The San Francisco call., 1899-10-21
TRAFFIC LEAGUE
ORGANIZED INTO
PERMANENT BODY
San Francisco First
Into Line.
NEW NAME WAS SUBSTITUTED
CONSTITUTION WAS SIGNED BY
MEMBERS.
Over One Hundred Leading Business
Houses of San Francisco Were
Represented at Meeting
Held Yesterday.

A permanent organization was effected
in this city yesterday afternoon to take
the place of the temporary body that has
been recently known as the Pacific Coast
Traffic Association. The name adopted Is
the Pacific Coast Jobbers' and Manufac-
turers' Association. The constitution of
the temporary association and the by
laws will be adopted as the working basis
OF the new organization Only the local
Jobbers and manufacturers were repre-
sented at the meeting, which was held in
the rooms of the San Francisco Board of
Trade. The purposes and methods are
well known to the delegates from Port
land, Tacoma. Seattle, Los Angeles, San
Diego and Sacramento and they will en-
ter into the conference next Monday as
members of the executive committee of
the permannt body.
Representatives Of about 120 Of the
largest business houses in San Francisco
concurred In the naming of the following
as the executive committee membership
from this city: Wakefield Baker, hard
ware; Fl. d. Loveland. groceries: L. Gug-
genheim, drugs; 3. S. Lilienthal, liquors;
stove and metal trade: l. F. Littlefeld,
paints and oils c. +. Tay, plumbers sup
plies; B. Everett, manufacturers; L.
PQnd of c, f. Whitney & Co., provisions.
Ihe San Francisco membership of the
committee will be increased on the basis
OF one member for every ten signers of
the constitution, the present basis of rep
resentation. The work of securing sigma
lures locally has not been nearly com
pleted.
Twenty-Five members of the executive
committee at least are expected to be
present at the meeting next Monday. The
cities outside of San Francisco will send
twelve members certainly. The names of
these are as follows, as far as they have
been reported: Portland-Mr Lewis OF
the grocery house of Allen & Lewis; Mr..
De Hart of Honeyman, De Hart & Co.,
hardware; Henry Hahn of Wadhams &
Co, groceries. Tacoma-Mr. Harmon.
Seattle.z,J. Goldsmith of Schwabacher
Bros; Mr.. Black of the Seattle Hardware
Company. Mr.. Shaw of Shaw, Ingerman
& Co. Of Sacramento. The delegates
from Los Angeles and San Diego have
not been reported.
Chairman H. d. Loveland presided at
the meeting yesterday and explained to
the new members concerning the consti-
tuition and the general purposes of the as
soclauon. Several new signatures were
then secured. The plan of organization
chairman, secretary and three commit
tees, namely, on traffic, finance and audit
ing. The committee on traffic will be the
controlling body of the general work
News has been received that w. J. CAL
houn, recently member Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, will appear be-
fore the commission a ST. Louis to rep
resent the st. Louis jobbers as their at
torney. The Pacific Coast attorney will
be e. s. Pillsbury Of this city. There is
no doubt here that st. Louis will have
the unqualified support of the Chicago
jobbers at the st. Louis hearing.
The twelve representatives elected from
abroad to be members Of the executive
committee of the Pacific Coast Jobbers'
and Manufacturers Association implies
that 120 large business houses in cities
outside of San Francisco have joined in
the movement for protection of Pacific
Coast trade.