Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-06-19


m,niously set nj naught without discus
sion aud without instruction from tbe
cop.tituept BODY, and another committee
APPOINTED without discussion anu without
instruction from the constituent oouv 10
,rjl,tb1ir the accredited committee endOfsdfio"
and action.
rtr Rtarr TO REPRESENTATION HELD SACRED
AJAX consideration next TO the omission
of President Purcell that Mr.. Ioid was
not u,ited 20 accompany this second delt-
cation bocdusc he was known MOI 10 De IN
svmpathy with the movement about 10 De
made. Mr.. Todd, as an individual member
of the chamber. of course had no rignt 10
expect an invitation. But ne Gains mere
now. and he would have CLAIMED there ana
then had he been apprised ot the no''-
ment. that as an exponent ol .ne ~,
held by his side OF TINS question thal
either himself or some other member
known to occupy his position OF h0stllly
TO the contemplated movement was
entitled to representation on that ueie@h-
ton. not as a ipatter Of fdrQr, out a. mae
tor of ri1h. In al associationS with Nhieh
| am familiar the rights OF the minority are
held sacred. la the appointment oi Voui-
n,lttaes the dominant side = aiwaya gwen
tho minority OF representation, but II ~ IN
consistent with all parliamentary rule ana
all correct USAGE everywhere TO deny
the minority side am representation az an;
Ia the Councu OF the city OF Richmond
land I presume in other deiioeratiVe
bodies the right Of the absent member
and the right OF the minority member are
SO carefully guarded that even ~ special
n,ae,i,s. no yofo can be recOnsidered or re-
scinded unless Mt such special me'iing
there lee present as large q number Oh
members AZ were present when such vote
was taken.
TIE CHAMBER NOT SUMMONED FOR UsKLESs
FORMS.
Il President Purcells views of the pre-
rogatives of mis- Office are correct no Won
dor he closes this branch OF the subject
with the statement. There was practical
IL nothing TO bring before the cnhmofr
during these negotiations requiring n'uoh
ON its part. andIts members are not aecus-
TONED TO be summoned for useless forms
and technlcaitles." / hImby submit u
this view - correct and 1t the business 81
the chamber IS hereafter 20 be cJhIuctei
ON those lines. a new hember-o.-C ON
nerce building is The least necessary thlng
| know of. : comfortable office Tor the
president will Adequately I'LL all tAe re-
quirements Of the BODY.
WHO HAS JUGGITD WITH THE COFFEE FIGURES :
The authors of tie pamphlet claim THAT
|
that the responsible author OF those ~
ures is grossly cDreless or Intention
ally misleadlugn in being guilty oil sup
0rssSi0 rer,. I'm the first place l would say
that the responsible author or comWuni-
Gated article is the party who signs ms
name thereto. in the second place. VIII
add. in Justice TO the steamship company
Dthe object Of the implied insnuationl,
that at nv request they furnished me- with
"A detailed memoranda OF every shipment
OF coffee made by the line, commencing
with the second voyage of the tnance' IN
| 1898. and ending with the last yOycgeO OK the
same steamer in 1872. The arrangement
| of the figures was altogether my own.
| selected the past five years from 1851 70
| 1891, inclusive. a being the iairest state
ment of the business that could De pre-
scented. / gave each and every year rs
completed year. aud brought the figures
| down % the last day OF tie idS' year OIL
which u was possible f0g're compete fPhfl'f.
also gave the sum total for the i've years
and the average for each year. did met
| include the year 1892 for the reason but
| tour months of the year had passed.
| did not include 10 for the further reason
| that regular shipments TO Newport News
| by tins line had stopped IN DecemOrr,
| 1871, and would cease altogether july l;
| 1872. when only SIX months would
|
Diied returns could not be gwen
NJ all. Still another reason existed
| making II improper to enter INTO the year
| 1899. Under the united contract teriul-
| mating July lst 10 was reasonable 20 sup
| nose lmpOrtations would be abnOrmAlly
| increased and would not show the correct
| measure of average shipments. ms Will
| be well understood by all businessmen
| and could be notably illustrated Dy the
| 4 -u.fn
| kinley tarltI and IN lesser degree Il hap
! pens on every published advance in rates
| on all lines. | therefore confined my
table of exports TO the i've wears 1887 to
| 1871. inclusive and for the figures rs
stated / claim absolute accuracy.
FOR SWEET cH.RIrY's SAKE.
| At any rate, such is my confidence in
their correctness that on behalf OF the
| steamship company and without consult
| inc them | Will agree 70 donate Deg OF
| coffee TO any charitable institution II the
| cham Der can dlsprOye them. l now charge
that the chamber has twisted the figures
| 10 suit Its own case gave complete and
straightforward tables Of finished years.
| The chamber takes the best part Of each
| OF two wears, adds them together as they
| happen 10 suit It's own case, and shows
| therefrom that 2sjl bags were brought IN
| from November /, 1891. 10 May /. 1892, (be-
sides $500 bags sold IN New York. and
| then il Innocently % states that these
shipments III hey rare doubled ot course
,~onH eq,tdl 81. 30S bags year. When the
class IN arithmetic that produced these
results were figuring on the cham
ber's blackboard what curious spectacle
| must have been presented We are told
that figures do not he. We know that they
can be made 20 come Gerry near L The
| problem here was evidently 70 come as
| near II as You can 20 miss Therefore
they took first the best parts Of each Of two
years they then put down $500 bags that
| nerercams there a. all. and after adding them
all up and assuming that the next SIX
months would show as good results, they
| multiplied the total By and the sum was
| finished and the chambers statistics
| were hurried of TO the printer. Instead OF
a table of actual and reliable figures they
have presented to the public yertable
| c-azy-quilt of guess work. / VIII agree,
on my Own behalf. 10 donate another bag
of coffee TO any public charity il the
! chamber will refer the question rs %
whose statistics are the more grossly
carelessn or Intentionally misleading"
either from the standpoint Of the statlstl-
clan or Of the controverslallst 10 COM
mittee TO be selected by the DIsPArcH, and
if they decide that mine are the chamber
agreeing TO make a similar donation II the
| decision Is against them.
REFLECTIONS UPON NEWPORT NEWS.
As to the reflections upon Newport News
which the chamber pretends 10 ind So
plentIfully sprinkled through my former
letters. if they appear at oil they are 10 be
found only IN the catalogue Of forci.
bic reasons set forth by Sir. WINS
as controlling his withdrawal from
that port. From the frequency Of
these limitations, | an lead 10 believe
there is some truth in recent criticism of
the Manchester Ledder that PROBABLY
corner lots at Newport News have more
TO do with the question than lots OF
coffee at Richmond. In this connection
l will explain one of the criticisms con.
nected with Newport News Hour ship.
ments. In my first letter detailed
the reasons stated by the steam
ship company causing them to omit
Newport News, and which, IN their
Judgment. rendered it cheaper to pay
freight on -four to New York than to come
TO Newport News for it. In my second
letter | stated that after they withdrew
| from Npwnort News thew still desired 10