Evening star., 1919-03-31
REQUEST FOR AID IN
FACTORY BOOSTING
Wholesale Rate on Gas and
Electricity to Large
Users Urged.
r. r. ANDREWS PROPOSAL

Request for a wholesale rate on gas
and electricity to large users Of these
commodities was made to the District
Commissioners by Ross P. Andrews.
chairman OF the factory-boosting COM
mittee Of the Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association, at luncheon Of the
committee at Harvey's today.
Engineer Commissioner Kuts and Com
missioner w. Gwynn Gardiner were
present when Mr.. Andrews spoke. At
tention was called to the fact that such
sion would prove an incentive. to COM
mercial interests to come to the Nation
al Capital.
""As you gentlemen constitute our Pub
lie Utilities Commission" said Chair
man Andrews. I'VE would respectfully
ask that immediate steps be taken for
the establishment Of a wholesale as
we'll as a retail rate for both gas and
electricity. We are not asking this
as special privilege. From time i'm
memorial quantity buying has been
favored by a. lower rate, It is already
the practice in q nhmbefsof Cities, and
we feel sure that .yourehonorable~ body
will-recognize the wisdom and fairness
of this suggestion" h.
Discloses Aims of Association.
Mr.. Andrews; address was intended
Of the. aims of the association in it's
manufacturing campaign The first OBJ
jectr Of the chairman was to assure the
Commissioners and the people of Wash
ington generally that the merchants
have no desire to bring any plant to
4, II =,
ton with their campaign that would
mar the beauty of the National Capital
On this point Mr. Andrews said
Il am sure that the District Commits
sioners and citizens of Washington gen.
orally realize that the personnel of. this
in it's entirety, would be amongtt the last
who would consciously do one thing that
would impair the usefulness and the
progress Of the city OF Washington as
to the nations capital We business
men are convinced that it will be emf
general interest for greater CONNER
cial spirit to be developed in Washing
ton. @l, .
Gste@ay TO eSsouth.
s. washington is indeed the. gateway
to the south and we shall. be ever
watchful that. we keep that golden
gateway sacred. / don't believe that
even our city fathers know the extent
of the manufacturing that is carried
on in the District of Columbia right
now: Certainly those who are most
interested have been surprised at the
successive developments that have
presented themselves.
We believe that the entire citizen
ship Of Washington should know of
these undertakings and should sup
port them by their individual patron
age and by oft repeated expressions
of enthusiasm and good will toward
that which is part of their own city.
"Re:tlizing the manufacturing facili-
ties that abound here and the further
fact that Washington has wholesale
and retail stores that are beyond COM
pare. j am sure that we will have no
difficulty in securing a practical reali-
Zation of our made in Washington
and buy in Washington slogan.
II have the privilege of expressing
to the members of the board OF Conn
missioners of the District of Columbia
on behalf of the committee that we
appreciate the manifestations of in
tereSt on your part with respect to
the welfare of business
I'VE would respectfully request that
your honorable board interpret the laws
covering manufacturing in the District
of Columbia in the broadcast sense We
ask that at all times manufacturing
jobbing and retailing interests be facil-
i1ated with trackage to the end that the
greatest possible economy may result
in the handling of merchandise"
Mr.. Andrews thanked the Commits
siOners for inviting the Merchants As
sociation to assist in framing the pro-
Continued n Second PaGe.}