Evening star., 1915-11-16
TWenty-Fifth Annual Meeting
Held, With Nearly Six Hun
dred Members Present.
REVIEW OF THE PAST YEAR
IN REPORTS OF OFFICERS
President Brandenburg Advocates
Encouragement to Industries and
Utilization of Great Falls Power.

| iHe TON Board OF Iraue
rounded out it's twenty-fifth year last
| night when the annual meeting of the
organization was held in the New Will
| lard Hotel The attendance at the
meeting was the greatest in the his
tory of the board. close on to 500 mem
oers being present.
In accordance with provisions of the
| bylaws of the board, the meeting was
| devoted exclusively to the reading of
| the annual reports of the president,
| secretary and treasurer, and to the
election of ten directors While the
| ballots were being counted, a buffet
luncheon was served in the larger
ballroom. and several selections were
given by the newly organized Board of
Trade Glee Club, Charles d. Bartlett.
director
directors elected and the number of
gotes received by each follows:
son. 362; Odell S. Smith, 362; J. Harry
Cunningham, $40; Edward II. Droon
SS4; Samuel J. Prescott, 31s: John
Poole. S1S: James +. oyster, 3l3 Frank
| ers. 304.
The board of directors will meet at
4:l5 O'Clock next Monday afternoon to
elect officers for the ensuing year.
Report of President Brandenburg.
| Many problems of vital interest to the
| District of Colum bia and it's citizens
are dealt with in the annual report of
President E. c. Brandenburg Among
them is the matter of encouraging
| manufacturing industries in the Dis
| trict. Mr.. Brandenburg believes some
/ means should be devised for the de-
al c ir, hn nfs,f,, ~
IN order that more revenue may be
| available to meet the increasing ex-
penses of the National Capital made
necessary by the development of the
city. The suggestion is made that the
existing smoke law be amended so as
| TO permit the location of manufa curing
| industries in the outskirts of the Dis
| trict. The Harvesting of Great Falls
| also is given as another means of max
ing possible the development of indus
| tries in the District
| The question of railroad rates to and
from the city and the dredging of a
deeper channel in the Potomac so as to
develop the water facilities of both
Washington and Alexandria are other
| matters that were dealt with by Mr..
Brandenburg.
Efforts made in Congress during the
past year to bring about the repeal OF
| the organic act and those of the Board
of Trade and of other organizations and
| citizens in the District to prevent such
| action are outlined by Mr. Branden-
| burg in his report. The matter of fake
auction houses also receives attention,
the board being urged to work for leg
| islation that will provide a penalty for
| such practices.
The suggestion that an initial fee
be charged for membership in the
Board of Trade also is embodied in the
presidents report. Mr.. Brandenbure
has also included a summary of the
reports of the various committees of
| the board and other activities of the
| Organization. A more complete ac-
4 count of his report will be found be-
| low.
Recommendations by Secretary.
A plan where duplicat ton on the part
of the Board of Trade the Cham of
| Commerce and Retail Merchants AS
sociation may be avoided by the divi-
sion of work to be undertaken by these
| organizations was outlined by Secre-
| tary Chris J. Gockeler in his annual
report, who said. in part:
| "In looking over the projects and
work in which we have been engaged
during some years past I am impressed
| with the fact that there has occa-
sionaliy been needless duplication of
effort on the part of some of our com
| mercial organizations. This should be
avoided, and would be of some aivan
| tage to the organizations and possibly
| to the city as We'll
| my thought is that our board should
continue its work mainly along civic
| lines wherein il has been SO successful
and that proper arrangement should be
made whereby the other leading Or
ganizations should devote their efforts
chiefly to industrial and commercial
| matters.
"The all important matter of making
known the great advantages OF the
Naf a 20 q N
and the handling of conventions should
be left in the hands of the Chamber OF
| Commerce-this board assisting them
in every way possible where called
upon. The need of convention fund
was never SO great at this time, the
joint conventions committee of the
trade bodies having 1abored without
funds for the past six months. In the
work of encouraging the wholesale
and retail trade of the city. carried
on by the Retail Merchants Associa-
ton. they should be assisted in such
projects that would not be deemed dis.
and the identification of our Capital
city.
| Total Membership Shown.
The secretary's report shows tota
membership of 1853. During the fisca
| year, which ended last night, 300 new
| members were elected to the board
Mr.. Gockeler's term of Office expired
last night and he has announced thai
he is not a candidate for reelection
| The report of Treasurer Walter II
Klorfer shows cash balance on hant
of Si.s55.55. During the year the
Board of Trade invested S2.62182 of it.
surplus funds in the purchase of notes
| secured by first trust real estate.
, At the conclusion of the reading Of
the reports w. J. b. Housman, nationa
field executive of the Boy Scouts o.
America, spoke for few minutes or
the Boy Scout movement.
Review of | OcaI Problems