The Washington times., 1913-09-28

Po4is sldhffiS with -Jnelr sales.
Are Public Spirited.
The members of the Retail Merchants
Association are public spirited in the
highest sense. and are ambitious that
Washington shall become the shopping
center of the country, as it already is
the capital of the greatest country on
earth.
The association is an effective organi-
cation of industry and trade, and its
rapid growth IS an indication that it
Will WELD much more power in the fu-
ture. 1t aspires 10 become the foremost
organization of this character in the
Capital. This idea, however. carries
with 1t no rivalry with other organiza-
uons. On the other hand. the members
have the good. WIFI of the. members Of
all the similar organizations.
Co-operafion and heIpfulness in all
lines of trade are what the. association
stands for 1t has as its ce-workers and
fIda cola boTafsrs' RI srs ns5ihes 5of 4e retail
complishes muck both for the retail-
dealer, and for the employees and buying
public. 1t has secured improved trade
conditions, and, the merchant and his
purchaserS have been drawn closer to-
gether. -S7Ns - ~
The public at large. consequently, will
be benefited by this week, for whenever
one class OF a city's population is bene-
nted, the entire city, rill be helped.
opeciai Inducements are being Offered
pg the railroads entering Washington,
and the trade week" should he tho
most notable period in the history of
The city's retail trade
Inc association which is fathering the
uade week movement is composed ex-
sLusiNeiy OF Washingtonians engaged in
me retail business. Its motives are
pnilanthropic. not selfish. 1t aims at ALI
LINES 10 serve net only its members hut
tnose with whom they deal Its in6D
enee is felt in the territory within a
RADIUS OF 100 miles of Washington,
Officers of Organization.
known business men of WASHINGTON onS
are as follows: anu
X. r Andrews, president of the asso-
datlon, Is the proprietor of chain of
pspeL ana statlonery stores, the largest
OF which. at az Thirteenth street noTfbt
west, is PRACTICALLY department store
Of paper.
M. A. Leese, vice president. is the nro-
plietor OF the NJ: A Leese Optical Com
Isaac Cans. second vice presiden+ oe
me association. is manager of SaEs
d Co., one of the oldest of the clothsl !
ing and furnishing houses in Washing
ton.
E. C. Graham, the treasurer, is nres,-
dent OF the National Electrical Supply
company, at 1880 New York ayenne
which not only does a large, business in
washington, but throughout the coun- |
try. :
Charles j. Columbus, secretarv of tha !
Retail Merchants Association who de- !
votes all his time to that interest came |
from the newspaper field to his present !
position, having been identified with |
many industrial and other exhibitions |
and with publicity connected with trade !
NJ. ID. Rosenberg, general counsel of /
Inc Retail Merchants Association, is |
president Of the Bank of Commerce and !
Savings of Washington, and an officer /
in the Bankers Association. |
The board of governors consists of: :
j. Maurice Bird, manager q B. II |
snnemetz & Son Company, l20l F street |
z. D. Blackstone. florist. Fourteenth
and II streets. .S---
]. NJ. BaIrrelI. manager of the ALE
gheny Coal Company. 81. Fourteenth
Anton stephen. manaser of DuIin E.
Martin. 1Zl5 + street
George s. DeNeale, manager of 8. !
kann. Sons & Co. at Eighth and Penn |
sylvaria avenue.
0. J. DeMOll. proprietor Of the o. ].
DeMon Piano Company, Thirteenth and !
G streets.
William John Eynon. manager of
Byron $. Adams Printing Company, 5l2 |
Eleventh street.
Jacob Eisemann. member of firm. of |
VI. Eisenmann & Bro, sos Seventh street
George Z. Hebbard, tailor, 1865 Ninth .
street. I
j. Philip Hermann. Of House & Herr
mann. Seventh and streets. /
F. William Mack enZie. proprietor Tol- |
man laundry. Sixth and & streets.
Claude f. Miller, of Miller Bros, Au-
romobile shop, 1867 Fourte enth STREET i
Myer Fellheimer, prOpr atOr of the Il
Hub. Seventh and D streets.
Gerson Nordlinger, proprietor Of Phil
lipsborn * Co., Gl0 Eleventh street. ii
James F. oyster. former president II
Board of Education, and in butter and
egg trade. al 800 Pennsylvania avenue.
Henry 7. Offterdinger, cigar manu-
facturer Sos Ninth street.
Robert Pluym tailor, 1916 Fourteenth
street.
A ID. Prince. proprietor Of r. Harris
& Co. Seventh and d streets.
Charles q. StOtt, statiOner, 1910 New
York avenue.
James Strasburger. Family Shoe
Store, 80 Seventh street northwest
Ellie SheetZ, confeCtioneT, 5c5 Twelfth
stTsai-
George Topham. of Topham $, Inc,
trunks and leather goods. 1919 + street.
William D. West, Of Rudolph & West
Company. 1882 New York avenue.
Sidney West. haberdasher, in the Colo
rado building. II