The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-11
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
WORK OF INDINAPOLIS CONFER
ENCE DISCUSSED LAST ETENING.

OHh or INDINAPOLIS CONF
EECE DISCUSSED LAST ETENING.
Committees ppointed-Resolution En-
dorsing Work of the Monetary Confer
ence Adopted-A Lengthy Discussion of
the Matter-A Communication From the
Philadelphia Museum.
A regular melting of the chamber of
commerce was held last evening in the
Builders Exchange, fairly good at
tendance being present President
Ford was in the chair. The following
committee was appointed to lay before
the legislature resolution providing
that all lands lying in front of public
streets, which extend to TIDE water,
within the town of New Haven, should
be reserved for the use of public parks;
Hon. Henry r. Blake, George B. Mar
tin, Colonel C. W. Pickett, Felix Chill
lingWorth and f. G. Bushnell.
George B. Martin, John L. Manson, ii,
c. Rowe, H. H. Guernsey and W. A
Beers were appointed members OF
committee to confer with the mayor
and common council and help arrange
for concerted action in presenting to
congress a memorial asking for the
deepening and widening of the channels
of New Haven harbor.
George R. Hardy, a civil engineer of
the Consolidated road, was elected a
member of the chamber.
The report of the delegation which
represented the chamber at the In
dianapolis monetary conference was
then taken from the table for discus
sion, as had been agreed at the pre-
viouS meeting.
Charles E. Curtis of that delegation
said that at Indianapolis Congressman
Fowler of the house committee on
banking and finance had suggested that
the resolutions adopted at the confer
ence be endorsed by the various
chambers of commerce and boards of
trade about the country. Acting on
this suggestion Mr. Curtis offered the
following resolution, which was adopt
ed after a lengthy discussion;
The chamber of commerce of New
Haven, endorsing the principles of cur
the Indianapolis monetary conference,
respectfully urges upon President Nc
Kinley and upon the congress of the
United States that the following prin-
ciples be embodied into law at the spe-
| cial session of congress, which, it is un-
| derstood will be shortly convened:
% That the present gold standard
should be maintained.
(2) That steps should be taken to in
sure the ultimate retirement of all
classes of United States notes by a
gradual and steady process, so as to
avoid injurious contraction of the cur
,rercy or disturbance of the business in
terests of the country, and that in such
retirement provision should be made
for separation of the revenue and
note issue departments of the treas
ury.
(3) That a banking system be pro-
vided which should furnish credit ia
cilities to every portion of the country
and safe and elastic circulation, and
especially with a view to securing such
distribution of the loanable capital
of the country as will tend to equalze
the rates of interest in all parts there
of. For the purpose of effectively pro-
noting the above objects.
In support of this resolution, Profess
sor Hadley, who was a member of the
New Haven delegation to Indianapolis
said that it seemed to him that one Of
the most important point of the In
dianapolis conference was that it pro-
vided a new way to get the public SEN
ho ;I
believed the New Haven chamber of
commerce ought to back up that ex-
preston of public opinion.
Fl. G. Warren said that Of the 800
delegates at the conference not one dis
sented from the principle Incorporated
in the paragraphs mentioned above and
said that ne believed the resolution
should be adopted to help forward the
idea of currency reform in this coun-
try.
Joel A. Sperry, Captain Craft and Ed
ward F. MCGOWAN spoke in favor of
the resolution and Judge Joseph Shell
don spoke at length against it.
A communication has been received
from the Philadelphia Museum stating
that forty or fifty delegates from cham
bers of commerce in Spanish America
will be present at the next annual
meeting of the advisory board of the
museum, in addition to delegates from
chambers in the United States. At the
close of the meeting the delegates will
visit the chief cities of the United
States and look over the principal man
ufactories and natural advantages of
each. The party will arrive in New
Haven, according to the schedule, on
July 10.
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