The Washington herald., 1907-01-15

dency OF the Washington Board of 1
Trade as the highest honor OF my
Life."-Gen. John VI. Wilson.
An animated. and at times. acrimonious
discussion marked the proceedings Of the
monthly meeting Of the Washington
Board OF Trade last night; but harmony
followed discord, and after the free inter
change Of opinion was all over the mem
bers. conservatives and radicals, stand
patters and uplifters, came together sat
the luncheon table in perfect good fellow
ship. The contest hinged upon the Great
er Washington movement. Everybody. OF
course, was in full sympathy with this
movement, but there were differences as to !
the province OF the board. Should or should
not the organization stand sponsor for a
commercial secretary, and directly OF in
directly assume responsibility for the pay
ment Of his salary and liberal expense
account?
Final Action in Two Weeks.
In the end the consensus Of opinion
seemed 20 favor the idea, and il viii
come up again for final action in two
weeks
a spirited. matter-of-fact little speech
by Adds 3. Browne, an old member. but
in touch with the feeling of the younger
element and a champion Of wide-awake
business methods. served TO avert a seri-
Gus clash iH the board
r. Ross Perry spoke for the more con-
serVative faction, while c. 9. Lancaster.
who took the floor and made a red-hot
speech, may be supposed TO have repre-
sented the extremists on the left"
The tribute paid TO the board in one
sentence Cquoted above) by its president,
Gen. John ". Wilson. l. S A, retired
was one Of the distincuvely pleasing fea-
lures Of the evening
Consider Currency Reform,
/ The first subject considered was re-
+ port from the directors on currency re
/ form, IN which the board was asked 10
/ pass upon the general plan of credit cur
rency adopted by the currency commits
/ sion Of the American Bankers AssOcl8-
/ tioa. The resolution presented approved
4 the principle Of credit currency. declaring
/ that IL was essential for the general pur-
] poses OF business in the nation and at
/ commercial centers. The resolution was
| adopted
/ 4 resolution submitted by the directors
I favoring the views set forth by Judge
! De Lacy, Of the Juvenile Court, that the
/ headquarters Of the Juvenile Court Asso-
citation Of the United States be In Wash
lngton rather than in Chicago was
adopted.
The report Of public health presented
. by the chairman, Dr d. Percy HiCklinE.
I provoked considerable discussion. The
gist OF the report was that the number
Of inspectors 20 watch the production %
milk or the dairy farms should be in
creased. and that the temperature al
which milk should he received from
shippers be fixed at - degrees Fahrenheit.
Dr. Kicking explained the report IN de-
I tail, and presented many facts 10 show
that the milk supply as now furnished
was necessarily contaminated TO the
danger point, and requested that the
Board OF Trade should give its assent "a
the Dill in Congress euaCting these two
principles into law.
r. \. Harper and William II. Saunders
spoke against the report OF the commit
tee. on the ground that it would put a
burden upon the farmers Of Virginia
Maryland and the District that would
drive many OF them out Of business. by
destroying their profits. The motion OF
the adoption or the report finally was
almost unanimously carried
Ask for Laboratory.
Another resolution offered by the com
mittee on health, that Congress be asked
10 appropriate money 70 establish a bac-
THEOLOGICAL laboratory under the super.
vision Of the health department, was ear
ried.
Interest Of the evening centered in the
report Of the committee on commerce and
manufactures. submitted by Brainart
Warner. chairman OF the committee It
was first rejected under a misappre
hension OF members that il involved IL,
employment Of "a commercial secretary al
a salary of about 5000 year, with 500
year additional for expenses Of the
Office.
The n.atter was disposed Of 50 suddenly
that members of the board favCring IN,
adoption of the report were taken bl
surprise, and u was not until sever3
/ speeches had been made under a motion
to establish "a trade organ Of the Boar,
Of Trade that a motion to TecOnside
= brought the subject again before the bod!
for general discussion.
Under the subsidiary motion a speecl
was made by r Ross Perry in which h,
set forth that the name Of the Board o
Trade was a misnomer; that the body
. mover had been q board of trade; wa
never intended TO be such, and that tn
purpose Of the committee on Commerc
and manufactures should be delegated {.
the Business Mems Association. the Job
bers and Shippers Association, or SOM
other body with similar aims. Mr.. PER-.
/ defended the past policy of the board
= pronoUnced IL admirable, and said that /
would be an unfortunate day for Wash
= ington when the Board OF Trade wa
: diverted from it's original purposes
Issue was taken with Mr.. Perry. par
p t!cularly by r. y. Harper and c.
, / Lancaster, both Of whom used som
pretty plain language TO designate tn
Z action of the beard in unanimously adopt
/ ing the report of the committee last yea
. and then repudiating the means by whicl
to carry out the work suggested therein.
: Decide to Reconsider.
The question was debated pro and COZ
e by several speakers, when a motion Of
/, fered by Dr. A. z. Pardon 70 reconside
the vote upon the acceptance Of the re
D port OF the committee was passed B.
= dint Of earnest discussion of the merit
of the question a compromise was ef
+ fected between the factions. and it wa
: finally voted to recommit the report wit
r instructions that the committee map ou
a plan by which the expenses Of a com
A mercial secretary could be met and re
, port at the next meeting.
y During the latte. part Of the discus
= sion some interesting speeches were mad,
n John B. Weaver called attention 10 III
o fact that the National Board OF Trad
- mould meet today and he hovgd fhnf IN