Building the Membership and its Business Basis
Emmett Hay Naylor argues in Nation's Business that lasting membership growth hinges on sustained community spirit and a year round campaign. He warns against relying on moral suasion and promotes systematic, businesslike direct appeals. A continuing membership committee modeled on the Mobile Chamber of Commerce proves more effective than fleeting campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Hay Naylor
American Association of Commercial Executives
Naylor
Ways and
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Alphabetical mediators spark global power list
The New York Herald debates expanding mediators from A to G and beyond adding nations and regions. The Houston Post and Globe-Democrat weigh lists including Denmark Holland Italy Japan Korea Liberia Morocco Norway Paraguay Queensland Russia Spain Turkey Uruguay Venezuela Orange River Colony and other places. The exchange notes absurdity of wider circles and mocks endless additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huerta
England
France
Germany
New York Herald
Denmark
Holland
Italy
Japan
Korea
Liberia
Morocco
Norway
Houston Post
Orange River Colony
Globe-Democrat
Paraguay
Queensland
Russia
Spain
Turkey
Uruguay
Venezuela
Watermberg
Xenia
Ohio
New York
Ippe
Yarkand
China
Ibar
George Cohen
Senate panel boosts river and harbor funds for Warrior Tombigbee locks
The senate commerce committee including member Bankhead adds to the river and harbor appropriation. The expanded funding aims to finish lock work to Cordova in Walker county by spring 1915, opening year round navigation from coal regions to Mobile. An inland Pensacola Mobile canal is also favored as a key intercoastal link.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Commerce Committee
Bankhead
Warrior
Tombigbee
Senate
Congress
Cordova
Walker County
Senator Bankhead
Mobile
Birmingham
Seaboard
New Orleans
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
House
Pensacola
Mobile Bay
Old
Mobile Commercial Club
Pensacola Commercial Organization
Free Tolls Beaten in Senate Toll Exemption Repeal
Washington advices say opposition to the Panama canal toll exemption repeal has collapsed. The administration bill aims for passage within ten days with about fifteen votes to spare. President Wilson safeguards treaty issues, while Bryan withholds the Colombian treaty until toll repeal and arbitration disputes are settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Wilson
United States
Colombia
Panama Canal
State Department
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Vardaman
British crisis in Britain four parties and factions
London analysis of four political camps Liberal Conservatives Labor and Nationalists. Factional splits within each party are described, including land value taxation Liberals and tariff reform Conservatives. Notes on the Independent Nationalists and O Briens, and how multiparty dynamics affect government control and reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ireland
Britain
Liberale
Conservatives
Labor Party
Liberal Party
Parliamentary
Ramsay Macdonald
Independent Labor Party
Liberal
Nationalist
T. P. O'Connor
Liverpool
Cork
John Redmond
William O’brien
O'Brienites
Commans
Europe
England
South Africa
Winston Churchill
The
Admiralty
House of Commons
House of Lords
Lords
Campbell-Bannerman
Asquith
Lioyd George
Washington Letter on Billard and Billard Company Witnesses
A Washington letter reports on the New Haven Hartford inquiry focusing on John L Billard and associates. It describes witnesses including Grover Richards James B Kelly George Adams Warren Chase and details their ages appearances and demeanor before the Interstate Commerce Commission in the ongoing investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Esses
Victor Elliott
Interstate Commerce Commission
John L. Billard
Billard Company
Mr. Billard
Joan L. Billard
Perea
Billard
Homer S. Cummings
McCord
Grover Clever Richards
Portland
Maine
Joseph K. Folk
Commission
Metropolitan Steamship Company
Richards
Mr. Richards
James B. Kelly
Hartford
New Haven
George Smith Adams
Second National Bank of
Hig
St. Anthony
Warren D. Chase
New England
Gov. Folk
Chase
Southern farmer urged to use fifty million tons lime feet
The Country Gentleman reviews Cyril Hopkins's call for a large scale use of ground limestone to sweeten Southern soils. It notes Southern farmers resist sweeping doses, prefer local experiments, and doubt Hopkins's conclusions, urging conservative propaganda and objective Southern trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Settlement and Development Organization
Cyril G Hopkins
North
Hopkins
Middle West
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Georgia
A New York Lawyer Proposes Scientific Substitute for Death Penalty
A New York lawyer urges the American Association of Medical Jurisprudence to replace capital punishment with a system where condemned individuals are sent to laboratories for non vivisection experiments. He argues life imprisonment could deter crime while contributing to medical science and warns against brutality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Association of Medical Jurisprudence
Evolution of Rail Competition and Public Regulation
A historical analysis of how early U S competition among railways led to rate cutting rebates and traffic pools. It traces the shift from fierce private warfare to government regulation, the rise of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the impact of state intrastate rates on national commerce. It notes the tension between public opinion and railway attempts to control traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Commissions
State Railroad Commission
People’s Forum Criticizes Coleman in Fairhope Debate
A letter to The Item from a reader challenges C. L. Coleman’s stance in the Fairhope Plan discussion. The writer portrays Coleman as a former Fairhope Single Tax member and land speculator who promotes leased land while owning and advertising parcels within town limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Coleman
Coleman
Fairhope
Fairhope Single Tax Corporation
Ss Oee
Baldwin County
Fairhope Single Tar Corporation
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Logan
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Johns Hopkins University
People's Forum
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