The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-08


MT; FARR.-l feel perfectly able to instruct YOU.
VIII not admit the right of any one to attempt to
Ghoke me down by calls of ''order," when | know
am IN order, and will allow no party to inter
ieFe with me In my rig hts a member here
several motions to clay on the table, to dad
by the chair. VI u "e'
The motion to call the yeas and nays was then
submitted and sustained, and printed list of the
membership was produced by the Secretary when
mr.. GNlcHroN protested against its use-as several
members who had not been called upon for their
SUBSCRIPTIONS would thus be excluded from voting
unless the Secretary could swear it was correct
doing. - ~ ~
The PRESIDENT suggested that as they could not
al present command correct list of the member
SNIP they must do the best they could under the
circumstances, and after taking the vote reject such
| as were shown to be illegal.
The roll was then called upon the motion of Mr.
Fowler to lay the resolution of Mr. Duyall unon the
nays 81. va" -O1'
The question then recurring upon the resolution
ol MI. CREIGHTON, that gentlemen observed that
| de nouo.
! A voice.-How is that?l
MI. CRIcHToN.-ln plain English then we will
begin anew. Regarding this, he continued a meet
ing 10 decide the question to whether they would
remain IN their present location, go to Pratts build
ing, the Exchange, or others, he could not believe
| that gentlemen would seriously attemnt either Inv,
legislative tricks otherwise. to defeat fair ey
preston OF opinion. He then read the following
note addressed to him by Col Kane relative to the
| Exchange property.
BALTIMORE, March A. 1853
W. CRIcHToN, Esq.-Dear Sir In reply to vour
inquiry, beg to inform you that the Exchange
GomPany's property has not been disposed Of and
that they are still willing to abide by the agree
ment made some time ago, to take the value of
their lot, referred to, in stock of new company
Upon inquiry, am justified in stating that $50
ooo OF the stock (Which includes the subscription of
tne Exchange Company will be subscribed imme-
diately upon the Corn Exchange agreeing to become
tenants OF the building, at Of 81 900 (say two
Thousand dollars per annum) per annum, for a room
% by 6o feet less the thickness of walls lighted by
windows on each side, and by askylieht in the roof
Fifty thousand dollars can be had on ground rent
leaving about $780, 900 to be raised which have no
doubt could be had, and the building be in progress
OF erection within thirty days from the action of
the Corn Exchange
In conclusion, beg leave to state that this offer
| Will be open till the 18th INST, at which time the
| Exchange Company will commence the improve.
ment Of their lotshould this offer not be accented
! IN conformity with arrangements made some time
| ago.
beg to call your attention to the fact that this
lot has street on the west side II feet in width and
| an Enclosure (tor light and ventilation of the Post
! Ofice) n feet in width on the east side-hayno
! fronts on Lombard and Second streets as shown in
! the drawings in your possession
The building contemplates the accommodation of
! the Provision Board, Stock Board Reading Rooms
Board of Trade, and Hall for auction sales under
the same root-thongh, of course, separated from
the Corn Exchange Hall, which will be under their
exclusive control and for their sole use.
am, very respectfully,
" our obedient servant
GEO. 2. KANE.
Resuming, he added that another party had mott
ned MIN that he would take $4,000 more of the
stock. Thus all the various associations of this ma
ture would be in the same building and he THOUGHT
an arrangement of this kind one Of great expedien
cy, as all could then have rooms arranged suited to
their particular wants. The room offered by Mr.
Pratt was in the second story of his building and
though true that it contiguous to the Corn
trade, he hoped gentlemen would not be so Gberal
as to conne themselves to that single consideration
as members are, should be, on fair footing and
as the membership represented other trades It was
not justice that the subject of their location should
be swallowed up in the question of convenience
alone to that branch of trade. In concluding he
called for vote upon his resolution after amending
it, by naming the places to be baoted for, as fol
=" Present location "Pratt's BUILDING"
and Exchange Place.
Mr. KYLE! am opposed to any such course, as
the wharf Is the only proper place for Corn and
Flour Exchange Cries of ''question")
Mr. PARR-That's right call the question and
gag him down.
Mr.. KYLE do not think it worth while to say
more as a fair vote cannot be had here. Did the
Hour men help to organize the Exchange?
Several voices-"Yes."
Mr.. kYLE-No, sir; YOU remained elsewhere until
you found the trade come here, and then YOU came
)
wharf to sell your produce.
Mr.. 5. G. MILLS moved to adjourn; lost
Mr.. PARh-l am, Mr.. President, opposed to the
adoption of such resolution (cries of ..ouestop -"
Y GU cannot gag me down by such calls You have
better man before you, and who won't sub
NIT to gagging. The grain men in an humble way
established themselves here Other dealers stood
on until they found they could not succeed Then
they came here, and now wanted the grain men TO
JON them in removing their quarters from the spot
where the grain trade centres. Those who wish to
move from the wharf are not grain dealers Is it
the interest OF grain dealers to leave the wharf?
NO! Their interests lie here, and here they wish to
remain, and here they intend to remain Let
those who prefer it go and join with whom they
please IN securing massive structure and call it
monument OF their enterprise. place them
selves upon Its top to attract the attention of ad
mirmg crowd if they feel disposed; but for the
grain Dealers can knowingly speak, that they
want only to be provided with suitable quarters for
the prosecution of their business, and that in
place convenient to their trade. Other trades
have been introduced here which have proven
adetrlment to the orignators of this Exchange-the
gram dealers-by crowding their rooms and their
tables; and now, having the numerical majority,
they would tyrannically their power to compel
us to go from where onr interests lay. In all the
proceedings OF this association, relating only to the
gram trade, they ruled, voting upon questions of
which they knew nothing | repeat, the grain
dealers will remain on the wharf. 1t is necessary
we should be here in selling by cargo, and not be
delayed in such transactions by being required to
IN such dealing Let others vote to remove u.s.
and secession viii surely follow.
MI. Z. ID. Kinks had not designed to do any
thing more than vote in this meeting, but he could
not deslst, as representative of the Flour trade
from acknowledging the obligations the -four deal
ers were under to the grain dealers, for graciousv
permitting them to come here; and conceived it
but justice that the -four dealers should publicly
evidence their gratitude by rendering the grain
dealers sumptuous feast. Mr.. Parr lie continued
says that in an humble way the grain dealers orgi-
mated this Exchange, and in an humble way they
had prosecuted their business in this connection
until others came among them and produced dis
senslon. He would like the gentleman to inform
him "upon what meat had this our Caesar fed that
he had grown so tm?' Have the grain dealers
grown to such giant in so short period that We
the Hour dealers, and others, must creep beneath
Its colossus legs to prosecute our trade? For the
minority to talk of secession was treason!
Mr. PABR--Well, sir eff it be treason, make the
most of it,
Mr. HNKs.-That is the only term that can prop
erly be applied to minority who, with threaten
ing and defiant manner, tell that if the ma jority
do not yield to their wishes they will secede. He
deemed it but minor consideration as to the ques
ton of convenience to the grain dealers, when from
two to three minutes only were required to walk
from the present location to the Exchange, and
conceived it the duty of all good citizens to aid in
so far they consistently could, in improv-
ing and ornamenting our city property-to say
nothing of their duty, as representatives of the
commercial interests to aid in rearing a monument
to our trade in the way proposed-especially, when
all interests prompted such step. In concluding |
he appealed to the Grain dealers not to be govern
ed by selfish considerations in their action upon this
subject but to be willing make some little conces
sion to the feelings of other Dealers and to be SO
ungenerous and antirepublican, being in the minor
ity as to threaten secession, unless they could rule
the majority. For himself, he was prepared to go
willingly where the majority might decide, though |
he had preference and he hoped it might not be
said either that the minority ruled failed to yield
like men to fair expression of opinion.
Mr.. PARR-l do not deem secession treason when
majority would tyrannically a power. The
gentleman, have no doubt, has fed on better meat
than even Caesar, that he has grown so tall. When
those gentlemen who now want general Exchange
us-the grain dealers-to allow them to unite with
us, and now they wish to force us, the original