, 1879-05-14

HILLS OF l.AD1SQ.
AIr. Nicholas Ellis, OF Evansville. 1n1, IRE.
sented ti,r report OF The Committee on General
Reference, to whom was rcforrcl conntnunya-
tion as follows:
AM.KcAN CltAMaEn or ConMERcE. livEhroot,
March y, 1A7D.-Io he frfsittnt Of ths .Htitcfs'
National .ts.bctation-l)rAn SIN: Thu rnutd In
crease Of ths Dusi1ets hetwten thu Western ami
Southern States Of the United Statcs Of America
and ths port, much of wacl, y aonr upon sltu',tl
rlcrhcrs os this ChatHbcr to the farnit pf hA Ut
ladinc now In rao anu ting insecurity tlloscnMucr.
under their notice, they 1ase seriously felt the in
convenience and loss resulting from lrrcsuiarty
Tic iora,s Of Gii1 Of latnr woro referred py thss
Chan'hes 10 aapee!ni comsai;tee Waosa renoft. ts
inciosea nh'l nm Instructed to Gull your attention
Gu" b. e.rred oas. in nition, u aye IT to a ss
Wl.eher II IL not puBslblc to ncl!un BY
the EonRrrss 1T tho Enlca Sta1ct, that no arrest
Sintc state to the scnbnarl. an thus TINT mn In.
nucvst holder Of b1ils Of lndlng may bs ,soectstl
Il m ax 81 ea1 as r,sy ~ e.
IN consequence Of the liabilities Of shippers. M
tnstnncu III legal arrest ba, Hcon ,iulled 10 this
bcrs but, Us AM Informed, the power Of atrrs, OK.
istt. md Gun only DO overcome by Congressional
'ihis Chamber would bo plcased Ii you Will give
thesc questions your consideration and fnyDr then,
with your opinion upon tho points nov raised.
u11C&3 RcAltF kEE1Etly CAH nG El}dM 10 ttlE h0ln-
crs of b,li. Of exchungu with uhipptIR aornn,rnts
nttuChcI than they now possess. tho present c0l
slienca mlgh! sppoaliy hs chanard by single
cha1po nrsr which would hc apt 10 custall busi.
nsss WHICH, la ~ moro perfect development, It
t 2stsss t. I'll * s eSs?s " o VI nsa &c & a;ss si9 XXI IT, H.
ted ktnEaam. nm, dcar str, yous" faithfully
r.. JolN A. MARSH, Prcstdunt.
With regarl to tl!s the Committee rrpor.cd
as follows:
rptSH H.
mIutcatl9n from tte American Cl,amlss Of Com
ncEcc Liverpool, AMI tlc report Of coamlttre of
o. ra @ hsy .! a, ' tnfEe ,s
AnliNed tho tnattcrs th.reln c0mplahe1 or, and
nn4 hers IL snne eanso fae The cla laken by tIat
body. They Ind that forriyn bills of a1inc aau,!
causo 10 t,s effect: ''Wth lsbertS 10 ship oy any
other steamship 9r rst'camsl,!p company" Tits wo
as the largo amount Of goUds heing cxnurtud from
th!s slds ilas drawn heEc inauulcsabio steamers.
Thu Msrcnants' DIspntch Transportation Com.
rsny, 'yhirh AZ, az the largest ~ !sstor4 % ot such
naent In Nav York, ". Il. stcI!hnnnuy, Etl. TO
wnon, are tndeh.ee for grcat leuI Of tnforln.
tIon). thnt while this clnlso II put tn the h.ila OF
in4inu. VT il ii su!loN they .nku advantage Of it,
and unly III cascs where tho propeEtyarrlycs tm1nu
diasciy after The sailing uf tc atearr Of thu ine
BY which It Wns intcndcs! 10 CO. ntt Ut tulcs WIEN
mose Of thv l!ns have tut carsoes ihcn engaged,
| aHL lLfltEH I'll kEtpHE ~ vi Luz WlaFtf6 NJ INV
steamer o tic .Sreled ~. Ill., taka saa'ant ii II tha
first stsn1isr r. a!IrrirE. claiming TINT thereby tHcy
properly prompt dspneh. a:Ifl atao claiming that
%sts they q n'a .te prG'iSsty r. @ !1sy sonla
would work dc,rlmentally to thu lntcsusts Of the
| Wcblurn shipper, and urlw orders to tue nea-
l,uarl cities, in.tea1 q buying direct. ~
thu purchaser could thcu iupend Oh rcceiyag biz
rr1YNtty within reasonable time. TllG nlusngut
s9e'ns to " GOOD una, .bslt Us reortcA by tho
1 .s oa o s9S vaIs % u m SsS s.ass sss'
paoy. 4ni cyen tlen wouia sos. a i.,vtcr ra.u of
thu necessity Or watching tho arrivals Of ull
suantcrs ut their pasts IN or'lcr III cla!m lle1r
certificate Ut thu Worlst 'SMbicrt tn MI tlp ber-
ttes Expressed iii tho bl OF lnd,n;' Ii, wllc, tie
nntity tho shipper Or tho Insurance. company Vt thu
alIctent shipments he ''a. nude: a1ld psro,d that
ought 10 be !Iscrtu ciaute y tits ciIscf %naii i
snch steamship Shal1 not rate less ut Lloyd's tian
| tho steamships Ut tho. line herein nalncd."
Of dutsery. We have ascottalnod HUT III d rnic,
lhc transportation companies putM full lot on eAct,
@ t iST & as rass WI, Wr H. ws aa Eoas
Which coat. 4carecy bu asoidoa: anl. III tIIs il d
they will lind It u .utr ntufeat nu to split IN iuts
VIZ maY lsayu that entirely III tbu!r own hands.
W. think our friends across lho watrs aro un-
necessarily unrnitd In rukar to bills Nf lnltng hp.
Ing sgncd by s,c transportation company's agent
"ssytfay. and not Iol,'tly.,", they es'dsniY bu.
thu acAhoara ase not responsible collectively. which
" coursu tnuy nre. the rhtasu +sesuraIty and not
5uinty," reittslny tn tho Steamship Company. II
stances hut "scru huscrai rulroat!s cotot!tnts a
,.'ltne," y tstti.por'atson comIany tas, fur
tation comtml,yi, tiat any li,u ovor
which tho property goes IL rcepnstle Tor losd ar