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OREGON'S OWN tHAMBKR OK
COMMERCE
(C. 0. Chapman la Oregon Voter.)
Instead of a P irtlaud-owued. Portland-financed
and rortland-manipul-ated
organization of state name,
Oregon now has a state-wide com
mercial body that is owned out In
the great state Itself, and whose
officers, directors and committees
live outside of Portland, with the
exception of a small minority. The
foundations for this organization
were laid at a meeting In Portland,
and it chose Its own name, that of
"Oregon State Chamber of Com
merce," ( f fifteen elected directors, four
teen reside outside of the City of
Portland, and only one of the four
teen is engaged in business within
that city. Two directors only of the
fift ; -vere ch en by Portland, and
only one of the two resides within
the city, the other living on a farm
more than forty miles beyond the
cor rate limits of the city.
1 an of the fifteen directors wer
self ed by delegates from the com
mercial bodies of Eastern and West
ern Oregon, five from each great
geographical division of the state.
Th; o sclt i ed at large by mem
bers of state-wide associations rep
resented in the meeting, and of the: e
three, one is a resident of Eastern
Ore a and two of Western Oregon.
T ere were five elective officers.
Of r-ese, the rresident, t - u ice
presidents and treasurer were chosen
from outside of Portland and one
vice president from Portland.
Of 173 appointees on various com
mittees, only 33 were from Portland,
less than one-fifth the total member-,
ship.
ing power of the annual meet
ing, and on referendums, was so ar
ranrrnd that every community com
mercial organidation in the state is
entitled to one vote, while even the
great Portland Chamber of Com-1
me: is entitled to only five votes.
Eugene, with her commercial club j
membership of 475, is also entitled
to five votes. Any commercial body
hav more than 100 members is
entitled to an additional vote for
eac : i nal 1 nnared members or
major fraction thereof. Thus, the ,
enterprising Baker Commercial Club 1
with its 153 members Is entitled to
two votes, and if it raises its mem-!
bership to 450 or 500 members, it
will be entitled to the maximum '
ntir. ;r a i. e v tes, the same as the
Portland Chamber of Commerce.
State-wide associations who affiliate
with the State Chamber are entitled
to t vo votes each.
T us the voting power, the same
as the directorship and the manage
ment, is firmly secured to the out
side of the state. Should there be
one hundred community organiza
tions join the state chamber, each
would have Us one vote plus the sibilities of a genuine State chamber
r . v't's f r cv h me hundred have captured the Imaginations of
additional members, making a tota. the big men of Oregon outside of as
of perhaps 115 to 125 votes as well as within Portland,
against only five votes of the Port- What can a State Chamber do?
lacd Chamber of Commerce The ft crystaUila the general
possibility of Portland control fa thus UnMtat Qf bBsineM men of Q
eliminated in the structure of th. aad gUe ft unRed elpreaston of
state organization. pilbUc ouesUon the decision of when
Needless to say, the broad-minder affects Oregon or business in Oregon,
businessmen of Portland are pleased At present, this sentiment is ex
with this arrangement, while those j-.bsed only by individuals. In no
whose vision is not so broad are v. ay is it organized or mobilized. A
s r.i what 'uzied by it. The senti- unification of this sentiment Is cer-
meut was strong at the outset of the
meeting, so far as some members of
the Portland delegation was con
cerned, that Portland having one-,i.h-l
of the- population of the state
was entitled to one third of the
voting power fa the state organiza
tion. This suggestfon met with no en
thusiasm from the state delegates,
gii tin r ' ". eded its fairness.
Others from Portland, however, fell
that it was necessary to wipe out. auy
possibility of Portland control, aud
advanced the proposal which won the
enthusiasm of the outside and which
ultimately was adopted, and which Is
outlined in its essentials above. All
the Portland delegates are Im
measurably pleased, now that the
matter is adjusted, for the reasou
that the enthusiasm of the outside
delegates is so genuine, and it is to
y;.'. tto:-m the organization will
owe whatever success it attains.
It is evident that the "Outside"
owns the State Chamber, body,
boots and B. V. D.'s, tongue and
running gear. Can the "Outside"
mi .e a suie-s if Us own organiza-
laln to have its effect when brought
to bear on any controversy before the
Legislature or the People of Orogon.
It can act as a clearing house for
information on all subjects relating
io the development of Orelon's na
tural resources, or for the Improve
ment of every section of the state.
Tliis information, assembled as only
it can be gathered by a state organi
zation that ramifies into every pari
i' Oregon, will be valuable to every
move that is made for developing the
state or any of its localities. When
presented, it would have the backing
.f a body that was truly representa
tive of the entire state and not of the
possible selfish interest of the me
tropolis alone.
Without attempting to mention
the possibilities of using this infor
MdiioU in a way that will directly aid
in the development of Oregon, aud
thereby help different parts of the
siate in a direct way, we merely
.,Ui,gest what can be dope along thb
lines of securing funds for Reclama
i ..u of Arid aud Swamp lands, of
Ljgged-oft Lands, Good Roads, Rail
way extension, UstaDlishment of Iu-
tion, and what good will ft do the Qustries, Land Settlement and oth
state as a whole if it does make a
projects the vastness of which pre-
I elude the possibility of an individual
success of it?
Of course ti e "Outside" can make.r au isolated community accom
a success of it. Has not this been piishing much toward financing. A
demonstrated over and over agaiu State Chamber, mobilizing the iufor
in the recent patriotic drives, thatjmation that comes from Its con
the outside committeemen and drive j sJtuent membership as to local needs
managers were able to put their; aud local opportuulties, and acting
entities "over the top" as a rule! as a State Body in campaigning for
ahead of the metropolis itself?
Are not the business men of the
di.'ercnt parts of the state as brainy
as public-spirited, as loyal to the
state, as devoted to its development jective.
as the business men of Portland?
Are not many or them as "Big"
in the best sense of the word as th?
I;i ' uuid.it .-s men of Portland?
No one who knows the business
men of the "outside" and of Portland 1
veil can deny ar. affirmative answer
to any part of these questions. Tha
Pnrtlanrler who imagines that his
pity contains all of the big, brainy, j " Chamber of Commerce
iioinooo'ui me uuuea oiaies ui America is
broad-minded, successful business
:t. a.-ters . i Oregon lacks acquain
tance. Such men are scattered
that followed.
Propositions to which it is intend-
througout the state, confined to no ed to commit the State Chamber as
one dl Hn or section thereof, and a whole are submitted to ' the con-certai-
not confined within the stituent commercial bodies is written
bounce ies of its most populous form, with arguments for and
municipality. against. The local commercial body
It is evident, too, that the pos- then acts upon each proposal in ac-
Freedom's Victory in Wilson's Christmas Dinner
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i he proud- nrropant and selfish William HohenzollPrn, once Prussian kaiser, ate a fugitive meal
win p int' i nerl in Holland, our victorious war president, Wocdrow Wilson ate nis- Cnrisimas dinner with
Yank warriors on German soil, showing democracy's great stride in the year just closing. Here is
Tieves, one of the oldest German towns on the Moselle, river, where the Wilson parly partook of the
joyful meal. The bridge here has survived since tha days of imperial Rome,
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Look at these Beaver Board Wails and Ceilings
passage of heat, cold and sound ; it is
more sanitary than other materials; it
is very quickly and easily put up.
Drop us a line or come in and see us.
Tum-A-lum littler Co.
Lexington and lone
THEN picture to yourself the
beauty of the pebbled surface,
painted in warm, soft colors; and
you get some idea of the superiority of
Beaver Board to lath and plaster.
But you ought to see the real thing,
and we shall be glad to show it to you, as
no picture can tell the whole story.
Beaver Board never cracks; it resirta
corv. i "i its own conception of what
Is r. lit and wrong. The action Is re
corded at headquarters, and if two
thirus of the votes irom all over thb
state are In favor of the proposal, it
is au pled and the Chamber is bound
to support it as its policy.
An expression of the State Cham
ber, therefore, will be In fact what
it purports to be in name, an actual
exp; ssion by at least two-thirds of
its - lembership in written form. It
wil uae all the weight that such
iu uiu have, because it will be
tru..- representative in the most exact
sense. ,
- t I its chamber as
committees, or its Board of Dlrec
t: '-- :t, d. may ti ke action and
mal. j recommendations, but are not
permitted to use the name of the
Chamber Itself in support of their
iei ..(ia !,."cs. ' Such action must
stand alone as the action of the body
whi. li took it, and not as the action
of ti a State Chamber. This makes it
possible for Individual committees
i. .. aot in emer
gencies without committing the State
Chamber as a wh.de to actu u they
ma s. e The S ate Chamber itself
may te committed jnly by the formal
consent of two-thirds of its voting
i i.ig aud safe
guarded in every way.
It will be difficult for the State
Chamber to get into action on many
questions before or during the next
session of the State Legislature, but
if its machinery can be started into
operation in time and it does take
action on any one question, Its action
is b li have weight and prestige.
No one will be able to say that its
formal recommendation was adopted
hastily, after a hearing of only one
side, or that it represents merely the
selfish Interest of only a clique of
members. It will be Impressive be
cause of the restrictions surround
ing it, and could not be disregarded
by auy legislator.
l H
L. MONTERESTELU
MARBLE AND GRANITE
WORKS
PENDLETON. OREGON
FINS MONUMENT AND CEMETERY WORK
All parties interested in getting work in my line
should get lny prices and estimates before
placing their orders
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
Youd hardly
know Pete
was chewin
lujuguitiou by Public and Private
bodies, would be a power indeed
,v i.oa brought behind any move that
had actual development as its ob-
i To safesruard these exDresslons ot
the State Chamber as a whole, so
they will not be regarded as adopted
ao so many resolutions are, without
.i&ing truly representative, the cele
brated "Referendum" of Oregon has
been chosen for the method proced
ure. The plan as used so success-
Our fobd Gospel
eat less
serve less
waste nothinj
America's Pledge of Food
Gave Heart to the Allies
In Their Darkest Hour
Wliiitpver Is nwi'SMiry America will
send Thin whs Aini'i'ica's pledge to
the interallied food council. And be
cause the American food army had
hlthi'i'io nimle good they took heurt
and went forwurd.
Yet he says he gets
more satisfaction out of
his small chew of Gravely
than he ever got out of a
big chew of ordinary to
bacco. "Real Gravely has
a pure, rich taste," says
Pete. "It's sweetened just
enough, and one small
chew holds its good taste
so long. I figure that this
class of tobacco costs me
nothing extra may be less
than I'd have to spend for
ordinary plug."
It goes further that's why yom
can ft tht good taste of this class
of tobacco without extra cost.
PEYTON BRAND
Real Gravely Chewing Plug
czch piece packed in a pouch
Farm enterprise mid much soft com
Incrcnsed pork supplies, food conser
vation increased exports totul ship
ments doubled.
NORWEGIAN MOTIF
FOR WINTER FROC!
'Avi ' ", '"'i''t,
a n
Begin the New Year Right
By covering your property with substantial pro
tection against loss by Fire. You cannot tell what
a year may bring forth. The Companies I rep
resent are solid and substantial.
ROY V. WHITEIS
Bi '
n W(2L- I
It might be because this frock
Is the newest in winter creations
that the designers went clear to
Norway for the embroidery motif
to1 relieve the severe lines. Then,
.too, a hint at the ribbons and
frills which will be with us in the
summer and spring is given In
that elaborate satin girdle, which,
In itself, embodies as much cloth
as the average evening gown.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
WE
BIIJA HEAR, WISHES YOU A HA1IY NEW YEAH, HO DO
WE ARE HAPPY. WE HAVE HONE OUR BUSINESS 0 TUP
KOUAKH. HINGING OUT THE -OLD YEAR AND RINGING IV
TIIK XKW U'll.I, MA lil'. NO I'lKVDI' IV ...,
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METHODS. WE SHAMj KEEP RIGHT ON SEIZING YOU Til?
REST HARDWARE AND CHARGING YOU ONLY WHAT IT Vi
WORTH. ,
IT WILL PAY YOU TO GIVE US YOUR TRADE WHEN Voir
NEED HARDWARE.
USE OUK HARDWARE; 11 STANDS HARD WEAR.
Peoples Hardware Co.
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