St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-04-06
BOARD of Trade Meeting.

The monthly meeting OF the Board of
Trade on Monday evening was full oil
business and quite well attended. Three
new members were taken in: W. B..
Eastman, E. o. Leonard and John Rick
ably. The president announced these
standing committees for the year:
Manuiacturing-E. H. Blossom, R.
Mackinnon, c. H. Horton, c. H. Stevens,
A. T. Stocker.
Rial Estate-W. H. Preston, M. J..
Russell, W. B. Johnson, E. l.. Hovey, ..
5. Abbott.
kgislation-John c. Clark, W. P.
Stafford, A. L. Bailey.
Transportation-H. N. Turner, E. F.
Griswold George II. Cross.
Municipal Afiairs-W. S. Boynton, DR..
T. k. Stiles, l.. N. Smythe.
Observation-Disclosures I. Fairbanks, E.
F. Brown, c. p. Carpenter.
Agriculture-George w. Story, Louis
Gingras, Chas. Rogers, w. L. Russell, J.
0. Drouln. H. H. Carr, Frank Walker.
Finance-E. H. Blossom, D. II. Hender-
son, +. A. Pierce.
Mercantile-Frank II. Brooks, E. N.
Randall, {. A. Stanley, F. G. Bundy, H..
X. Alb,e, c. A. Calderwood. c. Z. Bing-
ham, H. A. Stanley, c. {. Follansby.
The reply sent to the invitation to the
Vermont Dairyman's Association to hold
their annual meeting in st. Johnsbury
was read and placed on file. The pres-
dent stated that an invitation had been
sent to the brotherhoods of railway
employees u meet here May % and that
they had decided to come. The president
was authorized to appoint special
committee to arrange for a reception on
May 81 to the visitors.
A communication from the Boston
| Chamber OF Commerce, requesting that
| the Board of Trade adopt resolutions
commencing a new reciprocity treaty
between the United States and the
Dominion OF Canada and Newfoundland,
and place them before Pr esident Mckinley
and Hon. Joseph A. Kasson, special COM
missioner at the earliest possible date,
was next taken up, and alter brief
speeches by H. N. Turner and c. P. Car
penter the resolutions were adopted.
The president stated that since the
March meeting it had been suggested
that mass meeting be held for The sur
ieiing Cubans and that a special COM
mlttee had taken this IN charge. l.. N.
Smythe reported Tor the committee that
by house TO house canvass they had
secured $141.S5. On motion OF Rob,rt
Mackinnon tue Board of Trade made
this $3.50.
The following resolution was intro
ductd by l.. N. Smylhe and unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, The St. Johnsbury Board Of
Trade. IN regular meeting assemb ed, are
keenly alive TO the criucal situation which
now conironts the President, be it
Resolved, hat we express our hearty en-
dorsem, mt Of President Mckinlcy's course up
to the present tlme, aud hope that p, ace with
honor may be maintained; that Cuba may
be freed, il possible, without the Intervention
Oi arms Aud be 1t further
Resolved, That a copy OF these resolutions
be sent to Congressman Grout with our
recommendation that he use all his influence
t. preserve peace at this crisis. believing that
it would be both Illuminating and shameful
Tor the United states. the aiding Christian
nation oi the world, to take the initiative IN
| declaring war, unless It be absolutely neces-
| sary to preserve national honor aud to stop
| the atrocities now being enacted IN Cuba.
The secretary read the correspondence
relating TO the establishment OF another
shoe factory here and it was decided TO
drop the matter.
H. N. Turner then spoke in delightful
way of his recent trip to the Pacific
coast. He described his journey from
New Orleans TO San Francisco, touching
ON the silver question and spoke most
encourag,ngly OF the business outlook in
the far West