The Detroit times., 1911-02-24
list OF MEMBERS
STILL SWELLING
Third Days Canvass Adds l26 To
Board Of Commerce Rolls-In-
crease Of 1000 Probable.


The good work OF the special MEM
bership committee OF the Board OF
commerce continues. Following a
rest on Washingtons birthday, the
canvassing for new members was re-
sumed Thursday forenoon with re.
newer vigor. The solicitors succeed
ed In getting 1875 signatures TO appli.
cations for membership. This makes
IA total OF 357 as q result OF three
Lays work. The committee still has
seven days In which TO get the COO
hew members for which the campaign
Was inaugurated III applications con
inne TO come I'm at the present rate,
The campaign will result In at least
900 applications.
Thursday the committee invaded
pew territory--the manufacturing as.
,rlcts on the east, west and north
sides. IL had been anticipated that
The membership squads would no.
meet with such general success whel
hey got away from the downtown
district, but the returns indicate thar
here win be no falling off in appli.
;ations as the canvassing moves
away from the heart OF the city.
luncheon. Thursday. was Isaac A.
Manning, American consul In la
iuaira, Venezuela. Mr.. Manning Las
been in this country attending the
Pan-American conference to which he
Was called by the government. He
addressed the Board of Commerce oil
rade possibilities In South America,
He commended the board upon lbs
good work and predicted that before
long Detroit will take leading place
among the exporting cities.
The luncheon in the board rooms
was made notable also by the pres
ence of the entire board OF directors
and all but two OF the ex-presidents
b. the Board OF Commerce NJ j. Muir
3)hy and Lem w. Bowen are out of the
lily and could not attend. All OF the
bther ex-presidents were on hand,
however. They were E. A. Sumner j.
H. Hudson. James Inglis. George T..
Moody and G. +. Bielman. All ex-
Dressed surprise at the great success
bi the membership campaign.
THE Board of Commerce has made
great strides In influence" said G. f..
Bielman. an active member OF the
special membership committee.
There was time when we were
glad to get new members at the rate
pf two and three week. But the In
iustrial exposition, the milk exhibit,
the good roads campaign last fall and
all OF the other things which the
board has undertaken have attracted
the serious consideration OF business
and professional men of the city. So
hAxs nj n
rate of 100 a day. That simply shows
hat Detroiters know what the Board
of Commerce Is, and what IL can ac-
complish."
Chairman Chalmers lectured, We'd
nesday. In indianapolis before the In.
iianapolis Trade association, and 30
was unable to get back to the city
bin time to participate in Thursdays
solicitation. President Larned acted
las temporary chairman of the ape
cial membership committee.
Incidentally. the committee Is plan
ming a number OF novel features %
bring the membership campaign be-
fore the people who are being solicit
ed Just what these stunts are has
not yet been announced.
Those who signed applications,
Thursday, are:
Walter III. Linsell, +. j. Louden. &.
' l.. Brelsford. James Symington, X. X.
Montgomery. II. j. Porter, Charles A.
Hughes, Frank G. Root, Charles G..
Eathrup. Il. ID. Rockwell, II. c. Mills.
Leonard LAWS, |. S. Crawford. X '3ert
| III Siau, G. ID. Edwards, David T..
Godfrey, Jos. A. Schultz. Geo. l..
Sampson, c. c. Smith. Chas. +. Dunn.
George l.. Garfield, r. c. Karpp. Chas.
| r.. Freese, Chas. ID. Fiske, X. A. Radlr,
| Geo c. Hofmann, Fred Rosenfield,
Arthur II. Scott, James Arthur, w.
H. Goldblum. U. L. Boldry, +. J.
Steinle. Christian II. Hecker, Louis
| J. Hirschman, ID. ID. Frisbie, j. 4. G..
Waddington, Chas. c. McCloskey,
IAdolph Amberg, DR.. James Casey. W..
c. Roesler, Geo. b. Graves. Jacob q.
Brown, John X. Lee, Frederick T..
Bancroft, Jos. Grosslight, Louis Sic
gel, +. w. Bierderman, Frank w. At
kinson, Eugene r. Shipper, Thomas A.
Kerr, II. j. Darling, Vim. A. Wylie,
j. H. Fitch, f. II. B. Gull, Frank G..
Huston, C.. ". Larsen, J. w. Donovan,
Willard X. Bush, Charles Clemens. f.
s Bigler, N. Mcleod, Oscar A. Netsch-
Ike, VIM. p. Matyn, N. G. Holmes. Ed
ward A. Fetters. F. +. Daigle, j. H..
PGarlick, Thomas G.. Mitchell, Harvey
Ford, B. w. Doyle, Edward Frolich,
Louis r. Grosslight, Il. j. Booth. Ed
gene II. Sloman, John G. Hickey, Geo.
Fecteau, j. Y. Porter, Charles X. Rob
ertson, Frank G. Cook, George Jer-
ONE, Charles A.. Bray, J. K. Connors,
Nathan Simons. w. +. Reilly, f. G..
Hough, CT. Dewey, X. l.. Polk, Jr,
Charles Coombs, Harold Jarvis, Ansel
|sE. Whitbeck, +. T.. Holmes. w. H..
Steger, Henry l.. Larrowe, b. Bern
stein, VIM. G. Brown, c. j. Kendall,
Aug. Marxhausen. Kirke G.. Bumpus,
r. T.. Boomer, James X. Brook, Fred
w. Kerr, Frank s. Davis, George f.
Kirwin, Z. w. Abbott, Elmer j. Smith.
G. q. McCollom, Thomas Sherwood,
Edward Mcbride, Thos. j. Barlum, r..
n sowden, A. f. Peters, Stewart c.
Griswold.
u. 8. TO Buy schwsb's Iron Works7
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 23.--lt IL re-