The sun., 1900-05-10
ITS OPPOSITION IS Strong
Board of Trade Refuses to With
draw From Stand Against
Commercial Museum.
LAWTON CAST DECIDING VOTE
Reatiirms Resolution Declaring the
Philadelphia Museum Has and
viii Continue to Use Public
Money For a Private
Enterprise.

Enterprise.
The Wilmington Board of Trade
stands by it's decision to oppose the
appropriation by Congress of $780,
OOO.to the Philadelphia Commercial
Museum. AT a special meeting last
night the Board reaffirmed it's reso-
lutions requesting Senator Kenney
and Congressman Hoffecker to use
their influence in preventing the
passage of the appropriation bill
now pending in the National House
of Representatives.
The Board of Trade reaffirms it's
belief that the Philadelphia Com
mercial Museum is private enter
prise. The Board declares itself Op-
posed to the appropriation of public
moneys to the upbuiiding anG con-
duct of competition with private
business men, of two lines OF busi-
ness, namely. the business of trade
Journals and the business of mer-
camille agency.
| The usual quiet conduct Of business at
! Board OF Trade meetings was greatly
disturbed last night by the presence on
the floor Of speakers from Philadelphia
and New York, who came before the
Board for the purpose OF discussing the
| bill pending in Congress which, if
passed, will appropriate to the Philadel-
ppla Commercial Museum SOC, 900. AT
a previous meeting the Board OF Trade
favored the appropriation. Subsequent
ly the board claimed TO have discovered
that the said museum had used por-
ton of various public moneys to conduct
a private enterprise. On the strength OF
that information the board withdrew its
approval of the bill, rescinded former
resolution and passed strong declarations
of opposition asking the Delaware repre-
sentatives in Congress to oppose the ap-
preparation bill.
The effect of the Wilmington Board OF
Trades opposition was electrical. IL was
heralded all 'er the country Repre-
sehtatives of the Philadelphia Museum
came to this city and interested several
local manufacturers in an effort to have
the board withdraw it's opposition. For
that purpose the special meeting Of the
board was called last night. That pur-
pose was defeated. The board by the
: close vote Of Is to IA, President William
! Lawton casting the deciding vote, stood
by its former resolution and stands TO-
day opposed to the appropriation.
f H. Green OF Philadelphia was pres
ent as representative of the Phiadelphia
Commercial Museum. The representa-
tives OF the Commercial agencies present
were as follows: IL. Il Jepson OF Phila
delphia, F. l.. Minton OF New York and
: Lewis +. Brooks OF this city for r. q
Dunn & CO., and George w. Beardsley
of Philadelphia and Frank Green O
New York for Bradstreet's.
Secretary Taylor read the request fol
special meeting which was signed by
q the following members of the board
{, Han Ian x Hollingsworth Co, Pusey 4
: Jones Co., Lobdel Car Wheel Co.
a Remington Machine Co, Diamond State
o Steel Co Mitchell q Thomas and Theo
n dore Liesen.
!. President Lawton called on Lewis E
: Brooks, K. q. Dun Il Co.'s manager il
!, this city, to state why resolutions asking
e Congress to appropriate 5000, 900 to thu
Il PhiladelphiaComm Museum shoult
!; not be adopted.
r At Mr.. Brooks request Mr.. Green, TIN
:; representative of the Commercial Mu
e scum, was allowed to speak first Mr.
!; Green began by saying he believed ther
2; was a Misunderstanding in regard T.
:; the natnre of the museums business. ii
r said in part:
:; 1.-The Philadelphia Commercial Mus
!; cum is public institution and Is estah
rs Iished for the export trade and the ful
4; nishiDg of such information as pertain
y to the trade manufactures Of the world
j, At the time the museum was organizes
8, there was no idea of it being such larg
ell institution as it has developed out OF tn
Id great export trade.
''The support OF the institution ha
come almost entirely from the city {
Philadelphia and the State, which ha
appropriated towards the building funds
n- The government gave an appropriate
"a for the same purpose and also appropr
se ated $4,000 for gathering samples i
as different parts OF the world which wei
'. exhibited at the National Export Exh
es bition."
It. Mr.. Green said that the museum VIZ
re yet to receive the first report from
to United States consul and that the mu
cum most positively did not do a me
camille agency business,
''The money" he said, (which we r
to ceive for information we give, is for IL
er expenses OF tne clerlcal Work III Sebbii
he the information"
IN He concluded by stating that the mu
re- cum had been before the business peop
four years and that there were no secre
whatever in its business.
Harry Emmons in addressing Il
~ Board remarked that it had been sa
nn ,a that the Board did wrong in adoptii
rs the re solutions against the appropriate
at Of money for the Congress. The reast
." given Tor this is that Pennsylvania Co
gressmen had given Whining on tht
.upport on several occasions before nc
and that perhaps We viii want their su
,x- port again.
to "That has nothing wha'ever to
ON with this case" declared M En- no,
'as there is a matter Of rincipe