Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-21
STATE CHAMBER TO
Be ACTIVE POWER
Constructive Force Aim of New
jerseys Commerce Board,
Now Forming.

Determined to make the New Jer-
sey State Chamber Of Commerce
constructive force, promoting the in
terests of every section OF the State.
the president, William C. Heppen-
heimer, has announced the appoint
ment of twenty committee chairmen.
Membership on these committees is
now being provided from the repre-
sentative group of business and pro-
fessional men who have alrea 1y be-
come identified with the State cham
Der. The list will be completed later
in the year.
The committee on manufactures, of
which A. G. Scherer, of this city. is
chairman. is composed of men prom
inent in the Industrial life of the
State. The additional members of
the committee already appointed are
Austen Colgate. Jersey City; r. G.
Jeffcott. somerviile; Eldridge r.
johnson, Camden; Charles A. Nc
Cormick, New Brunswick; John Nehl,
1r., Jersey City, and Carl Roebiing,
Trenton.
Bankers on Committee.
The committee on banking anu cur
rency should be in a position to ham
die intelligently the intricacies of the
currency question, judging by tho
Bankers names on it. The list is as
follows: Robert d. Foote, of Norris
town, chairman; J. H. Bachelor. this
city; Charles H. K. Halsey, Eliza
beth; Robert D. Kent, Passaic; Sam
uel Ludlow, jr., Jersey City; William
Shipper, Hoboken, and George T.
smith. Jersey City,
Shippers of the State. both large
and small, will be interested in the
plans of the transportation commit
tee Ernest Biardot, president of the
Franco American Food Company, Is
chairman, and has associated with
him such well-known men as Thomas
J. Maloney. Jersey City; Dewitt Van
Buskirk, Bayonne; Walter Wood,
Camden; Franklin Conklin, this city;
"A. c. Hensler, this city, and Gustav
Lernbeck, Jersey City. a
In the furtherance of the CONNER
cial interests of the State, the cham
Der has not overlooked the matter of
public health, and the necessity Of
guarding against the pollution of
waters which are or might be used
as a source of water supply for the
several communities within the State.
1T is suggested that the inspection of
diaries and food stuffs might proper
ly come within the province of the
committee on public health, which is
made up as follows: ]. w. Rufus
Besson, OF Hoboken, chairman; A. r.
Burlington, Madison; Britton- d.
Evans, Greystone Park; Edlow w.
Harrison. Jersey City; Edward j. Ill.
this city, and William Peter, Jr,
Town of Union
Agricultural Committee.
Putnam A. Bates, of Convent, is
chairman of the committee on agri-
culture. Prominent among the mem
bers of this committee are: Joseph S.
Frelinghuysen, of Raritan. president
of the State Board of Agriculture;
CIV. F. Gaunt Mullica Hill, presi-
dent. Of the State Grange, and T. f.
Eurtner, this city.
The committee on fire prevention
and insurance will probably hold It's
meetings in Trenton, as the present
membership of the committee is made
up entirely from that city. Its mem
beers are John A. Campbell chairman;
III. D. Leavitt, c. Fl. Oakley and
Ferdinand w. Roebling.
a committee which should be given
every opportunity to make the ports
and waterways of New, Jersey more
advantageous to shippers is the CONF
mittee ON harbors and nayiga ton, of
a, which Ernest j. HepRelheimer. of
Jersey City. is chairman: $Others on
the committee are;sPalnier Campbell,
Hoboken; j. l.. Rankin, this city; w.
Parker Runyon, Perth Amboy, and
Walter Wood SCNmden.
Richard gMorrell, Of Passaic, is
chairman of sthe committee on nat