The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-11
COLVIN BROWN
EXPLAINS WORK
OF. CIVIC BODY
Organization Should Help In.
stitutions Already Here,
Audience Is Told
MANY ATTEND MEETING
Speaker Is Manager Of Organ
ization Service of U. S.
Chamber of Commerce.

The growth OF cities does moi
depend SO much on their ability tt
get outsiders to move in with fac
tories and stores as it does on de.
veloping those already established
and stimulating others to make :
start"
This was the central thought o1
the address "Your City and You,
Business" delivered by Colvin B
Brown, manager Of. the Organiza'
tion Service Of tho United State,
Chamber Of Commerce, who spoke
to members Of the Association o1
Commerce and their guests at The
Grand Pacific hotel Thursday night
More than 100 guests were seated
when Henry Halverson opened the
meeting by leading in community
singing. H. J. Duemeland, presi.
dentnof the Association Of Com.
merce, welcomed the guests and in.
troduced Miss Pauline Dutton, rep
resentative Of the Better Plays Elk.
tension Of New York city, who gave
a brief resume Of Seventh Heav.
en-" John Golden production to play
bismarck MOnO8ys
Times Have Changed
1--WE have come finally to realize
that what was once essential to sue
cess no longer applies," was Mr.
Browns opening remark.
"In the development OF business
enterprises from the time when one
man was sole owner, worker and
distributor" Mr.. Brown continued,
ito present day industry where
stock holding owners of single en-.
terprisc number hundreds Of thou.
sands, and financing, manufacture
ing and distributing are separate
! end specialized functiQgS, VIC havf
come finally to realize that VIVA,
we once considered essential to sue
cess no longer applies:
1--WE used to think that profits de-
pended on low wages and long hours
and gave little thought to the abil.
ity Of the public to, buy and enjoy
what we had to sell. Slowly it has
dawned upon US that the purchasing
power ,Uf the people is what makes
for industrial and commercial pros
perity, and that low wages and long
hours do not necessarily mean high
profits for capital, but that the very
reverse Of this may be true.
Employers are realizing the I'm.
portance Of mental and physical zest
on the part Of the employe and and
that mental zest in job is in pro-
portion to the increase over q living
wage to one that will enable the EN-
ploye to buy something more than
the mere necessities Of life; also that
there is q point up to which work.
er can produce at his highest capac-
ity, with zeal in his work, and be-
yond which he cannot.
Workers Encouraged
"But we have gone farther than
this, and many public utility and
other industrial and commercial cor
porations are encouraging their
workers to invest savings in the en-
terprise 50 that they may have q
profit as well as wage Interest," In
its success. Recently, st the dedice-
.tion Of 3 group Of buildings to house
the Graduate School Of Business Ad-
ministration at Harvard university,
Owen D. Young, chairman Of the
board Of the General Electric COM
pany, said that he hoped the day
may come when the great business
organizations Of the country will
truly belong to the men who are
giving their lives and efforts to
them.
1T may be = long time before that