Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-10
for the District of Columbia as chairman
Of the Senate District committee.
Report of the Treasurer.
William r. GUIDE.


Report Of the Treasurer.
The report Of the treasurer showed an
active membership of 656. Fifty-three
new members were elected during the past
year, and ten died, seventeen resigned
and sixty-seven were stricken from the
rolls.
The receipts. as shown by the treas
urer's report. were $6,374 for the year, and
the expenditures $6,O79. leaving a balance
OF $295.
port commanded the close attention of the
members. There were frequent Interrupt
tons by applause, and Mr.. Rudolph was
given an ovation when he concluded.
Tribute to Memory Of Dead.
In the beginning the president paid
tribute to the memory Of the members
who died during the year. He said:
Crosby Stuart Noyes-one of the found
ers Of this organization. and always one
Of its stanchest friends and most loyal
supporters man loved by many and re-
spected by all, and John Wesley Douglass.
the efficient executive officer of the board
Of childrens guardians. passed away far
from the city they had done SO much In
their respective spheres to improve. Those
whom the grim reaper overlook. whose
munity. as we'll as on our board, were
Thomas P. Stephenson, Norman Gait
Edward F. Droop, Charles B. Church. j.
Edward Libbey, F. C. Warman, John
Cammack and e. w. w. Griffin"
Compliments Chamber Of Commerce.
After recounting the routine work Of the
board during the past year, Mr.. Rudolph
paid q compliment to the Chamber OF
Commerce:
Il record with pleasure and satisfac-
tion," he said, 1.-The cordial relations ex-
listing between the Washington Chamber
OF Commerce and the Board of Trade.
Each body has striven hard to accomplish
some good. But in this work for the pub
lie good much energy has been wasted
and useless expenses incurred by reason
of unavoidable duplication of work. II
appeals to me even more strongly tonight
than 1t did a year ago, when / first ad-
vanced the suggestion, that II there are
to be two organizations with objects 60
nearly alike the labors be divided 80 that
one organization can take I'D such lines
as most largely appeal to its members,
while the other undertakes the activities
for which 1t is best constituted.
1.-The Board Of Trade has a long and
enviable record Of inaugurating many i'm
portant measures along civic lines and
pushing them to a successful termination.
while in the strictly commercial field II
has probably not directly accomplished
as much. l say directly because cannot
but feel that the general improved con-
ditions In the District of Columbia, for
which the board is in 80 many ways re-
sponsible. have attracted people to our
city, and these people have brought bust
ness and made trade, and continued ef-
forts along our chosen lines will bring
more people and make more business.
"Board Of Trade" Not Misnomer.
And believing this to be sound logic, I
do not agree with some that Board of
Trade is a misnomer for our splendid
organization. 1t seems to me that the
Board of Trade should continue along the
lines in which it has done so well,
while our sister association should
take up the promoting Of commerce
and manufactures as its special charge
and care. Do not understand me
our committee on commerce and manu-
features and kindred committees, past
or present, because l know from personal
knowledge and from their reports that
they have performed the duties assigned
them faithfully and intelligently
LET me cite just one case which Illus
trates the useless waste of time and
money incident to two bodies working for
one object-each going its own way.
Our committee on conventions had Sc
CuTcQ Tie USE VI Tic pennsylvania
Railroad station to accommodate two
large conventions that usually bring from
1000 to 5000 persons to its chosen place
of meeting, and after several visits to
New York by our energetic chairman OF
the conventions committee Cat his own
expense, 1t should be mentioned was
practically assured Of Washington being
selected.
Money Thrown Away.
about the same time the matter was
being discussed by the Chamber of Com
nerce at number of meetings, and n
nally an appropriation from Its funds was
authorized to send a representative to
interview those who would decide on the
place Of meeting. Here was actual
money thrown away, to say nothing of
valuable time of many busy men wasted.
1.-The project to divide activities has
recently been brought out more promi-
nently. and many members Of both or
CARNATIONS have expressed themselves
as heartily in favor OF It, trust the few
who still think otherwise can be speedily
won over and the change decided upon
without delay"
No Cut in Estimates.
Mr.. Rudolph explained that the
Commissioners had carefully prepared
their estimates for the next fiscal year
of the local government and had made
them represent "our minimum needs"
Let our slogan be that suggested by