| Show I 1 I 1 I 1 an oleu letter utter TO THE TIM PEOPLE OF utah sept the ogden chamber of 0 commerce was wits incorporated on march ad 1888 1889 it came into being because the progressive gres gre sive selve men of the city decided there was work for such an organization from the outset one of ita its chief ends and films was the dissemination die of information about ogden and the quest question lon how beet best to accomplish that purpose waa was the all absorbing question many plans place were L lied led and much money spent and the results were largely beneficial but there wag was among many a feeling that while we bad had done well we had not done aa as well aa we might have done that much of our strength had been wasted and our resources squandered through badly directed efforts when the present board of directors was chosen he the question que tion of I 1 how to advertise was the first and moat prominent question that confronted them it was discussed at every meeting whether of the general chamber or the board aad like ban anos ghost it would not down the board of directors finally adopted a plan which for far reaching effect and for practical economy they believed was better than any plan tried heretofore they employed as secre tary a gentleman gentlemen who was one of the most brilliant newspaper correspondents P pon dents io in the united states and avo who possessed peed as wide an acquaintance among the great newe newspapers papers of the land as any man in america and they agreed to pay him for his services v not as secretary simply bat but as newspaper correspondent a salary of three hundred dollars a month straightway the cry went up that the iward board of directo direct reby orsby their foolish extravagance trava gance were mining ruining the chamber of commerce it ia is so easy for men to talk brocat something of which they know nothing let us consider results and sea i mr wrote letters to the new york sun to the new york world to the kansas city I 1 limes imes to the pittsburg Gatt tte to the philadelphia and dozens of others of the great newspapers of the land these letters were written in such a racy entertaining style that they were eagerly taken by those papers and published as lettera from their correspondent tand and there was nut a suspicion of an advertisement about any of them mr richardson was secretary of the chamber about four months in that time he did advertising for ogden if as citie were baying paying for far inferior articles w would 0 id hav ave coat cost us twelve thousand dollar dollare and all it cost us was b bis a salary twelve hundred dollars dollar can any sane man bay say now that there was any extravagance on the part of the board of directors in adopting the plan above explained T when mr richardson had bad performed the services for which be he was employed he fie re resigned signel and the board have selected for his successor mr john IV mcwilliams the present effi efficient clent secretary of the ogden clay company AB ag mr mcwilliams can attend to the duties of this position without infringing upon his I 1 is other dalles duties he has coneen consented ted t to 0 serve for the present at a merely nominal salary 11 rebert he will call upon all the members who are in arrears arrear for daei doeg 1 and it is to be hoped that all w will i 1 1 tea respond pond promptly and thus enable the chamber to meet all its obligations promptly if the members who aie are in arrears for dues etc will all pay the financial condition of the chamber will be five hundred dollars belter better than it was when the present board of dir directors ectore was chosen can not the people of ogden rise above petty jealousies and unite on the common ground that what is good for all ia Is good for each one and thua thus united press on till the prize that in Is just within our grasp ball shall have been fully secured I 1 believe we ca can a I 1 am sure we will and having that assurance I 1 fay there is nothing oth the matter wit with sang ogden den ehos all right respectfully A 11 II NELSON president 0 ogden 4 den chamber of commerce |
