, 1879-01-14


sundsy .tsnas:.'. .......'...........""" =. gig
a' IL .xpcnscs coa,mercial Bnjinx, ioss o''
rentals received. 3, oa5
Cash on hand with sasretafy md Tseas'r. % 45o
n. ;::' :.,t3. ~ H. 4'o
Of tho Hoard A. tho pse.ent time are AZ foE1ow4:
1850 shares Chamber Of Commerce stock, ~
vhieaeo city pef cont hod. pas yanc. u. ooo
!lytle pnrK 7 per cent bonus, Iar Ta!uo ~, 600
United States per cpmt registered hondt.
ch,eass M Ai;oo i s.ock. iat vaas -. IL, 90
Cash IN hanas Of Treasurer anl Scc'y.... no
Totsl.... .......,., .................xl7a,p p.a
It Will lie observed that Tho revenue Ut tis DoaEd
for tho past year lss been nscr 10. ono ltsa than
cteassi payments fof ths various fosns ot 1ickcts
of adnttsNsou I" tho exchange tooiI. current cx-
pcnsrs lsse increased about ", 5o0. sons llcma
Icing lhrEct and Aume lesa than tue prreedtnK
sear. The entire reee;nt4 hass fallen short Of thu
expenditures BY g., 7uB.
crrato ln tho revenue fur la;u. but have not
deemed It wise to inercasc The annual asscssncnt
~ tt,sy would he Justified 'a dining under Tho
SID ur eac tnemScr rhis vii undoa otsGi; 70: ..
qn5ro enro recourse to The accumulated fnuus Of
Tho iiuard. but tho Directors hope ,nay nut prove
serious cnuroachment thereon.
THE MKMnEnsMlr
at Tbs c!uso Of tho ycns has been reduced BY tapssa
ii7b. Neariy III u tns dsiinguonts " were -" unds1
susc Of suspension, and teYurnt u sAem have loft
Dcai!, has invaded our ranks and taken away
seventeen 0f t,okc who were OF our numlter yrar
sincc. Several u them had nce,! asAoclut1a with
xat,on ut Tie Asaocla.lon. Thu yunng and tho
mature have n!!kt been taltcd upon 10 surrender
their tcasc u te, md part Intcver with the
Of tho woEa with In tuyA and IT. b0ftows, tts sun
sllnc and ttx clouds. While VIC drop tear at
bidding them iasswsll, WI recall with pleasing
exceptionally high record They have left ~ hon
ofhblo merchants, worthy etlxcns. und kind
III tho early part os tue pa.t year your Hoard Of
Directors. IN accordance as they believed. With tho
Of thoss engaged In thu provision traar
ions BY consolidating urlet QUO head taa whoio ON.
:al Inspection OF tue imincnFe amount Ut provisions
handaeti IN this rnarkeL and later established =
system Tor tbs teRlstratipn of n Warehouse rtcsits
bern vt tho A.soc,atiou. The ndop,ia,, OF these
satisfaction 10 Ill cngaHcd ii buy'nv, selling. or
DO sonnassss VS., n ths ps?sr ttprs.en.att;t.
under tic former nods VI conducting tIs business.
Tits syatcm Of rcgtstratlnn which It mas deeied
is"ucra Ut warehouse receipts. uecrr,srlIy entals
aulae rxpcnae On the loard, but II II believed thus
viii he eherrfnly borno by t!.c 'utnoef. IN sa~ nr
tIus Of proyiaIons aaso been Voluntarily reduced y
the Chief Inspector, the. reduction pf.,bsbly
AuttuteluE u htu(H uGEt lpAn Iu8 QxQGt1&4 liz
Cured by tic establishment d thu syate1a of regis.
Iii obedience to geusrn! desire On thu part of
thosc engA.ed IN thu flour trat!r, a system Of In.
hp~ct,ng Hour by grade lss a.u bron established
wltntn tns pa.t ycas: aad T. nox y aueesssul or.
dealer. tn nnur viii It'll. pretsr ths inspection Of
the bulk Of the four sod in ta unskct ~ asnlp!r,
vt I = helissed y eonsidernbis and growing Dr.
manE viii ar'te fur inspection by grade, especially
ri,s ssi'ef: Sa.ins.: Il t.r member. ot til. a.-
lar exceeded ii soluiSv TINT oi any eas il, our Ill.,
teFy. Our receipts Of agricultural produces hayu
wctntto"s, autl although cuIFent Prtcns iaye hucu
Ut Low nvcFatG, vel they formed thu basis pf
exchanges tor sareey tncreareA volume Vi pu:.
causes srom aur merchants, whoas g9oas luys also
TllH orsssso TEAR
nntin Tue financial auirs uf uur country again upDn
huss calculations tu which fur seventeen year. We
nave been comparatively strangers. VIII iAs mp
q tniags il Isen ,naaSutatsd, ~o I'M my VIII VII.
aaIl.s i to:da; WI, bu shs ss'ns n
10 " In tie near Or lbs remote futurs. THIS
should and doubtless vii! Inspire now life md
yigor into alt Commercial and utner lnunst1al en-
teFpr'sc* and tsnd. ss1ung confidence III 1t, early
dIY 6f genuine prosperity u al parts Of
alnn roantry; hut nowhere 10 W had The ptomi.e
bouBdtess Resources. Its conyealeht and rheap
Hcans of communication wilh t!s "hulr eisitizeA
world, and IT. population Ut Intelligent. rnteEpTs-
Ing. aud Industrious cIttkrus. Mny Tho ,nsmbets
u thus As.oetatou standaa ~ = does In thu very
Essw.y Of te ~ ~ ~ sna NJ ny o. ~. ~ sa.t eon,eteu
golden harvest. 10 shenssi.c.. wn1u al tho sat,s
time ~ best they can. duvlatny MEASURES fuE thu
prunottun u tho hI2htst xnd utst Interests 0f n4r
frtcnd*, who. W their iaps aensegpslse, arc de-
ssiopnx thu beauty aud sl'e wealth of cur outlying
prAlr1u GAEMs.
hank said that be oealEel to thank tho .uemutEs
vi tho bo9su fur tIo kindly consideration they