New-York tribune., 1876-07-14
BCOK TRADE CONTENTION.

4 LAZY DAY-BUslNEsS oyEEwHEI,FD ny THE
wEATHER-THE NEW oFfICEHS-To-DAY EA-
CURSION
IFroM A .PECIAL CORRESPONDENT or TnE TEIDrNE.l
PHLApEIrHIA, July 13.-Philadclphia proves
20 be al once the best and the worst place ior ,onFen
on The best, because people VIII come hete land there
tEey are ri and because most OF them feel too poor
ts summer to make tan Trip. The worst. be-
ao after you have Your people together they are IN no
mind 10 keep tocethcr and accomplish their work. The
Book Trad Convention this hot Summer very Will
ng do IttIs possible, and II succeeded a"nIi"y
in rcfrauiug from what many feared, oycr-rgsiaiinn
on the other hand, they took no action on hat II was
coucIav supposed would he the main question of DIS
cus-ion the proposed reduction of retail prices The
"Gr1Ddipg Committee held long ion IN private con-
ference last evening. bat 1t understood that this
question received little attention Certainly the weather
has been discOuagng, never NOR tnan lhrt hGhl an"
;hs morning, and 1t is the Thermometer tI'
must receive good part Of the blame Tor
the apathy on vnat q good part o' The trade
considered the main question. The Committee o Iniy
failed make any recommendation or report On iar
subject and motion suspend the rules and consider
it directly in open convention faicd chiefly perhaps
because the question so involved with private de
tails business that public meeting was not ihe place
for the frank and fun discussion that desirable
There WIS some opposition to action On the sun ci On
the ground that it would De IN tie nature Of iAcroI-
ence with private business but general recommends
ton would have been more 50 han uch o the acton
had at previous Conventions. The sentiment IN the
Convention t-, seemed to be strongly IN i"Ior M ruch
A reduction although voGld have opposed II on
,rouud which is uerfcc,iy wc, TIM, tie t@d" j. not
making money prices and discounts are nov" ll -
because snCh lno'rIh 40 ni,-n h.P ~ :" 81. ,'
pan" and lead 10 q scddicr business ihni hoSi NocI
it. The nonaction OF The Convention i hoEr,t h"S
likely to prevent ndNiiual Itiu.t'h on lr Iui, ~
unb hers who have lines OF books that rdn he reduced
These lines doubtless confined crn 10 Hcn DOCKS
AZ e standard poets ana Ourr works Whose "ldc CIR
culatiun permits pub Shcr to cover llhScI WIN
small percentage OF proht ON cdch N0'ane s0di c'S
in which discounts nave bec2me no no n'nni; ~" NIX
trade generally SATISFIED thdt .uch = hluFth'. .
would b wIsc although there are many to disa2lte ana
Mir Brni H. IcLuU!, OF The house when lea on ia
TINS direction Lac been generally congratulated on th'H
Tne Convention this ing gave most of its time to
passing, witr com or alc az noss a lGoe rzotn,iys
eron Of debate Anything nat cine ] az va wa prr'y
was peremptorily referred or postponed There were
fcw an rndmcuGs 10 The Clnsttntion-poyhhnH ioF an
ca y hy means stated quarterly meetings Tor p"d
general secretary, and for standing itg"E ran '1g.
nitoc. Tac B0okseiirr sell rs me FRbishcrs WcLB
was made an official journal Uf the AssUcltuon MI VIM
H. AppctOu was elected President. Tie iol OWirg were
chos:n ViccP c,dut.: Hrh-r- Isaac L. sheldon, J"nH
n Walsh of The S.vs COMPANY, Chicago, uud H"HTy Z.
Baird OF PhadelDbi Mr. Wm. Lac OF Boston, Who mas
a. nncof csc EcoPrrsi,nts, but foi reasons
very crcditable to himself pe.einptony fcssied he
cht5 Of the C0ny niion 10 in5ucc hln u" flu Mf -
KHignt of Troy W.. elected IfrGHr,ri pr H. II, I,ch
nor of Jas H. good 90, aHd VI Pia,i oi b"h'i'
Pratt Co, }" -IotA' rr0IeetN,Iy L''V@.'li @ NV NV ,..
ICs, bonding secretaries, the pdn EtnriI NrI'iN' p'h~
tSn-tltut'OHaY rrirriCu 10 tb' EFfru'ls'
Mr.. Randolph the fcuung lurIo nt, dearly b'"''n
by the trade. accept the cnaIm,nP0i ihr LAce"iNe
Committee Tlr cbaIr1ou Of The OtHcr committee 'tr
H. h. Simmons of the American Tract society, rev
YORK ui tho Arbitration Com Ipticc; j. A. Bi'rk oI iL'
Presbyterian Board of Publication 81 tnt Committee on
Asscmblics; ~. H. West Of hiSauh"c. oi lhat on
4 uaurs: JaEco f. o. ,od, Of tIr comm zee on Du''
Pain gIr A. g. Armstrong of ne Sriiibrr house w't
uored witb place nil three 0i the important t"-
n4 Ioc4 ty cuIoIs oteTsiyht iINt ,lHrd 10 u' Trade
0lInou Of his saiiDus abiy, but Ht Was lea "H tue
Executive Committee. .
~ Invitation oi tbo Convention Gen IawloJ made
brief Hddfca- aI ug The morning, tHltd ph "f course
81 VIA ~ ir p the everlasting iopit iIdl MS
vile warned hiiH urE't 10 t"irH whrn he went mio
public urr Iny ald Waat tine t' pic w'- may la bn'N5"
ils AUHAr uf The tDriiss ruyinU = s"d pu"'f ~ t7r
asd aIirr fcfrffiug 20 tbc cUThilily oi ih''h'ivN
ratiDuS brought lbDut ~ tLt LAL4"on r'bpod Every
r'4 fhoHgit b., .H,g that 40 hA tInd The best ''',t
ti.n fhit could be gwen To iafy of voHng non tyr
iAIef u1uih would ur g. pu ulcm ihlO tht't blv"Hl
Iiudrf cDmIrirHt instructors. Tue Convention rph''h
isrf 10 appliance ~ unwonrd vigor, wOndritd nov Cen
naWley could LIik rigetoay 10 ench Bcaibtl' dl
adjpufuFd, ynwu that for ~ part N Wol1 'Ntr W'l
in suru wrnihG iHuu 10IuOrtuY thFrh IA 10 b. nhe
rTruftisu Ii.. bfrrLn Of Atlantic iitJ ~ lht
abundant blGuIiallti 81 th' Philadelphia trade.