The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-22
SCORES GOVERNMENT CLERKS.
ID. II. Warner Says They Rctard the
City's Progress.

The Business Mems Association held a
| well-attended meeting at Elks' Hall last
night. with Vice President V Baldwin
Johnson in the chair and Secretary
Parry Bulkley at the desk letter OF
regret was read from President NJ
Dyrenforth.
The first business transacted was the
| reading of a petition from the East
Washington Citizens Associat ton. on the
improvement Of the parks and spaces in
the District of Columbia The document
was referred to the Committee on Parks
Conrad II. Syme, counsel for the asso-
cihtion, offered the following resolution
which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Business Mems Association
most earnestly protests against the action of
The committee of the police force in awarding
the contract for the uniforms for the District
o. columbia police TO a nonresident irm when
inc Chery x Moran Company. a Washington bid
Ger, ana ? hrm Of the first standing and financial
responsibility, had submitted the lowest bid of
fered And be it further
Resolved. That the special committee Of the
issociatioh heretofore appointed be continued.
Wlth full power to enquire by what method
the committee Of the police force is appointed:
whether 1t IN fact represents the wishes of
majority of the ~p0lice, and unon what reasous
the action Of the police committee in its dis
cFlmlnatlon osainst our business men is founded
The Committee on Water Supply and
FILTRATION WIS instructed to prepare a re-
port on purer and better water supply
for the city.
Il. IL Warner made a brief address
pr;tisinG the work of the association and
stating that it had a great work TO do.
1t is very proper that the business men
Of the city should unite" said Mr.. VAR
ner. We lave an opportunity before us
ana we must avail ourselves of it. The
question comes up as to whether we
should have manufacturing interests in
this city | believe that We should have
factories here and that we should become
great in commerce, as have other cities
While We have "a large and intelligent
population in the employ of the Govern
ment, that population is dead load on
the city. Not that the Government en-
ployes want to he, but because they are
naturally compelled to be such. They
do not broaden; they are Of no aid TO the
city They have easy life They are
timid. With the same population in an
other city. it would be a great place.
There would be competition The people
would 90 forward and make things move
1t is a great fallacy To say that uar,lI-
featuring establishments would iniure
Washington. Look at all of the other
capitals of the world They have their
manufactures. and are. therefore, great
There is great field here for Industries
and they viii come within five years We
will before that period use the mower from
Great Falls. That will do away with
smoke and the nuisances generally objec-
tiuIable i'll a manufacturing city We can
produce G,HD horse power and we can sell
everything We turn out. We have great
facilities and we are well advertised our
goods would sell where those of others
would not. We have superior opportuni-
ties to other cities.
on motion of Col. o. C. Staples, Mr..
Warner was invited to address the next
meeting of the association
Dr. ID Percy HicklinS spoke of the
work Of the committee Interested in the
reclamation of the Potomac flats and re-
GREETED the failure Of the River and Har-
bur bill. u referred to the plan for Dis
trict watet filtration. and to the code OF
laws for the District Of Columbia he
praised both. and said that the Business
Mems Association had done more for the
adoption of both than any other body.
W. j. FriZzell argued in favor of "A new
building FOR the use OF the Supreme
Court.
The association then adjourned until
the third Thursday in April