The Washington herald., 1921-09-04

OF inevitable business growth for
Washington is foreseen by Philip
King, president. and Charles ]. CO.
himbus. secretary Of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association
= Capital Situation Remarkable.
The full text Of the call to Wash
blgton business men follows:
BIG BUSINESS AT HAND
PUT ON MORE STEAM"
1T was a great summer-great
tor business-magnific for pleas
are and enjoyed to an almost un-
United extent by business and busi-
ness workers.
Labor Day marks one of the
great turning points for business of
the year. 1t is the end of the va
cation period. the fulfillment of the
all-day Saturday holiday program
and the time after which the mer-
chant offers autumn needables and
the tobber and manufacturer fill
further orders for the new season
and prepare for the bigger events
that are to come.
Business in Washington can we'll
afford to be eminently satisfied
With the results of the summer.
While government reports indicate
that there has been a slight re-
Session. the eight months that
Aave gone before and the four
months that are to come to balance
ehe year. give ample assurance that
the net result will mark the year
fe21 as a period Of real prosper
dy.
The situation in the National
Capital is indeed remarkable. First
of all because volume has kept up
aInazingly in the light of the de-
fation that has come about in the
~st majority of lines, marking a
distinct return to normalcy.
But more interesting than all
that has gone before is the other
greatness that the District of
Columbia will enjoy in all of its
apartments of human activity
through the events of international
Import that are to take place IN
Washington during the coming
months.
Responsibilities for All.
TT behooves the mar ufacturirg
pbbing AID retail firms compris-
ihg the Merchants and Manufac-
HIrers' Association to take cog.
dizance of these coming evenlA
and to prepare their businesses ac-
cDrdingly.
1.-THE hotel. apartment houses
Snd other p1a~-s of abode in Wash
ingtGn have a great responsibility
:'The return OF washingtonians
Gom their vacations. The reas-
) sfmbling OF Congress. The gather
ihgs Of conventions and the big
stream of visitors that always pour
ibto Washington in the late sum-
rner and early autumn will give
these utilities big responsibility
which. with their accustomed good
service. they will measure up to in
dne efficiency and splendid spirit.
s"From an international stand
upint the National Capital has a re-
sponsibility in the entertainment
~ the disarmament conference
that commands the personal inter-
at of every owner. every executive
and every employe of business in
the District of Columbia Of every
character and kind
"The Merchants and Manufac-
tprers' Association has received a
Iktter from Hon. Cuno II. Rudolph
resident of the Board of District
commissioners. urging that the as
sociation co-opEate TO the end that
Washington. in every sense, shall
He a model community. 1t is the
araSitfon of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association that
every home in the association shall
hear the ear marks of finished
product. absolutely in keeping with
tie aspirations of the President of
tie United states and the District
, Commissioner.
Called Rare Opportunity.
t.It Is an opportunity chat comes
u any community once in a life
Stene,
s"Not only the leaders of the five
cheat nations that will officially
Participate in the conference, but
other leaders, acting as observers
fer other countries, will be here too.
ffom about the first of November
until no one can say when.
s''The international conference that
took place at Versailles was ex-
pected to last from three to six
months. It required a year and a
half. So who can say how long
tie disarmament conference will
last.
s'Officials have advised your secre-,
tSFy that it will contemplate at
least three months and maybe long
ed washington's palatial homes
an of them-wiil be opened up for
tie entertainment of the guests. Our
great hotel faciiities-and they rank
with the best in the land-wil be
in every sense adequate to house
and minister to every need that the
wnests of the nation could possibly
desire.
s"Our great factories, beginning
with the wonderful paper mill in
Georgetown, the steel plant at Gies-
boro Point and others will be points
OF interest themselves for numbers
ot our guests since these and other
Institutions have sold, and are SELL
ing their wares in every cline,
THE jobbers have a great re-
sponsibility in keeping pace with
the demands Of the retailers who
wfl be tremendously busy supply
iHk the needs of the great national
city housing international guests
with a population of 100000 souls.
Capacity to be Tested.
s'It is important. too. that busi-
ness of all kinds should have their
company manners-not but what
tf9y exercSe such amenities every
dsy-in view of the fact that a
y6nng army of newspaper and mag
szine writer's will be in attendance
az the disarmament conference and
as patrons of our stores and OF the
Instruments that render servica will