Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-26
WILL A0TCOMPLA|N TO
FEDERAL COMMISSION
Believed That Such Action Would
Not Stop Dissemination
Against City.
SECRETARY FARRAR RESIGNS
Exploitation Commission Declines to
Accept Resignation and He Asrcss
to Continue to Serve for Present
| Repor. of Money Collected and
Notwithstanding Plans,

Although 1t was generally expect
ed that the Exploitation Commission
would last night take UP the mat
ter of sending q delegation to Wash.
ington to appear before the national
commission of the jamestown expo.
sition relative to tie discrimination
against Newport News in the adj
Sertising matter OF the jamestown
Exposition Company. the matter was
not brought before the commission,
and, although the idea OF sending
sntil q delegation to Washington
originated with q member of the
'comission, a majority of the com.
missloners apparently have no in.
tention Of taking any action along
this line.
In the opinion OF many members
OF the commission such course
would do this city more harm than
good. The commissioners who pro-
posed the movement seemed salts.
fled from the start that the national
commission could not prevent the
exposition company from advertising
Norfolk and the only advantage This
city could derive from the appeal
to the national commission would
be the noterIety thereby gained for.
the city. Whether such noter,uiy Is
desired is n question but evidently
a majority of the members OF the
Commission are opposed to that
Kind of advertising.
The commission met in the par
Tors of the pocahontas Hotel with
Chairman Abe Horwits in tho dhai,
/ and the following members pres.
aent: Mayor Samuel r.. Buxton, r.
NJ LIT, w. s, upshur, t. L. Farrar,
c.. Hundley and Alex Meyers
81 Mr.. Farrar Resigns. -
Secretary Il l.. Far-ar rendered
his resignation to the Commission,
but 1t was not accepted and at tho
request of those present, Mr. Farrar
consented to serve as secretary of
che commission until successor
can be selected.
The secretary made detailed re.
port of what had been done by the
commission up to this time. This
rcport showed that about 5000 had
been expended for double mage ad.
vertisement in tho jamestown Edi-
ton of the Rydale Hand Book" 1OO,-
600 thousand copies of which are be-
ing distributed through out the South
and West, and that about $3.50 had
been expended on 100000 envelopes
bearing the device adopted by the
commission These envelopes will
he ready for distribution in a few
days.
Cuts Ordered.
The commission hns also ordered
four cuts of scenes In and about the
city, which will be used in advcr-
tisements to appear I'm tho May issue
or magazines, of which copies will
be issued about the time the James.
Town exposition opens One OF these
cuts represents Uncle Sam stepping
from the exposition to Newport News,
another Is made from photograph
OF the waterfront, showing the ship.
yard the Chesapeake & Ohio piers
and the other piers on the waterfront.
Another shows n beautiful woman
holding map of Tidewater Virginia
showing the location of the exposi.
tion, Newport News, Hampton, Phoe-
bus and Old Point Comfort. The
fourth cut shows bugler standing
on the deck of a United States bat
tleship sounding the mess" call.
About $4,000 In Hand.
Mr. j. A. Wfllett. treaSule1a of the
4 commission, was unable to attend the
meeting on account of illness, and no
report Of the treasurer was receiv-
ed 1t is estimated. however, that
the commission has approximately
I $4,000 in hand with about $1,000 yet
TO be collected Those who have
promised subscriptions to the exploit
tatlon fund should send the amount
OF their subscriptions to Treasurer
fNFillett or Secretary It. l.. Farrari
lln lieu of Issuing n booklet COLI
tanning general guide to this city
and section with list of the hotels
@ and boarding houses, the commits.
sion decided to have $4,000 or more
folders printed. Each commissioner
was directed to prepare reading mat.
ter to be printed on these folders ard
to present same to the commission
at the meeting to be held within tho
d next ten days. 1t Is proposed to dis
tribute these folders among the bus,
mess mon of the city and and have
!. them sent one in every letter mailed
out of the city.
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