The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-13
GOOD OF Topeka.
Commercial Club Membership
to Be Increased to 500.
Will Improve the Facilities For
Helping City.
WORK AS ONE MAN.
Not Necessary to Go on Streets
to Get Subscriptions.
Prince Henry Itinerary Will
Not Include Kansas.

| To double the membership of the
Commercial club is the purpose of the
plan suggested at the meeting of the
members of that club last night, by H.
NJ. Philips. chairman of the committee
on membership. ITO double the mem
bership of our organization" he said,
means to more than double the eff
cacy of it.
Each member of the club should feel
it his duty to induce some friend of his
who is in business here to join the or
ganization. The membership of the club
should be 500 instead of $50.
LAS we are all aware we must wake
up if we hope to get the large conven-
lions to Topeka that we hoped would
be attracted here after the building of
the Auditorium. We must select a COM
mittee of workers, whose duty it will be
to secure these conventions and big
gatherings for Topeka. and not allow
them to fail under any circumstances.
To do this we will have to pursue the
same tactics as other towns. Our COM
mittee will have to be provided with
funds so that they can say, we will fur
niSh you with a hail. with music and
will pay the expenses of the central
committees or leaders who are manag-
ing the convention
Heretofore when we needed this
money we have gone out on the street
and solicited it. That is not a good
chants and business men in the city
should join the Commercial club, the
expenses would be q trifiing item and
1t would furnish an adequate sum for
& convention committee to work with
The initiation fee of the Commercial
club is only five dollars with monthly
seen that $50 additional members would
raise over a thousand dollars in in
itiation fees and the monthly dues of
500 members will net $4,000 per year. A
great deal may be accomplished with
that sum of money"
Chairman Philips made the encourag-
ing report of introducing 10 applicants
for membership into the club. They
were unanimously elected to member
ship. They are J. B. Belts, David T.
Gregg, w. f. Pagan, F. w. Swearingen.
Eugene Hagan, Chas. K. Holiday, Nc
Cormick & Pealxe, j. H Squires, Quinton
ers. A. Zahner, Schmidt Bros, G. w. w.
Gates, Fred H Hodgins-
OPPOSE BOWERSOCK BILL
D. H. Scott, chairman of the commit
tee on immigration presented the fol-
lowing set of resolutions that were I'M
animouSly adopted:
Whereas There is bill row before
congress providing for the lease of the
government land in Kansas for grazing
purposes at the rate of cents per acre;
and
Whereas. During the past few years
all properties in western Kansas have
greatly advanced in value. grazing lands
being valued at from $500 to $500 per
quarter section, and renting at from SO
to $50 per quarter section; and
Whereas, The passage of the bill in
question viii act as a barrier to the
hOmesteader and destroy the effects of
that measure, by the large cattle inter-
ests to the detriment of the small farm
er and stock raiser: therefore,
Resolved, BY the Commercial club of
Topeka that we are unalterably opposed
to what is known as the Bowersock bill,
in its application to Kansas.
Resolved, That we ask our senators
and members of congress to use every
influence in their power to prevent the
bill from becoming a law, and that a
copy of these resolutions be sent to each
OF our United States senators and mem
bers OF congress"
PRINCE HENRY CAN'T COME
he Invitation of he Couor1orciaJ clut
extended to Prince Henry to visit Topeka