The Washington herald., 1911-03-02

The question of whether the Chamber
of Commerce should spend its money
| for national educational or for local i'm
provements, and the best policy Of ad-
vising the Commissioners on pending ap-
pointments, and consideration and In
| dorsement of the work of the Glenn
Brown committee on Washington S
beauttication plans, were other important
matters before the board. The board
also voted TO tndorse the suggestion OF
the Associated Charities for commit
tee Of five. to be appointed by the Com
missioners, to investigate and advise on
all private charitable organizations.
Mr.. Shannon's resolution. which he ad-
vanced toward the close of the meeting,
created a stir. Mr.. Shannon's reasons
| for advocating an investigation into the
! operations OF the company in question
were taken from a recent magazine Arti-
Gle, which contained an alleged expose of
this company. with other alleged get
rich-quick- concerns
STANLEY Finch, of the Department of
Justice, who has been putting all these
kind Of people in Jail" said Mr.. Shannon.
told me he would be particularly pleased
! to stop such a game. I believe COM
mittee should investigate, and If the
| charges in the magazine article are found
| to be correct, we should send out cir
cular letters to the citizens of Wash
| ington. advising them not to buy in this
company
That the members of the board expect
to give Mr.. Shannons resolution serious
consideration was evidenced by the
amendment to his resolution calling for
a report from the committee within one
weeks time. The matter probably will
be brought up for discussion with the
committees report at the monthly meet
ing of the entire body on March S.
Promised Cooperation.
The board promised hearty cooperation
with the Board OF Trade in the effort to
beautify the Rock Creek Valley connect
ing Rock Creek Park and the Geological
Gardens with Potomac Park. The ser
vices of the special joint committee. of
which Glenn Brown is chairman, were
heartily indorsed. and another vote Of
thanks was accorded Mr.. Brown. The
following names, suggested by Mr.. Brown
as additional members of his committee,
were approved and President Oyster was
authorized to add them and such others
as he may see fit to the personnel OF the
committee:
DR.. Mitchell Carroll. secretary of the
Archaeological Institute of America:
Charles D. Walcott. secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution; P. S. Woodward.
Carnegie Institution: John Joy Edison, w.
E Curtis, Charles d. Hilles, secretary-elect
to the President; Frank G. Carpenter.
Richard V. Oulahan, publisher New York
Sun: Commodore F. Carroll Goldsborough,
Easton Md: Robert Lincoln o Brien, Cha
pin Brown, David Fairchild, DR.. Frank Ba-
ker, ]. c. O'Laughlin, Fred A. Emery.
W. J. Starr, Easton, Md: DR.. Wallace
Radcliffe. r. B. Watrous, secretary Am
erican Civic Association.
A Favorable Report.
The question as to where the Chamber
of Commerce should spend it's money
came up with the favorable report by the
executive committee on a proposition to
affiliate the Chamber with the American
Association for Highway Improvement. a
membership which would cost S1o0 a year.
The proposition brought about such an
evident division in the board that, at the
suggestion of A Lisner, it was classed as
a question of PUBLIC policy. which. under
the constitution, must be brought to the
consideration of the entire body. 1t
meeting.
Led by Charles W. Darr, the opponents
of affiliation declared the Chamber of
Commerce was commercial organization
delegated to care for the interests of
the citizens of Washington; that its board
of directors was not justified in COM
mitting it 70 the payment OF 500 a year
for membership in an organization that
was educational in its scope and whose
of inc lA1 fhn .
the Chamber desired to benefit its con-
stitutents by good roads activities, they
said. the money should be spent for i'm
provements in roads leading into Wash
ington, Alexandria was prominently
mentioned as open to improvement in the
matter of roads,
Hearty Endorsement was accorded the
plan of the Associated Charities for a
central supervisory committee, the plan
for which was outlined in a letter from
Commissioner Rudolph to President Oys-
ter. The committee would be known as
the charities Endorsement committee, and
its duty would be Ito investigate the
scope and object of all private charities"
President oyster was asked to present
the matter to the board and obtain If
possible, Endorsement by that body. The
board not only indorsed the plan but
authorized President Oyster to appoint
sent the Chamber.
Resolution Adopted.
At the suggestion of Isaac Cans. the
board adopted n resolution requesting the
Commissioners when making appoint
ments to accord preferrment to appli
eants living in the District. After an ex-
PLANTATION, the inducements offered the
National Paper Trade Association, of
which Ross p Andrews. of this city, is
treasurer. and which will hold it's annual
convention here next June. were ap-
proved by the board. Because of the
short time allowed, it was necessary for
the officers to break away from the reg
ular procedure. The visitors will be
given an automobile ride around the city
and a luncheon by the Chamber
letter was read from Postmaster
Always the Same.