, 1874-01-15
Second Meeting: of the Associa-
tion,
Report Of tho Transportation Commit
MISREPRESENTATION Against
Flour:
Shall There Be an Official
Organ ?
Discussion OF Middlings and Dressing
hlill-St0nes.
MORNING SESSION.

MORNING SESSION.
Tho second general Convention of tho Amori-
can Millcth' Association, WA held In tho Nc
Cormlok HILL yesterday. Tho Convention WAS
presided over by Jacob Barnes, Of Grand Rap
ids. Mich, President Of tho Association.
There woro. at tho timo Of mootlng, only about
thirty membcrs Of the Association prosout,
They woro callod to order by tho President, who
said ho was surprised 10 llnd 30 small an attend
anco, but thought that IN improvement would
bo visible In tho afternoon session.
+ The sacrotary, y. D. Morrill,, of Kniamazoo,
road tho minutes OF the last meeting Of tho AS
aooiation, hold ut Toledo, O., on tho 17th Of
Juno Inst.
TIE TREASURY.
Tho report Of tho Treasurer WAS presented to
tho Meeting, showing rocotpta to dato amount
ing to $500, and expenditures amounting to 1904,
leaving balance of cash on hand Of 515a.
Tho report WIS, on motion, adopted.
Tho Committee OIL Publuatton asked for and
Obtained m extension OF tino to present their
report.
TRANSPORTATION.
Mr. ]. Earlc, of Lafayette, Int., on bohalf Of
the Commtttoo on Transportation, hanilod to the
Secreary tue following report, Which was road to
tho COnvontion:
Your Committee, to whom waa refcrrcd the subject
or transportation in connection with tho milling iner-
cet Of tho United Stncs would respectfully report Tint
they hayo takon tho subject under careful avsement
md fully rcaze tho Importance Of the utlcs assigned
It Ia wel1known to every miltor shipping florr upon
rai!road lines, that thero certain sages aud rules
enforced, governing trasporation thai place n,ers
at disadvantage regara tho ahipmont Ut grai1i In
biik Flour Ia always IN Packages, barrels and Haca,
md Of course is always billed ut III aclual specific
No possible advantage can ho taken in this respect.
oyen Il We desired to, whereas It Is notorious Tint
,,Y t,,1k
a1, sxcesa over tho amonn billed Of from 1ooo 10
reason that It is alleged railroad companies will not
10 rcaponMs1o M & for eaagos DAMAGES Or waste of any
or injury TINT may occur iu transit
We deem It but Just and e1,itabo tnat al should
his aor a s any is shon NO at a
should DO given, by all means, to flour III packages,
ws 1aGa Is 81 @o1 o,ao. With wheat in naa s
Your oonnittee also desire 70 bring to the noiico of
ia tho frequent and, oftoltlnlea, abrnpt
with season aud demand for Transportation. va
reapecaiHlly submit that thia practice Is dscilolly
wo do earnestly hope that aomothiie my 10 donoa
spee'ily to nbato this ey'i Wo DO sincerely believe
wSa se ns44 nsy n e for I'LL I'll
rate OF transportation be fixed upon flour Mt nil
and under al ordinary sontions Wsre hs tho
NoA'N4
tho uuceraiatlea and disturbances cansei by fro-
Upon cIoarly defined narket yalus. Other matters
Of insercst in connection with the subject Of transport
aud report of your Committee; but inasn,ucl
as wo deon our oiica to ba, maulY, the formal
ing briefly alluded to these moro salient points Affect
nE our Interests ,so beg leaye to close our report
cenyentio aud to adoption i Of s1,eh ea
urcs us shall tend to bring about favorable reaulta.
RESOLUTIONS.
In conclusion VIC respectfully present tito following
resolutions for the consideration Of tho Asgoeato,
subject Of course to alteration, amendment, aud sub
Isesoeed, By tho m!llera OF tho United ssatos as-
semloa III nasa convention at chcago Jan. II, 1874,
srecfuy urge upon tra,sportation limos tic favor-
ablo conaldoratlon Of the following requests:
]. That hour III packages have precedence Of ship
ment and rates, over wheat In bulk.
2. That tariff Of rates be d3usted upon m equit-
sblo 1ass without discrimination or projudco to the
g. Thnt uniformity md stoaaIness Of rates bo ,naln-
tained, matter 81 os utmost Importance without which
thoro can 10 really no permnnency III tic market.
DISCUSSION.
A discussion upon the report followed, which
was takcn rart III by Mnssrs. Warden, of Dar-
lington, Whito, Of Cleveland, Morrill,, OF Kala-
1aazoo, md Trow, Of Madison, who showed how
tho railroad determinations and tho reloading
Of cars affootoa tho!r intorosta ut their peculiar
shipping points,. Mr. Wardon was ut ilrst OPP
posed to my change in tho present relations
petwoon shlpporh md railroads, but on Soc
ond 1osdlng Of tho report for the bouefit Of
self III favor Of its adoption. Oh lis motion
tho report was adoptod
PUBLISHING Committees REPORT.
MI. White, on behalf OF tho Comuittoo on
Publishing, road tho following report:
Aftor thorough examination OF tho aucston Of
publishing Nationa! Aiicrs journal, wo hnvo como
to tho conclusion tlnt National ALItera' journal ia
necessity In order to carry out tue views Of ths As
soctation which fully sot forth in the pamphlet
published Of the proceedings Of tho past two Gcnoral
Conventions, and Wo would recommend TINT such
ourna bo weekly Of 8, 12 10 pagca Of tho sizo Of
iIarpcr's WtektH and published in Now York, Oleve-
land Chicago, and TINT no boliayo 1t will 10 for tic
interest Of thn Association itself own such journal
brcnuse beitoyo It will boco1no increasing source
of royonue to tho Association.
Tho Convention thon adjourned until o'clock
III tho afternoon.