The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-04
New Departure In It's Methods
of Work.
PROMINENT MEN AID
ANNUAL CONVENTIONS TO CON
SIDER QUESTIONS.
Work Will Be Divided Into Four
Sections, Municipal Reform, In
dustrial Arbitration, Policy Of
the United States and Connbina-
tons and Trusts.

Chicago, June 3.-The organization of
the advisory council of the National
Civic Federation was completed and
announced today. The local organiza-
ton has promoted four national con-
ferences on the subjects, respectively,
of industrial arbitration, municipal re-
form, policy of the United States and
combinations and trusts. After the con-
ference on trusts last September it was
decided that its national work could
be more effectively carried on through
a national body and to perfect such an
organization appointed A committee,
with Franklin H. Head as chairman
and 4. NJ. Easley as secretary
The prospectus Of the organization
states its object to be:
To provide for study and discussion
of questions Of national importance, af-
fecting either the foreign or domestic
policy of the United States. to aid in
the capitalization of the most enlight-
ened public sentiment of the country
in respect thereto, and, when desirable,
to promote necessary legislation in &C
cordance Herewith.
The plan provides for an executive
committee of thirty, an advisory coun-
throughout the country, composed of
representative, practical men, irrespec-
tive of party or creed.
Plans of Council.
The bylaws provide for standing
committees on the following subjects:
Foreign relations, insular affairs, bank
ing and currency, industrial combina-
tions, interstate and foreign commerce,
consular and diplomatic service, labor.
municipal government, taxation, civic
service, Indian affairs, the negro queS-
ton.
Franklin H. Head, chairman of the
committee on organization, in announce
ing the advisory council said:
The object of the National Civic
Federation, in addition to creating de-
partments to study national problems,
will be to provide a national forum by
means of which the representatives of
I all these great divisions of society may
come together and discuss the problems
in which all have a common interest
There are many such today, outside of
political questions, the solution of
which such body may assist in an ed
ucational way.
Annual Meetings.
Meetings will be held annually or as
often as conditions suggest, and in diff
ferent localities. The organizations
will be absolutely nOn-partisan. That
there is a field for such an organization
| is evidenced by the 800 acceptances re-
| ceived on the advisory council and the
| hearty endorsement Of the plan con-
| tanned therein.
The date of the first meeting and
the subjects for discussion will be de-
cided by the executive committee and
announced later.
Among those who have accepted
membership on the advisory council
! are presidents of the leading schools of
| learning Of the country, prominent
/ ministers, etc, and men high up in
! the commercial world. They include
the following: Robert Moran, ship
! builder. Seattle, Wash; J. J. Hager-
| man, Anaconda mines. Colorado
| Springs, Colo; Jay L. Torrey, stock
man. Embar, Wyo.; Benjamin Ide
! Wheeler, president University of Cal
/ ifornia: Mayor James Phelan, San
! Francisco; Henry r. WoIcott, Denver,
| OOAO'