New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-19
WORK FOR NEW YORK
Merchants Association Gets
237 New Members in One Day.
WILL BOOM THE TOWN
Committees Hope to Add Great
ly to This Roll Before They
Go to Luncheon To. day.

The result Of the first days work Of the
campaign for members being conducted
this week by fifty-four special commit
tees OF the Merchants Association, as an
nounced yesterday at luncheon held at
Delmonlco's downtown restaurant, was
highly satisfactory. The committees. COM
posed of FIVE men each and headed by a
prominent business or professional man,
started out before 10 o'clock yesterday
morning in automobiles to canvass their
particular districts. At 1880, the hour set
for the luncheon, at which reports of the
mornings activities were to be submitted,
collectively they had secured 237 neY
members. At an initiation fee OF $50 each
that means an increased income of 81, $50.
with which the proposed work Of the as
ISOLATION I'm booming New York as 1t
has never been doomed before will be car
ried on.
Walter Stablcr, controller of the Metro
politan Life Insurance Company and head
man heard from. He had one new MEM
Der to report. There were number OF
prospects in view, he said, and he hoped
to secure several before the campaign
was over. The second report, that of
Louis Amin Ames, of Amin & Co., was
more promising, showing that eight new
members had come into the fold of the
Merchants Association. The majority OF
committees had been able to secure from
three to four members each, and one of
them, headed by Thomas II. Bowling, a
custom house broker, had enrolled nine
teen.
The highest "score" of the day was
made by Committee No. 43, OF which
Hugh NJ. Wilson, OF No. 239 West S9th
street. was chairman. When he reported
that twenty-seven new names had been
added to the association through the eff
forts of his committee he was roundly
cheered, and at the request Of William c.
Breed. OF the law firm Of Breed, Abbott
e. Morgan, who presided while Henry r.
Towne, president of the association, ate
his luncheon, the committee members
arose to their feet so the other members
might look at them.
Daniel 7. Morse, chairman Of Commit
tee No. a. reported twenty-four new
members, the second highest addition to
the membership list made yesterday.
w. c. Breed declared that the thrush OF
new members which the days reports
seemed to indicate was coming would in
sure the successful operation of the sew
eral new bureaus planned by the associa-
tion during the last six months.
Regarding the recent activity to pro-
vide for adequate waterfront facilities for
New York, Mr.. Breed said the city was
awakening for the first time to the need
OF a comprehensive development OF that
phase of our commercial resources.
"Our harbors have sufficient depth" he
said, "and there is sufficient shore 'front.'
age to accommodate the steamship lines
OF the world.
I'm 1893 fifty ships, each laden with
grain, left New York. Last year not a
single ship so laden went out of the port.
This was due to a discrimination OF
freight rates that favored such ports as
Boston and Philadelphia.
n properly organized association such
as the Merchants Association will look
after the big matters which are neglected
because what is eyerybody's business is
nObody's business"
Another luncheon will be held at the
same time to-day, at which, because OF
the number OF reports OF prospective
members made yesterday, It is expected
that the total made yesterday will be ex-
Ceeded.