The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-12
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
TIE BANKRUPTCY LAW AGAINfILLi
DISCUSSED.
a ,c,erate sent 90 tae Meeting II Com
r.rc,ai rodies In rinueapoiA-rbe
Hoard Tncrcased IN tunDer-
The Propricty Of iioiaim
Dnnauei--Ncw Members

b 4 quarterly meeting Of the hamoer
Of Commerce was held yesteruN even
Ing. and was attended by a lare mum
= her of the members. including lanl %
q those recently elected. The pfsiutnt'
4 George A. Ainslie. Esq. being I'D Eu
rome. the first vice-pfcsident non
b George l.. Christian. presided.
+ NIL II. Whiity. from q speed com
d mittee appointed at the last mdlhg 20
consider the ACCESSIBILITY and ie7iDlhly
,. Of having a general meeting "a ban
70 quet. submitted the fOllowinfas tne
report OF the committee.
D II WAS the sense of your cmmltt ZEE
that IL Is both desirable end lea'iuio
To have meeting at whth ui l''i,
bars OF the Chamber woud D. present
; The most advantageous ime ho"e'ei'
I. 10 hold Che meeting yur 'oii'ni'.'e
thought required more iiialll T. u'
b ,tior and action OF That point. anu
p fuller details wee postponed. lhel
. al IN be confined. that all members
. ,,e.ent Give 80 expression al their
- '.;..,,.e ss ~ n. ic-g time t0 hold -uch
..a,orol ,,e,iug. furthermore. that lhe
b: ,.,.i, ,,.e,.se tine number OF the COM
B., Ut. h,tpp0utin teunew memDei-'
fo~ possible. from the recently
sIfed II ~ membership
Ard 20.
b. STANDING COMMITTEES.
ueChair announced tine appointment
.ho following standing committees,
.ade by President Ainsle before lelF-
Ing the city.
Arbitration George l.. CHRISTIAN
+ Clay Drewry. T.. %. Noting Robert ,.
/ Boshor. and Lewis Booker.
Manufactures "A. B. Clarke, Jr-
/ Henry T.. H0lms W. j. Iarbrough, J..
j. Bosher. aud r.. O.. Reynolds.
Opfir1ri Trdde r. r. Williams. T.. g..
Leigh. Jr.. $. ID. Cronshaw. N. Il.
Savage. =. j. Crew. and a. J.. Shepherd.
Commerce -B. J.. Johnson. Walter
T Bowie. ". Wailsuiorn. Blair bollius'
and Everett Waidey
Finance Henry Bodeker. john
F SHELTON Williams George a. smith,
+ William II. fucke. and g.. w. Laiimef.
Inland Trudc IS 49,. 1raver-. \. III
T Christian. Jr. A. T.. COttreli j.. a.
f Younger and john huuCc.
AcrOWk William H. Wei-lger. J..
/ Levy. William Ellis Jones. d. b. E'am'
and Harvey Blair.
Niyos < n Uqwes. r. b. Lee. j. Il.
Verth. g. ". Tanner. G. 81. Branch.
and w. S. Donnan.
b,for,,0fi0i anal Statistics DIR. Henry
+ G.. Jones. d. n. Wnitty, - -. John
b. Cary. r.. q. Frayscr. and Thomas
Christian.
Pts1iess EuferUri.cg-R. III. Whit
lock. Ashton sarkc. y. y. Randolph.
Joba r.. Purcell. and Ihomas Potts.
c.v,,..r.,rr., uru npt-vvrps.
.,..t..-.
Inc ,haii i"iN Dti'ig '''' ''''''.'-'
letter from D'l'nei o. 'hu -. / '' ,''''
chairman obi lhe o. |iiillil1te Cd" manu-
trade. enclosing eoiniAu "l,|t .',"
from Me-sf-. W. b. AiA"tii' W. ~
Smmonis. ". Madison 0c'lt'
Powers. John $. Martin. ANA W. i'.
Gay. propDsu. plan lof tl' establish
ment OF drummers column ODD ea'h
OF the daily ne"sit pei7 lA n IS'ni"'
che OafDlind-. "nH N''l '"' ''''.. ''''
p.uyers and members '' ,i.e i''',i pr o'
ihe drnmmei- may use ''''' ''....''''',' o..
inr in' ans 'i pI""'i..t
being ihHt '7 .i' 7''''i'''" .i' ,'.'' ''>
about their aNdi '.7'' cannot '' "'" '''
BANkH,rlDY LAW.
Tho rbai,. lnd before the Chamber
.,.1,,,,.,.,cafi,n from J. D. /. Tarvev
nr.-i.ienf of tno National Convention
.ol tla roprc.entaiivc. Of commercial
bodies. ureinz tne Chamber to send
delegate % the second session obi the
convention. w hich uiii Dee held 100 Min
neaplli. GOD September sd inl the pure
pose Of formulating % laukupt iaw to
be- submitted to Congress.
Tie Chair said Doe would like to hear
from members nhethera bankrupt lass
is desirable. li- ohn opinion was THAT
$50 had better have uo BASS 80 il.unleas
WEI can secure ID better means Ui admin ]
i-tcnng DO thal $50 had under the Iasl
law.
Mr. james NcGiaN said that really F
hedd tu.1l needle "a b4nkfup. .
hw. The mems Of collecting debts arc .
better u0N than when the OLD law was .
m operation. His experience Was that .