The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-03
TO CHOOSE OFFICERS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COM
MITTEE WILL MEET TO-MORROW.
PROMINENT SAvANNAHIANS
ARE BEING GENERALLY DISCUSSED
FOR PRESIDENCY.

They Are Leopold Adler. G. }. Bald
win. w. w. MackaII. Herman My
ers and Roy {. professionalism
ON Charter and Bylaws Likely
to Meet Tonight - Membership
Committee viii Meet Tomorrow
NiSht-Savannah Organization to
Have scope of Progressive Union
of New OrIeans-DetniIs of the
Work of the Organization.
The committee appointed to recon-
mend officers for the Chamber of Com
meree met yesterday afternoon TO dis
cuss possibilities, but took no definite
action, and will not take any until it
can ascertain if the gentlemen being
considered in connection with offices
will accept if recommended.
Among the most likely possibilities
for president at least, if they will
consent to serve. are Mr.. Leopold Ad-
Ter. Mr.. George J. Baldwin, Mr.. Her
man Myers. Mr.. w. w. Mackall and
Mr.. Roy C Foster. 1t would seem that
of these Mr. Adler must have re-
ceived the chief consideration yest2r-
day for though he is an ex-officio
member of the committee, he was not
notified of the meeting, and, therefore,
did not attend it.
The members of the committee would
not make public the discussion that
took place nor talk of the possibilities
for president, but the supposition is
that it was because they wished to
consider Mr.. Adler in connection with
the office, he was not present at the
meeting.
1t is probable that another meeting
of this committee will be held tomor-
row afternoon. when something def
mite will be decided on. The Commit
tee on Charter and Bylaws, of which
Mr. Foster is chairman, will hold
meeting, possibly tonight, while a
meeting of the Membership Commit
tee, of which Mr.. o. S. Kulman is the
head, will take place tomorrow night.
Model for savannah.
Something of what it is intended the
Chamber of Commerce shall be may
be gathered from a sketch of a similar
organization, the Progressive Union of
New Orleans. An account of this Or
ganization says:
The New Orleans Progressive Union,
with a membership of nearly $500, is
devoted solely and with an energy
that is little short of marvellous, to
promoting and advertising New Or
leans and anything and everything
that directly or indirectly may be of
advantage to New Orleans.
There is Chamber of Commerce
of course, and a Board of Trade and
Cotton Exchange and all the other
equipment of the sort contained in
cities of considerable size. But the
Progressive Union does work in all de-
partments covered by these regulation
associations and besides that operates
in a field of it's own.
Asked the other day just what the
Progressive Union of New Orleans was
for and what it did, Mr.. Richardson,
the secretary, said:
Making "A City known.
We'll. to begin with. l might tell
you that the Progressive Union has a
larger membership than any similar
body in the United States. 1t was re-
organized in the latter part of 1901 and
its most interesting year was the one
just passed, 1902.
Now, as to what it does: 1t Sc
cures conventions for this city, adj
Vertises the advantages of all this Sec
tion, has installed in its rooms a most
exhaustive and complete showing of
the resources of louisiana handles
merchants trips throughout the South
ern states, is now arranging one for
Porto Rico. adVertises New Orleans,
corresponds and keeps in touch with
all the other commercial bodies
throughout the country, answers all
kinds of letters of inquiry received
here by the Mayor, the postmaster and
business houses, entertains delegations
of all kinds and character, and in
every possible way keeps New Orleans
before the public to the very best pos
sible advantage at all times and un-
der all circumstances.
Some of the peculiar features of the
Progressive Union, not followed by sim
liar bodies throughout the country, are
monthly meetings which are addressed
by prominent speakers from all sections
of the country. Among others who
have addressed the body are the Hon.
Theodore E. Burton, chairman of the
Committee on Rivers and Harbors;
Mayors of the leading cities of Louis
lana and Texas, who came to meet the
Hon. Sam Jones, the Golden Rule May
or Of Toledo, O.; the Hon. John H. Kir-
by, the lumber king of Texas; Prof
Gorthell, the engineer; the Hon. Myron
+. Herrick. president of the American
Bankers Association. The next month
ly meeting is to be addressed by the
Hon. Alexander X. Mcclure, the Mes
tor of American Journalism.