Evening star., 1907-11-13
AS COMMERCIAL CITY
Chamber of Commerce to Is
sue Washington Booklet.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
Lively Debate on Matter of Appro-
priation.
THE PRESIDENT SUSTAINED
Influence to Be Excrted by Members
for the Reclamation of Ana
costa Flats.

. The publication of booklet. descriptive
, OF Washington residential and com
merci:il city TO re distributed broadcas
| throughout the United States and Canadt
As a means Of advertising the city. was
the principal topic of discussion at the
regular monthly Tneetins of the Washing
ton Chamber of Commerce. which was
/ held at the Raleigh Hotel last night. The
meeting was largely attended. and at III,
| conclusion Of the business an elaborate
buffet luncheon was served. The meet
| ing was conceded by many to have been
| the most exciting HID hy this body FOL
SOM. tins.
| Chapin Brown aud Charles J. Bell, in
reporting upon the work Uf the bulid1n 1
! committee, said the committee has prac-
tically arrived .tt some definite idea d bout
the new home for the chamber, but the
work OF securing the site would be post
poned Until after the financial market has
taken on Il better aspect.
John Fleming severely criticised what
he termed the 'UhnoNi1us and r1dfcu-
lous'' building regulations in force in the
District Until THESE foolish laws and
regulations have nceu either wiped out or
toned down. ii" said. lit Will be impos-
sibla to get outside manufacturers ana
business men To iorat" In Washington.
Mr.. Fleming cited several cases showing
what he regarded as The narroWness and
unnecessary'' rulings OF the building de-
partinent. declaring that the regulations
are such AS to put Inanuiact u!ers and
business men TO great Inconvenience and
trouble.
Invitation to Shoppers.
IN the absence Of p. J. Kaufman chair
man of the committee on retail trade,
Norman Gait, vice chairman OF the COM
mittec. made report in which he told
of the plan of his committee to invite
shoppers to Washington to do their
Christmas buying. He ma de it plain that
the plan is already assured of success.
due to large extent to the personal CT
forts of Mr. Kaufman
The substance of this report Is that the
committee suggests each member OF the
chamber be empowered as committee
of one to invite all WaShingtonians TO
participate in the movement; that the i'm
petus gained by the movement Is due In
a large measure to the support OF the
Washington newspapers: that r. D. Shaw.
the secretary of the Publishers Associa-
ton has Informed the committee that
each of the local newspa pers has onered
one page of advertising free, to he at the
disposal of the committee: that the head
quarters OF the management be moved to
the two large rooms on the second f1oor
of the building on the northeast corner OF
14th street and PENNSYLVANIA avenue.
George II. Gall has been made manager OF
the movement.
Allen D. Albert. jr, went into detail In
describing the plan of this committee. He
said the scheme is new to Washington.
but has been used to advantage by a
large number of cities throughout the
country. He said the merchants of Wash
ington have subscribed more money to
this undertaking than had ever been
raised here for a similar purpose.
Form of Booklet.
Following this report the question of
the booklet came UP and occupied the
attention OF the chamber. Charles W.
Claggett. chairman Of the book committee
read report explaining the work Of the
committee. in which he said that the
plans decided upon were only tentative
He said fI is the idea Of the committee
TO have the booklet condensed in FORM
brisk in reading and attractive as to de-
sign and makeup.
1T is our PLAN he said. "to make the
booklet 4l9x6l2 inches. and to contain
SiXty-four pages. twenty OF which Will be
devoted To advertisements. The latter, in
our judgment. will pay for the book and
possibly serve as a source of revenue
thereafter. We think at least 10000 copies
should be published. The question of dis
trtbution is an important one and one
rpon which the s;jccess of thjs vep,,ra
depends We nro,ose thai ton conias he
given to each member of the chamher r.
dispose Of as he sees AT that ~ noo oonies
t,sra be naailed out by the secretary. 5000 be
lions to distribute. 5000 To cnmmerc,.1 ~
stitutionS and bodies and the remainder
De olsposHn OF IN ways suggested By
T., Gan1~i,,;,., .,,
rgr OF tla hortIe+ ~, f@Hem '1I"e' iiahs az,
+ is the intention or tho cn-',, 80. o"., ~
gave the front page printed III three
,. ne various subjects to be
nroner order, ..ttist VI, De, In the!r
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5ti 49,. .,-.. - ''ii!s tol rs i Resi-
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',oH""iS, Especially the Public
=, IN HVoi5, the latteT I" be prepared by
49, 49,. aihes o5Ster president Of the
ti ~ eutta atlon' Nj 'iasseff said
no ''e printing writing and 6istrl-
"u''oh or 'nls hooklet should not cost
i'pIe : man SZ.zoP-
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