Evening journal., 1891-02-07
BOARD os TRADE.
Lfiss Night'e Session Was FILLED with
Iluslness OF I'm portance

I Aff~s afifub cebhloA MAs Etlled Will
business of I'm portance
Ths Board Of Trade held its regular
mlnthlY meeting last evening Thos,
prA ent were D. W. Taylor, Mark M
UleI>er, A S Reed, Willard Salisbury
Jr., JONI =. Rogers, Charles L. Sim
mons, W. d. Mullen, w. B. Taylor
William Lawton. w B. Clerk, Joseph
HUI, q. q. Cameron. L. A. VanTrump
The TorreY Bankrupt bill before Con
gress, was discussed, and it was fually
decided to send representative to
Washington TO cooperate with others IN
trying to influence congressman to vote
tor Us passage on Fesruary 10 The
board also requested the newspapers to
urge lis passage.
a communication from tina Phiadel-
phia Board of Trade was received, which
requested the board 70 protest against
the passage Of the Free Coinage bin by
Congress Tie comm ancaticn was fled.
The secretary reported receipts amount.
ing to $S2 since the last meeting. The
action of the citizens in appointing a
committee to confer with the Street and
Sewer Department and committee OF
Council to endeavor to secnre better
streets, was st the suggestion OF Mr..
Reed, endorsed by the board
Attention was called by Secretary Van
Trump to meeting OF business people
and harbor engineers to be held in the
Board Of Trade rooms on Feb 16.
IT was announced at the last meeting
that 5000 was still due on the Board OF
Trade book descriptive Of Wilmington,
which had been published about two
years ago, and instructions given 70 the
secretary to issue circulars 10 the mem
bers asking each of them to contribute
toward making up the amount. Since
then So only had been contributed and
private persons who had paid the 5000
were waiting for their money.
Mr.. Lswton called attention 30 the
poor attendance at meetings. For two
months no quorum was present. He
thought that il they could not have
men b RS t. attend monthly meetings they
should hold them every three months or
not at ell. Mr.. Cleaver said he had not
attended meetings In the past, but he
would do so in the future.
Ar Mullin believed that doing the past
year Wilmington had lost several in
dustries through the inactivity Of the
Board Of Trade. Mr.. Lswton agreed with
this.
President Taylor knew Of one 6rm that
refused to come here on accoun. OF ex-
horbitant taxes
Mr.. Salisbury drew attention to the
tax law which had been presented before
the Legislature and withdrawn. and
moved that 3 committee be appointed to
examine all tax bills and report a.
special meeting The mo.ion was
carried
Mr.. Mullen said that 6 law exemptine
new manufacturers from taxation for q
number Of yegrs was needed II was
pointed out by several members that in
other cities companies rent out larre
buildings and power 70 manufacturers Of
light kinds very cheaply. SRA wbridee
4 Glothier had located st Milford ana
would soon employ 200 or 300 women and
girls. The tax On manufacturers was
said to be s. on Sl.O00 President Taylor
said that prying into mems business and
not the tax was what was Objectionable.
a graded license was said 10 be peeded
Mr. Salisbury said something should
nov be done with the tax laws II
man had farm worth $4,000 on which
there was 81, 800 ia mortgages, Il was
not fair that the man who owned the
farm should pay the tax and the interest
on the mortgages, while the man who
paid the mortgages paws nothing. The
court adjourned az 9 1J o'clock.