The Washington times., 1920-01-21
BIGGER AND Buster
CAPITAL PREDICTED
Merchants and Manufacturers
Annual Banquet Speakers
Make Optimistic Addresses.

with the abandonment OF varied
restrictions on economic life and tne
resump. ion of business as usual
Joseph A. BeTberich. president or the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso
citation, last night at the annual meet
ing at Rauscher's, predisted the
Washington Of the future as city
teeming with business activity con"
stantly growing bigger and better
I'VE should not be unduly al1rmed'
Mr.. Berberich advised the members
OF the association. that such )rce
or such a unit OF the Government
organization In Washington Is 70 be
laid off. Washington is great q "
ernmental city and always VIII De
The Nation is growing. and so mus
also the Nations functions. They
are full centered here. and they VIII
Increase as time goes on
shipping board Return-
"As a case in point, l have been
advised that part OF the shipping
board. which was sent out of Wash
ington during the war period, VIII be
returned here, which will make a
further addition to the city's psyroll
OF two thousand persons"
Declaring that never before In ihe
history OF business was there such
need for organization, Mr. Berberl'b
urged all the members to consider
the trade units OF the association as
clearing houses for thought on the
activities OF the various IRA es.
Mr.. BeTberich announced the cleo
ton of the chairmen OF the various
trade sections who will consti ute the
board of governors OF the association
for the rear 1920. The ard VIII
meet Friday 10 elect officers.
THE retailer, has been done a great
injustice" said Mr.. Berberich. "Iie
has been picked off as the one re-
sponsible for existing price levels.
Even II this were true. which IL is
not, / venture to assert that the cir
cumstance of high prices Is a bless
ing. All should share In the bene-
fits accruing therefrom.'
Reviews Association Work.
Mr.. Berberich reviewed the work
of the association during the past
year, relating the efforts OF the credit
bureau regarding bad checks. the
activity of the association on the
m nimum wage law and the value Of
the credit bureau.
Charles j. Columbus, secretary OF
the association. reviewed briefly the
activities of the executive offices of
the as 'ociation. calling attention to
the fact that during the past year
sixty new members have been added
to the rolls of the organization.
Frederick N. Shepherd, OF the
United States Chamber of Commerce,
asked the cooperation Of the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation in the erection of the United
States Chamber of Commerce. build
ing in Washington. VI >
nF ha ta
ing the recent threatened coal short
age i'm Washington were praised by
Louis Brownlow. Commissioner of the
District. Mr.. Brownlow asked the
support of the organization for the
citizens employment bureau.
Names New Members.
The secretary announced the cleo
ton of seventeen new members to
the association.
The board of governors is consti-
tuted as follows: George S. De N"ale,
department stores: Arthur Burt,
shoes; Ernest Mayer. ladies' speciality
stores; o. T. Wright, master printers;
Charles G.. Stott, paper and station
cry; Col. ALthon Stephan. china and
glassware; Sidney w. Straus. jewel
ers; Sidney West, mems wear: NJ. A.
Leese, opticians; f. c. Graham, cleo
trical . plies; w. w. Griffith, coal
dealer; Louis Levy, laundries: Lewis
Flemer, druggist; J. NJ. Cunningham,
photo engravers; George E. Hebbard,
merchant tailors; Charles 3. Smith,
floor coverings and upholstery: John
II. wilkins. food products jobbers:
Joseph T.. Burkart; Charles w.
Semmes, automobiles: John J. Dugan,
commercial cards; H. Zirkin, furriers;
George c. Shaffer, florists; Hugh
Reilly, paints ard glass; Henry T.
Onterdinger, cigars and tobacco. and
Hugo Worch, pianos and musical in
struments.