Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-02-11 | Page 9 | Westerners as Systematic Boosters

Westerners as Systematic Boosters. A chairtber of commerce In a Western town is a clearing-house ln tho' work of public r'ogress ln that community. While different from the staid commercial com-mercial bodies of the East, it embraces a moBt varied and vigorous activity, and may only incidentally devote its energies to tho fostering of commerce or the tabulation of commercial statistics. statis-tics. Its members are composed of the Important men of the community-merchants, community-merchants, local bankers, manufacturers, manufactur-ers, ministers, editors, doctors, lawyers, Judges and others It advertises, entertains enter-tains conventions and distinguished visitors, urges local Improvements and takes up public questions of a non-political character. Often a chamber of commerce maintains a large headquarters headquar-ters In some contral part of the community, com-munity, where products are displayed and "literature" is distributed One hundred and fifty-two commercial bodies in California expend In their regular routlno work all the way from S1000 to $30 000 a year each. Hamilton Wright ln Review of Reviews.