Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1922, Page 3

Rt S s S A NaBhnv— L 4 ST R N ——— T THOUSANDS WILL CATHER AT CORNER STONE LAYING Business Men of Countryto Witness Founding of Home in Washington for National Commerce Some five thousand of the foremost business men of the country will at- tend the ceremcnies tomorrow after- noon fincident to the laying of the corner stone for the new home of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. These business leaders now are in the National Capital as dele- Bates to the tenth annual meeting of the chamber, which convened today and will continue during four davs “The magnificent structure which is to house the chamber's headquarters is to go up on the site of the old Corcoran home (which has just been torn down), at the interséction of Connecticut avenue with H street on Lafayette Square. The old house held much of histcric interest and perhaps ‘was best known as the one-time home of Daniel Webster. The corner stone will be laid at 5:15 oclock. Among the speakers will be Charles Nagel of ‘St. Louis, who, as Secretary of Commerce and Labor, Wwith President Taft, called the organ ization meeting which led to the for- mation of the National Chamber in April, 1912, and Harry A. Wheeler, Chicago banker, the first president of the chamber and chairman of its committec on financing the building. | Mr. Wheeler more than any other man has put forward the purpose and usefulness of the building. Other speakers will participate. % Business Men Interested. “Progressive business men throughout the country,” said Elliot H. Goodwin, resident vice president of the cham- ber, today, “have a profound interest in the fact that at last business is to have a permanent home at the na tion’s capital. The Chamber of Com- merce of the United States, founded ten years ago under the handicap of discouraging past attempts to or- ganize business men nationally, has ‘been unusually successful. The leading business men of the country interested in the chamber hayve realized that not until they have a Washington home of their own, a general headquarters for American busines, to give the aspect of material solidity to their organization. will they be able to exercise proper con- structive influence in national af- fairs.” It was with this purpose in view as presented by Mr. Goodwin that the Chamber of Commerce of the United Btates began plans in 1914 for the erection of a building in Washing- ton, but the war caused postpone- ment. “The idea back of the new build- ing." as explained by Mr. H. A. Wheeler, “is to create a nerve center for all business, big or little, that is affected by national affairs. It something that has been desperatély needed in the past, when business men had merely a sporadic representation at Washington. It was the need of this national representation of our business interests which gave birth to and has given strength to the Cham- Ler ot Commerce of the United State: ‘which, too, is making that body a powertul, steadying intuence. Opportunities Offered. “This home for business means as much to the small business man as it does to the large concern, It will pro- vide for him the opportunity to dis- cuss his problems with men who are familiar with all the requirements of industrial production, domestic dis- tribution, foreign trade, transporta- tion, finance, insurance and the other fundamental activities of business. It will be in part a research agency, and will show the effect that action by “one department of the chamber may have on the welfare of another, and by conference and compromise it Will be possible to find a common ground of agreement, even on matters that ~ra controversial. because they affect -differently the different sections of American business. “The last few years have falrly shown that our problems are eco- SPECIAL NOTICES. “fHE_REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF the Board of Directors of the American Se- eurity and Trust Company, called for Tuesday, May 16. 1922, at half after ove o'clock, postponed to Wednesday, the seventeenth ' in- stant, at the same hour. Gy J. BELL, President. JAMES F. HOOD, Secretary. PLANS made for 5 or 6 room houses and bungalows; $20. L. T. Burn, 3520 22nd st. pe. _Linc. 5205. THIS 1S TO CERTIFY THAT I WILL NOT be responsible for any billa other than those contracted by myself. WM. E. CATLETT. Seat Pleasant, Prince Georges county, Md. 17% /OUNCES THE removal of to the Edmonds No. 911 15th _st. n.w. 16 . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, MAY ‘15, 10227 . MM Chamber. . nomic and social. In the handling of these problems American business is more directly affected than any other single interest in the country. “The institution will be truly na- tional. The hand of welcome will be as cordially extended to the manufac- turer or merchant from the Pacific or the gulf, the southeast, the north- west, as it will be the man from Manhattan or Chicago. There will be only one standsrd, namely: What is for the benefit of American business as a whole. The individual business of a dilemma which has clouded his af- fairs will also find that expert assist- ance will be given to him. And if he wishes to have conferences with @ov- ernment officials or with other busl- ness men who have a common interest in Washington, there will be a place provided for him, and everything done to facilitate his conferences. Hendquarters an Investment “This business headquarters is an investment. To the business man it will mean untold returns in & better understanding of his problem. It is the one way to secure harmony and understanding that will lead to the fulfillment of what every American desires—social and industrial peace and prosperity for the nation. “The only way in which national affairs can be directed for the good of the public—and what is for the good of the public Is for the good of business—is by a representation where the minds of men not directly affected by a project are brought to bear upon the question, and _those minds giving consent to a method of operation finally convince the public or the authorities that there is merit in the demand and that the demand {should be met. “We often feel that a man is the best citizen when he has his own home. We often feel that a great business house is a better part of the community when it owns its own -property. There is a stability about that there any difference between a great | federated ‘organization like this and the individual in his own home, or the business house in its own head- quarters? “Does business succeed better when it is built upon a foundation of its lown, on land that it owns, and in ! buildings .that it has created, than | when it is in a place it may rent, and from which it may move &t pleasure from place to place and from city to city? We know that an individual business does succeed better when operated in its own home. Does the man attend to his patriotic duties better when he is housed in his own home? We know that he does. Sees Influence Growing. “The Chamber of. Commerce of the i United States, without a physical ex- | pression, would proceed to do its work. It would exercise an influence, and I believe a growing influenc | But the day that it gives fdr Ameri- jcan business the evidence of unity and the stability that would accom- pany a physical representation of it- self. a place where its affairs can be discussed, where the economic sound- ness of policies can be determined, where we can come whn we have business with public authority, and, under our own roof and under proper surroundings, negotiate with those who are handling our affairs, for the things that we know to be vital and right, where, because there is a sanc- tity in the home, American business would not permit anything discredit- able to itself to be consummated, that day American business will- achieve its largest influence. “American business, when it plants itself in Washington, will bring about the day when the counsel of American business will be sought and will be heeded, because it will be evidenced by upity, by honesty, and by in- tegrity of purpose, and it will be heeded because those are the char- acteristics which the public interest SPECIAL NOTICES. 1 WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY debts contracted by any one other than myslf, FLORENCE M. 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Is| PROPOSED NEW HOME FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF ‘THE UNITED STATES. man who is put to it to find a way out; HARUBEWINA demands of any force in this country, if that force shall be listened to In this democracy. “If there ever was a time when patriotism should be exercised plus, it Is in this difficult period of read- justment, and if American business, through anything that it may do, shall fail in its obligation to carry on until the readjustments are made, until stable governments are created, until new financlal strength has come out of an almost impossible financial situation throughout the world, we shall have failed in the most im- portant thing for the development of the new world and the new clviliza- tion for which we have struggled, and for which we hope. ' Industries Expanded During War. “During the years of unusual de- mand upon American industry conse- qugent to the war we have expanded those great industries to a point that now we are capable of overproduc- tion with respect to domestic de- mand by a much -greater per cent than in the pre-war period. Domestic consumption is not going to increase with great rapidity, and for very good reasons. The demands that were made during the period of wild and reck- less buying will be succeeded, as they are being succeeded, by conditions of economy and thrift. “How are we going to keep fac- tories busy to employ labor and pro- duce for our own use acceptably and economically if business is so far de- clined that we can only operate on a basis of part capacity? All that lies before us is a hope to retain that ex- port business which we have, and to build upon it. “If we build an export business we must have a forelgn policy—a for- eign policy not_only politically but commercially. It must be a_ policy n be laid Gown truly and and a policy that will be not tentative In its character or tempo- rary In its enforcement, but a policy that will continue through year after year, administration after administra- tion, and generation after generation. And'until such time as American busi- ness aids the American government in the formulation of that policy, both political and commercial, American business will suffer for its lack of foresight and thought and for its lack of co-opération. Question for Consideration. “The great question that we have before us is this: Shall American business co-operate with the govern- ment in making the rules by whica such regulation shall be carried on. or shall we trust it to political authority to make those rules, and by_ forgetting our own obligation suffer, as we must necessarily suffer, by a regulation that is ill-conceived and unwise? “The greatest obligation, in my own mind, not only for the safety of Amer- ican business itself, but the carrying on of American business responsibil- | ity as a political and as a patriotic measure for the welfare of this coun- tf, is that we shall participate in making the rules under which as business we shall live.” The new home of the chamber is to be of the classic type of architec ture in accordance with the prevail- ing plan of government builings in Washington since the days of Jeffer- son., It extends 158 feet on H street and 149 feet on Connecticut avenue. The architect is Cass Gilbert of New York, who designed the Treasury annex, located on the same square, and the designs have purposely much | in common, it being the idea of the Fine Arts Commission to alm at a certain _uniformity in the develop- ment of buildings around Lafayette Square, on the south side of which the White House is located. It is the purpose at this time to 1 complete the building up to the balus- trade, which will give four stories throughout the full length, and to leave to a later time and to meet the needs of the chamber the addition of a fifth or even a sixth story, both | of which appear upon the Treasury annex, but are utilitarian in character and rather detract than add to the beauty of the design. Auditorium Regarded Possible. ‘Whether at this time it will be | possible to construct the artistically idesigned auditorium at the back of the lot, estimated to hold some 850 people, can only be ascertained when she bids have been submitted. There will be an interior garden which will become an interior court as soon as the auditorium, which stretches practically from one wing of the building to the other, has been completed. The auditorium will ex- tend only for three stories of the main building and have a flat roof, thus admitting a wide outlook to the north and east from the court. It | will be built strong enough to allow the addition of higher stories if exi- gencies should require,them in the future. The court, which, when the audl torium is complete, will be approxi- mately 60x60, will be a most attrac- tive feature of the building. From the main entrance In the middle of ln\e H_street front one will look LOG CABIN ROLL Made of French Nougat, Oc wrapped in “Chewy" Caramel and dipped in Ly, Walnut and Pecan Nuts. 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There will be a large hall imme- diately inside the entrance suitable |(he hoard of directors will be for tablets and the like. floor is arranged to admit of library, | wi) conference room, committee rooms and reception rooms, he building will be bordered on the oast by a wide alley and will have entrance to the reception room, which has easy Carriages and automobiles using this alley will have ample exit facilities | both to 1 street and to H street. to masquerade under the shade of a cheap m:nunn when he can get a real Slan © dollars. g Other Y H : e;z.gonngl}sp ats [ Historic Corcoran house, once the home of Daniel Webster, which has been demolished and upon the site of which the new home of the Chamber of Commerce is to be erected. There will be roofed pass- | present force the national head- a: building is complete. The room for | American business. The ground | op gmall auditorium, | jevel of the roof in other parts of the building. 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