The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-02-09
bishop GA|LOR TALKS
| INTERESTINGLY j. S.
CHAMBER COMMERCE
GAME DIRECT FROM MEETING IN
WASHINGTON TO COLUMBIA
SATURDAY,.
CHAIRMAN MEMPHIS DELEGATION
o Organization Heartily Endorsed Pres
ident Wilson's Legislation to Pre-
vent strikes--Bishop Served on I'm
portant Committees.

or. Bishop of the Diocese of Tennes
see, arrived in Columbia Saturday
evening direct from Washington City
where he had been for several days
in attendance upon the United States
Commercial Congress which convened
in that city, the head Office OF the
organization.
Bishop Gailor came to Columbia fol
the purpose of confirming class a,
st. Peters Episcopal church Sunday
which he did, and preached magnifi
cent sermon, taking as his text the
ninth verse Of the ninth chapter OF
Judges.
Bishop Gailor, while in the city, was
the guest of Mrs. Virginia Brown, on
West Seventh street, and during the
/ evening Saturday, quite number OF
his friends called upon him in his
rooms to hear him talk. Among the
callers were a number of the vestry-
men Of the church. His friends were
anxious to hear the Bishop talk upon
the war, and he gave some graphic
descriptions Of conditions in France
when the war first began, as he was
in Paris at the time, but what the
Bishop is most vitality interested in
now. is this United States CONNER
cial Congress.
He gave some splendid accounts of
|what the Congress did at Its recent
Xmeeting. To get the Bishop started
Die was asked several questions about
the work proposed by this magnificent
#body of the leading business and com.
#mercial men of the nation, and he
&replied by giving complete outline
Eoi the work and history of the or
ganization.
six years ago." said the Bishop
some OF the leading men Of this coun-
try held a convention with view to
perfect an organization through which
the business men of the United States
might become more acquainted with
legislation affecting their interests.
and a medium through which they
might express their opinions more
forcibly, and moreover, it was thought
that this organization would bring to-
gether all of the manufacturing and
commercial elements Of the United
States and enable them to give more
intelligent and careful consideration
to matters pertaining to the public
welfare.
"As a result of their conference,
there was organized what is known as
the Chamber of Commerce Of the Uni
ted States, with offices In Washington
City, with president, vice-president,
secretary and treasurer and board
of directors, which officers and direc,
tors are elected at the annual meet
ings of the representatives sent to the
general convention by the various or
CARNATIONS throughout the United
States. This organization has grown
in six years to be one of the. greatest
institutions in the United States. 1t
represents about seven hundred,
eighty commercial organizations, from
New York to San Francisco, with a
membership of more than 100000, and
1t is only matter Of very short
while until the membership will be
100000 or more. The total expenses
of running and operating the office in
Washington City for the last year was
$26O,O0O. A magazine is published
weekly by the organization, known IS
the Public Business"
The questions that come before
the organization are vast and practi-
cally refer to every phase OF the COM
mercial and industrial life of the
American people. What is now occu-
plying the attention of the members
mostly are as follows: Federal Con-
troll of Railways. Rates of Transpor-
tation. Government Ownership OF
Common Carriers. Prevention OF
Strikes. Relations of Employers to
Employees in all departments OF labor.
When the Bishop spoke of the pre-
vention of strikes, the reporter asked
him to give some idea as to what the
Commercial Organization recommend
ed. and he replied:
AT the meeting just closed the
Chamber endorsed the position taken
by President Wilson in passing legis-
lation prohibiting strikes without first
having an investigation. For exam
pie: A big strike is ordered by the
employees of the railroads and the
men are ordered out on the first day
of August. Congress will say to them
you cannot go on strike until first
having an investigation of the cause
for strike. A committee is appoint
ed by congress. they make the investi-