The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-28
OUR COMMERCIAL BODIES
CONSOLIDATION FsvORtO BY DIRECTORS
OF MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION.
II. VI. Thursday to Take Actfon-Ef-
fort of the Carolina Insurance
Company to Secure Reduction of
Insurance Rates.

A special meeting of the board Of d.
rectors OF the merchants association
was held yesterday afternoon at 3
o'clock at the rooms of the association,
in the Seaboard Air Line building.
President w. E. Springer presided, ana
Mr.. P. Heinsberger. the secretary, was
at his post. The following members
were in attendance: Messrs. B. Solo
mon. w. E. Worth. Marcus w. jacob.
Sol Bear. George O.. Gaylord. John II.
Render. Dewitt c. Love, J. H. Thomas,
A. o. Schuster. w. H. Chadbourn and
Charles NJ. Whitlock.
President Springer stated that the OBJ
ject of the special meeting was to con-
slider the proposed consolidation Of the
produce exchange. the chamber Of COM
merce and the merchants association.
Present at the meeting were Captain
Thomas D.. Meares. and Messrs. ]. A.
Taylor and George r. French, the spe-
cial committee appointed by the cham
Der OF commerce to submit h plans
adopted by hat body as a basis for
the consolidation of the three bodies.
CAPTAIN Meares submitted the plans
heretofore published and addressed the
meeting in favor of their adoption.
Mr.. j. A. Taylor read and fully ex-
planned the plans of consolidation. COM
mented at length upon the benefits -
be derived from a larger organization
such as would be brought about by con
~Solidation and stated that they had al
ready been approved by the chamber O..
m and the produce exchange.
He urged this board Of directors to fol-
low suit.
Mr.. B. Solomon asked if the adoption
of the plans by this board would com
init the association. and was informed
by the president that action by the di-
rectors would be merely recommended
tory and that If they were adopted IL
would be necessary to call a meeting OF
the members Of the association to take
final action. Mr.. Solomon then favored
consolidation and moved hat the plans
be endorsed
President Springer requested that
every m of the board of directors
express their opinion on the matter.
Remarks in favor Of merging the three
organizations into one harmonious
whole were made by Messrs. Sol Bear.
NJ. w. Jacob. w. E. Worth and De
Witt G.. Love.
Mr.. Charles M. Whitlock spoke in OPP
pOSlllOl " COIlSOlludll oIi, Sd lS Tia ~
his opinion the separate organizations
WOULD best serve the public good. He
said each organization aimed at differ
ent nj and he did not think it practi-
cal for one organization to embrace
the principles of each organization. H
said each organization had it's functions
and members Joined them as their in
terests dictated. Some joined the mer-
chants association because it's features
were to their interests, others were
Members of the produce exchange from
like motives, and the same could BE-
said of the chamber of commerce. For
himself. he Joined the merchants asso-
citation because it's features Immediately
concerned his interests and he did not
think more than fifty per cent. Of the
members would leave the merchants
association. because they were concern
ed in it's objects and were not generally
interested in the objects of the other
associat lions. He urged as one OF
his objections to consolidation that
members who were interested in what
was to be obtained through the mer-
chants association WOULD not care u
attend Il meeting and wait till all the
business in which they were not inter
ested was disposed of before business
concerning their interests would COM
IN.
Mr.. Taylor replied to Mr.. Whitlock
FAAAN ~ NhoN - y >AN'.
organization would be preserved in the
consolidation organization and that the
different interests could be attended to
by bureaus or committees.
After further discussion, Mr.. Bear
seconded Mr.. Solomon's motion to APP
prove the plans. Mr.. Worth offered tn !
following substitute for Mr.. Solomon's
motion and it was accepted by Mr..
Solomon and adopted, to wit:
Resolved. That the plan as presented
by the committee from the chamber o.
commerce he accepted, that 1t be en-
dorsed by this board and that a specia
meeting of the membership of the as
ISOLATION be called for Thursday, March
9th. at 8 p. m, to act upon it,"
INCREASED INSURANCE RATES.
The secretary read a communication
from Mr.. M. S. Willard, secretary o.
the Carolina Insurance Company, say
ing tina it was believed that company,
if it had the endorsement OF the COM
mercial bodies of this city, could secur-
very material modification in the recent
advance in insurance rates, and pro-
posing at the expense of the Carolina
Insurance Company to send representa-
tives to Atlanta and New York to lay
the matter before the insurance com
panieS and the Southeastern Traffic As
ISOLATION. On motion of Mr.. Charles M.
Whitlock. the following was adopted:
Resolved. That this board are heartl-
ly in favor of the sentiment of the
movement proposed by the Carolina In
surance Company to reduce insurance
rates and pledges the merchants asso-
citation to endorse such action along this
line as such may take"
SILK FACTORY WANTED.
Mr.. P. H~einsberger. secretary C the
merchants association, who recently
visited Fayetteville and was interested
in the success of the silk factory there,
both as to the city and the investors
showed samples of silk from the mill
there. He offered the following resolu-
ton n the same was adopted:
Resolved. That this association put
forth every effort to induce either the
proprietors of this factory or others in
similar cuisines to build a factory in
this city in order to employ the die la
Dor.
Resolved. That a committee Of three
be appointed by the president to cor
respond with manufacturers and en-
deavor to carry out the purpose Of this
resolution"
Under the above resolution, Messrs.