The Washington times., 1906-09-28
WIDE OPEN INVITE
TO BUSINESS MEN
TO JOIN JOBBERS
Membership Committee
Urge Merchants to Not
Stand on Ceremony.

Active work in the campaign to In
crease the membership Of the Jobbers
and Shippers Association began today.
The gentlemen who are members Of
the membership committee. as result
or the committee meeiing held last
night. are sending oJt @tsefs 20 all
those business mca- Whoha they can
rearh By the plan ad0pJed last even
ing. each member OF the committee IS
assigned a certain part Of the alphabet
Of names, and il viii be his task 10 do
all in his power 20 see that as many OF
those names as possible shall be on the
roster Of the association.
In as many cases as possible, the let
ters of invitation viii be followed up BY
personal visits by members Of the com
mittes to the men invited 10 Join the
organization.
T. p. May, chairman OF the member
ship committee, ia discussing the mat
ter today. said
you can easily see that Il is a physl-
calIy imposslbulty for our committee to
reach ali the desirable men in the lElsi-
ness life Of Washington. We shall do
our best, but we cannot be expected TO
approach every man in the city direc-
tory. We have neither the time nor the
opportunity for such task.
General Invitation Extended.
Therefore. we earnestly hope that
any man who has the growth OF the city
at heart viii come forward and Join
the association without waiting for the
formal invitation. which. through our
limitations. may never reach him He
should remember that the first 200 men
who made up the association Joined
without invitation and he should re-
alize still further that il shows a lack
OF real iaterest in the movement 90 wait
for the invitation and delay matters,
Consequently. we request every bust
ness man. who is not already a member
OF the JObbers and Shippers AsSOCia-
tion, 10 come forward al once and en-
list under the banner of the Greater
Washington"
The board OF directors OF the asso-
ciation met Yesterday afternoon and in
dOrsed everything thai had been recon-
mended by the joint committee on the
jamestown exhibit and the Four Hun
dred Thousand Population Club.
Quick Action Essential.
It now seems assured that the Ques-
ton OF the space to be taken I'm the
man res BUA4eALlAE AZ JdlLle@LONl LDE
the municipal and commercial exhibit
Of this city must be settled i'm the near
future A letter from the jamestown
was read 20 the board, I'm
which the managers pointed out the
necessity of definitely reserVing the
space needed for the Washington eX-
libit. as other municipalities had seen
the advantage of getting in early and
securing desirable space.
II is thought that the Joint committee
IN its next meeting viii make some final
-eCOmmendati0n as TO how much space
shall be secured 1t viii also probably
that this reservation be !
made a finished thing at the earliest
moment practicabl
Specially strong Endorsement was 4
given by the directors TO the plan TO I
nave the Board Of Trade, the Business !
Mems AssociaU ton. and the JObbers and I
Association give all the sup
)ort possible 10 the formation OF the /
-Four Hundred Thousand Club.
Firm Wants to Come Here.
It was announced at the meeting yes /
erday that the Kenmore Shoe Company.
II Fredericksburg, Va. wants to estab- /
ish a iobbing house in this city. pro- /
-lded It is assured Of remunerative pat /
.onage. Secretary Monroe Luchs was
instructed TO communicate further with 4
ne com any. IT is the opinion now that I
he iobJ.qg house would be well pat 4
0uiz,5 II established here. This stu
.tion. however. viii be further inVesti-
rated