The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-06-17
Honrd orTradc.

PHILADELPHIA, June 1.-THE Prcsl-
dent called the Board To- order at ten
o'clock, and stated that at meeting Of
the Executive Council last night Charles
Randolph was unanimously re- elected
Secretary and Treasurer Of the National
Board of Trade.
Applications for admission to the
Board were received from the Boards OF
Trade of Davenport. Iowa. Cincinnati,
and others, and the Merchant, Exchange
of st. Louis They were referred 10 th"
Committee on Credentials, which ,ub-c-
qucn,ly reported that they had approved
in. credentials of the Davenport Board
OF Trade. and Waldo NJ. Potter, lis dele.
gate, took his seat.
The delegates OF the New York Board
of Trade were permitted to take Scat>
and iuin i'm the debates bat not To vote
REQUESTS from the following bodic, that
they have permission TO withdraw
| from the National Board of Trade wrr"
| granted: Merchants Exchange OF 81.
! Louis, Cincinnati Board o: Trade, and
Boards of Trade of Salem, Buffalo and
. Oswego.
The resolution memorializing Congress
ta establish bureau of internal I'M
provement, analogous to the coast sur
vry, to make preliminary surveys, and
suggest comprehensive aud thorough
system of improvement, WAS taken up.
The Board adjourned Yesterday pend
ing the following substitute:
That all internal improvements made
by the Government should be strictly
national IN their character, and not 9TH
erwise, and be made in order of their
Importance to the people of the whole
Union.
Sir. Bsvard of Baltimore, moved re-
consideration of the vote by which the
amendment was placed on his final pass
age.
After some discussion Mr.. Bayard
withdrew his motion 10 reconsider, and
moved that the substitute be laid on the
table. Agreed to.
The subject the improvement of the
Mississippi lcvees was indefinitely post
pourd after Mr.. COvington, of Cincinnati
said he thought the Federal government
had no more to do with the lcvees of the
Mississippi than with the Jersey flats.
The subject of the reduction Of and
uniformity in the postal rates was refer
red to special committee, consisting ct
Mcssis. Henry, of New York; Halton Of
Milwaukee, and Eagleston, of Clncln-
natl
The fifth subject, favoring the establish
"cn, Of postal telegraph, WAS referred
to the Committee on Postage Rates.
The sixth proposition for the unliorml-
/ iyin weights and measures was take up,
/ and the following resolution adopted:
Rc>o'rcd, That the government ut
Washington be requested to invite the
governments OF Great Britain and the
continent of Europe 10 appoint commits
sioners to meet i'll consultation with
a like commission to be- appointed 10y the
President Of the United States.
Resyirsi. That the antique way of
measuring by cubic> should, when prac.
,icublc, be substituted 10y measure by
weight.
The seventh proposition, requesting
Congress to amend the shipping act OF
lS12 and the fifteenth propo-
,5,iun. regarding the United
States steamboat law were considered to-
.cthcr. and it was resolved that Congre,>
be mcmorializcd to pass an act creating
commission to report II bill with refer
errc To the enactment OF the general
shipping act and for other purposes.
A communication was received from
Barton Able, President Of the Merchants
Exchange, of st. LOUIS, stating that that
body would not withdraw from the Ma
tional Board. On motion resolution
authorizing the withdrawal Of the St.
Louis Merchants Exchange was recon-
sidered and voted down.