Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07
Commercial Luncheon Club.

AuuCUcOI C1UO.
1t was learned yesterday that steps are
to be taken by this joint committee to
carry into effect the plans of a special sub
committee of the Jobbers and Shippers
Association The committee has been
working for several weeks on a commercial
luncheon club. similar 10 those now in
operation in other cities of the country.
This committee is composed of Messrs. H.
5. Reside. vice president of the American
Security and Trust Company; Colin H. Liv-
ingstOn. vice president of the American
National Bank. and j. l.. Tucker. The
committee has succeeded in obtaining the
signatures, ii is understood, of more than
eighty-tive prominent merchants and bust
ness men, agreeing to help support such
a luncheon club. 1t is proposed that this
special committee shall continue its work
as special committee of the Chamber of
Commerce. ard that its plans be changed
to provide that the luncheon or dining
rooms shall be In the proposed Chamber of
Commerce building.
Secre tary Clum said yesterday in discuss
ing the situation generally: The Chamber
of Commerce. if effected, will be a most
satisfactory result of the past year of eff
fort, well safety notch in the climb
we are making for the Greater Washing
ton. 1t is with civic organizations as it is
with private corporations or personal en-
terprises-you must forsake theory and
produce results before the general public
will actually become interested. The
Chamber of Commerce will have a tangible
hold on the business community of Wash
ington the very moment ground is broken
for the Chamber of Commerce building
And the very moment that the building is
available and one member can take a nom
member in to luncheon and exhibit to him
the outward and visible signs of practical
civic prosperity that same moment will the
membership of the Chamber of Commerce
increase in leaps and bounds regardless of
the amount of the annual dues.
Comparison Instituted.
at is much more difficult to get mem
bers at SO or even at s. a year when you
have nothing to show them for their
money than to get them at s25 when you
exhibit the probability of their getting
their moneys worth II is the same old
proposition of either paying $40 for nothing
| or s25 for something. and any business man
will elect the latter proposition.
with the Jobbers and Shippers Associa-
ton we are able TO show for our years
work several rearranged freight schedules
and materially reduced freight tariff. We
can show quicker shipments to southern
| points and from northern points. But this
| does not interest directly the retailer who
| buys from the wholesaler. The result is
| that those who are not shipping freight or
| receiving freight have little reason to know
| just what progress is being made by the
! Jobbers and Shippers Association.
With a magnificent building that we
may call our home, With a luncheon room
| where we may meet at noon and get to
| where We may meet at noon and get to know
| each other, or where we may bring custom
! ers from out of town, with a coZy corner
[ where some may smoke their cigars and talk
! business without fear of routine interrupt
ton, with these things accomplished, we
! can show every business man in Washing
| ton why he should join hands with u.s. and
| why II will be to his disadvantage to re-
main without the pale of this municipal
| progressiveness.