Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-04-08

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# Trade of this city have now under
consideration a measure which should be at
once adopted, and which if carried into
effect will prove to be of the greatest i'm
portance to the business interests of this
city and the surrounding country tributa
try to it. The custom now In vogue
with reference to the receipts of ar
tIeleS ct this point is to note only
the arrivals of grain, and of this only such
portion as is consigned to this market, thus
excluding from mention -four, provisions,
and all other articles Of merchandise, TO
the evident injury of the market. At
the same time no regard whatever has been
paid to the matter of shipments, which are
the most important item In rejecting the
foreign trade of the city, and con-
sequently go farther than anything else in
giving character and Importance to a mar
ket. A number of our merchants, alive to
the necessity for improvement in this mat
ter, and recognizing in them an important
auxiliary to the future growth of the COM
mercial interests of Cleveland, have re-
Gently taken the matter in hand, under the
leadership of Philo Chamberlain, Esq,
President of the Board of Trade, whose
well-known energy and public spirit is
ever awake to the importance of these
progressive steps, and an effort is now
being made to change the old order of
things. It is proposed hereafter, not only
to chronicle daily all the receipts and ship
ments at this market, but to extend
the area of inquiry into the busi-
ness of the city, including all de-
partments, and TO keep q record Of the
transactions of all the various branches of
commercial and manufacturing interests
which shall be statistically arranged and
kept among the archives Of the Board, and
annually made public in the form Of
pamphlet issued under the auspices of the
Board. The great advantages of such 8
measure will be obvious TO every business
man in this city. twill not only mark the
annual material progress of our city, but
will give q Just idea Of the immense wealth
employed in the various branches of busi-
ness represented here, of which there is at
present no adequate idea even among our
own citizens. Considering the advantages
of Cleveland for material development,
and what has been accomplished in this re-
spect within few years, together with its
rapid past and prospective growth in pop
ulaticn, it is due alike to the great inter-
ests involved and to the public spirit of our
business men that an authentic exhibit Of
this progress should be made.
Todo this efectually will of course re-
quirs an increased expenditure of money,
and the present membership of the Board
is hardly equal the task. An effort will,
therefore, be made to increase the number
ofmembers, not only with q view to carrying
out this design, but also to get up fullerrep-
resentation of the business interests at the
Board. There should be daily attendance
at the Board of at least one hundred of our
business men of all kinds, and it would
be immensely to the advantage of each
/ and all to thus meet and mingle together
for mutual business intercourse, inter
change of opinions, &c. It is confidently
expected that the response TO this move
mention the part of the business men o
city not alrssdy members of the Board o
Trade will be prompt, and none who will
consider the matter carefully will fail t.
realize its importance.
Tho Board of Trade to-day had thi
matter under consideration, and the frs
decided step was taken by the adoption o
the following preamble and resolution, anC
the appointment of the Committee therein
authorized
WHEREAs, The present system in praetic
by this Board of only procuring daily grail
receipts, excluding -four, provisions, iron
iron ore, coal, lumber, &c, thereby unfairl
representing our commercial and manufsc
i turing importance, therefore,
4, Resolyed, That Committee of five be aP
pointed to agree upon and report at fu
ture meeting plan or system whereby a
the commercial, mercantile and msnufac
n turing interests of this city may be proper