Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-13
ALL WORK FOR CITY
Keynote Is Sounded at Meet
ina of Board of Trade.
OUTLINE YEARS PROGRAM
Members Pledge Their Support to
Plans Of Committee.
NOT CITY OF TAX DODGERS
Property Owners Willing to Bear
Fair Burden, But Inheritance Tax
Is Declared Unnecessary.
OUTLINE YEARS PROGRAM
NOT CITY OF TAX DODGERS

The Washington Board OF Trade, at
It's first meeting of the new year last
nisht at the New Willard Hotel, began
its work for the coming twelve months
with an enthusiasm which auguls we'll
for the District of Columbia Several
hundred members listened TO the recon-
mendations Of chairmen of committees.
gave their approval and pledged them
selves to aid in having these recon-
mendations carried out. The keynote of
the entire meeting was sounded by
Thomas c. Moves, who as vice president
presided in the absence Of President Har-
ries. AS the meeting was about to ad-
journ Mr.. Noyes said:
Members OF the board, YOU have
adopted many recommendations tonight
! call your attention to the fact that
YOU are all pledged to carry out these
recommendations, and that SO far as lies
in your power YOU must see that they
are carried out
For Canal Celebration.
Among the important matters which
were passed upon by the board was the
recommendation Of the joint committee
OF the board and the Chamber Of Com
merce on the proposed Panama canal Gel
ebration in Washington, which calls for
an. oflicial celebration Of the great work
in the National Capital. E. c. Graham
who made the report, asked that the COM
mittee be continued with authority to
carry the plan as outlined by the joint
committee to Congress, and the board
agreed to this request unanimously
A special report was made by the COM
mittee on municipal finance, attacking the
bill providing for tax upon ihheritances
in the District of Columbia, which has
already been passed by the House and
which now Hes before the Senate: The
report was made by A. \. Birney for the
committee. Mr.. Birney pointed out that
the District Commissioners had already
reported adversely upon the measure,
holding that the tax was not necessary
Unnecessary Tax an Evil.
AN unnecessary tax Is great evil,
said Mr.. Birney. IF the so-called Judson
bill to regulate the finances Of the Dis
trict and to care for the District debt
is enacted into law, there is absolutely no
need for the proposed Inheritance tax.
II has been said by members Of the con-
sressional committees that the residents
Of Washington are tax dodgers, but TINS
is not true. 1t has been said. too. that
WASHINGTON Is becoming an asylum 1or
rich men who seek to dodge the inner
itance tax enacted by many OF the states,
but this is not borne out by the facts. An
inheritance tax would make necessary
the employment Of legal counsel In the
settlement Of thousands Of estates which
The board adopted the report OF the
committee against the proposed tax and
VIII DO all In its power to help defeat
the measure.
mended that the board give its support,
to the bill providing for payment OF
taxes In arrears with per cent interest
instead Of the accrued penalties, and the
board gave its approval.
Much enthuctasm was aroused by II.
Walton Moore. state senator Of Virginia,
who pleaded the cause Of the Fairfax
Good Roads Association, which plans to
of the county into Washington. Mr..
Moore said that the amount needed for
the work was $4,000. Of which $4,000
had already been raised in the county.
declared emphaticslly. Mr. Moore point
out that the proposed highways would be
OF great benefit to Washington and to
Washington. business interests.
OF Value to Warrington.
d. J. Callahan. replying to Mr.. Moore.
said that every business man in Wash
ington was interested in the construction
Of the roads. He moved that the Board
Of Trade 60 ON record in its support
and that committee OF ten be appointed
to cooperate with q similar committee
from the Chamber Of Commerce to ad-
vance the interests of the project Ar
thur C.. Moses was emphatic in his APP
prevail OF the good roads movement.
There are twenty merchants here. he
said. who could well afford to subscribe
>pietion Of the proposed roads would put
money in their pockets.
A resolution offered by DIR. William
Tindall. to the effect that the executive
for consideration plans for the purchase
and restoration of the house in which
George Washington Was born, in Wake
field. Va. was adopted.
=. c. Brandenburg called attention to
the need for hish-pressure water serv-
ice for the use OF the fire department
in the business section of the city. He
declared that II three large fires broke
department would not be able to handle
them with the present water service
recommendation that this matter be
urged upon Congress was adopted.
Standard for Private Schools.
Thomas W. sidwell. chairman of the
private school committee, recommended
tndt tIe SHiteO STATES commissioner OF
education be authorized by Congress to
establish private school standards for the
District OF Columbia, with the power 10
examine all schools which should signify
desire to be listed as standard private
schools. and to prepare q list Of such
schools. Mr.. Sidwell said that the pri-
vate school interests were growing by
leaps and bounds In Washington. He
said that the students who come to at
tend these schools spend i'm Washing
ton 81 100000 at present, and that WASH
ington was rapidly becoming the private
school center OF the country. as we'll as
the center OF education and culture. He
was backed up In his statement by DIR.
Arthur Ramsey and the recommends
tions were adopted unanimously by the
beard.
II. W. Sampson. reporting for the
special committee on the law protecting
the nations flag. recommended that the
board authorize the committee TO urge
lesislation preventing the improper use
of the nag in the District OF Columbia
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