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| going on through letters from this
once addressed to all member COM
panies.
| This district office has the advan-
tage, over all other district officeg, OF
| location in the National Capital, and
1t is probable that its operation will
| national character
| The Railway Accounting Officers
| association was moved to Washing
ton in 1914. previously having been
| located in Chicago.
| The office maintained in Washing
| ton is the associations headquarters.
being its. only Office. All business
transacted by the association is done
! through Washington.
| The chief service rendered by the
| Railway Accounting Officers Asso
| citation is to the railroads. members
of the association. in North America:
however. its membership includes
| practically every country in the
! world. and the work is, therefore, of
an International nature, to some
| extent.
The associations efforts are devoted
to standardizing and simplifying rail-
| way accounting methods, forms and
practices.
AeronautIc Association.
The National Aeronautic Associa-
tion of the United States of America Is
a national organization incorporated
to foster, encourage and advance the
science Of aeronautics and kindred
sciences, without capital stock and
not for profit. Obviously, as Wash
! ington is the center Of aeronautical
| activity, the national headquarters of
the National Aeronautic Association
| was established where contact with
/ the authorities controlling such ac-
| tivfty could be maintained.
/ The organization had its inception
| at Detroit in October, 1929, when
| representative group of about 400
| Americans crystallized their impell-
| irg sentiment and purpose for ad~
/ vancing the aerial fortunes of their
I country, and pledged their influence
! and services to secure a comprehen-
! sive, definite and continuing policy
! Of aeronautical development in the
| United States. In seven months since
! Incorporation the movement has
spread TO every state and chapters OF
| the National Aeronautic Association
are already functioning in leading
| cities.
| The national headquarters staff is
a centralized working unit handling
the details Of organization, informa-
! tion, education. mem bership and con-
troll of all aeronautical events in this
| country which are conducted under
the statutes of the Federation Aero
nautique Internationale, of which the
| National Aeronautlc Association is
| the sole representative in America
The membership of the National
Aeronautic Association is representa-
tive of the aeronautical thought and
| activity of every state and the in
sular possessions. and is growing SO
rapidly that conservative official
opinion places it at $4,000 by January
l, 1924. Washington is the logical
| center Of its membership because it
is the centralized source of national
| activity in aeronauttcs; in fact it may
be likened to the one great laboratory
of the science and all kindred sci
ences Hence, a civilian organization
| iu Of
! triotism to strive for the eminence
of America First in the Air" would
operate at disadvantage at a dis
aeronautical effort.
Nerve Center Of Nation.
From every point Of view; there
tionaI organfzatIon BY having It's
headquarters in Washington are
evident. 1t is the reservoir of the
nation-the nerve center of our
people. Washington really commands,
through the facilities and resources
made available here to all who seek
TO have part in the advancement
! of America in every field. that work
touching the whole nation shall cen
ter in the shadow of the Capitol
The members Of the National Pre-
servers and Fruit Products Associa-
Washington matters, and their needs
touch almost every departmental
activity, namely. Department of
Agriculture ESPECIALLY bureau of
cluding permit division, tariffs and
taxes; Federal Trade Commission,
Department of Commerce, Railway
commission. Congress, Trade Marks,
Patents, Copyrights, etc.
, This Washington office is clearing
ho9se for about 200 nanufactdrers
The constitution of the association
provides that it shall be the duty of
the executive secretary to acquaint
himself with all governmental affairs
which relate to the interests of the
members of the association; he shall
keep himself informed of all opera
tions Of the government in the matter
OF requirements and purchases of the
! products of the members of the asso-
citation.
NO other city would hold so much
| Tor our members, for nearly any de-
partment. located here touches some
branch OF our endeavor," says Daniel
r. Forbes, executive secretary. Dur
ing the war the Navy and War De-
, partments looked to members of this
association to bid on jams, jellies.
marmalades. etc. and even now both
departments continue TO order sup
plies.
Lime Association.
; The National Lime Association was
organized during July, 1918. and the
| mann ONCE eStaDnSned IN washington.
Prior to that time, there was a lime
manufacturer association, a hydrated
lime bureau in Pittsburgh and local as
socfations throughout the country. The
office was established in Washington,
! primarily because of the necessity of
i'co-operating with the government in
war times.
Being a national organization. It's
activities extend throughout the
United States, and the Washington
Office has a considerable correspond
ence and interchange of ideas with
the lime industries and industries
using lime throughout the world
The membership includes the most
important lime manufacturers in the
country. The lime business is one in
which there are great many very
small operators. the big majority of
whom belong to the association,
which is in touch at all times with
the entire membership.
The activities of this association
are mostly of a research and promo
tional nature, and II is the business
OF the research department, whether
here in the associations own labora-
tories or in various institutions where
; fellowships are maintained, to find
J out all that can be found out about
, lime in the agricultural, construction
, and chemical fields. and 1t is the duty
OF held representatives through liter
ature and personal contact to tell
| every one interested what is known
about lime. When 1t is realized that
lime is used in over 100 chemical
industries in addition to its large uses
IN agriculture and in the construc-
tion field as mortar plaster, stucco
| admix lures etc, II Is evident that