, 1880-08-20

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CONVENTION OF SHlPO1yNERS
Shall Chicago 1so Rcprcacntcd r-7Tucll
Interest Felt lii this Subject iii the
Eant-Tile Call Of tho Now York Board
or Trndo nfad Tfaflbporsntfon-FnCt
About a3tc Decay Of Shipping
Special Correspondence u 7fs Chtedgo 1riount.
NEW TonK, Aug. l4.-Tho movement for
holding shfp-owners' convention In New
York or Boston the Inter part OF October Is
taking slnpe very fast. and there begins to
be lively Interest here III tho East to know
whit Chicago Is going 10 do lii regard to 1t.
Tho shipping laws OF the country concern
every part Of It Just ns iilicl rs they to these
cities OIL the const, where tho movement for
the coming Convention has started. In NIL
discussions which Iaye taken place
ways come up tho question of n,
wholesale repeal Of tho Navigation laws.
Isepea!, as every ono knows, means, Of
course, free, admission Of foreign vessels to
tho trade of tho Mississippi a1M Ohio, aud
other great rivers, rs well as To tho coastlrg
| trutae on the spas and lnGcs that border tic
United States, so that tlie steamboat interest
0f tie Wcst, With Its kindred industries Of
building, repairing, ETC., are just rs 1nlcll
concerned ns tho building and owning inter-
| esta III the East. Last winter, Wien our
weli-Meaning frlcnt, Col Whit, Of Norwich,
I Conn, Introduced an innocent bill Into Con-
gross to permit his influential constituents,
the uuntIngtons. to let their sugar-scliooncrs
| from tho West Indies run up tito Thames
River from New London 10 Norwich to un-
load, n dlstance OF only fourteen lnilcs. lsu
unwittlnEly attempted to letsnlt the Ita!Iail,
Norwegian. French, and English craft which
enter ut Nuw Orleans sail up the Mississippi
River to ut. Louis, Cincinnati, and nil other
| points. Tho warning cry which came from
the West was m eyc-opgner to the Colonel,
AMI to Congress too. Tl1a bill was struck rs
will, club, and came to quick and bloody
end. /. was made eyittcnt by that incident
Of lust winter that, us far as shipping is con-
cerncd, ttm opinion Of the Interior Of this
country is going to bo Just, .ns Influential rs
tint oi any other pcrt of i!'so tlat Tue action
| of ClfeaH0 and other Western centres ts
looked forward to now in the matter u tllls
Coliyc,lton with Us nluclt Interest Us that of
'Ehe ,Motlo,, of l.ul.li,.g convention like
this originated as fur baek us thu meeting OF
tile kational Donrtl Of Trade III Washington
Inst winter: n. NasiEatlpn laws we're
Chicago, way one Of tl1e eloquent advocates
| Of s0llle cllanso which would rtsture to
Aslur!ea the prestfgo and position she las
lost Tllore were ten Delegates vt tlle meeting
four. on Ills question ot repeal Of u'e
Navigation lnws. The proposition tor
the ,neottn9 but fa,'ed. from the lacls Of two
tlenicn who took part then, seeing the need
OF taking up tlals shipping, question IN II
practical way, entirely without regnrd 10
ypl,cy St tr sls Or s9'sias Sen
York. BDnrd Of Tfule and Transportation:
rhls noar1 Is e9sll!osWl of Bcyeral hundred
leather, dep!!!eeF; II: u; Siati't, fWili-
AmbssSse :, ssnoW, s, @ Johu o.S. =; Henry. iMen,ty.
business men. it had Turing tic previous
winter brought about tl'e nqw famous III
ycstig.ti0n Ut abuses I'll railway, lnAnaEe.
l,lu!lt by tho Legislature Of 1llls State, INK!
aees ispfi sfs ste ~ s why ya2 iRt as ie a oert
of 4 shp-owners' colventlln witt. pleasure,
and Voted iii favor OF Il unanimously. On
B"arl sent out iny;ltailo.s t. tWeaty-ono
commercial bo!ies i. Chicago, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York, Boston, ard else
whury Ii, Tic North, reading us follows:
msss te:oaabss Gsat s'ss ta a o o IL
of oots,lnnrstai 0olics shiI'-ow1'e,e 4n4 nt.,e'A
Etutcs, tho nbject of this Ct,nrot,tiun huinE 10
tiset,sa the subjeet and !t lw'ssssie, .Ktes Ms,o.
a. srs s eaSs sesss sbp rs%Ss %s
Ut lnte ycais hayo lecn a!t1iust entirely supple
plctnente.l hy foreign, both ateAul aid sall, to
ts' e s. ss sa Il so SrsE tits sSbcst 10
tilu attention of yuur tlonors,hfo body, nild liz
soas oxo Ut III 1s sscax asS ~ SSvEyss ay Fs WS5
Is Sy @ ,t a n; Il + ns a5auss
| convention II be 1Mltsad ilercHtter.
Tho Secretaries Of thc l}oartls addressed
few cases the ttelegnte5 !!Rve alrGa4y beelt
chosen. Tl!e New York Produce Exchange
yet nisr,cl them. The Maritime Association
I,uro iias appointed Chnrles X. Flint, .Jnlnes
Z. Ward, and John L. Beyntpn. Delegates
layY bce, citosen n Ssw EnEaIana; a,ld EN-, T.
bsil.g taken IN the inutter. tfte Plllla..
tleIp!!Ia Association Ut Alanutaetnress of
Textile Fabrics layp applied fgr PER.
Isso % sena Snr daasxntfss ni ny ny
preparing tg BE- lsprgseltcs! also. u II grel.t. M
" h0petl by tho, New York UoArd liMt
Cl,sago WY scl'd str1lg do!e9ns11o,,, 9a1, =, aia
While Tue oar tssf a9yS ot w's' to,ys % sx,
very. we'll tl'at thern Gre suci, '4ei, as az.
Randolph And W. W. lIAtes, alHt , ytilen ~
Chicago whose experience anu nblllty would
Du of great value U the PROPOSED cohsetl-
While tho time and place Of the meeting
t.nyo not yet begn named, thero ls Q dispost.