The Washington herald., 1910-05-17
CONVENTION CITY
MERCHANTS CRY
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in this city is the best business prop
osition which Washington has had in a
long time. Every dollar that will be con
tributod TO such a fund will be returned
ten-fold. and any business man will agree
with me that a 1909 per cent investment
| is a good thing
Benefit of the Merchants
such fund would not only aid the
city at large. but il will benefit the in
dividaal merchant. It viii benefit me I
believe that every dollar I subscribe 10
the fund will be returned 10 me in the
ratio Of 10 10 J. The only expense
will be getting the conventions here After
that, everything viii be profit"
Mr.. Strasburger was equally enthusi-
asuc when seen concerning the conven-
tion project. He said: The best proof
Of my attitude toward making Washing
, ton the convention city OF the country IS
my statement that I am willing 10 con-
tribute my share. I know what that
means The project IS my pet hobby, and
I am not only hopeful Of its success. but
I am confident OF ii. am sure my col
leagues in business are willing TO add
their share and that IS sufficient assur-
ance Of the success OF the movement
Business men know that when hus-
bands come 70 conventions. and this is
particularly the case I'm Washington. they
bring their wives and children. While the
husbands attend the conventions the wives
are seeing the city and shopping. and
convention people always carry money
with them. Washington can offer more
attractions than any other CITY in the
nation. and for that reason Washington
should not have to spend as much money
as other cities in inducing conventions
to assemble here"
Opinion of Mr. Woodward.
Mr.. Woodward said:
This IS a serious question. which
should be Viewed from every angle. am
decidedly in favor Of the project. for
think 1t is a distinct step in the right
direction. I believe the business men are
willing to give the movement the neces-
sary financial support
While Washington has approximately
the same population as Detroit. ST. Louis.
Cincinnati. and Cleveland. its business
class is not as large as in those cities
but do not believe that will stand in the
way of the movement. I hope II will be
successful, Tor I want Washington to be
known throughout the United States as
the convention city Of the nation The
results which we anticipate may not come
as rapidly as we hope, but they will come
slowly, perhaps. but surely"
Attendance to he Large.
Among those who will be present at the
mass meeting to be held in the Chamber
Of Commerce Thursday night will be the
following:
Charles J. Bell. 5. Thomas Brown W. V. Coz
AoeIt r Fox. W. '. Hoover Lewis johnson. T.
p Jcrdon James T. karrick. Clarence r Nor
ment, NJ. ID. Rosenberg. James A SAMPLE = &
stevens II. W. Stubbcheld. Thomas W smith
William H. Saunders. r. Quincy Smith Richard
Waller. Michael I. Weller. Joseph D. Waters
refer Taylor. : e. Benson. William Patio I'm
gene Cochran. samuel Manuel. W. W Brown
5 T. Orbella. II. Lewis. ". W. Danenhower
IoWnley Mckee. II. Mills. Irving o. Ran Esau
johnson, T. A, Bennett b. n Cake. G. "
Wn'elGT ,,I {; d; Stein + T. Hight. W + Mar
un' T. L. Weston. B. S. Adams n r.
Alles. X. p. Andrews. Canrad Becker. / "
Bennett. A. Blanchard. A. o. Bliss Scott Rome
A. Bylawski. ID. ]. Callahan. A. Cauv " a
D"''I' a. A OhaIln, A. L. Clark. jr. W H.
Ccnant. W 5. Corby. s. G. Cornwall. Aup,st1s
Daetz. f. II. Daniel jules Demonet F II
Dillon. John Delphi. r Golden Donaldson I
Maury Dove. Ed. Droop T. C. Dulin. r. n
Earnshaw. John Edison. George Engel Perez =
Foster. William T. Galher. Isaac Cans. ! car
hnhe. T. C. Graham. Thomas Grant r II
Goldsbcrough. Benjamin Graves William + Crde
w. b. Guy. r. " Harper. George II. Harries
Hugh Harvey. J. B. Henderson. j. Whit Herro,
W. b. hibbs. c. b. Hight. Granville NJ HINT
Simon kann. ID. J. kaufman Ralph W Lee ~
NJ Lewis \. Lisner. II. b +. Macfarand. A. ID.
Marks +. I. May y. a. Merritt A 4 Noss,
c. +. Noment T. C. Noyes. J. r. oyster n :
Porter Col \. +. Randle. Gerald Rickard Tobr
Seman, J. II. Small T \. Smith T. Snonco
J. NJ Stoddard J. 5. TAFT Corcoran Tbom
Washington Topham. Frank H. Walker +
Walsh b. H. Warner. Paul Y Waters Sid,ev
West Z. o. Whiford. A. b. Wilson { ~
Woodward. William ID. West, 4 G.. Herman {,
Heurch. j. X. Heyl William A. Hill W. $ Hoge
John Hughes. Charles Jacobsen, George Judd. i'm,
liis Lansburgh. Lansburgh Bros. Adolph LcebI
F. W. Mackenzie. John Magrider. G.. r MAJ
shall. F. l. May. A. Magce. Oliver Met,erott
Frank Mihun. Lester Moore L. T. Moran
John L. NeWbCld Thomas W Ncvcs Tobn
Poole. Charles Rauscher. S A. Reeve, s;dnc,-
RCizenstein W r Roberts. c. n RpdoirS
George 7. Sacks. Emil Schafer George r. Scbntt
;. 5. shedd. r. F. Saul. Albert Schulteis q n
Schutt W. E. Shannon. z. d. shaw q q |
Staples II. G. c. stiles. George Stuart b II
Warner. J. L. Weaver. J. l. Weller. II. l. IVES,
Joseph Richardson. A. L. Sinclair. Harry King |
a. T. Clark George E. Walker. Chaplin Brown
Joseph Strasbuce- George T. Hamilton ,,6
Messrs. Lyons \. c. MAYER. = B. Chase. Ceorre
Peca, kernan, and Harry Rspley.