, 1869-12-02
VIRGINIA.,


Meeting OF the National BoAfd Of
Trade at Richmond.
nIsuAosn: Dee i:-Tae National board Of
Tered AID an address Of welcome delivered.
TIC report q tne Executive C!uae!l FOR tae past
Board consists ., thiEty.seven eonstitoEopai
bodies aud Ii 100 business men.
uotg the prominent Gueauous to come up are
regulation Of Of joint stock compaules legal rate
for The ate Of none1 and relatlous between debtor
TIE uoa1d ihen proceeded TO elect omcers for the
ensuing ytar- FEedk E1aleyt Of Philadelphia, was
elected P1csident. In taAlus his seat, be said be
from its infancy, and had watched lts growth 10
IL present. prcpotilons. It was 10 great tha, no
tnan IN pubic life eoold overlook its clatms. Or
igLofe the nct!on OF such a REPRESENTATIVE bodJ
a. thtz. lie thanked The bosfd for the great honor
uore HIN. "0
ldensa the following geniicne1: Il i. Kirkland,
Of Baltimore; aver rluuner, Of Boston; q. 4.
liszar.,, ol DaIale; George QpdJke, Of New Yotk: !:
ESsa Shigo 4 A. 9sa1 e S9s1a
ut ST. Paul; J. j. Porter Of Louisville: Z. IaI.
ltn, Of Milwaukee: .: +. Ruz1: Of Rich m,nd: J.
ods a'nn MI e. e OF sa!sSss Of st.
General Hiram Wsint;dss delivered IN address.
lie spoke, Of the resources Of the NJ
ns S1A oosss,ea and ano rrea:sea e1ss IT.
the hitter vail he paid e the utsetmoat tatthiuR,
a. well a. those Of the State Governments, before
that The people Of the south VIII nave 70 pay
5eat!y tax Of I'll, 90 per head, aud The people Of
,hc North a 1Ax Of 1900 per head. eAcluslse Of
county teTles and corporation tAxtA. Commercial
lntt gTty consists IN the redemption Of every Oh
legation. No calamity more dire TO the people Of
Me " p1ofoaadg
aes vel IT, ne S 81 as EaS
great practlca! question then securs. How arc We
to pay our debts: answer IN ona ortei sentence.
M u s1G. ap as deb! oo,an AZ
nofic5. VIII soou accomplish this result
IN order to grow mp 10 the present debt lei the
lrn on & n adlntto may be ttEarRled bcfnra II
has attained formidable pfoportoas Capital ana
and where most pfontaele: TIE National Cor
sss rsas m Ss Hs ss
esstnnt1s The Southern I'D tns S0rseeso
soantt5 Its eo@aec ssss Ha9a the nn.uca
| necessities Of the government, demand At les1t
o. three lines referred 70. The extreme Upper
ST., lam1snse' sas3s n the a1ss fres gse ~ o. Of
AuosSer a.ter ns
te couhtrucsed through tho centre Of the country.
connecting the heart q this great val!ey
further I ~ sou,h ihe RIVERS should Ss read.
cred available TO commerce. These great
thoronGhfarcs designed for heavy freight lines Of
CURES and On easy gfades. Subsidies 10 national
lincs Of ocean stasmers ehou!a b granted
eees" Ths hs'n na,ena ooa'a
/ appropriate &ao.ooo, 900, sum more than sut-
aCient to complets shr worEs outlined. and tho
| intlux OF capital and labor would begin s,n1lt2'
| neouslr With the commencement Q. the works,
and long before Any direct pront eoa!a Be Iesl:te
. I'M
more than reimbursed ~ the additional breadth
that would be given to The basis for taxation
!dent Grant. than whom no one Is more !iselJ "a
| see that the highway - real aad enduring peace
the road that leaas sSn mass d; u;
q the material resources Of our country. the 20
| Etcal ORGANIZATION, By whataFer name It may be
spr'i of ihe asc, 81 foiloTing iac lead 81 he Ez:
| ecutise, viii be the coming party, and the mau
who leads Il Will ne the coming man, the tea hero
Aftef : 1eeess. = resolution WAS adopted limit
lrR the speeches to ten minutes, and daily sca'
s9ns INN 70 to osloc1 we,s nxsd upon:
Anguish, Ga, Board Of Trade, and Petersburg
!. Permission was gwen to the Boayls Of Trade OF
Toledo, O., anu Pittsburgh, Pa, and the Met.
ehante' Exchange, Of reorla. III: 70 ytthdfa*
| The but!nc6s programme Was then commenced
| Consideration OF the rfst four propositions Was
postponed. Proposition 3ih. being the uniform
| measurement Of RsAlD, xaa takea up. and reso-
luton adopted that the number Of po1nds to con
e!futt buEhcl eh0ofh he Uniform Ia all the STATED
10 long as bushels arc used IN trade; ina,
IN transferring al commodities usuaE1y sold By the
| busEel. and HAT measurement bJ bulk should pe
abolished. H..
| The Ei1th tnpos!tiou Was taxes and soor,
| TtightA- On t1is proposition fetotnuon4
we1e adopted Recommending LOCAL boards tc
| adopt q rue tnhf taxes ehAll be On The
Actnal weight Of the package Mt the time OF sale
In sIl tral*acton8 aud to insitt on t1l wesRat nl
measures on articles puEpoFtlpe to be Of ccrt2lC
| nxcd staEdald, but which hfc sold by the parce
The seventh proposition was uniformity IN ex
ecut,ng colye3 hnces Of land. "a tnls pEnpcslttot
eommttSe was aPponteu ~ P1sp nuu tteot =.
nehu 10 =! osAse Lseisa.o1ss, s.ntu.s ~ ~ *
anop.ce !st W ao ooo sene5" VI sN'
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