Evening star., 1921-12-18

s',S. r. O." was the rule at the meet
1fsaes last week of Washington Board
ut Trade and Chamber of Commerce
Monday and Tuesday nights at the
willard Hotel. With reports on the
suffrage hearings before the senate
District committee, and prominent
sneakers listed. standing room In ehe
Kalls was the best that the late co"-
Ars could secure.
ixt the Board of Trade meeting o,r
Hubert Llewellyn Smith, nnahotai ~,
iser to the British government. any
fhrmerly secretary OF tne ",hars
board of Trade, told local menioe,s >
tile difference between Tue oi
Washington bodies.
Gov. Harding Speaks.
sHnaakinr before the Chamber OF
r,nmmerce. w. P. G. Harding, goVerh9I
Sf the Federal Reserve Board, mAue
Interesting address on the nn1n-
Xsh condition and problems OF 'nto n
santry. Gov. Harding soanoeo .ha
Optimistic note In t;nr Ie,e"fh that con
HGA ncial situation. stating ina.
IssS;nns we're much improved over d
Iosanh II. De Frees, president OF tue
HNsted states Chamber OF Coinnie
,3fso made a short address, coinn ,a n
Ing on the growing .ehuen Chamber Of
Tmarce work. He asserted that tne
m*mence with the legislative boo.es
rTthe country would be constantly oh
tAS increase. S.., meet
gWhile the addresses At oo,otire ootn
,ass were interesting and lnstruc...s'
TIE renorts on national represenIxa
tSSo nv E. c. Brandenburg OF 'r1
Mnard and James T. Lloyd ana a. -,
classic of the chamber were VI
sasbing interest to the "dyeo-in-Ih
Nnor' Washingtonians, ana pfusuf osut OF
tremendous enthusiasm on the peie VI
the members OF both BODIES.
$% Appeal for Jones Resolution.
Mr. Brandenburg, at the board meet
iar presented some of the sailent
fTIs regarding Washington which
wore submitted to the Senate commit
tee in an appeal for the Jones resolu-
tIon providing for national repre-
sSntation for the Distrlce-.o''nSs reg ~
Congress and in the electoral coiiege
ard the right to sue and be sued IN
the federal courts.
He emphasized the point that advo-
Gates cf the Jones measure 90 not
~fsh to have changed the local al torm I'm
of.government. and asserted that no
part of the resolution proVloes 1or
spsh action.
Statistics show, according to Mr..
Brendenburg, that in the 1910 census
the District of Columbia had popu-
laxion greater than that of six states
if>the Union. In 1920. the last CEN
sus, the District had passed one more
state and was within 5000 OF two
states, making seven states in all
tEat had less population than Wash
ington, and two in danger of being
oyerhauled.
SIN regard to taxes Mr.. Brandenburg
showed that the District residents
paid as much as other states in the
Union and considerably more than
s1me.
Points Out MisunderstandinE.
-,'There is a great deal of misunder-
standing on this point" said the
speaker "as the people in a good
many states seem to think that those
in. the District live in beautiful
place with no taxes to pay. OF
course. we do not have a school tax
and the great variety of different
tGxes common in the states. but our
iat tax aggregates as much"
I'm subscribing to the liberty loans
Mr. Brandenburg pointed out that the
District had made an imposing rec
ord, Not only did the District over-
subscribe each loan. but on the third
lean it subscribed more. in proportion