The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-05
JERSEY TRADE BOARDS.
A Joint Convention in This
City Today.

Boards of Trade of the cities of the State
met in the rooms of the Jersey City Board
of trade this morning in answer to call
issued by the Jersey City Board for the
organization of State Board of Trade.
William C. Cudlipp, chairman of the
Jersey City delegation, called the meet
ing to order and stated the object of the
meeting.
DR.. G. c. Brown, of Elizabeth, was
chosen president. and E. M. Doane, OF
Jersey City, was elected secretary.
Mr.. Brown introduced Mayor Cleve-
land, who made an address of welcome.
kind,'' he said, ''will have an effect and
weight upon commercial legislation. =
pledge myself and my successors to aid
you in all your efforts for the interests OF
the State"
+ THE DELEGATES.
The secretary then called the roll OF the
Boards of Trade which had been Invited
to participate in the conference and the
following gentlemen responded Ill
lam c. Cudlipp, T. NJ. Gopsil and +. M.
Doane, of Jersey City; H. J. Rider, Will.
nt,I lam Dolton VILLA William steele, taot.p Of
of Elizabeth; R. Wayne Parker, A.
of Newark; C. Z. Mcdowell, George c..
McEwen and j. S. McGrath. of the New
ark Builders aud Traders Exchange, and
William Nelson, of Paterson.
There were also present Frank Stevens,
Joseph A. Dear, Humphrey A. Carr and
Gustav Metzler, of the Jersey City Board
of Trade.
THE ORGANIZATION.
On motioniof Mr.. Cudlipp the following
Committee on Organization was ap-
pointed
Trenton, A. j. Rider; Elizabeth, E. S.
son, William Nelson, and Jersey City, E.
M. Doane.
The committee then withdrew and the
meeting took short recess.
PLAN OF ORGANIZATION.
The committee returned in a short
time and reported q constitution. In this
document the name proposed is the New
Jersey State Board of Trade, and the OBJ
ject of it's organization is declared to be
to concentrate the power and usefulness
of the various Boards of Trade and sim
liar organizations; to secure unity OF ac
tion by business men of the State on
questions Of public interest, and to Sc
cure such national and State Legislation
as will be for the public welfare.
Every Board of Trade in the State will
be entitled to two delegates in the State
Board; those having 100 voting members,
three delegates, and one addlJlonaI Tor
every fifty members above 100.
The officers will be a president, vice
president from each body represented, q
secretary and q treasurer.
The vice presidents will constitute the
executive council The officers will be
elected by ballot at the annual meeting,
which will be held in December, and
meetings of the Board will be held quar-
terly on the first Thursday of March
June, September and December of each
year.
No partisan politics nor sectarian re-
| ligion shall be introduced IN the business
| OF deliberations of the Board or its conn
| ellis. Messrs Dolton, Nelson and At
water were appointed committee Oh
| permanent organization.
NEW YORK FOR THE WORLDS FAIR.
The meeting then adjourned and the
| delegates from out of town were enter.
| tanned by the Jersey City gentlemen at
! lunch served by Morrow 81 Day. Upon
| reconvening the following resolution was
| adopted
Resolved, That this convention of Industria
1 and Trade Associations of the State of New Jer
sey heartily approve of the project for holding
great exhibition of the industries OF all nations
to be held in 1892, and that it is the sense of th
| convention that such exhibition should be helt
| in the city of New York.
| Resolved, That the above resolution be printed
| and coDy forwarded to every Senator ant
| Member Of Congress of the United States.
The following permanent officers were
| elected-President, A. l.. Bassett, o.
| Newark; secretary DIR. l.. j. Gordon, o.
| JERSEY City; treasurer. Francis *. Nc
| CuIly of Paterson.