Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-23
Association Receives Annual Report
of President Knox.
OFFlCERSELECFED FOR ENSUING YEAR
Reports Of the Secretaryand Treas
urer, Respectively, Submitted.
RE VIEW OF PAST YEAR

Association was held last evening at Elks
Hail. No. 1905 E street northwest Off
GERS for the ensuing year We're elected. as
follows: Presisent, Mitchell Dyrenforth:
vice presidents, V. Baldwin Johnson and
A. +. Guide; directors, w. S. Knox, o. G.
Staples. r. p. Andrews, William Hahn,
John Leetch, w. w. Danenhower. George
E. Emmons. Thomas G. Hensey. II. Rozier
Dulany, f. C Schafer, r. F. Saul. J.
Doyle Carmody
The directors will choose their secretary
and treasurer and in these positions the in
cumbents. Mr.. Barry Buckley and Mr.. o. G.
Staples, respectively. will. it is understood,
succeed themselves. Had the retiring pres
fdent. Mr. Knox, yielded to the wishes of
the members of the association he would
have been reelected by unanimous vote,
and 1t was only after his repeated declina-
lions that Mr.. Dyrenforth became a candi-
date for the position.
Presidents Annual Report.
Before retiring from the presidency Mr..
Knox made his report for the past year,
which, in part, was as follows:
THE course of the Business Mems ASso-
citation since its last annual meeting may
truly be said to have been onward and up
ward 1t enters upon this the third year of its
existence under auspices most encouraging.
with a future bright and promising. The
purpose of this, my annual report, will be
to serve more as a reference to the princi-
pal points of our years work than a de-
tailed statement of its particular features.
The District of Columbia. without the
right of suffrage and with no voice in the
conduct of the national government, has
recourse to the ears of Congress only
through such associations ours and kim
dred organizations. We who are working
earnestly and honestly for the best good
of the District recognize and cater to no
ciiques. We invite all citizens to unite with
us for the common cause and We will
cheerfully give them our support when the
occasion demands it.
encouragement to Manufacturers.
This association has always felt that en-
enlargement should he given to manufac-
turers to establish plants here. and that
great benefit could be derived therefrom,
not alone because of the stimulus for work
that might be given to the idle element of
our population, but because the young men
in our midst would find in such enterprises
an incentive to remain at home and engage
in occupation which, of necessity, they are
compelled to seek elsewhere.
There is a large extent of land along the
river front which Is at present lying idle.
and purchasable at most reasonable fig
ure, which could be well utilized for manu-
featuring purposes
Condemning the proposed law to levy
an assessment of per cent gross re-
ceipts Of corporations, Mr.. Knox said:
1T is the conviction of this association
that measures should be taken to encourage
manufacturing by the donating of land ex-
empt from taxation for period of years
rather than discourage their establishment
by a prohibition tax.
The Potomac Flats.
ut has long been the opinion of this as
ISOLATION that the section Of the city known
as the flats. lying south of the Washing
ton monument and extending therefrom for
a considerable distance along the city's wa
ter front. has been an eyesore not only to
the residents who desire to have Washing
tons claim to the distinction Of being the
Most beautiful city earth in all respects
amply substantial ted, but has also presented
most forbidding aspect to the stranger
seeking mgress to or egress from the city
either by water or rail. The association,
feeling that the land thus described is suS-
ceptible of being converted, by a reasona-
BILE expenditure of money. into beautiful
driveway and suitable walking and cycling
paths, some months ago appointed special
committee. which secured, through the as
sistance of Representative Sydney E. Mudd
of Maryland, the Introduction into the
House of Representatives of a bill calling
for an appropriation for the survey of this
waste land. 1t Is our hope, too, that when
Congress finally comes to a due considera-
tion of our river front that the reclamation
of the Anacostia flats may be realized
w
ceive, a public park and a bridge across NJ
street.
The Dfstrict Code.
Another committee. whose labors have
been Of more than passing comment, has
been that on legislation, whose report upon
the District code, presented tonight by its
chairman, will prove instructive and valua-
BILE. While it cannot properly be said to
have been the work of the committee on
law and legislation. it is fair to mention at
this juncture that through the vigilance of
an especially appointed committee the office
of justice of the peace. which it was de-
signed to abolish in the District of Column
bia. has been retained upon recommended
ton Of committee from the Bar Associa-
ton.
Electric Lighting.
1.-The burden Of electric light bills has
been for long time oppressive and iniqui-
tous If there were any one argument
greater than another to answer for the ex-
istence of the Business Mems Association,
and If any one reason could be deduced for
its life more potent than another, it could
be found in its attitude upon this very
question of electric lighting 1t has fought
labored and successfully contended for a
reduction in the price of electric lighting
until it's efforts have been crowned with
trilIrnphS and bright among the racordS of