Evening star., 1923-06-06

bers what they are unable to dc
singly for themselves. The main OBJ
1ect of the association and its af1li
ated clubs 10 10 promote wise and
just laws for the benefit of motorists
and to resist attempts to add further
ana to Combating Unjust and ais
cTiminatory legislation against auto
mobile owners.
Merchants Service Rureau.
The National Retail Dry Goods AS
sociation esta blished a Washington
Office in April, 1919. in recognition
that interests of the merchants could
be promoted by such a service bu-
reau. This was brought about by
the fact that during the war much
good resulted from the cooperation
between business and the govern
ment. This Washington office has to
do with the handling of matters per-
tanning to taxes before the bureau
of internal revenue, customs before
that division of the Treasury, pat
ents, copyrights, and an endeavor to
promotee the interests of the mer-
chants and the government through
the DEPARTMENT of Commerce and the
and divisions of the government,
The business transactions by the
Washington Office relate primarily to
domestic commerce
The underlying membership of the
association Is composed of retail dry
goods and department stores. The
membership is something in excess of
1000, made up of merchants in every
state in the Union. Something in ex-
cess of SO per cent of the members
deal with the Washington Office.
The American Chemical Society has
maintained the office of it's secretary
in Washington since 1912. and moved
the Office of it's Journal of Industrial
and Engineering Chemistry here last
year.
The volume of business transacted
through this office Is approximately
100000 annually. The financial side
of the Office Of the Journal of Indus
trial and Engineering Chemistry is
also handled through the secretary's 8
office.
Chemical Society consists now of
approximately $4,000 chemists, situ-
ated throughout the United States
and some in foreign countries. This
Is the central Office, through which
the society and its work is admins
tered. Washington Is centrally To-
Gated, Is free from any question of
interstate competition of local sec
tions, and is in a sense a neutral
ground. exactly as the District of
Columbia is neutral ground for our
national government.
Potash Association.
The United States Potash Pro-
ducers' Association established its
executive Office here with the forma-
tion of the association, May l, 1919.
as the logical place for the central
office of an association whose mem
bers were scattered all over the
country. All the business of the as
sociation is done here. The member
ship represents practically all the
potash production of the country.
Special advantages of Washington
as a center are that most of the sta
Estical information and the results
OF research work in which the mem
bers are interested can be secured
best from the departments in Wash
ington. Tariff revision, In which the
association is vitality interested. re-
auires an office here. Questions of
car supply, revision of freight rates,
federal taxes--in fact, all the points
where the federal government has its
fingers in business today-make a
Washington ONCE almost an essential
for any live industry.
The Washington office of the Port
land Cement Association. established
in 1917, was opened in line with the
regular policy of the association in
creating from time to time district
offices, of which there are now
twenty-three In the United States and
one in Vancouver. Canada. During
the past three or four years since
the war this office has become a
branch Of the general Office, Chicago,
as we'll as a. district office. There
has been a large increase in the
service rendered and the force of
men connected with this office has
more than doubled since the war.
1t is an important part Of the asso-
cations work to keep all the manu-
facturers Of cement in the United
States advised and informed of what
is going on In Washington In Con-
gress and through the governmental
departments of everything that is Of
interest to them as manufacturers
and distributors.
No Lobbying Permitted.
Nothing whatever in the nature or
lobbying is permitted by this asso-
ciation. This association operates
only In the United States and does
not attempt to extend it's work to
other countries excepting in limited
way in Canada.
The membership of this associa-
tion includes practically all of the
manufacturers of Portland cement in
the United States and Canada. Nearly
all the members from time to time
communicate with the Washington
office for direct information that is
needed quickly regarding anything
that Is going on in Washington of
special interest to them. They are