Hemingray sends letter inquiring about locating a factory in Evansville

THE B. M. A

Report of the Committee on

Nominations.

R. D. RICHARDSON, PRESIDENT.

The Hemingray Glass Company to

Send Representative

To Evansville to Investigate the

City’s Advantages — The Meeting

Last Night.

The Business Men’s Association last night, adopted the following report of the committee on nominations:

"Mr. President: — Your committee on the nomination of officers and directors for the B. M. A. for ensuing year re­spectfully report as follows:

"R. D. Richardson, president; O. F. Jacobi, first vice president: Sidney Ichenhauser, second vice president; S. S. Scantlin, treasurer.

"Directors — J. V. Rush, Edward Boetticher, S. G. Evans, Peter Emrich, W. S. French, R. E. Graves, W. B. Hedge, Carl Leich, James L. Orr.

"Respectfully submitted A. G. Torian, Chairman Committee."

The election will be held the first Tuesday in April.

The committee on commerce present­ed a report and it was adopted as fol­lows:

Your committee on commerce recom­mends the passage of a bill now pending to remodel the consular service of the United States. The consular bureau should be beyond the influence of politics. This bill provides for the improvement of the classification of consuls, and the adoption of the merit system. Appointees would be required to have a knowledge of the trade re­quirements of this country as well as of the country to which accredited, should be able to speak the language of the country to which they are sent, and be so thoroughly qualified as to be able to serve and promote the manufacturing and trade industries of the United States.

Your committee further recommends that copies of this resolution be sent to Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge and to Congressman Hemenway as expres­sions of the will of the Business Men's Association of Evansville.

                                                                Yours truly,

                                                                           C. E. SCOVILLE.

                                                                                       Chariman.

A letter from the Ohio Valley Improvement Association announced that the committee appointed to urge legislation in favor of western waters would meet the the house committee on rivers and harbors March 21, at Washington, D. C. Secretary Murphy is a member of the committee and will attend the meeting. He will leave for Wshington to-morrow.

The Hemingray Glass Company, of Covington, Ky., and having a plant at Muncie, desires to locate one here, and wrote to the B. M. A. for a statement of the advantages offered by Evansville. It was furnished by the secretary and one of the firm will be here shortly to investigate.

The Clapp Furniture Company, of Chicopee Falls, Mass., is also looking for a new location, and facts concerning this city as a commercial and residence center were sent to the firm.

A lot of literature concerning Evansville was sent to the National Invest­ment Company, of Chicago, to be placed on file for intending investors.

A copy of the B. M. A. constitution and by-laws was sent to Lawrenceville, Ill., where a business men's league is to be organized.