Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-20
CALIFORNIA AND COAST.
Sudden Death Of EX-ColIeGtor Of Gus
toms John 5. HaseF.
CHINESE QUESTION DISCUSSED.
Gold Brick SwindIer Captured-An
Old Man Killed by Train
More Rain and Snow.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE aEooRD-us1os.,
CALIFORNIA's INTERESTS.
Meeting of the Pacific Coast Board of
Commerce.

the Pacific Coast Board of Commerce WAS held
this afternoon in the rooms of the Chamber nf
Commerce in this city. the Organizations com
prisipg the Pacific Board and the Astoria Cham.
Der of Commerce, Los Angeles Chamber of Com
merce, Los Angeles Board of Trade, Eureka
Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco Produce
Exchsnge, California state Board of Trade
Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, Santa Ana
Board OF Trade, Portland Board of Trade, Walla
Walla Board OF Trade, Pasadena Board OF 1 rade
Fairhaven, Wash. Chamber of Commerce and
California State Board of Viticultural Commits
sloners. The object of the Pacific Board is to
promote the efficiency and extend the useful
ness OF the various bodies organized for general
commercial purposes in the Pacific coast States
and Territories
Among those present at the meeting were E.
" W Jones and Harvey Lindley of Los Angeles,
+, "A. Weeks OF Eureka, W. A Holcombe E.
Ransome and R. B. Foreman of the San Fran
cisco Chamber of Commerce; J. C., Brockep-
borough Jr., s. NJ Nolan. /. Y. Gushing and C.
b. Zahr1nSki OF Tacoma, w. 8. Taylor of Santa
Ana and Precise Evans Of Fairhayen, Wash
PRESIDENT CoLLYER
The meeting was called to order by Samuel
Coilyer, OF Tacoma, the President OF the organi-
Zation.
The report of the Finance Committee showed
that there was $50 35 in the treasury, and that
something like 500 was still due fcom atiliatiug
organizations.
Upon motion, the Santa Ana Board of Trade
the MaIIa Walla Board of Trade and the Fair
haven, Wash, Chamber of Commerce were al
mltted to membership and the delegates from
those organizations seated.
Attention was called by E. W. Jones, of Los
Ange es, to the fact that it was the Viticultural
League, and not the State Board of Viticultural
Commissioners, that had applied for member
ship. The name of the latter body was there
upon dropped from the roll and that of the lor.
mer organization added.
ENLARGING THE ORGANIZATION.
The Board then took up the official pro-
gramme, the first suject for discussion being
The Best Methods of Enlarging the Orpaniza,
uon. MI Gushing opened the discussion and
called attention TO the fact that the interests of
the coast were greatly diversified and he
thought II would be hard TO make sill interests
beIleVe that there was an organization so broad
That 1t could include them all. He believed
mat committee should be appointed to formu-
late an address which should be mailed to
every local Board of Trade and Chamber OF
commerce on the coast.
QUESTIONS OF IMPORTANCE
T. W. Jones, of Los Angeles, believed very
few people could be drawn together to discuss
the Chinese question, the adylsability of a Pa
cific cable, or the benefits to be derived from
the Nicaragua canal The questions were too
large, too bsiract, and there was not time to
udscuss e mem tnlly. III these questions Were ad
Vaneed the delegates would have to labor in de
tan. People of the different sections were more
interested in local matters. These questions
then should be submitted to the local Boards in
detail Ihe individual member has to be shown
how he personally will be benefited AS far as
the southern portion of the State is concerned,
:he people there would like a change in the in
terstate commerce law; they would like a re-
duction in passenger rates to and from the East
in fact. they would like the railroads To en-
gage in rate war all round.
MP. HOLCoMBE's SUGGESTION
". 81. Holcombe desired that the Board should
go INTO Committee of the Whole and have
each representative express his views and take
the matter under consideration
w. 5. Taylor, of Santa Ana thought the FS-
ecutlye Committee should formulate questions
and send them to the local organizations for
their discussion, then they could be sent back
TO the committee with suggestions and if it were
deemed necessary meeting of the Pacific coast
chamber could be called to consider them.
A CIRCULAR ADDRESS.
President Collyer said he believed the whole
coast, from British Columbia to the Mexican
line, was interested in the movement, and that
at the next annual meeting fifty local organizs-
lions would be represented. San Francisco had
Deen determined upon as the best place for
hololng the annual meeting, because it was the
metropolis of the coast and centrally located
Every delegate would have occasion to visit this
CRY at least once year, and they would un.
doubtedly do so at the time of the annual meet
ing. He had not believed that to-day's meeting
would be largely attended. for the reason that
all travel from the north had to be made by
steamer, and many people objected strenuously
to this mode of travel. He knew that the
Boards OF Trade of Astoria and Portland were
heartily in favor of the movement, but they
mad been kept away by the lack of railroad IA
SLhtASo. ne however, Mr, Cushing 6
plan of sending circular or address to the va
rious local organizations
Harvey Lindley moved that the Secretary
prepare an address of the desired kind and for
ward the same 70 the various local organiya-
tions.
ANTI-cHINEsE LEGISLATION.
The question of auti-Chinese legislation was
then taken up for consideration and W. A.
Holcomoe read the following preamble and
resolutions
WHEREAS, The Chamber of Commerce of the
city OF New York recently passed resolutions
requesting Congress to repeal the Chine e tx-
Act would be greatly detrimental to the in.
terests OF the people of the Pacific Coast said
people having been, prior to the passage of said
Act, greatly damaged by the unrestricted i'm
migration OF Chinese to these shores property
having depIeciated to an alarming extent in
consequence thereof; and whereas at regular
e.eetlon IN 1879, the question of Chinese ipmi-
grafton was submitted to the qualified electors
OF the States of California and Nevada. which
election resulted as follows:
California. for Chinese Immigration $50
Sdilfornla, sgainst Chinese immigration. ISL 63s
seyada, for Chinese immigration lS3
Nevada, against Chinese immigration II go
Therefore, be it
Resoired, That the people of the Pacific coast
would view with alarm any attempt TO repeal
the Chinese Exclusion Act, and that they are
now as materially and persistently opposed to
Chinese immigration as they were at the time
OF the election in 1879.
R6S0lred, That we ask the Congress of tho
Inited states to pass such additional laws as
VIII efeetuslly prevent the immigration of
Chinese to this country
The resolutions were adopted and on motion
OF T. b ZabIeiski a copy was ordered forwarded
10 the President, Vice President, Speaker of the
House and each member of Congress
a motion was also adopted submitting the
following questions to the various local organ
lzations in the form of an address, and asking
Them to pass their opinions on them:
First The best methods OF extending the
scope of the organization
second-The expediency of subsidizing ship
ping.
Legislation looking to a proper recoy-
milton of silver coinage
Fonrth-The national bankruptcy law
flfth-The Pacific coast river and harbor i'm
provements and harbor defenses
Seventh--lnterstate commerce
Eignth-Suosidizing transcontinental cable
lines
These answers will be submitted To special