The herald., 1897-02-11
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
4 Delegation on the Ubiquitous Problem
of the Unemployed
Resolutions Against the Reduction of Street
Car Fares and In Favor Of
the Loud Bill

| The board of directors Of the chamber
of commerce met yesterday afternoon al
3:15. The following directors were pres
ent: Cohn Davisson, Duque, Forman,
Croft, Jacoby, Johnson, Newberry, Pat
terson, Slauson. Story. Vetter, Waters.
President Patterson occupied the chair.
President Silver of the council and
Mrs. E. G. Stephens and Mrs. ]. S Slau-
son were given an audience by the board
in the matter of the unemployed men in
the city whose families were in actual
want and who would be glad of anything
to do at almost any living rate of wages,
and stated that a plan had been suggest
ed whereby work could be found for
some of them if the business men of the
city could be induced to lend hand.
President Silver, on the request of the
board, explained the plan which was
/ that money should be subscribed to pro-
| vide work on the streets at low rate of
| wages, which would give employment to
| those who were actually in need. He
urged that speedy action be taken, and
the board decided to appoint commit
tee to confer as soon as possible with
committees from the other commercial
bodies and see what could be done.
The committee on law and legislation
rendered the following resolution, which
was passed by unanimous vote:
Whereas. A bill is now pending before
the legislature of the state of California
for the purpose of reducing street car
fares in the city of San Francisco from
8 to 212 cents; and,
Whereas, If said bill should become a
law it would impair the financial stand
ing of all street car companies doing bus
iness in California and thus throw many
people out of employment and material
ly reduce the wages of others; therefore,
be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
board of directors of the chamber of
commerce of the city of Los Angeles that
said bill should be defeated, and said
board urges the members of both houses
of the legislature to use all just means
| to defeat said bill.
The same committee also rendered the
| following resolution, which was passed
by unanimous vote:
Whereas, The so-called Loud bill Oh.
B. 1860 now pending before congress
| has passed the house of representatives
and is now in the hands of the senate
| committee on poStoffices and post ads;
and
Whereas, The said bill has been rec
ofnlieHOed py tHe poStIhdster-generdl
| on the ground that it will cut off abuses
| now existing relating to the carriage of
| second class mail matter, and will hast
| en- the coming of one cent letter postage;
| therefore, be it
| Resolved, That it is the sense of the
| board of directors of the chamber of
commerce of the city of Los Angeles,
| California, that the senate committee
on postoffices and post roads promptly
report said bill with favorab BILE recon-
| mendation that 1t become a law; also
| that the senators from California be re-
quested to give said bill their hearty
| support.
The committee on ways and means re-
ported on several requests that had been
received for assistance to projects of
| advertising this section that it was con-
trary to the policy of the chamber to
assist in individual enterprises and that