Show ACTIVE CHAMBER flEAS LIVE CITY PRESIDENT OF BIG MEMPHIS BOOSTER B 0 OS TER ORGANIZATION OR GA NIZA TION TELLS HOW HO PROGRESS OGRESS COMES A A live Uve chamber of commerce can be the making of ot almost any city said sald J. J M. M Walker Wallter president of the chamber of commerce of Memphis the fourth largest in the United States It can be made a wonderful Instrument nt for civic betterment and pro progress ress Ve We In Memphis a city of people have live Uve members members mem mem- II bers bors and we have accomplished won- won fiers ers I 1 have visited practically ever every chamber of commerce of or importance in the United States and where I 1 have found an active chamber I 1 have I found a growing city Mr Walker Valker accompanied by Mrs Walker Valker two sons daughter and maid stopped over In Salt Lake for two da days s 's on their way to Santa Monica where the family will summer at the i Walker bungalow He lIe was entertained i today at luncheon by the board of governors of the Salt Lake chamber I of commerce and leaves tomorrow for Los Angeles He Ill is one of ot the prominent prominent prominent prom prom- bankers and warehousemen of his home town I HANDLES COTTON Mainly through geographical lo location location location lo- lo I cation but largely through the ef efforts of- of forts torts of the Memphis chamber that city is the largest inland cotton market market mar mar- ket Icet in the world We e handle a million million million mil mil- lion bales of cotton a year This year we induced the farmers of western Tennessee Arkansas and Mississippi to cut down their heir cotton acreage by nearly one-half one to prevent overproduction overproduction overproduction and the consequent lowering of or prices We Ve had bales left leftover leftover leftover over from last year and knew that the market could not consume such I an enormous amount The result is that the cotton situation Is brightening brighten brighten- ing up to a marked degree In addition addition addi addi- tion we induced the farmers farmers' to plant diversified crops which are coming along splendidly As instances of what a live chamber chamber chamber cham cham- ber can do we brought new In Industrial industrial industrial in- in plants to Memphis last year We Ve secured the construction of a million dollar river terminal consistIng consisting consist consist- ing lag of or docks and nd warehouses and are bending every effort to the increase of river traffic MONEY ON ROADS We oe have organized a good roads movement and as a result the state Is spending large sums of money on roads The wagon bridge across the Mississippi at Memphis is ill the only one south of St. St Louts Louis and the Harahan Harahan Harahan Har- Har ahan railroad bridge is the finest structure on the entire river Severa Several Several Sev Sev- era eral transcontinental highways converge converge converge con con- verge at Memphis and we are paving them with concrete The chamber wis vAls ss largely Instrumental instrumental instrumental mental in securing the water power project on on the Tennessee Tennes Tennes- see river at Florence Ala miles from Memphis This is under way and when finished will furnish us with all the electrical power we will possibly need Ve We have developed a wonderful system system tem tom of parks and community singing on a vast scale Is now a recognized Memphis institution Incidentally r the chamber has brought much fine grand opera to the city We e now have a huge auditorium in course of or construction construction ti tion n that will seat persons CABINET SYSTEM The Memphis chamber is conducted under the cabinet system Mr Walker said which works so well wen it has been adopted by many other cities It has four vice presidents and a treasurer who with the president constitute the cabinet Each member has charge of ofa ofa ofa a particular division of chamber ac ac- ac- ac There Is a board of directors with thirty members Mr Walker Valker said he had made a study of chamber of commerce comm administration and believes the Memphis system to be the best Inthe in inthe inthe the United States The chamber owns Ush ome which Is somewhat larger than the Salt Lake chamber he said This is my first visit to Salt Lake and although I 1 haVe ave had little time to look about 1 IAm am already with the fact that you have a very beautiful city President C. C B. B Hawley Hawley Haw Haw- ley of your local chamber has kindly consented to drive me around tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row when I 1 will wf of course have a better opportunity of finding out just what this famous city really Is |