Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-03-30

cotton sold until the same was pald I0r.
REMovAL-oTHER IMPORTANT MEAS
URES.
About this time the chamber removed
to Odd Fellows hall. Mr.. Rosselle,
secretary, resigned and Colonel John
Heart was elected to that position.
Earnest but unsuccessful efforts were
again made to establish daily Change.
The delay occasioned by inability on the
part of cotton men to handle and ship
cotton, in consequence of restrictions of
the treasury department, being matter
Of vital Importance, the chamber sent
memorial to Mr.. Rawlings, and the
needed relief prayed for was granted
soon afterward.
ANNUAL MEETING, 1866.
AT this meeting, held in September,
T. A. Nelson, Esq, was elected presi-
dent; H. Hainer, John s. Toof, James
Elder, d. II. Townsend and J. d. Viii
iams, vice-presidents; H. J. Lynn,
treasurer; G. w. Goyer, B. Bayliss, Dan.
Able, John Johnson, w. B. Galbreath,
w. G. Postal and NJ. f. Cochran, COM
mittee on appeals; Mr.. S. Ridgely, an
estimable young man, was appoislfed
secretary pro tenn, and In August, 1888,
was elected to the position. 1t is evil
dent that the interest in the chamber
had begun to decline ten months previ-
Gus, as no quornms were present at the
November and December meetings 1867,
and for the following January. AT the
ANNUAL MEETING SEPTEMBER, 1868,
the committee previously appointed re-
ported that they had raised the neces-
sary subscription fund of one thousand
dollars for the preliminary survey of the
Selma, Marion and Memphis railroad.
The interest in the chamber had evil
IDENTIFY revived, especially as the candi-
dates had regularly printed tickets, the
following of which were elected: T. A.
Nelson, president; Messrs. Cherry,
Gates, Stratton and Mahan, vice-presi-
dents; w. w. Scheduled, treasurer, and
W. l.. Trask, secretary. Numerous
questions of vital importance to the
commercial interests of the city were
discussed, among them the establish
ment Of packet lines, the bringing of the
dry-docks to Memphis, the repeal and
modification of Objectionable municipal
aud State laws relative to taxation, etc.
In the meanwhile, Mr.. w. II. Cherry
was elected president; vice, Mr.. Nelson,
resigned.
MISSISSIPPI LEvEES-DIRECT FOREIGN
TRADE.
In January, 1859, vigorous measures
were introduced asking congressional
aid for the Mississippi levees. The
southern commercial convention was
invited to hold its next annual meeting
in Memphis, and did so. The occasion
was one of mutual pleasure and benefit,
the visitors being entertained at an ex-
pense of over five thousand dollars.
The chamber next exerted active efforts
to secure direct trade with London and
Liverpool, Mr.. John Everett, an enter
prising citizen of the former metropolis,
making anaddress to the members upon
this subject at the April meeting. That
the efforts in this direction have not
been without some good results is at
tested by the direct importation by our
merchants, B. Bayliss, B. J. Semmes S5
Co., Charles n. Erich, Orgill Bros. &
Co., A. Vaccaro, & Co., w. & s. Jack &
Co., B. LOwenstein & Bros, and
others. During the period of 1859 and
1870 the establishment of bonded
warehouse at Memphis, the sending of
a delegation to the great fair at st. Pc
tersburg, and the final completion of
the Memphis and Little Rock railroad
were among the principal topics of in
terest.
THE AID VALOREM TAX.
At the July meeting, 1869, the chamber
appointed committee toImemorialiZe
the legislature on the tax question,
praying for the abolition of the special
privilege tax and the substitution of the
Gd UGlOrena system now in vogue. This
change, so highly gratifying to all mer-
chants, is one of the remote benefits
conferred by the chamber. The cham
Der also lent its influence and assistance
to the encouragement of immigration
to the southern States.
ANNUAL MEETING, 1869.
At this meeting, the following gem
suing year: T. A. Nelson, president;
James Elder, G. H. Dennison, F. S.
Davis and Benjamin Eisman, vice
presidents; w. w. ShOoIfield, treas
urer, and L. J. DuPre, secretary. The
annual statement by. Captain Trask,
the present river editor of the Avalanche
was presented, and we see that forty
seven new members were admitted, and
only one member resigned. The total
membership was then more than three
hundred and twenty. The following ex-
tract from the report shows what good
had been accomplished: "In fact, it
has gradually become source of unex-
ampled power, and properly and wisely
has given direction to public opinion,
shaped and modified the action of fcourts,
Of municipal law-givers and public car
riers, exercised a salutary influence
upon the commercial prosperity of cur
city, producing happy results in har-
monizing and elevating the mercantile
and manufacturing interests around us;
keeping a correct account of our COM
mercial statistics, and forming an asso-
citation around which our merchants
gather when any object that may pro-
mote the public welfare is to be discuss
ed or considered"
. ANNUAL MEETING, 1870.
At the annual meeting in September,
1870, Colonel r. A. Pinson was elected
president, and Colonel Leon Trousdale,
secretary. No other changes were made.
Many important and valuable enter
prises had been suggested, aided and de-
veloped by the chamber up to this period,
relating to the amelioration of tax laws
and tax systems, public Improvements,
etc., and the Paducah and Memphis
rsih cad, the Kansas City railroad, the
constitutional convention, establish
ment of the Memphis and Ar
kansas river packet company, and nu-
merous other subjects of public interest,
claimed its attention, enlisted its mighty
influence and felt its herculean power.
We learn from Colonel Trousdale's in
teresting report that during the year the
chamber delegated committee to visit
Norfolk and confer with the citizens of
that port and Messrs. Allan q Brothers,
of Liverpool, for the announcement of
direct line of first-class steamships be-
tween those cities. The chairman, Ma
jor II. d. Bulkley, visited Norfolk,
where he was well received by the board
of trade of that city, which body ex-
pressed enthusiastic willingness to aid
in effecting the desirable plan. The
union depot scheme was introduced and
another effort made to secure a daily
change, which lasted but a short while.
In accordance with a resolution the
committee appointed for that purpose
made a report relative to the remedy for
tariff determinations of railroads against
Memphis. AT q special meeting in
June, 1871, action was taken in favor of
petitioning congress to refund to the
owner the cotton tax taken unconstitu-
tionally from him in 1856, '67 and '6S, to
further which report was adopted and
forwarded TO the different chambers of
commerce and boards of trade through
out the Union, asking their earnest CO.
operation in this measure.
ANNUAL MEETING, 1871.
At this meeting Colonel r. A. Pinson
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