The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-14
BUSINESS MEN IN
IMPORTANT MEETING
Approve of Telephone Cos.
20-cent Rate and Get
Party Proposition.
NEUTRAL ABOUT LABOR DAY
Question of Advertising For Churches
and Fraternities Is Not
Definitely Settled.

The Hammond Business Mems assO-
citation had an important meeting in
the court room of the Superior court
last evening and passed upon three Inn
p"rtant matters. Ii approved of the
telephone company's proposition of
20 cent rate to Chicago and get the
party called for, 1T gave Henry Love-
ridge, the representative of part of the
crafts In the Trades and Labor council,
the moral support of the association in
it's plans to give Labor Day picnic In
Hammond but this not construed to
mean that 1T did not also give its moral
support to the Gary celebration, and 1t
put the matter of signing agree
Dient regarding charity advertising up
to the individual members of the or
ganization.
Forty Members Present.
| There were in the neighborhood of 40
members of the association present.
4 The representatives of the Chicago
Telephone company put both the fifteen
cent two number CALI and the twenty
cent "get the party call" before the
business men and they decided on the
twenty cent call unanimously
Henry Loveridge then asked that the
Hammond Business Mems association
! give the Ile 1raOeS ana COunC1
its moral support for the Labor Day
celebration at Douglas park A. NJ.
Turner made motion that the Ham
mond celebration be given the stamp
of approval of the association but
Louden Bomberger amended Mr.. Tur-
ner's motion to read that the associa-
tion gives its support to the Hammond
celebration providing it would not be
bration over the Gary one. The whole
effect of the motion therefore was that
the amendment neutralized the motion
lido as they please regarding whethr
they will celebrate here or in Gary.
COmmitte Makes Report.
II While the Hammond Business Mems
association refused to make official
cognizance of the proposed agreement
among the business men of the city not
to patronize charity advertising the
committee was allowed to report and II
was agreed that as many of the mem
bers as wanted to could sign the agree
ment
The following is the resolution which
Mr.. McGarry of the firm of Bastar &
McGarry presented for the considera-
finally be signed by a majority of the
business men of the city of Hammond
Articles of Agreement.
We the members of the Ham
mond Business Mems association.
| finding that we have been imposed
| upon beyond all question of fair
ness by many individuals who from
time to time form themselves into
| so-called clubs societies or fra
| ternities for the purpose of con-
Quoting dances, picnics or other
forms of amusement or entertain
ment for the sole purpose of rails
= ing money for their own personal
benefit and gain and for the fur
| therance of these plans these same
people have made and are making
a practice of soliciting merchandise
from the various business men to
. be given as prizes for their various
: Dances picnics, amusements or en-
tertainments, and also further to
impose upon the business men for
money to pay for so-called adver-
tising, on their posters. programs
or such other matter as they decide
to publish.
We, the undersigned therefore
agree to refuse. under a penalty of
$1,000 to contribute to the support
= of any such persons or organiza-
e tions either direct or indirect by
e moneys, merchandise or otherwise
excepting in such cases as will be
3 for the direct support of a worthy
d charitable cause; or where it may
be for the direct support of our re-
g spective churches.