The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-08
TO BOOM LOCAL TRADE
DEALERS ACTIYELY PREPARING
FOR NEXT MONTHS CARNIVAL.

General Committee Divided Into Five
Sub Committees Yesterday-No Private
Advertising Scheme to be Countenanced-
Additional Subscrlpt ons Received Yes
tertay-Sub- Committees Report Friday.
The general committee of twenty one
chosen at the meeting of the directors
of the Retail Merchants association
Tuesday afternoon to have general
charge of the arrangements for Mer-
chants days met yesterday afternoon
at room IA in the Insurance building for
the purpose of organizing for work.
The meeting was called to order by S.
H. Kirby, chairman of the committee.
j. D. Jackson moved that the general
committee be sub divided into seven
committees of three members each,
these committees to get together as
soon as possible and report at a meet
ing to be called by the chairman OF the
general committee on what they advise
to be done in the departments in which
chants days.
Mr.. Jackson also moved that these
seven committees be designated COM
mittees on finance, comfort, transport
alton, entertainment, publicity and ad-
vertising, adjustment and a merchants
advisory committee.
Mr.. Jackson's motion was carried
unanimously, and the chair appointed
Messrs. Howe, Hart and Moses as a
committee to act with him in going
over the list of names of members of
the general committee and selecting the
members of the subcommittee. After
short conference the make-up of the
committees was announced as follows:
On finances. A. Howe, William
Neely, D. S. Gamble, F. E. Brooks, l.
Freedman and Charles Monson.
On advertising and publicity-C. e.
Cass, c. r. Southard, J. d. Jackson and
H. Fl. Guernsey.
On comfort and entertainment-Sam
uel Goodman, Harry Leigh, j. d. Jud-
son, Walter Leigh, Edward Ferry, Ed
ward 1. Atwater and G. B. Bunnell.
On ortation-Colonel g. III.
George Chamberlain.
Advisory committee--C. E. Loomis, E
Howe, Frederick Hauff, M. Heller and
E. Moses.
In making up these committees it
was found practicable to lessen the
number of committees to five and to
increase the membership to more than
three each.
Roger B. DeBussy was appointed
treasurer of the general committee and
Joseph Johnson secretary. The gentle
man whose name appears first in the
list of members of each committee is tc
be considered temporary chairman Of
that committee, with the understand
ing that the committee may select an
other chairman if desired.
The purpose of the finance committee
is to approve bills and to pass on ex-
penditures recommended by the other
committees. The advisory committee
will call on the various merchants and
see that no arbitrary cuts on specia
lines of goods are made by any mer-
chants during the Merchants days, and
also to see that no jealousies are devel-
oped.
1t was voted yesterday afternoon thai
no program or other advertising
scheme in connection with the Mer.
chants days be sanctioned by mer.
chants, except such as are duly author.
lied by the association. The idea OF
this vote is to prevent any private en-.
terprise of this sort
The following named merchants, ir
addition to those mentioned yesterday
have subscribed to the fund to pay ex.
penses incurred in arranging for the
Merchants days: S. Loeb, Sonnenbere
Piano company, the Bradley-S Smith
company, George E. Dudley, the Jolir
E. Bassett company. D. Umberfield, the
National New Haven bank, C. FL
Ayres, Paul Roessler's Sons, M. F. Bris.
tol, M. I'll. Lambert & Co., e. A. Cess
ner, the George II. Ford company ant
E. Hewitt & Co.
The subcommittee appointed yester.
day will report at a meeting of the gen.
eral committee to be held at room Ia il
the Insurance building at o'clock to-
morrow afternoon.