Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-10
SPIRIT OF COOPERATION MUST
GUIDE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
ACTION IS The PLEA OF BROWN

gram of work for 1923, the Douglas
chamber of commerce gave a dinner
last evening, at the Parish house of st
Stephens church complimentary tc
Colvin D. Brown, representative of the
United States Chamber of Commerce
who was y visitor in the city while
making tour through the southwest
to visit with chambers o., commerce
officials and business men, Mr.. Brown
was the speaker of the evening. Tht
gathering included number of wives
of members, there being rs reServa-
tions for the dinner.
George E. Jackson, president of the
chamber, presided. There were but
three speakers on the program, in.
Guiding Jackson. The guests sat dowr
ito the dinner close 10 $50 and at
O'Clock the dinner and the speaking
had been concluded. All appeared tc
agree with President Jackson when he
told the ladies of, ST. Cecelias guild
who served the dinner, that they hac
succeeded fafnously in putting on g
really good dinner and that all hao
enjoyed it.
AS the first part of the speaking pro-
gram, Jackson welcomed the people
and told them that the chamber want
ed to have them hear the visiting
speaker and also to hear something OF
what the chamber had been doing dur
ing the year just closed. He called
upon Secretary George B. Doubleday
to tell them of the work
Secretary Doubleday gave a detailed
statement of what had been attempted
and what had been accomplished dur
ing the last year and the undertakings
had practically all been completed, al
though there are a few pieces of un-
finished business being worked out
The secretary told of the efforts to
help the ranchers of the valley, the
work of getting together the exhibit
for the state fair and the premiums
that were captured; the advertising
work that had been carried on and the
results that are coming from day to
day and week to week, and said that
the business requires answers to scores
and scores of letters every week
Introducing the guest of the evening,
President Jackson said that the COM
ing of Mr.. Brown brought to the mem
bership one of the important figures
in chamber of commerce work of the
country and he was sure the people of
Douglas were glad to greet him and to
hear his message.
Mr. Brown opened his address by
stating that the world had made great
progress in the development of Scien-
tific knowledge and that if the people
of the world would only follow that up
by the use of that knowledge in their
daily lives, every person in the world
might be a healthy and happy indiv-
idual. He said that because of the lack
of organization through which the
useful information might be put to
practical use, the people are losing the
benz Its of what they otherwise might
enjoy, and he then turned that
thought to the argument for organiza-
ton of forces in commercial bodies.
Mr. Brown is a gentleman of fine
scholarly address and proved to be de-
lightfully entertaining in presenting his
talk to the gathering. He uses ex-
ceIlent diction and has \ fascinating
delivery that holds and charms. He
appears not much given to the vanec-
dotal method of holding interest, but
depending and successfully too at
least last night-on arraying. his facts
in such clear and convincing form as
to keep his audience with him. He
spoke in part:
TN the development of business
enterprises from the. time when one
man was sole owner, worker and
distributor, to present day industry
where stock holding owners of a
single enterprise number hundreds OF
thousands, and financing, manufac-
turing and distributing are separate
and specialized functions, we have
come finally to realize that what we
once considered essential to success
no longer applies.
Purchasing Power Important
'fWe used@to think that profits de-
pended on low wages and long hours
and gave little thought to the ability
of the public to buy and enjoy what
we had to SELL Slowly it has dawn
ed upon us that the purchasing power
of the people is what makes for in
for capital, but tha tthe very reverse
and that low wages and long hours
do not necessarily mean high pro1lts
for capital, but that tn every 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 that
mental zest in a job is in proper
ton to the increase over a living wage
to one that will enable the employe
to buy something more than the
mere necessities of life; also that
there is a point to which a work
er can produce at his highest ca
pacity, with zeal in his work, and be-
yond which he cannot.
Returns To Dispatch
John Dean, formerly with The Dis
patch, who has been on the Bisbee Re.
view for the past several month, ha'
returned and accepted a position al
liontvne nfonrata5 on The DiSnatch