The Washington times., 1910-11-03
Committee Adopts Report of
Industrial Recommends
I tionS for Board.
PLAN ENDORSED
FOR EXPOSITION
Many Letters Commenting Times
Idea of Buildings Here Are
Read and Considered.

Endorsement of bill to prohibit the
printing of names in the return ad-
dresses on stamped envelopes is in
corpOrated in a report just adopted
by the Board of Trades committee or
Industrial interests. The action was
taken at the meeting yesterday after
noon. The report. as originally read
10 the committee by the chairman. D..
s. Porter, contained recommendation
that the board oppose the Legislation,
and a reversal OF that Tecommenda-
ton was obtained after a debate in
which Ross +. andrews and Byron
S Adams advocated Endorsement OF
the legislation. and F. s. Graham
spoke against il.
The Government prints return no
tees on a billion and a half stamped
envelopes, Nj. Andrews said. and
takes that much business away from
the printers. "Ten thousand printers
had been working for ten years to get
the legislation enacted, and now when
the House had passed and the Senate
was expected 10 pass the pending
bills. the opposition Of the Board OF
Trade would be- most hurttul
Started To Aid Public.
Byron 5. Adams said that the Gov
eminent began to print envelopes
about forty years ago for the con
Venience Of patrons living distant
from print shops. 4 few years ago
the National Editorial Association led
a movement TO stop the Government
from printing the matter on the en-
veIopes because there were now
enough printers TO do the work. Since
the Editorial Association, which is
composed of editors all over the
nj Nas4rg A. Ts. ~ "a ON
many other associations had Joined in
It
The House passed the bill, Mr. Adams
said, only after a fun hearing at which
the Third Assistant Postmaster Gener-
al and representatives Of all manu-
featuring interests concerned were pres
ent.
F. s. Graham opposed the legislation,
he said, because II would result IN
waste Since 1t was the printing Of
only the name Of the addreSsOr of the
envelope as sold by the Government
that the printers opposed, the question
OF whether the Government printed three
lines or four seemed TO him QueS-
tion Of whether the Government should
sell envelopes with three lines sothat they
would have 20 go through a press again
TO receive the print OF the fourth line.
As Il was, he said. the printing was
done for the Government by private
The committee decided to report a
recommendation that the pending leg
islatiOn receive the Endorsement Of the
Board Of Trade.
Exposition Is Favored.
The plan outlined In The Times for
the establishment Of State exhibition
buildings had the interest Of the COM
mittee. which received several letters on
the subject one was from Secretary r.
Gordon Finney, of the chamber Of COM
merce Of Petersburg, Va. who said he
thought Virginia would make an ap-l
preparation He has been connected, he
wrote, with several eXpositions and be-
Eeves that Washington is the ideal To-
cation for a permanent Industrial and
agricultural exposition
Marion T. HOldeTman presented 4 Z
similar proposition. advocating that an ]
annual national fair Industrial EXPOSE I
ton, and carnival be held in Wash /
ingtOn-
Board of Trade indorse petition to I
Congress for the appropriation OF $780,
coo for the construction Of h national /
hall.
The committee voted that observance
OF Sunday in Washington seemed good
enough without additional laws
The committee recommended that the |
Board Of Trade approve the stand taken .
by the Master Builders and the Build /
ers' League that they will not permit
any Of their members TO be disCrimi-l
mated against by labor unions"