The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-08-23
National Board OfTrade.

MILWAUKEE, August 2.-Ihe Na-
tionsi Board OF Trade assembled st ten
o'clock this morning.
A motion was adopted for the sdml,-
sion OF delegates accredited by the Board
oi Trade of Portland, Oregon.
Debate was resumed on the resolution
submitted by the Boston Board OF Trade
for the removal Of the disabilities from
the snip building and ship owning inter-
ests of the country.
The debate WAS upon = resolution IN
troduced by Mr. Hills, of Boston, IS fol
lows:
Resoirsd, That in the judgement OF
tne National Board Of Trade the navigs-
Lion laws OF the United Ststes, which
torbids registration, under the American
hag. to foreign citizens, have not only
failed to yield the advantage expected
rom them 10 the American ship building
clsss, for whose benefit they were en-
acted, but have aisO contributed 10 the
serious decline Snd almost threatened tx.
tinet,ou OF the American snip owning
interest and to the ocean carrying trade
of the United States.
RssoiUed, That the lmmediste repeal o.
these laws by giving encouragement to
American citizens 10 become ship Owers,
and engage N the commerce OF the coun-
try, would cOnduce ali - the permanent
prosperity Of the Shlp-buLdIng OF the
/ United States.
Resolved, That the immediate repeal
OF these laws would offer the best induce
msnt which the government could hold
cut to Aemrlcau cILiZeus 10 enter Into
competition with the CiIHens O. other
countries for n proper share OF the
vast steam traffic OF the Atlantic
ocean now carries On almost exclusively
under other flags than ours.
ReSOlrei, That when the customs ;arltl
OF the United States comes before Con
gress tor consideration and revision, care
should be taken ths' the snip builder l.
placed Ju rs favorable y footing ~ prar-
tl4able IN the Importation OF sucn mater
Ials - 1t i necessary tor hIm 10 procare
from abroad
Inr resolutions were discussed by
Messrs. Wthalle of Philadelphia, Dsrr
ul Buffalo, johnston ni Milwaukee, Win
sOr OF PhiIacelpns, Roper at Boston,
B4yard Of Baltimore, Buchanan OF Ircn-
ton, Hayes Of Detroit, Montgomery OF
Portland, Oregon, and Egsn OF Chicago
An amendment, Ms follows: That the
navigation laws be so amended As 10
allow the registration OF ships bGllt abroad
and owned by citizens Of the United
Ststes, upon the payment Of the proper
tariff OF duties thereon Vas voted down
by IL to 9
The last resolution WIS stricken out,
and the others adopted by vote of y
to 3.
jThe baukrupt law beng the next sub
joct on the programme, was referred to n
select committee consisting ot Mes,rs
| Allen, ot Milwaukee, Barren, Of New
York, aud Allen, OF PhiladeiPbls. All
rh" resolutions conc rrniug currency and
finance, were referred t. , special com
mlttee, consulting OF Messrs Taylor, OF
| Cincinnati. Stranatnsn, ot New York
Wlnsor, Of Philadelphia, Roper, OF Bo.
ton, Councilman, OF Chicago, Johnston,
OF Milwaukee, Bsysrd, OF Baltimore,
Dorr, of Buffalo, and Raymond, Of D.
troit. A resolution submitted by the
Milwaukee Chamber oi Commerce, pro
| posing to establish u standard weight for
the bushcl, was amended so MS to recon-
mend Congress to adopt uniform table
Of weight tor the whole country, and
adopted. a resolution w,s adopted IN
favor oi specific instead Of sd vsiorem
lti,s.
r. following reso utiDn WAS submit
It'd l.. the Pmlsdelphls Board ot Trade
md opted, the delegates from New
YORK only voting in the negative:
WHEREAS. Tno provisions "t the I'M
mediate transportation net require me
consignce or his agent. to give bonds for
double the amount of invoice with duty
added, not only at the point OF destInn
ton. but also at the port OF the first Ar
| rIvsl, and
WHEREAS, The transportation com
psnIes are also required by said act T.
80 bond their respective losds IA 10 fully
sncure the interests OF the Government
between the parties named, ahd thu
render the bond on the part OF the trst
arrival unnecessary, therefore
RcsoireL. That the Philadelphia Board
of Trad r~glest. the National Board
of TRADE o. TemoriEIlze Congress
to 90 amend n.uo!,sLely the the trans
portation act passed July IL, 1870, a. u
repeal that part Of said act which re-
qurres the consigHee or his ageu. to exc
cute bond ot the port OF first arrival, ~
-peclfed IN sections % and @O' OF said