Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-06
WAREHoUSEMEN MEET
IN ANNUAL CONVENTION IN THIS
CITY TODAY.
Fifty Delegates From Every Section
of the Country Consider Matters
of Business Importance.

The fifteenth annual convention of the
American Warehousemen's Association
opened at 1870 o'clock this morning In the
New Willard Hotel with an attendance of
ever fifty delegates President W. T. Rob-
inson of the organization, who In the presi-
dent OF the Pennsylvania Cold Storage and
Market Company of Philadelphia, was in
the chair. Tho secretary of the associa-
ton Is Walter C. Reid of the Lincoln Safe
Teposit Company and the Bowling Green
Storage Van Company of New York city.
After hearing the reports Of the presi-
dent and secretary the convention proceed
ed to transact current business.
President Robinson reported that the as
ISOLATION had experienced very prosper
Gus year and was continuing to grow
steadily In numbers and in the good opin-
ion of the industrial and financial inter-
ests of the country, as well as in the eyes
of the government authorities.
secretary's Report.
In the report of Secretary Reid several
matters of considerable Importance to
warehousemen In various parts of the
country were touched upon and several rec
concentrations were made. In his preface
he said that the present membership was
ia, against 1O5 of last year and that
among the number were one Canadian and
two English members, the remainder be-
ing scattered through forty-nine different
cities in the United States.
Under the head of Government Super
vision of Warehouses" the Secretary said:
1.-The efforts of those interested In the
handling of cotton to retain this staple In
warehouses a. the points Of production as
indicated in the bulletins for the past year
calls attention to the growing need of a
system of warehousing cotton, cement and
other staples so that the receipts issued
shall actually represent the goods described
therein, and that such goods will be
promptly delivered on demand. There Is
growing belief that the national supervi-
sion of public warehouses on plan similar
to the supervision of national banks Is the
only way In which this may be satisfactor-
lily accomplished. The knowledge that the
government exercised supervision OF these
warehouses, it IS argued. would strengthen
the public confidence in the warehouse re-
ceipt, with a result that goods that are
now hurried to the seaports and to foreign
countries would remain In warehouses in
this country.
Program Tomorrow.
The convention took recess from pm.
until 2:3O pm. The program calls for SEES
sions tomorrow and Friday, both in the
afternoon and evening. DR.. Harvey w.
Wiley chief of the bureau of chemistry:
c. B. Lane. acting chief of the dairy dfvis-
ion. and C. Harold Powell, pomoIogist in
charge of fruit storage Investigations, all of
the Department Of Agriculture, will address
the convention tomorrow morning
The local delegates to the convention are
Albert M. Read, general manager of the
warehouse department of the American Sc
ourity and Trust Company; c. A Aspin-
wall assistant manager Of the warehouse
department of the same company; c. H.
Brownell. secretary and treasurer Of the
Brownell Cold Storage Company: T. H
Newbold secretary of the Merchants
Transfer and Storage Company, and G. E.
Fleming secretary Of the Union Trust Com
pany.