correctness Of its
position by the support such as you
have just given it.
No Outside Fear
you are absolutely right when
you say that we have nothing to
fear from the outside. What we
need 70 overcome is local inertia
and a tendency to knock efforts Of
others while making none ourselves.
We have the agency. properly or
Banized and directed; the Indianapo-
lis Chamber Of Commerce. What we
need is more support, financial and
moral and friendlier cooperation.
People seem to find it next to i'm
possible to judge chamber of COM
merce by the standards they like
to have applied to themselves. They
expect absolute perfection and II
less is delivered or if mistakes are
made the disgruntled member at
once resigns" and gets out, in
stead of trying to contribute con-
structive and helpful advice and
criticisms which are always vel
come.
THE matter Of raising a fund for
the purposes described has been a
subject Of discussion and consider
alton by those in authority many
times. There are immense practical
difficulties all along the line and
experience of other cities has not
been such as to assure success to
the undertaking, even If the large
sum of million dollars were raised
The subject is certainly worthy of
further consideration in the light of
present day conditions and we will
be exceedingly glad to have recon-
mendations along this and any other
lines. AS you say, the bonus idea
has been relegated to the discard,
and rightly SO. A survey of indus
tries that have been recipients of
bonuses Of one sort or another has
shown the futility of such methods
One industry like the Real Silk Ho-
siery Mills, brought to Indianapolis
by the Chamber of Commerce. is
worth any number of bonus-bot-
tie fed sort.
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