, 1890-09-04
BOARD OF COMMERCE.
Annual Meeting of the Pa
cific Coast Organization.
TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED
Torrey on NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Stewart on lrrigation-Basis
of Membership.

The annual meeting Of the Pacific
Coast Board of Commerce will be
held at San Francisco on Wednes-
day. September II, In the hall of the
chamber of commerce, 431 California
street.
The object of this board, as ex-
pressed In its declaration, IL ITO pro-
mote the efficiency and extend the
usefulness of the various boards of
trade, chambers of commerce and
kindred organizations In the Pacific
coast states and territories; to secure
unity and harmony of action in
reference to commercial usages, GUS
toms and laws; and especially to
secure the proper consideration Of
questions pertaining to the finan-
cial, commercial and industrial in
terests of the said states and terri
tories"
"Every local board of trade,
chamber Of commerce or other body
organized for general commerce,
and not for special or private pur-
poses, having not less than thirty
members, shall be entitled to meiu-
bership In this association on the
approval of two-thirds of the bodies
represented at any meeting of the
association and shall be accorded
the following representations: Each
such association shall be entitled 20
one delegate at large, one for each
fifty members and one for each frac-
ton of fifty over twenty-five, pro-
vided that no delegation shall ex.
ceed five members"
Ats meeting of the board held In
San Francisco on March 10 last, the
following general topics were sug-
gested for consideration at the an
nual meeting;
First-As To the best methods Of
extending and increasing the use
fulness of this association.
Second-Subsidizin lines of ves-
sells between this coast and other
ports and countries.
Thlrd--U pom legislation looking to
proper recognition of silver in the
national currency.
Fourth-Upon proper provisions
to be included in IA national bank
fupt law.
Fifth--Upon proper legislation
looking to adequate and systematic
improvement of Pacific coast rivers
aud harbors, including coast de-
fenses
Sixth-Anti-Chines legislation.
Seventh-Inter-stat commerce
leglation, including railroad trans
portation.
Notwithstanding trans-oceanic
cable lines.
Ninth-Upon q proper plan for an
united Pacific coast exhibit ut the
worlds fair In Chicago.
Papers and addresses from dele
gates are invited upon any of the
topics above mentioned, the main
object of these yearly meetings be-
ing to secure the ideas of the local
boards upon the questions most
affecting our interests-such as river
and harbor mprovements, irriga-
ton, subsidies and defense-through
board representing the CONNER
cial interests of the entire Pacific
coast, thus uniting all in II common
effort to secure from the government
the appropriations and assistance To
which our political, commercial and
military importance entitlo us.
One OF the special features OF the
occasion will be an address on
Bankruptcy" by Hon. Jay l..
Torrey, of 81. Louis, author of the
Torrey bankruptcy bill, recently
passed in thelower house of con-
gress.
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, has
been invited to address the conven-
ton upon the subject Of "Irriga-
tion," subject of vital importance
to the whole Pacific Coast. Other
gentlemen who have consented TO
address the board are: Hon. NJ. NJ.
Estee, Hon. John u. Irish, w. III.
Mills and Hugh Craig, of San Fran
cisco; Major Il. w. Jones, of Los
Angeles, Eugene B. Cushing, of Ia
coma; Hon. William Kapus, of
Portland, and General John II. Glib
bons, recently appointed to the com
mand of the Division of the Pacific.