The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-22

Believing that business methods must
be pursued to bring success to their et-
forts to get a representative subscrip-
| ton to the Battleship Testimonial Fund
| from those who are in the same trade as
| themselves. the Lumbermeh's Committee
| have sent out follow up' to their first
| communication calling the attention of
the lumber dealers and manufacturers of
the State to the near approach Of the date
when the fund is to be complete.
| With each copy of the following letter
was inclosed copy OF an editorial that
appeared in The Republic of Friday:
| THE inclosed clipping from The St.
! Louis Republic Of November 20. is 'inclosed
! for your careful consideration.
This Is the last appeal to be made, and
as the lumber industry ranks third in tho
United States, and is one Of the most i'm
portant in the State Of Missouri. it should
stand among the first in the list of donors
contributing to the testimonial for the
| battleship Missouri.
THE subscription closes December I, 50
II your check has not been forwarded,
please send same, even though for q small
amount, by return mall" =
FEW FUNDS FROM STATE.
While assurances have. been received
that the towns and counties Of the State
are at work collecting. their contribution
to the fund there haye been very few let
tiers inclosing the first iinstallments OF the
subscriptions received either at Treasurer
Morgan's office or at The Republic.
Eonow-up letters after the style Of that
sent out by the Lumbermen's Committee
will be sent to the members of other COM
mittees who are at work on the fund in
Sc Louis. and they in turn will send them
to the frn,ss n their line of business
throughout the State. for while the fund
is strictly = State air..it was only after
securing the approval OF Governor Dock
cry that the Mayor Of st. Louis appointed
his committees and authorized them to
solicit funds wherever they could.
Some time ago fund was started and
completed by the Artists Guild OF st.
Louis to place bell on the battleship
Missouri. This subscription amounted to
about s, 400. and bell is in process of
manufacture, after a design made by a
prominent St Louis artist.
This fund is separate matter from the
fund for the testimonial.
Missouri has been honored In that the
battleship named after her is the finest
and fastest in the world and 1t is felt
that the bell, although appropriate and
artistic in, design does not represent in j
full measure the feeling Of the citizens
OF the State toward the battleship.
The Republic fund was then started
and has reached its present proportions
through the efforts Of only the few COM
nittees that have made partial reports to
the treasurer Of the general fund.
Two-thirds Of the amounts that have
been received represent the subscriptions
Of members Of tho Merchants Exchange,
which have been turned in by their COM
mittee as fast as received. There have !
been partial reports from few of the
many committees appointed by the Manu-
facturers' Association, and II the work OF
those few committees can be taken as
q criterion OF what the final result will |
be. the association will respond most lib |
orally.
Nothing has been done by. several Of the
committeeman. who were asked to serve
on the committee by Mayor Wells. and |
as no others have been appointed in their |
places, large section of the city's COM
mercial life will be without representa- ]