New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-02
Meeting Of the Chamber Of Commerce.

Meeting OF the Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber Of Commerce met last night
for the consideration OF such business as
should come before it.
On amendments to the bankrupt law, the
committee asked for further time.
A communication from Senator Kellogg
in reference to trade with Cuba was read
and filed.
The petition for INCREASING the mail ia
cilties" on the American side OF the Rio
Grande' was read. A public meeting had
been held in Brownsville in which it was
resolved to petition for weekly mail com
munication between that town and New
Orleans. The memorial was addressed to
the Postmaster General of the United
States, and recited that the town was 1.-THE
gateway of a large commerce." and hence
extensive mail communcation-the present
mails being overland-was needed with the
rest of the CAited States, it being required
for the department to take notice.
Mr.. Oglesby said it was important to have
mail facilities. 1t being moved that the
Chamber .ioin in the recommendation of the
petition, 1t was adopted
A communication from tine National
Board of Trade asked for the abrogation of
all inspection laws and the establishment Of
"A postal telegraph, on the ground that the
inspection was an oppression 20 trade 1t
being more proper to devote inspection to
the several commercial associations.
The communication was laid over sub
ject 10 call.
The chairman of the committee pre-
viousl; appointed concerning a meeting
room for the Chamber in the Cotton Ex-
change read letter.
General Bussey, on behalf CT the latter
rooms free. and he felt that there would be
no objection on the part OF tie members.
The letter was apprvved.
The proposals for new membership and
change Of location Of the Chamber was
canvassed. Mr.. Oglesby was opposed to
the transfer on the ground that it would
dispossess the Cotton Exchange unneces-
sarily. Mr. Armstrong was opposed on the
ground that the Chamber Of Commerce
would be swallowed up, and would sink SO
far lit couldn't be found with a searcEwar-
rant" General Bussey held that some
means were required to have al the people
work together, and by meeting and talk
ing the thing over on the same floor" the
interchange Of commercial IDEAS would be
facilitated.
General Hayes reduced the thing down
to this: Let US remain Independent. |
think If the merchants of New Orleans
can't afford to pay $4,000 a year for the sup
port of Chamber of Commerce. we had
better burst up
The motion to reconsider the resolution
appointing a committee to confer with the
Cotton Exchange in reference 70 obtaining
a room Cor meeting was carried.
NJ. Oglesby was firm against the propo
sition, on the ground that it would be play
ing second fiddle" to the Cotton Exchange
and as he had been q member Of the Cham
Der Tor twenty-nine years, and had urged
the members of the Cotton Exchange per
sonally TO join the Chamber without avail
it was not the time now for merging the
organza ton in the Exchange, such as the
carving out of the resolution would bring
about
The further consideration, OF motion OF
General Bussey, was then postponed.
The meeting then adjourned.