Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-17
CH4KBEK OF C0MMERCE.

I
ments to the Navigation ILLUSTRATIONS
Other Matters OF Interest.
The business transacted by the board of
directors of the chamber OF commerce yes
terday morning was not very important.
NAVIGATION LAWS.
The mercantile committee reported il
favor of the adoption of the following res
olutions, which were passed by the national
board OF trade, ana the board adopted the
report:
Resotred, That We recommend to the
congress of the United States as follows:
The repeal of the navigation laws, which
prohibit the purchase Of foreigu-built YES
sells to be placed under the American flag,
and the passing Of an act permitting ciA-
zens of the United States to purchase yes
sells abroad, such vessels to be admitted to
registration and entitled to use the priv
Ieges accorded to vessels builtin the United
States except that they shall not be per
mitted to engage in the cOastwise and in
land trade. Voyages between the ports OF
the Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico and
ports on the Pacific coast, not to be cen
sidered as coastwise.
That section 2,5l4 of the revised statutes
be amended so as to read as follows:
Sec. 2,514. That all materials of foreign
production to be manufactured in this
country into articles needed for and used III
the construction, equipment, repairs or
supplies of American vessels employed, or
| to be employed, exclusively in the foreign
trade, including the trade between the At
| lantic ports and Pacific ports of the United
| States, may be withdrawn from bonded
warehouse free Of duty, under such regula-
tious as the secretary of the treasury may
! prescribe; and if the duty shall have been
| already paid upon such material so used,
| the same shall be refunded and repaid 10
the owner or owners of such vessels SO
using them. or to their legal representa-
tives.
THAT when any vessel, whether steam
or sail shall be constructed and be equipped
in the United States for the foreign trade
| including trade between the Atlantic and
| Pacific ports OF the United States, the
owner or owners of such vessels shall be
entitled to receive and collect from the
United States an allowance, equal IL
amount to the duty which would have
been collected upon imported materials OF
like description and of equal quality with
the American materials used n the con
struction, equipment, engine, boilers, ana
other appurtenances Of such steam or sal
vessels"
That the navigation laws be further
, modified, so as to give the owner or mas
ter of any vessel the right to engage hi;
crew wherever ne may please, and for sucf
time and at such compensation as may b.
agreed upon between the parties, also rha
the three months extra pay be abolished
aud other provisions Of q like character, il
accordance with thebill known as the Ding
ley bill, which passed the house Of repre-
sentatives at the last session of congress.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Capt. Blakeley reported verbally that h
had visited the convention held last weel
at St. Louis. III regard to the improvement
of the Mississippi. There was good!
E number of delegates present, all of whom
, were in favor of another appropriation
They determined to mold another conyen
! ton in Washington City.
The special committee appointed t.
: hunt up site for chamber of commerce
. building were granted two wesks' furthe
time.
A communication from the America
chamber of commerce of New York, re
. | questing the chamber of commerce of s.
f Paul to aid in getting congress to with
: draw the trade dollar from circulation, wa
. | referred to the mercantile committee.
Z The mercantile committee to whom tn
!. matter of stock exchange was referre
- reported as follows and the report wa
q adopted: That, whenever the business c
v the city will warrant, the establishment c
+ a stock exchange here under the directio
Il of committee of our best citizens, will
% desirable and advantageous. They dout
- whether there is sufficient legitimate bus
\ ness in this department to warrant Its g
- tablishment now, and have been unab
a thus far to obtain sufficient informatio
N regarding Mr. Woods enterprise to wa
= rant report, favorable or otherwise, upo
-, it. D. 3. MOVES, Chairman.