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Show j AMERICAN BUSINESS TO HAVE NEW HOME I I " - v . . ' I - , niiBnsnsMSSSMnsl V' ' , 1 - - -; : . - --. ,. . - - ---- - The business men of Ogden have a financial interest in this new $2,500,000 home of American business busi-ness which is going up in Washington. They have subscribed towards its construction. Business men throughout the United States are contributing to the fund for the building. American business Is soon to have a new S-'.TiOO.OOO home In the national capita. Word has. Just reached tnc igden chamber of commerce that tho contracts have been let for the construction con-struction of the building to be occupied occu-pied as headquarters In Washington I by the chamber of commerce of the I L'nlted Sati '. Work on the building will be begun immediately. It Is hoped to complete the structure within 12 months. Already- buildings which occupied the j te. Including the edd home of Daniel I Webster, have been razed t make room for the new headquarters. "The idea of the new building" write Julius H. Barnes, president of the national chamber, "is to establish a national home for cottimerco and I Industry In the seat of legislation and administration. The policies of th government affect Industry today as never before. Industry recognizes that or. the large scale of modern business a proper measure of regulation in the publi' Inter. -,t may 1- necessary in! the very preservation of fair play be-! tween individuals. But Industry alsoi recognizes that the chain of economic evils which flow from unwise lcgls-! lation and unenlightened administration administra-tion reaches Inevitably into unemployment unemploy-ment and distress in every home. "Aa fair-minded men. seeking to work out the proper relation of government gov-ernment and industry, a relation which shall encourage and stimulate rather than depress and stifle enterprise, enter-prise, we want contact with fair- minded men who write our laws and who administer Lhehl believing that accurate and exact information col-j lected in all channels of trnde and focused througn the national chani-' ber will he welcomed. "This homo for business means much to the. small business man. as it will provide him the contacts with other men fanjllkr with the require- ment.s of industrial production, distn-l button, transportation, finance. Insurance, In-surance, foreign trade, and other fun-i damentals of business. ' We hope 'n 'Is exterior appearance this building will typify the dignity 'and stability of American industry. We hope In its Interior atmosphere. I lit will exemplify the pelNrespect and: fair play of competitive Industry, wlthl an added hospitality of it own." The building is to be of the classlc type of architecture in accordance with th" prevailing plan of govern-! ment buildings in Washington since the days of .lefferson. It will have a frontage of 1 5 S feet, with a depth of 149 feet. The architect Is Cass Gilbert.! of New York, who designed the treas-, ury annex, locat .d on the same square, and the designs have purposely much in common, U being the Idea of the h'lne Arts commission to aim at a certain uniformity in the development of buildings around Lafayette Square, on the south side of which the White House is located. It Is the purpose at this time to complete the building up to the halus-i trade, which will ive four stories' thioughout the full length, and tol leave to a later lime and to meet the! needs of the chamber the addition! of a fifth or even a sixth story, both; eif which appear upon the treasury I annex, but are ultllltarian In char-, acter ami de-tract from rather than' add to the beauty of the design. m prronii m piiAnned There will be an artistically de-l signed auditorium t the back of the lot, estimated to hold some 850 people. It will extend for three stories of the main building and will have ai flat roof. It will be built rdrons enough to allow the additions of higher stories if exlgenci.-s should require re-quire them in the future. An interior court will be approximately approxi-mately CO by CO. and will bo a most attractive featuro of the building From the main entrance in the middle e.f the II street front one will look through tin- front budding and the' court to the auditorium In the rear.l There will be roofed pas.ages on c.kIi; sid" of the court leading from the: main building to tho auditorium. There will be a larp;e hall immeni-ately immeni-ately inside th: entrance suitable for tablets and the like. The ground floor !s arranged to admit of library, ton-fereni ton-fereni r"om. small auditorium, committee com-mittee rooms and reception rooms. The building will be bordered on t';. ra.d by a wide alley and will have entrant e 10 th" reception room, which has, easy access to the auditorium. Carriages and automobiles using Uila alley will have exit lacllitles both to I street and to H str The second, third and fourth floors will ibe tho office floors, housing tho present force of the national headquarters head-quarters In Washington numbering about 160 persons, and such ndJItlons as may be made thereto before the. building Is complete. The room for tin- board of directors will be located on the top floor on the .east side and will extend considerably above tho Level of the roof In other parts of the building. The chamber of commerco of the United States intends to occupy the entire building and no offices will bo rented. Tho building is not. however, how-ever, exclusively for the use of officers of-ficers and staff, but is to bo a head-rjuartcrs head-rjuartcrs for American business. The large auditorium will be available for meetings of member organizations held In Waahigntpn, anil tho numerous numer-ous committee 100ms and conference rooms will be at tho service of members mem-bers when not in use for headquarters purposes. The cornerstone for the new building build-ing was laid recently during the tenth annual meeting held under the auspices aus-pices of th" national chamber. Present Pres-ent and former secretaries of the department de-partment of commerce and leading business men from all over tho country coun-try participated in the ceremonies. The speakers were Secretary of Com-merce Com-merce Hoover, former Secretary of Commerce and Libor Charles Kagel, I,. S. Gillette, chairman 01 the building build-ing commit;, e, Tlarry A Wheeler and Joseph H. Defrees, former presidents Of the ch amber. |