Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02
FURTHERING ENDS OF TRADE
International Comm mercinl Congress
Adopts u Series of Rcso-
Lutions.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov 1.-The Interna-
tional Commercial congress has adopted
resolutions as folows
Declaring that the assimilation of trade
mark laws to a common standard is neces-
sary for the full protection of commerce
and that all nations, members of the union
created by the convention for the protec-
ton OF industrial property, concluded at
Paris, March 20, 1888, may with great ad-
vantage to their commercial interests be-
come members of the sub-union created by
the agreement of Madrid.
Recommending that the congress of the
United States and all other governments
not now possessing parcel post system
Declaring Ii to be most desirable that as
far as practicable the trade statistics of all
of accurate comparison.
Requesting the United States government
| and other nations to consider the subject
| tions of the world of an International
| bureau for the collection and dissemination
of agricultural reports of the nation as
Requesting the delegates to this congress
| to include In their reports to their respective
governments and chambers of com merce
a special recommendation tending to en-
| list the active cooperation of said govern
ments and commercial bodies in furthering
| the ends and objects of the Philadelphia
Commercial Museum and tending also to
the creation in each country of an inter
national bureau of commercial information
| to operate on practically uniform lines, as
initiated by the Philadelphia museum.
| Declaring 1t to be the consensus of the
! Judgment of the representatives that there
should be placed upon record an earnest
\ desire to secure lasting peace among ma
ana shas a @ fa as
| created to which all differences of nations
| shall be submitted.
cial congress heartily endorses and urges
the construction Of an interoceanic canal
| on the western hemisphere at the earliest
practicable moment.
| The resolutions adopted on October 16
which placed the international congress in
the position of urging upon the United
States the propriety of granting greater
| privileges to Canadian ships and reducing
tariff rates now imposed by the United States
on Canadian products, were expunged, as
were all the other resolutions adopted in the
early sessions of the congress.
The International commercial congress
| finally adjourned tonight. The last days
! proceedings were devoted almost entirely to
| the exchange of courtesies and leave-tak-
| ings.
Following the adjournment OF the congress
| the Philadelphia commercial museums, un-
| der whose auspices the deliberations were
conducted, issued pamphlet with the name!
| and addresses of the various delegates
| These include representatives from Africa
! Arabia, Argentine Republic, Australasia
Austrla-Hungary, Belgium, BOLIVIA, Brazil
| Canada, Central America, Ceylon, Chile
China, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, France
| Germany, Greece, Guiana, Hawaiian islands
India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Liberia, Madeira
| Mexico Norway, Paraguay, Persia, Peru
| Portugal, Roumana. Russia, Spain, Sweden
Turkey, Great Britain aud Ireland, Uruguay
| Venezuela, West Indies.
In connection with the above list is th
| Of oil Fritz n
| the twelve delegates from South Africa, Cap
Colony and Rhodesla only three registered.
Another noticeable feature OF the congres
has been the fact that not one delegate O
the entire Chinese delegation failed to re
spond. This is regarded by the promoter
of the congress as ndisputable evidence tina
the commercial interests of China ar
anxious for closer relations with the Unite
States.