Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-08

indorsing a plan for the teachers re-
tirement fund. without committing the
Board of Trade to any particular bill
now before Congress. was passed.
After several attempts. in which he
amended his resolution to suit the sense
of the meeting, Charles f. Kern succeed
ed in having a motion passed urging the
Attorney General to look into an alleged
combination of the local retail grocers. as
brought out before the special committee
of the House District committee which
Is considering the high cost of living.
Meeting of Directors.
The regular meeting Of the board of
directors of the Board of Trade was held
yesterday afternoon in the rooms of the
board in the Star building. letter was
read from P. B. Chase thanking the board
for it's action advocating the closing of
places of amusement on Sunday.
A request of Judge Bundy for an ap-
preparation OF $50 for use of the commit
tee on parks and reservations was re-
Je1eed on the ground that it was. not
necessary and would establish a bad
precedent Gen. Harries and Gen. John
NJ. Wilson each advised against the policy
of making appropriations for the work
of the various committees.
that 1913 residents had joined the board
since January 1.
Committees in Deadlock.
Thomas C. Noyes. chairman of the COM
mittee on base ball. reported that there
was a deadlock between the committees
of the chamber and the board on the
subject of the proposed base ball game.
He said the joint committee had come
to an agreement on the date, the umpire
and the plan to turn the proceeds over
to the Fairgrounds, but was unable TO
reach an agreement on the eligibility of
the players. The committee of the board
wished to make January ] as the date
from which to demand membership in
either body in order TO be eligible to
play on the team, and the committee of
the chamber insisted upon March 1,
Mr.. Moves said that charges and count
err charges went back and forth between
the committees that each body was try
ing to induce men to become members
merely because they were available ma
terial for the ball team, without any re-
gard to their business connections. and
that, therefore, the board committee
thought it advisable to make the date of
eligibility the first of the year in order
to make it certain that all players were
bona flde members of the bodies. A
resolution was passed unanimously sus-
tanning the action of the committee
The special committee which was ap-
pointed to devise and recommend to the
board of directors ways and means for
the esta blishment of fund not less than
81, 900, the income of which is to be used
for holding more frequent meetings of
the board and for aiding worthy enter
prises, made its recommendations to the
board of directors.
Source of Income.
1.-The income of the Board Of Trade
says the report. lis at present derived
solely from annual dues paid by men,
bers Revenue from this source has
barely sufficed to defray the current
expenses of administration. and to pro-
vide for the limited number of meet
ings which have customarily been held
In approving the above resolution, the
board Of directors has placed itself on
record as favoring the holding of stated
meeting monthly, except during the
months of June, July, August and Sep
TENDER.
I'm order to arrange for this in
creased number of meetings, and to en-
able the board to assist financially IN
limited way worthy civic objects COM
mending themselves to favorable con-
sideration from time to time, several
plans have been proposed, among them
the following: Cd the increase of an
nual membership dues. CD the inau
guration of life memberships: go a
uniform special assessment Of mem
bers: D inviting voluntary subscrIp-
tions of varying amounts from meln-
bers: 60 a substantial assessment o.
the present directors; CD a direct APP
peal to a selected list of philosophical
citizens; ca an appeal to the public
generally; (8) the designation of i
special committee to solicit contribu
tions; go each director to personally
approach an apportioned number Of
members of the board.
Conclusions Reached.
THE committee. after lengthy discus
sion, has arrived at the following cou-
illusions:
IAN increase of annual membership
dues is not favored. for the reason that.
In the belief OF the committee. such
action would not only divorce a con-
siderable portion of the present member
ship. but would also handicap the COM
mittee on membership in maintaining an
adequate representation of every repu-
table commercial and professional interest
centered at the nations capital
The suggestion of n uniform special
assessment of the membership 10 provide
for the contemplated foundation is also
regarded by the committee with disfavor.