The Washington herald., 1907-10-15
LOOK FOR LARGE BUSINESS
Retail Merchants Seek to Develop
Trade with Suburbs.
Move to Interest Country People In
augurated by subcommittee of
Chamber of Commerce.

Action was taken last night, at meet
Ing of the subcommittee on retail trade
of the Washington Chamber of Commerce,
looking TO further development of busi-
ness with country people living in the
States OF Maryland. Virginia. and West
Virginia. julius Gariinkle is chairman
OF the committee. ard seven of the fif-
teen members Of the body were present
and participated in the discussion OF
plans FOR the fail campaign Of the mer-
chants TO drum up county trade
Those present were: D. J. Kaufman,
Norman Gait, William Hahn, A. D.
Prince, Alexander Wolf. A. Stephan. and
Carl Droop.
Chairman Garinkle presented to the
committee the plan reported last summer
Tor interesting country people in Wash
ington as ii shopping center. which was
published at that time and favorably
commented upon
The plan, in brief. is to appoint a spe-
cial shopping day. or days; 10 run spe-
cia! trains from the States mentioned
Into Washington; 70 provide a headquar-
ters for the visiting shoppers. ana ar
ford them special facilities for reaching
the same; 10 establish a bureau OF in
formation at the railroad stations and
the headquarters. and afford the shop
pers every facility for visiting the stores
and points Of interest in the city, and
10 place such printed matter in their
/ hands. with reference to Washington as
a trading center, as viii induce them q
repeat the visit TO the Capital.
II was determined by the subcommittee
to proceed at once to c.ErTs o1t t7e plan
and the first week 10 December was
named as the best time TO hold the first
shopping week OF the Washington mer-
chants This date. with the general plan
TO be worked out by the subcommittee
VII be presented to the wholesale trade
committee at a meeting 10 be held next
week
Considerable enthusiasm developed with
reference to the proposal At the star
! il was recognized that it was necessary
TO have a special fund on which % draw
| TO carry out the proposition, and Norman
| Gait offered 10 subscribe so, D. J. Kauf-
man offered to add another $50 Then II
was decided that If each one Of the mer-
chants interested gave S25 each, there
would be abundance Of money. and by
vote IT was decided that the member.
| present should each give S25, and secure
as far as possible the contributions Of &
/ ike amount from others.
It was decided that the working out OF
1 the proposition required three special
committees-one TO provide special trains
and. If possible special railroad fare fol
the visiting shoppers: one to secure suit.
able hotel accommodations or a head
quarters for the shoppers, where wraps
could be left, and information obtained
about the stores 10 be visited. and one or
| advertisement, printing, stationery, end
general instructions to be given the shop
pers on their arrival in the city.
The committee to interview the rail
road authorities, with reference TO spe-
cial trains, and the steamboat companies
as TO the running Of river craft, is com
posed Of D. J. Kaufman. chairman: Car
| DrOOp. J. GOldenberg. J. Garfnkle. II
King, and Norman Gait
The committee on hotel and quarters
| is composed of A D. Prince, chairman
w. IL Moses, ]. II. Magruder, W. r
Van Wickle. and William Hahn.
The committee on pripting and advertis-
/ ing is made up Of Alexander Wolf, chair
man; A. stephan, Sigmund Kahn, r. Lee
William Hahn, J. Garfnkle, D. J. Kauf-
man. and Joseph Strasberger.
These committees Will Immediately Un.
dertake the work assigned and report al
a meeting of the subcommittee to be-
held next Monday evening at the head
quarters of the Chamber of Commerce.