The Portland daily press., 1873-02-07
Raard Of Trade.

The regular monthly meeting of the Manag-
ers of the Board of Trade was held yesterday
morning, the President, T. c. Hersey, esq IN
the chair -..- ...---.... ........-
After the reading of the minutes of the last
meeting, President Hersey reported from the
committee to whom was referred the subject OF
delay in the arrival of the New York mails,
that they had seen the Postmaster on the sub
ject, who was in full sympathy with the move
ment and desirous of doing all in his power
Postmaster Goddard has, since then, been IN
correspondence with the New England super
intendent of Mails, and he will, OF mas recoln-
mended that the New York mail for Portland
be taken directly from the depot on arriving at
Roston to tbe Eastern Railroad depot at Bos-
ton Tbi. will remedy the delay which at times
10 cbaroeable to mails passing through the Bos-
ton Postoffioe. Sometimes the delay in arrival
of mails from the South at Boston is attributa-
BILE to the route over which it is taken.
The following gentlemen were proposed for
membership: Russell Lewis, Benz H. Lewis,
Joseph w. DeeriEg.
The following resolution, offered by C. H.
Haskell, esq.,, was unanimously passed on mo-
ton of VIM. Deering, esq.,:
Resoloed, That the Board of Managers of the
Portland Board of Trade respectfully rer,oa-
s,rete 10 the Legislature against change of
their charter in relation to the manner of elect
ing Fort w ardens, as the present system is as
well calculated to exact justice to all concerned
as any proposed change would confer.
The following report of the committee on the
doings of the National Board of Trade through
NJ. n. Rich, esq, was unanimously passed.
The committee appointed from this Board to
consider the doings of the National Board OF
Trade at its last annual session, beg respectful
" to recommend the adoption by this Board, of
the following, viz:
Whereas the National Board of Trade has
| several times expressed its unqualified convic-
ton that the commercial interests of this coun-
try, domestic and foreign, so vast, SO diversified,
and so valuable in both their present and posi-
BILE future development, cannot receive thai de-
gree of attention on the part of the general
government that they are justly entitled to- I'M
til there shall be established a Department of
Commerce" entrusted with such interests sole
ly, to which business men may have recourse,
with the assurance that all the wants of COM
merce will be more fully comprehended, consid-
cred and promptly acted upon than it is possible
for the Treasury Department to do, under the
necessary increasing pressure of the fiscal ques-
| tiOns arising from the new and multiplied forms
of taxation and revenue at the present time;
| therefore
Resolued, That this Board hereby approves
| and recommends the establishment of De-
| partment of Commerce as urged by the Nation
al Board of Trade, and that the members of
Congress from this State be requested to aid in
the establishment of such department..
ResolUed, That this Board would at this time
reaffirm the opinion it has hitherto frequently
expressed, in the belief also that it utters the
prevailing sentiments of not only this city but
| the State of Maine generally in declaring that
I liberal reciprocity treaty based upon just and
| amicable principles between the British Ameri-
can Provinces and the United States is demand
| ed by eveey consideration where wise stateman-
ship is suffered to prevail over personal prejndi-
ces or private aggrandizement.
ReSolUed, That copy of the resolution adopt
ed at a meeting of this Board in November
last regarding "Head-money tax" be forward
ed, together with copies of the foregoing pre-
gress from this State, and that they be urgent
ly requested to give their aid and influence in
securing the objects therein indicated.
The resolution above referred to is as fol-
lows:
'Resolyed, That all captatiOn taxes collected
from or upon immigrants, whether imposed di-
rectly or indirectly, with or without color of
law are odious and unjust, and ought to be abol-
ished."
The Committee ON Ways and Means asked
for further time to prepare their report; the
chairman of the committee to select names fol-
Board of Manufacturers was necessarily alb
sent from the city and there was no report
A meeting of the full Board of Trade will be
held next Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Adjourned.