Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
PLAN IS APPROVED.
Retail Merchants to Aid in
Raising Convention Fund.
JOINT COMMITTEE IN VIEW
Association President Appoints Dele
gates to Rivers and Har-
bors Congress.

The Retail Merchants Association gave
It's approval yesterday afternoon through
us board OF governors to the plan sug-
gested by the Chamber Of Commerce for
raising a $4,000 fund to bring conventions
to Washington. The meeting of the board
OF governors was held in the Chamber of
commerce rooms yesterday afternoon
and John Dolph. chairman of the conven-
tons committee Of the chamber ex-
planned the plan Of procedure
JOINT committee of thirty-sx twelve
members each from the Chamber of
Commerce, Board of Trade and Retail
Merchants Association, is to be appoint
ed to make all the plans for raising the
fund. Mr.. Dolph proposed that after it
had been collected ii should be expended
In the same manner the fund which
was raised three years ago-that i
placed in the hands of financial COM
mittee and disbursed at III. ..es,..
of the conventions committee of the
chamber. approved first by the board of
directors of the chamber and by the imam
cial committee.
The board of governors of the retail as
soclation approved the general plan and
authorized the appointment Of q commit
tee OF twelve to represent it in the Joint
committee.
"J OC OPPOSSu.
1t is understood, however. that the plan
to place the disbursement of the fund
practically under the entire control of
the Chamber of Commerce. through its
convention committee and board of di-
rectors, may meet with serious OPPOSE
ton. The executive committee of the
Board of Trade at it's meeting yesterday
afternoon. while approving of the genera.
plan. passed the matter along to the
board of directors Of that organization,
and it Is said the Board of Trade Will in
sist upon the fund being cared for and
disbursed by citizens committee"
made up Of members of the three or
CARNATIONS. and not by committees or
boards of any one of the organizations.
President Strasburger of the Retail Mer-
chants Association, appointed the fol-
lowing committee chairmtn: Credit and
collections, G. Nordl.nger; membership,
r. p. Andrews: freight and transporta-
ton. I. Go denberg: arbitration. NJ. A.
Leese; trade abuses. Georse De Neal;
publicity, Isaac Cans: home trade, Owen
Owen: out-of-tOwn trade, A. d. Prince.
T. c. Dulin, r. P. Andrews and Isaac
Cans were appointed a committee to at
tend the rivers and harbors congress.
which is to be held In Washington, De-
cember to 6. inclusive.
Trade abuses were considered at the
meeting. and objection was made to the
itinerant merchant who comes to Wash
ington, engages a room for a few days at
hotel and undersells the local mer-
chants. \ committee consisting of Owen
Owen, G. Nordlinger NJ. A. Leese, Ed
ward Droop and y. ID. Prince was APP
pointed to take up this matter.
Request for Statistics.
\ letter was received from the bureau
of labor asking the cooperation of the
merchants in aiding the government to
obtain accurate statistics regarding en-
ployes in department. stores. including
their hours of service and general con-
ditions under which the employees work.
Attention was called to the congrega-
ton of fruit vendors in certain parts OF
9TH street. and the governors were re-
quested to take action looking to the
abatement of the sO-called nuisance.
The following new members of the as
ISOLATION We're elected by the governors:
James E. Rosenthal. c. +. Sudwarth, w
T. Moon, W. D. Peck, William l.. Kins-
man, Sworzyn & Bros l. Newman, n. B.
Frank. F. c. Chorley, Lewis Dinowitz, F.
Heiberger & Sons, II. G.. Adler & Sons
Alfred Mayer and Edward Kohner This
brings the membership of the body to
III.