Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-01
The Foundation for Great Commercial
erc-anization Ise;id.

The Foundation Tor a Great Commercial
Organization Leid.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 3lst.-A meeting |
of the committee appointed by the Conn |
mercial Conference yesterday to formulate
some plan for organizing a Pacific Coast
Chamber Of Commerce or Board OF Trade,
met at the rooms of the Chamber this
morning. All the members were present
except Messrs. Mills and Hecht. Henry
L. Dodge was chosen Chairman and Secre-
tsry HAYNES of the Chamber of Commerce
acted as Secretary.
Mr.. Collyer, who suggested the idea of
the Pacific Coast Commercial Union, was
called upon for his views. He stated that,
as a member of the Tacoma Chamber of
Commerce he had long been thinking of
the scheme now presented 10 the COM
mittee Its advantages were easily ap-
parent The commercial interests OF
Seattle, Portland Tacoma, San Diego, and
San Pedro were identical, and any orgsni
cation of this kind would naturally pro-
mote them. Moreover, the National Con-
gress could not very well ignore the
demands of such body unanimously
made His idea was to Issue circular to
all commercial organizations of the coast
asking their cooperation and requesting
them to ioin the body. After receiving
sufficient encouragement the San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce can call conven-
ton and effect permanent organization
of the Pacific Coast Chamber. He thought
such a convention would result In great
good to the entire Pacific Coast.
William Kapus, of the Portland Board
of Trade, indorsed the idea of Mr.. Collyer,
and especially the annual commercial con-
yention, which he thought should convene
lust before the opening of Congress.
Benjamin Schloss, of the San Francisco
Board of Trade, did not think this commit
tee should go too far. Success should be
attained, and in order that it might be
easily done, all the commercial bodies of
the coast should be consulted as to the
plan Resolutions suggesting plan
might be adopted, which could be laid
before the mercantile interests of the coast.
Henry Lindley, of the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce, thought the call
for Pacific organization would carry more
weight with it if it came from temporary
body. He was in favor of effectis tenn
porary organization at once.
Mr.. Kapus, after again elaborately stating
his views, moved that the committee pro-
ceed TO the temporary organization of
Pacific Coast Chamber of Commerce. The
motion was carried unanimously, and The
following temporary officers elected:
President, Henry L. Dodge, of San Fran
cisco; First Vice-President Samuel Col
lyer, of Tacoma; Second Vice-President, L,
w. Jones, of Los Angeles; Treasurer, The
Sather Banking Company; Secretary,
J. Haynes, of San Francisco.
On motion, the name of the new body
was agreed upon as " The Pacific Coast
Chamber of Commerce"
The Chair was authorized to appoint
committee of three to draft constitution,
TO which the President and Secretary were
added, as follows: Kapus of Portland, Col
lyer of Tacoma, and Lindley of Los An
geles.
l. NJ. Case, of the Astoria Chamber of
Commerce, moved that the representation
of the new Chamber be fixed at one mem
ber-at-large and one for each fifty members
over twenty-five.
This brought up q protrscted discus
sion. MIR. Holcomb suggested that if this
representation were adopted the entire
Chamber would be swamped by the Fed
Grated Trades. He understood the Fedora
ton consisted of thousands of members,
and, being here represented, would be en-
titled to enter.
Mr. Kapus thought the Federated Trades
would not be entitled to representation in
the new Chamber of Commerce. This was
purely commercial body, while the Fed
Grafton was an organization of working
men.
W. A Bushnell, the representative of
the Federated Trades, stated that the Coun-
Gil he came from consisted of about sixty
members. and under the ratio proposed it
could have but two delegates in the new
body. There need, therefore, be no fear of
the Federation swamping the other bodies
represented. He thought the workingmen
were interested as much as the merchants
in the prosperity of the Pacific coast, and
that they should have voice in the new
chamber
Mr.. Case, in order to cover the point
raised by Mr.. Holcomb, amended his mo-
ton so as to provide that no single body
shall have more than five delegates.
The motion was therefore put as follows
That each commercial body shall be rep
resented by one delegate at large, one for
each fifty members of said body, one for
each fraction of fifty over twenty-five, and
provided that no delegation shall exceed
five members.
This proposition was unanimously
adopted.
Mr.. Lindley moved that the membership
of the Pacific Coast Chamber of Commerce
shall be confined to purely commercial or
ganizstiors. As this would exclude the
Federated Trades it raised some opposition
Mr.. Holcomb thought the workingmen
were entitled to representation, as they had
been admitted to the Convention which
This view was opposed by Coliyer,
Schloss, Week and others.
The motion was finally carried, where
upon Mr.. Bushnell of the Federated Trades
withdrew.
The first meeting of the temporary Paci-
ic Coast Chamber of Commerce will be
held on November 19Jh at 10 A. NJ.
Mr.. kapus brought up the question of
what bodies should be invited to meet on
this occasion, whereupon Secretary Haines
read an extract from an Oakland paper, in
which there was a complaint that the
Board of Trade of that city had not been
invited 10 meet the late Commercial Con-
ference. He said the reason why the small
Boards of Trade in all the outside towns
had not been invited was that they were
represented in the State Board of Trade,
which had five delegates in the late Confer
ence. He asked that the committee settle
upon the character of the bodies they de-
sired to meet in November.
After some further discussion the Secre.
tary was directed 10 send his circular of in
vitation TO all Chambers of Commerce,
Boards of Trade and kindred bodies
throughout the Pacific coast. This is in
tended to take in every commercial body
upon the Pacific coast.
The committee then adjourned.