The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-14
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
The New Directors Held Their First
Meeting Yesterday.
Manufactures will be the industry
which will interest most of the new
board of directors of the chamber of
commerce, Judging from the sentiments
expressed at the meeting held yester-
day afternoon. The board will also at
once take up a number of other mat
tiers Of vital Importance to this terri
tory and will leave for others The dis
cussion on needless and time consum-
ing subjects. 1t was a splendid start
and the session was of an extremely
enthusiastic order The directors take
hold with will and during the COM
ing year will make a record to which
every citizen of Salt Lake city can
point with pride.
The first meeting of the new board
of directors of the chamber of COM
merce was called to order by retiring
President W. E. Hubbard at exactly
4 o'clock. There were present, in addi-
ton to President Rowe and secretary,
Directors Hubbard, Scott, Grant, Gray,
Adams, HirSching and Terry.
After the usual preliminaries Mr..
Hubbard retired from the chair, and
in neat little speech introduced Presi-
dent Rowe. That gentleman thanked
the speaker for the good words and
pledged himself to work untiringly for
the interests of the~city and the terri
tory. The west having received such a
black eye on account of the adverse
silver legislation, Mr. Rowe was of
the opinion that the people should now
turn their attention more particularly
to manufacturing and irrigation.
The matter of the election of a sec
rotary was laid over until a full meet
ing of the board can be secured Mean
while Mr. Snyder will continue to act
in that capacity ~
j. K. Gillespie sent in his resignation
as a member of the board, and the
communication was laid upon the table
for future consideration
Mr.. Grant called attention to the fact
that the manufacturers exchange. after
several months work, had collapsed.
and advocated the formation of a bu-
reau of manufactures. His idea was
that the present is the golden moment
for the organization of such a board
and that never has the territory been
so ripe for manufacturing movement
The various other commercial organiza-
tons should be invited to participate
In the organization. When fully orga-
nized the bureau. with the assistance
and backing of the chamber of com
merce and citizens of Salt Lake. might
present the matter to the legislature
with the view of securing some favor
able legislation
Professor Hirsching heartily favored
the movement but would rather see
the manufacturers exchange which
was organized under the rules of the
chamber of commerce formally dis
banded and then the formation of
another and more active or more OBJ
erative organization
general discussion of the PROPOSE
ton followed during the course of
which President Rowe stated that
Utah now annually produces II, 200, 900
pounds of wool and her mills manu-
facture but 100000 into cloth. The
president incidentally remarked that
he favored the appointment of fewer
committees for the chamber and de-
sired to name but three or four, those
| to be working committees to take up
the matters specially connected with
the upbuilding of the city and terri
tory.
1t was finally decided that the presi-
dent shall name committee to con-
suit with the manufacturers exchange
with the view of reorganiza ton of
that body.
The president and secretary were
authorized to issue a circular letter to
the business men OF the city, setting
cut that the admission fee of the
chamber has been reduced to So, and
the annual dues to $12, and calling up
on them to join the chamber.
After some discussion of the matter.
resolution was adopted, protesting
against the passage of the bill intro
duced in the House of Representatives
of the Territorial Legislative Assembly
by Representative Johnson of Sanpete
county. providing for the taxing of
mortgages and deeds of trust The
members were unanimous in their OBJ
position to the proposed act, arguing
that the poor man, or the borrower.
would pay the double tax if imposed
through the increase in the rate per
cent. The resolution will be engrossed
and presented to the members of the
Legislature.
President Rowe was authorized to ap-
point committees on finance and trans
portation, the committee to take up
the matter of the organization of a
manufacturing bureau each to have
| thirteen members.
The matter of the pamphlet to be is
sued and distributed at the Midwinter
| fair was taken up, at the suggestion
OIL MI cannon, VINO stated that Mr..
Culmer, the compiler of the informa-
ton received from the members of the
bureau of statistics and informa ton,
| is very DESTROYS of settling several
points He has received but seven
teen reports, but is making rapid pro-
gress with the work in hand, and will
have matter enough to fill 100 pages
the same size as those in the annual
report of the chamber of commerce.
Mr.. Grant, at the request of the gentle
men present, stated that the Midwinter
fair executive committee had decided
that not over $1,250 could be expended
on the pamphlet, and that it was more
desirable that the number of the issue
be comparatively limited rather than
getting out a cheap class of literature
of which any patriotic Utonian would
be ashamed. The entire matter was
referred to the committee having the
work in hand with power to act. The
committee viii also decide the ques-
ton whether or not matter of an adj
vertising nature will be allowed a
! place in the pamphlet
The resignation of Mr.. Gillespie was
| then taken from the table and accept
he'd James H Baron was eleeted III