Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-11
Actual Net Results.

! ton. In these various ways the commit
tee is making this distribution, as we be-
lieve, to the best possible advantage.
Actual Net Results.
"The actual net results of this CAM
| paign 1t is too early to determine. Dur
ing the first week a considerable volume
of business was done, which is directly
traceable to the advertising and the in
ducements offered by the committee.
| This business was shared by a consider
able portion of the whole. and the amount
OF purchases made by each person aver
I aged about $45. Purchasers were attract
| ed directly from practically all of the
points in which the advertising of the
| committee appeared. Thus we have pur-
| chasers from as far south as Charlottes-
vile. as far north as Carlisle, Pa, and
down the river to Wilkerson's and Nor
| folk. the greater number being from in
termediate points. The committee ex-
| poets, basing It's opinion on the way in
which the advertising has been issued.
that the balance of the week will show
a considerable amount of business. but
| should not expect. however. and the COM
mittee did not expect; that this first ex-
pertinent on an absolutely new PROPOSE
ton for both merchants and for the pub
| lie of the three surrounding states.
volume of business sufficient to make the
first investment entirely profitable in it.
| self. The committee will be entirely
satisfied and we shall have cause to con-
| graduate ourselves If the net results
| at the close of business on next Satur-
day evening are in any measure large.
| We feel that in the first place great
| deal has been accomplished in bringing
| the merchants together and in securing
such good cooperation. In the second
| place. 1t is a matter of satisfaction to
| know that the ground has been broken
| for successful efforts in the future, and
that Washington has been awakened to
/ realization of the possibilities for large
| ly extending its retail trade.
| ''One of the out-of-town shoppers made
| significant remark to the manager Of
the committee when receiving her refund
She had come from Purcellville, a station
on the Bluemont branch. fifty-one miles
| from Washington. She-said that she and
many of her neighbors had been in the
habit of sending to the mail-order houses
| OF Chicago for goods; that all in her sec
| ton of the country received these cata-
| logueS regularly and were patronizing the
glad the merchants of Washington made
1t possible to come to Washington and
see what she was buying and at the
same time give her the advantages of a
| city resident by means of refunding of
| fares She took back with her number
of refund booklets to give to her neigh
| bors. This simply illustrates one way in
which the business of Washington mer-
| chants can be increased and that not to
the disadvantage of the local country
| merchant.
How the Plan Works.
another encouraging feature is the fact
reported by the manager that every one
| who has come to the office, has been
pleased with the way in which the plan
| works. Very little difficulty has been ex-
| perienced in having purchases entered in
| the booklets, and the fact that cash is
ready at headquarters for refunding fares
without any unnecessary red tape is espe-
l. cially pleasing to the visitor. 1t can be
| said that without exception every person
who has had his or her fare refunded in
whole or in part has gone back home an
| advocate Of this plan. We are justified
| then, believe. in saying that the ground
work of very profitable future business
has been laid. and that from now on 1t
| will be comparatively easy to extend the
| work of the committee.
| I'm this report mention should be made
| of the numerous ways in which our local
| business men have lent their assistance,
| for instance. without special invitation,
| two bank presidents, our postmaster, Mr..
| Barnes, and several others whose names
have appeared on the list of subscribers.
have given their support to this work.
| The committee rooms have been furnished
with loaned furniture by Mr.. Moses with
out cost. Free telephone service has been
installed. by the telephone company.
| through the courtesy of Mr.. D. S. Por-
ter. The Underwood Typewriter Com
pany has furnished machine and two
| typewriter desks without charge. The
| Monarch Typewriter Company has also
Hot-Air Heater Company has installed
| three gas-hot-water radiators free of
charge. The electric light company is
furnishing current without cost. Several
rotary, Mr.. GUIDE. The National Engrav-
ing Company furnished two half-tone en-
cravings for the front cover of the COM
mittee's booklet. A large wall clock was
| loaned by Mr.. Selinger. The Washing
| ton Terminal Company has made distinct
concessions to the committee at the Union
station. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
| presented a large engraving of the Union
| station. photograph Of the committees
| headquarters was made and given by the
| ture for distribution in the reception
rooms have been furnished by large
| number of merchants; all of these in ad
dition to the courtesies mentioned in the
! early part of this report also bus for
| free transportation of passengers from
the steamboat landings has been furnished
by the Knox Express Company"
| Present School Law.
| The committee on schools submitted its
report through Chairman Percival Brown.
It gave an exposition of the present school
| law setting forth it's many excellent fea-
| lures, and commencing it as legislation
which ought, in the nature Of things, to
meet the requirements Of public educa ton
| in Washington. Criticism of this law was
deprecated, and strong plea was entered
| for further trial of the law before it
should be =; needlessly condemned or
| changed.
The report recites that lin the opinion
| of the committee the law governing the
administration of the schools, to be ade-
| quate for the purpose for which it is in
| tended must provide amply for the full
| scope for the exercise of the highest de-
| gree of pedagogic ability in the educa-
| tional part of the work, to the end that
| the children in the schools may receive
| the greatest degree of benefit along the
best and most fitting educational lines;
| due consideration to be always given,
| however, in the arrangement of the
| courses of study to the general demand
in such matters from the people Of this
| District. "
The law should amply provide for
| the welfare and protection of the teach
ers. officials and employees of the sys-
| tenn; to the end that they may have
| every incentive that can be given to put
| their best efforts into their work. and
| that they may feel that the merit ex-
| hibited by their efforts will be recognized
in whatever promotion and advantages
| the system may allow, and that they may
be given every projection in the tenure
| of their respective positions which is
compatible with the wise administration