Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-12-07
The Last Days Session or the National
Commercial Convention Taken Up
with Reports Of Committees on
the Leading Questions.
The Committee on Foreign Commerce
Urge the Establishment OF Steam
ship Hall Lines Between This and
YeriOas Foreign Countries.
The Committee on Domestic Commerce
Suggest Several Important Measures
Looking to the General Advance
ment OF Business at Home.

NEW OItLEANb, december O.-dOn. w IN
Burwell, chairman of the committee on for
eigu and domestic commerce, submitted the
following, which was adopted:
The committee on foreign commerce have
had the several subjects to them referred M
der consideration, ana beg leave respectfully
to report:
First-Our commerce with the West India
islands. Mexico and South America. IN re-
gard to this subject, yoar committee commend
for adoption the following resolution:
WHEREAS, The unprecedented develop
ment OF American industry has created a
surplus of food, material and manufactures
far IN excess of domestic consumption or Of
foreign demand, while the cheapness of
European labor has, with the cost of trans
portatlon from the interior of America to
the markets Of Europe, rendered the pros
pet Of an enlarged and adequate demand
Tor the prospective productions OF our cum
try In those markets very untavora5le.
WHEREAS, The advantages OF a commerce
with the States and colonies of this continent,
though legltimately due the United States,
have been greatly cbstructed by rigorous rev.
enue laws and restricted commercial rela-
tons established and existing between the
United States and those States and colonies
res pect.veiy, as also by the absence of ade-
quate facilities Of transportation and cJrre-
spoDdence between h sc countries; therefore
ResOlred, That the President and senate of
the United States are respectfully requested
to review our eltIes and conventions OF
commerce with all foreign Countries, and to
make such negotiations with such of the
powers as may be deemed expedlent, and
will secure to the contracting powers re-
spectlvsly such a parity and equality of duties
upon all articles Of growth or product of each
of such countries as may be imported for use
or sale within the dominion OF jurisdiction Of
any of them.
RESOLVED, That the house Of representa-
tives is respectfully requested upon the nego-
tiation OF any such treaty CT convention to so
modify the revenue Of the United States as
may be necessary to give effect thereto.
Resolved, That, to give further effect to
this policy, Congress is respectfully requested
to declare and establish, according to the
provisions of the Federal constitution, the
following post-routes for the transportation
and delivery of the public mails to be carried
on vessels entirely owned, built and regis
tered in the United States.
Between ports of New York and New
OIleaDs, respectively, aud the ports of Rio
Jane,ro, in Brazil, and Buena Ayres, In the
Argentine Republic, respectively
SeconG-Between the port of New Orleans
and the port of Aspiawall, In Central Amer
lea, providing for such mail service by the
way of each of these routes, respectively, ac-
c0rding to such terms of pay and schedule as
may be deemed proper by congress, with adj
equate appropriations therefor, it being I'M
derstood that the governments of Brazil and
the Argentine Republic propose to aid ia the
proposed service to Rio Janeiro.
Resolred, That this convention earnestly
recommend to the capital and enterprise in
terested in our foreign commerce, and espe-
cially to the railroad and river transportation
interests, connecting every pert and every
trade center of the interior with foreign coun-
tries, that they contribute the means and IN
hnence necessary to secure the performance
of the postal service herein indicated, as well
as adequate commercial transportation to all
foreign countries whatsoever; such organized
postal service and commercial transportation
Is specially urged as being in all cases abSo
luteiy necessary to insure that regular and
continuous transportation and delivery of
passep gers, merchandise ard correspondence
between production ami consumption as Is
Indispensable to the market control and
financial transactions OF modern commerce.
Flrot-The project Of treaty le&wzen the
United States and Frame. The committee
having examined the proposed form of treaty
between the United States and France, Lffer
the following resolutions In regard thereto;
Res0lced, 1t is the opinion OF this conven-
ton tbat,th project of treaty between the
Is nlted States and France, together with the
important commercial exhibits accompanying
same as sigGed and submitted to the treaty
making powers of two countries, respective
ly, deserve attentive consideration; that in
the opinion of this convention an agreement
of reciprocal trade would greatly promote
commercial interests, as 1t would confirm the
ancient antilles ct two great contracting
powers.
ReSoiged, That reduction of port charges
being an essential step toward The encourage
ment OF foreign commerce, THIS convention
strongly recommends the MERCHANTS OF every
shipping port to use their utmost endeavoIs
to sscale their reduetiop, SO far as 1t may be
consistent With the general interest OF trade.
ReScloed, That in view e the great OBJ
stacle presented TO foreign commerce by bars
at the mouth Of the Mississippi river, and of
the success which has attended the present
t forts for their removal, this convention
urges upon the government the paramount
Importance and necessity of prosecuting the
work already heGGa until the, greatest pos
sible improvement is fully and permanently
ismred.
Resolved, That we recognize in a great
southern railway, forming. with its connec-
tons, an all-rall route from all sections OF
cur ec1ntry to within ninety miles of Havana,
the tine from New York TO Cuba
from about one hundTSG 2gd thlrty-two hours
70 about sixty, aud atfording IN outlet for the
suruisc products Of the great Ohio States
nine hundred end eighty-two miles shorter
to Cuba than by way of y ew York, a line cal
cqiaGaa to bring us in closer asG:., communi-
cation with TIE West Indies, Central a-1ls
Eouth America, ard Ee urge upon congress
its con- pleticn as Calculated greatly to pro-
mote our trade With those countries.
After adopting the abgys ard appointing 8
committee TO memoriatiZe congress on the
various measures recommended, the e6nveRr
ton adjourned cine die.
The committee Oh manipulating congress
met AID appointed Hon. Philip Pendleton. of
Wet Virginia, chairman, and B. L. Line
han, Of 4oEa, secretary. The full commit
tee will meet in Washington, January I'd.