The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-03
TO TRY new PLAN
Commercial Club Committees
Will Be ReOrganized.
Top Heavy With Them Effec.
tiveness Is Lost.
LOOK AFTER CHARITY.
One Will Be Named to Prevent
ImpOstOrs Reaping Harvest.
Lighting Question an Important
One to Be Considered.
LOOK AFTER CHARITY.

AS the new year approaches the
officials of the Commercial club are
considering means whereby the work
or the club can be made more effect
w. in 1911. A Encouragement of the
committees will be made, but 1t has
not been decided precisely what plan
will be followed.
This year every member, so far as
possible, was put on committee with
the hope of getting the individual
| members vitality Interested in the
work of the club, and in many cases
new men were given the chairman
ship.
The result has been that several Of
| the committees have held no meeting
| in the year. and other committees, on
! account of the large number of mem
bers have not been able to have what
would be called representative meet
ings, while a few of the committees
have met frequently and have done
much important work.
Here are the present committees:
Executive, public Improvement, roads
and bridges, promotion, civic improve
ment, transportation, public health
and safety, convention, gas and cleo
trio lights, schools and education,
street railway and telephone, member
ship, municipal legislation, parks, fl
nance, auditing arbitration, state and
national legislation, census. hotel, ag-
ricultura1, house, entertainment and
advertising, manufactures, trade ex-
tension and advertising commission.
Aimed at the Falxirs.
The charity endorsement committee
will be new one which will be in the
| list for the next year. This commit
| tee will protect the general public
against unworthy so-called charitable
organizations, and fakirs of all kinds,
and will be a great help to those in
situations in the city which are doing
a really excellent work.
= The committees will make a thor
ough investigation of all organ izations
which at least pretend to be working
/ in the interests of the poor in the
! city and as a result of the investiga-
tons will brand all fakirs as such and
will give the worthy associations or
! individuals the proper credentials
which they will present when seeking
funds with which to carry on their
work.
sIt is the committee that is ap-
pointed for some definite purpose, -
said George s. Badders, secretary OF
the Commercial club, that you can
usually depend upon for accomplishing
results. A standing committee some
times goes stale, SO to speak.
1--WE have not decided just what ar
| rangement we will make in respect tic
our committees for next year, but
can say that they are not likely to be
so large.
"The Grand Rapids Commercial
club has system that works remark
ably we'll. There they have COM
| mittee of one hundred men which
meets once a week and hears and acts
upon the reports of subcommittee
which are appointed from time to
| time to accomplish a definite object
| This committee of 100 is the only
standing committee.
'eWhile the legislature is in session
the lighting committee will have i'm
portant work to attend to. The main
thing will be to have the commission
law changed so that property owners
| can be taxed for the great white
way I don't look for any definite
steps to be taken for the establish
ment of such an advertising feature
in Topeka until a law of this kind Is
/ passed.
"Then the matter of lighting the
/ state house dome. and possibly the
state house square will be taken up
/ Other legislative measures will be con-
sidered by committees of the club