The sun., 1901-04-05
OLD OFFICERS
REELECTED
Board Of Trade Meeting Held Last
Night.
ANNUAL REPORTS READ
Edgar M. Hopes Explained the OBJ
ject of the Charleston Exposi-.
tion-Other Routine Busi-
ness Transacted.
ANNUAL REPORTS READ

At the SECULAR monthly and also an
nllal meeting of the Board of Trade last
| night, the old officers were reelected for
| the ensuing year as follows: President,
William Lawton; first vicezpresident, d.
NewAn Gawthrop; second yice-prcsident,
\. l.. Johnson; theasurer, j. X. Hud-
| son; auditor, John 5. Rossell and secre-
tary, Daniel w. Taylor.
In the absence of president LawtoIl,
Theodore Leisen presided. The annual
report of the treasurer showed balance
| ut last report of $147.02 and balance on
hand Of $41S.49. Secretary Taylor's an.
nual report was unusually interesting.
He especially referred to the great
strides that Wilmington has made during
| the past few years i'll getting manufac-
turing plants to locate in this city. In
| concluding his report Mr.. Taylor spoke
| of the boards need of home. of its
own and urged that steps be taken in
| that direction.
The membership committee reported as
follows: Total number of approved APP
| plcations for membership in this body i'll
| the past year, 22 number of designations
| accepted s. members lost by removal
from the city, 81 present membership,
| 162; increase over last years report, Is.
Your committee regret to report that
| since the last annual meeting death has
claimed George w. Bush and Lewis G.
| Nandegrift, who We're as noted in reso-
| lutions adopted by the board .'two of
| our strongest and most public-spirited
| citizens."
| We are glad to be able to show net
| increase of fifteen members, and would
/ urge special effort in the coming year
for Il further increase. We feel that our
city SHOULD be represented by mem-
| bership of ut least 300 by the next annual
/ meeting. Great is the growth of Will
4 mington in manufacturing industries and
mercantile establishments, and the Board
i Of Trade should be true reflection Of
/ the enterprise displayed by our mer-
| chants and manufacturers.
The small cost of membership should
bring to our roll many who are not now
connected with the board. With more
4 emphasis upon the Importance OF the
Board Of Trades being Il dignihed repre-
sentative Of the city's best interests, re-
moved from partisanship and prejudice,
i an incentive will be given enterprising
business people to be numbered with u.s.
Let our present members display n
| deeper interest in the current meetings
of the organization and use their in
| tlnence to add their associates and COM
pettors, so that in working for the
common good. each may materially con-
| tribute to his own prosperity.
On motion of Frank Wooley it was de-
'ided to have the annual reports of the
officers and committees printed in .phamp-
let form.
Edgar M.a Hopes, who was recently
| appointed viee-presdent and also com
missioner for Delaware, to the exposition
70 he held in Charleston, s. c., from
December Of this year until June of next
| year. explained the idea of the exposi-
ton He also explained that his idea
in bringing the matter before the Board
| of Trade was to get it in touch with the
| Wilmington Manufacturers at the earl
lest possible moment Mr.. Hopes said
| that on his recent trip south he took
| particular notice that products of Will
mington reach most every city in the
south and that in justice to Wilmington
and its manufacturers il should be well
represented at that exposition.
Mr.. Hopes also said that he had
been assured that Wilmington manufac-
turers would be shown every courtesy
possible at the exposition. He spoke
Of the recent great improvements in the
south by northern capital and said that
the principle object of the expo
sition was to show the new alliance
between the north and south. On motion
it was decided that the president of the
Board Of Trade appoint a committee OF
two to confer with Mr.. Hopes and re-
port at the next meeting of the board.
A communication was received ac-
knowledeing the receipt of papers sent
10 the German consul-general at New
lorR. There was also communication
from the National Municipal League
asking cooperation sfor more aggressive
work and stated that the next annual
convention of the league will be held in
Rochester. \. Y. May s. 9. 10. The
question OF appointing delegates to the
convention was laid over.
The railroad package delivery com
mttee was not ready to report. William
L. Smalley reported that the passage OF
the River and Harbor bill by the last
General Assembly, was principally
through the efforts of William Lawton
and Patrick Neary.