The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-20
BUSINESS men TO
HOLD CONFERENCE
Local Representatives Are Invited to
National Meeting to Be Held
In Washington.

| An invitation yesterday recalled the
Pensacola Chamber Of Commerce ask
ing that representatives be sent to a
national conference of business men to
be held at Washington, February s
and g. for the purpose OF considering
the railroad situation and what should
be done about 1t from the business
standpoint.
The conference Is to be held under
the auspices of the National Council
of the Chamber of Commerce Of the
United States. More than 1,4O0 bust
ness organizations throughout the
country holding membership in the
National Chamber have been asked to
participate in the conference. The
National Council is made up of one
ness organizations.
Some business men, who have fol-
lowed closely the railroad situation
since the roads were turned back to
private control, see a drift towards
government ownership and operation
unless there can be worked out some
plan by which the roads can be put on
a self-supporting basis. They feel
that the transportation act should be
sgiven a longer trial and that attempts
which are being made in congress to
amend the act, if successful, will pre-
cipitate a crisis which may make it
impossible FOR the roads to continue
under private management. AS yet,
in their opinion such an increase in
earnings as has been attained may
have been reached at the expense of
proper maintenance.
The railroad committee of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States is of the opinion that the trans
portation act can be left untouched
and at the same time there can be
worked out a constructive plan which
will help solve the problem. 1t will
prepare a report to be presented at the
council meeting suggesting a program
sor dealing with the situation. This
report when completed will propose
means for keeping the national interest
in adequate transportation foremost in
all measures which may be taken In
relation to transportation.
The national chambers railroad
committee in the past has made sug-
yestions which have been adopted by
he chambers membership and the
responding principles subsequently
nave appeared in legislation. The
TRANSFORMATION act itself contains many
features which the committee strongly
recommends as a result of the years OF
stIdv which it has devoted to railroad
TRANSFORMATION in the United Ssates.
A new nominating system for direc-
tors of the chamber, adapted by rel
arendum vote closed on January H.
also will be a subject for discussion
at the council meeting.
'fThe council is a peculiarly appro-
pirate body" says a statement by the
chamber. ito consider questions of the
internal operations of the Chamber
The subject of nomination OF directors
has been given great Importance ever
since the organization of the chanoer'
rhe founders Of the chamber ana lts
members always have placed en-
phasis on the fact that the council IS
a. truly representative body. In Keep
ING this tradition in mind the new plan
FOR nominations makes it possible TOT
he presidents of the fourteen hundred
nizations within the chamber TO
ma anticipate in bringing forward can
.5ida+es for the board of directors to
which elections regularly will be MADE
next spring"
The meeting of the council will take
,, o1so principles for a change to the
metric system of measurement 1t VIII
receive a report from a committee
which goes into arguments for ana
ogainst the metric standard and 1t
will decide whether the subject is one
70 90 to a referendum or the chamber
membership.