New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 18, 1918, Page 2

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You can buy a fine | pair of pure wool Sox perfectly made for i $1.50 at Wilson's CITY HALL. o Eyesight Specialist und Manufacturing Optician, A, PINKUS, YK EXAMINATIONS ARE FREE firoken Lenses Duplicated. Office, 306 Main St. "Phoue 570 e Sht L little on the tongue several times a | 'COMMERGE GHAMBER HAS HELPED GOVT. Retivites HMust Now Be Directed Toward Boosting Eew Britain | Pertinent extracts from the anaual| report of L. A. Sprague, sccretary of| prepared | that organization the chamber of comme its members, the past 12 months the has devoted much of its energy to- toward aiding the government in the various campaigns, food production, conservation, etc. with the aproach! of peace the organization looks for- ward to a new era of practical de- velopment far the general good of the! city. A resume of the report fol-| lows: | “The New Britain Chamber of Com-|’ merce completed its fourth full year; on October 1, 1918. conditions looked anythiag but favar- | able but with the untiring efforts of | Acting President W. W. Leland aj large majority of business men wero| held in line and with the final elec-| tion of E. W. Pelton as president the for shows during | A year ago the| factory interests were brought to- gether unitedly and the entire or- ganization was brought out of its weakening condition. ‘Works to Secure Friends. | “The first six months have been | devoted almost entirely to an attempt | to know your business men, to know | your particular business conditions | and to analyze these conditions in the | light of why the chamber has failed to retain the support of every busi- ness man. It has been due largely I feel to two causes: the first, a mis- | understanding on the part of many of | the old members between themselves and the second to a lack of feeling on the part of some that what they got out of the chamber must be measured | in terms of what they put in. My first remedy was then to visit every proprietor as I could, to talk with him to admit that his grievances were fair | and just, and to change his attitude of mind. This in many cases where he has not been an active member for nearly two years. Your secretary has tried and I think succeeded partly in creating a different intenpretation of | this feeling towards the chamber. My second task was to attempt to con- | vince the merchant and the business man that he must not sit back in his | chair and think—why doesn’t my bus- | Iness increase now that the chamber has started in again, why is that I have to pay dues every year and at the end of the year I feel that I haven’t had my money’s worth? Just so long as the member gauges the chamber by this manner of thinking just so long will your present sec tary, or any other secretary whom you | might obtain, be powerless to build up | a chamber like the ones we learn of in any progressive city. Cooperates With Government. “For the last year your chamber has devoted a great deal of its energies to helping the government. The Lib- erty, loans, the thrift stamps, the Red Cross drives, the home gardens and canning movements, the food conser- vation program, the fuel savings and all these were first and foremost in our minds and though the chamber itself has not always been the means through which this work has been car- rled out, still its members have been | actively engaged and that has found the support of the entire organization. Perhaps the most notable of these was the home gardens and war gardens; | with its efficient committee the num- ber of gardens this year was practi- | eally doubled, 500 to 1250. A splendid | showing when you wconsider that an estimate production amount to 12,000 bushels as compared with 6,700 bushels of potatoes alone and all crops | | valued at $47,000 as to $17,000 last year. Your secretary strongly recom- | | mends that the same work be carried | on next year and that the present | committee be appointed to carry on | the work, throughout the entire year. | Along with this mprogressive work, | came the establishment of the Ameri- | can iation Bureau, New Britain being | one of the first cities in the state to organize and proceed with this excel- | lent work. Much credit should be given to Stanley H. Holmes, your How cold it was last Winter? heaters at any price Don’t get caught this winter, early and keep your rooms cozy and com | You can also warm up your | without starting your furnace. | RACKLIEFE BA 250, 256 Park Stireet NEW BRITAIN | They i and will be | will be just as prompt in the future, ; We want, a place at the top of the list REME NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1918, superintendent of schools for his ex- | cellent effort in making this a reality. Day Nursery Istablished. “Late in the summer season it was realized that the working mothers of New Britain needed a place to leave their children for proper care while they gave their efforts to Uncle Sam in the factories. This culminated in the establishment of the Day Nursery, which your president has referred to in his report. “Plans were again started and an active comimittee at work on the con- sideration of a campaign for war emergency funds so that expense, time and energy might be saved and put to other needed efforts. The chamber in deference to the request from the government, put the war chest off un- til the government’s recommendations could be carried out in the United War Work campaign. “Early in May the directors felt with the president and secretary that not enough opportunity was presented with committee meetings for the en- tire membership to come together in the fellowship of friendliness and ac- quaintance which luncheons and din- ners could provide, and the get to- gether luncheons were instituted. have thus far been successful carried on throughout the | The last luncheon was | omitted on account of the epidemic. | Much good can come from th luncheons and it should be the desire | ves, the promise of every business man that he will attend these get together ocassions and by putting his smile and handshake into the getting of the smaller business man and the man of foreign birth, he may feel | with each of you the welcome and the | place he has in the daily life of this | growing city. The secretary finds that | many men in business in the north | end and back streets are just as eager to do their part in the building up of the chamber if only their views may perhaps be listened to. We must not forget that the chamber of commerce is the commercial organization of the city and that its most vital work is the encouragement of this friendliness in the minds of the smaller as well as the bigger business man and that we can advance in our accomplishments only by broadening his vision and strengthening his conviction that New Britain must go on. | “Just a word on the support of the chamber by the way of dues, In May a list was drawn off and it was found that practically half the membership had failed to remit their dues. The secretary is glad to say that wup to October 1, §1,400 has been sent in vol- untarily, that is by notfce or letter and not one person to date has been personally solicited to make such | payment. This left us with a bal-! ance of $1,328.56 to stant the new | vear. The payment of dues is the acid ! test by which we can determine | entire year. WE THE MEASURE WIN JOHN BOYLE CO. MAKE AND HARG DOW SHADES HOLLANDS-OPAQUES-TINT CLOTH IN COLORS TO SUIT THE HOME PHONE 359 AND WE WILL CALL 3&5 Privates Owen Sullivan and Michael Ryan have returned to camp after a few days spent in this city. As Spanish Influenza is an exaggerated LAXATIVE Start today to buy War Saving Stamps form of BROMO QUININE Tab- FRANKLIN S0Q. lets should be taken than is prescribed for ordinar in larger doses y Grip. | A good plan is not to wait until you LAXATIV. lets in time 3rip, BROMO whether the organization is trusted ‘or | not. The confldence has come back, and with the new bills for dues which will go out by the end of the month T hope that the spirit so far indicated “Pull Together”—New Slogan. “The chamber enters now upon the most important era of its work. T! o great war is over. Kurope must i rebuilt. America must do her part his. Nesw Britain must be on e toes to gain all that should come in the period that is about to follow, i must pull unitedly together, must think, plan and work so that she can take advantage of the good times which are not so very far distant. First to understand herself—that is know each other and the place each unit of our chamber fits into. Then we must remember the help that the little merchants and smaller busines men have given so readily in these trying days, we must have a good working membership, adequate in- come, a definite program of work, a system of committee organization and control, proper publicity, intelli- gent local survey, comparative mea- surement of work and good office system. With these we can |progress and build up for New Britain what ressive cities in Connecticut.” ELLANS) INDICESTION) © BELLANS ot water Sure Relief BER You couldn’t buy Coal or Oil cider your Perfection vtable this winter. rooms these cool fall evenings 0S. 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