The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29
WASHINGTON.
CLEVELAND ENDORSED BY
GRAND ARMY OF THE
REPUBLIC.
SPECIAL AGENTS REPORT on
TRADE SOCIETIES-MANSI
STILL IMPROVING.

! WASHINGTON, April ~ The president has re-
ceved tel, a IRON Clay Hall, re. artm nj
commander, transmitting copy of the following
resolutions, which were unanimously adopted by
the encampment Of the Grand Army Of the Repub
lie, held a few days ago at New York city:
Whereas it is proper that veterans, irrespective
of party, should recognize any hing done by pub
lie official which demonstrates his intention to
carry ont promise made TO men who dared death
for mis- country: and
Whereas We have reason to believe, through
declarations and actions, that the Hon. Grover
Cleveland, president of the United States, 10
carry out tue principles, that veterans,
when competent are entitled TO
recognition because Of service rendered to the
country in time of war. Resolved That the de
partment of New York, Grand Army OF the Re
public, representing an organized body Of 800 Z
veterans of the war, in annual session assembled
at New York city, April u, 1886, do view his
course in this respect with satisfaction, and
hereby puts itself on record as approving the CON
scientous discharge of this patriotic duty, beliey
ing it to be the wish of the president that the let
ter an" spirit of all enaCtments in favor OF vet
Grams shall be faithfully carried out by all those in
subordinate authority having the power Of ap
pOintment, employment, or retention in the ser.
vice Of the government under his administration
Indications are that the select committee
charged with the investigation of the southwestern
strikes will not leave this city before Wednesday
next, as several of the members are interested in
a matter likely to be acted upon in the hOHse dur
ing the early part of the coming week
The interior department has received from
Jas. d. Weeks, special agent, aud an expert Of
the census bureau, his report on trade societies of
the United States, for the year ending May 81,
1880 Mr.. Weeks speaks of the preat difficulty eX-
perenCed in obtaining information on the subject,
and says for this reason the report is not as com
plete or reliable as was hoped. The report saws:
"Of the 24lO trade societies of the United
States of which the location was learned, go
in Pennsylvania, 252 in ohio, 226 in Illinois, 2S in
New York. l49 in Missouri l22 in New Jersey, and
III in Massachusetts, The industrial distribution
of the societies is given as follows: Professional
and personal service 10; trade and transportation,
21g: manufacturing and mechanical industries,
2,O4; minias, l3l. The largest number of branches
under any one divi ion of industries says Mr..
eeks, is the numbsr of local assemblies under
the knights of Labor, which numbered S,GG6 with
II district assemblies. But few of the unions
have had hIng existence. Some, however, date
back number of years; this is especially true of
the national organizations. The lnterna-
tonal Typographical union. which dates back
to 1880, the Hat Finishers' Trade association to
1854. A tabulated statement accompanying the
report shows number of the more important
subordinate unions, and the total membership to
be as follows Cigarmakers' International union,
in September, 1881, l26 lodges with a membership
of 1893: locomotive remen, for the United States
and Canada, December, 1880, rs lodges with mem
bershp of $500: locomotive engineers, Sept lnber.
1880, 140 lodges with membership estimated at
700; international typographical union, April
1880, - lodges with membership of 6,gGS.
The house committee on commerce, in their re-
port in favor of the BILL which provides that resi-
dents Of each state and territory may, within the
other states and territories within the District
of Columbia, solicit from dealers or merchants
orders for goods and mercha1 dise, by sample,
catalogue, card, price list, description, or Other
represeI tatous, without payment of any
license or mercantile tax Certain avs in differ
ent states. territories, and District of Columbia,
imposing license fees commercial travellers from
other states, seem to discriminate against citizens
and Oducts of other states, and in the confusion
of such laws, that free interstate commerce, which
is designed under the cOnstitut on, is interfertd
with and restrained The committee concede the
light of a state to tax its citizens engaging in any
business, but deny that the state has right to lay
duty on impOrtatiOns from one state to another,
a duty in the name OF license, tax or penalty al
though the state territory or district at the same
time, provides for the same tax equally upon res,
idents and non.residents. ''Such laws says
the committee, "athough not dis
elimination in favor of resdentsa onresidents,
aie in conflict with the constitutional power OF
congress which relate to commerce between the
states Judicial decisions in support of this posi-
ton, which are cited in report, states explicitly
that the object of the bill is to prevent any state
territory, or the District of Columbia, from re-
curing a license from those who are exclusively
agents
In interstate commercial transactions, the re
port concludes as follows:
The contracts for sales made by commercial
order is solicited, but the final assent is given
thereto by the merchant or principal who receives
and executes the order of his correspondent.
This trade is now carried on without bjection
by postal communication, and SAMPLES by mail,
and it is not perceived why the same thing, exc
cuted by the commercial traveller in person, is in
any way Objectionable