The Omaha morning bee., 1925-01-01
Chamber Report
Sh Ow S Service
of Great Value
Commercial Body Makes Gain
+ in Financial Condition
and Good Will
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Z Created.
BY FORD +. HOVEN,


s~.s 1t is gratifying TO me to be able
Ito report on some of the outstanding
accomplishments of the Chamber of
Commerce in 1924. In mentioning
them We must not forget that they
are the result of the generous CO.
operation of every member of the
chamber.
The Improvement which the cham
ber has made financially is of great
Importance, because freedom from
financial difficulties gives this organ
ization q better opportunity to serve
1.-The community as 1t should. Every
membership i'm the chamber helps to
give this financial freedom, and while
some members of necessity may be
iiore active than others in the work
that has gone ahead, nevertheless we
can all share alike In feeling of
pride.
This does no mean. however, that
The chamber has done all that can
be done. While 1t has made a good
showing In the last year, it can, and
( will, make a better showing in 1925.
Commends Membership.
In issuing this report 1 wish to
commend the membership as whole,
E, the committees which have taken an
active part in the work done, and
the staff of the chamber whose task
it Is to attend to the infinite detail
that is part of Chamber of Com
merce activity.
The chamber could not have had a
i.e Ier
than, John L. Kennedy, who has al
ways given his energy and time to
upbuilding this community. The
progress Of the chamber during the
last year is verN largely attributable
to Kennedy.
The Omaha chamber is fortunate
in having as its commissioner Clarke
G. Powell, under whose leadership 1t
has greatly progressed in public
favor and financial stability.
The work of Montagu A. Hancock,
manager Of the publicity bureaus has
been outstanding and the results OBJ
: rained In conventions and the publ.
:. city for Omaha has shown the pub
lfcity bureau, under his management,
ID be one of the most valuable depart
,lnents in the organization.
s. c. E. Childe, manager of the traffic
bureau, has conducted his bureau in
way that has brought national rec
ognition to him and has saved thou
sands of dollars to Omaha shippers
and consumers.
The womans division, by taking
charge of the Chamber of Commerce
dining room, has rendered an inyalu-
i. able service in a most efficient man.
ner. Relieved of this burden, the
Chamber has been able to direct its
attention more efficiently in other
fields. The woman's division also
brought credit TO the Chamber by
- underwriting and successfully spon-
soring the Omaha Symphony orches-
ira and by putting on, at popular
prices, five concerts at the Municipal
auditorium.
Bureau OF Publicity.
The bureau of publicity during the
year conducted a display advertising
campaign in the New York Times, the
: Chicago Tribune. Sales Manager and
other publications, as the result Of
which, more than 6,000 inquiries were
received concerning Omaha from all
parts of the world.
~ The bureau also conducted an ad-
vertising campaign in 1873 newspapers
in Nebraska, Iowa. South Dakota,
Missouri and Wyoming.
More than 300 editors OF Nebraska
and western Iowa we're entertained IN
Omaha. as guests of the bureau OF
publicity.
= This bureau also conducted direct
Dy mail campaign advertising Omaha.
= ,fhis campaign was recommended by
IN advertising expert. speaking before
the Associated Advertising Clubs Of
the World as 1.-THE best used by any
city in the United States
The bureau is one of the few In the
United States that keeps its manu-
featuring and wholesale statistics up
10 date. The figures for 1924 have
iust been compiled They Will be
published in book form and 100000
will be circulated throughout the ma
ton.
The publicity news bureau has sent
a story week to 700 newspapers In
Omaha trade territory, to 700 metro.
politan dailies and TO the national
press service. TWO hundred and sixty
five Nebraska papers have published
regularly each week the publicity
bureau service called Notes from
the Metropolis" Several stories
week have been sent to 400 Nebraska
papers. Special articles. photographs
and miscellaneous data have been
= sent to nearly 100 magazines, en-
cyolopaedias, feature writer's and
: others.
Speakers Bureau.
The bureau has maintained a
speakers bureau and speakers for
Omaha have attended various fune-
tians In the trada Territory az renre-