The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-01-11
THE CHAM Der OF COMMERCE
ADDRESSED BY0SBoRNE HOWE OF
TIE BOSTON B0ARD or TRADE,

On the Trade Rotations Between the
United States and Canada "A sugges-
| tion For the Dredging of MIL River,
auinntpiao RiveE and West River
Other Business of Last Nights Meet
ing.
A large and most interesting meeting
of the chamber of commerce was held
last evening in the new quarters in the
Moses building. After the regular bus
mess of the session had been transacted
Osborne Howes of the Boston board of
trade delivered to the chamber an en-
PERTAINING address on 1.-The Trade Re
lations Between the United States and
Canada" During the business session
Nathan S. Bronson was elected to men,
bership in the chamber.
Henry G. Rowe Of the harbor commit
tee took occasion to make statement
lconcerning the dumping of material
dredged from New Haven harbor off
Branford. Mr. Rowe said that no dump
ing ground was selected until 1t had
been approved by Major Leach than
whom he said there was no higher au-
thority on marine engineering, He said
the water where the material was being
dumped was thirty feet deep, while the
entrance of Branford harbor is only six
| feet deep. The grounds off Branford
! were selected because they were the
only ones in the vicinity of New Haven
| harbor which were not used as oyster
| IL. hax in, Ry1v
| ford harbor
! A communication was read from
man In New York who is preparing a
directory of the American firms which
will have exhibits at the Paris exposi-
tion. He asked for list of New Ha-
ven firms which will send goods to the
| exposition.
A letter was read from r. B. Thurber
| of the national board of trade request
| ing the local chamber to send delegates
| to the meeting of the national board to
be- held in Washington on January 49,
| This brought up the old question of af-
| filiating with the national board of
trade The New Haven chamber Of
commerce formerly was connected with
| that organization, but withdrew when
| the state board of trade was organized,
| ten or twelve years ago The letter was
referred to the executive committee IT
| is not probable that delegates will be
| sent, as the sentiment in the chamber Is
opposed to again affiliating with the
| national organization.
| Communications were received from
| the E. A. Chatfield company and from
Lucien Sanderson stating that they I'M
derGtood that about 100000 of the APP
preparation made for the Improvement
| of New Haven harbor would not be ex-
pended for dredging in the harbor prop
err owing to the advantageous contract
made by Major Leach. The communi-
cations contained a request that the
chamber use IT'S influence to have this
surplus used for dredging in Mill river,
Quinnipiac river and West river The
matter was referred to the harbor COM
mittee.
The annual assessment of members
was voted last night. There are now
$50 members of the chamber and an as
sessment OF SO was voted
The resolutions concerning the trade
relations between the United states and
Canada, already published, were adopt
ed unanimously.
Action on the resolution concerning a
Geographic cable connecting the United
States and Cuba was deferred until the
next meeting at the request Of General
f.. S. Greeley.
Mr.. Howes then spoke in part as fol-
lows
In addressing you this evening I come
as the representative of the Boston
chamber of commerce, which two or
three years ago, after a careful study |
of the subject, became convinced that |
the future trade welfare of the New |
England states would be materially |
promoted by enarging the territory |
tributary to it to the north and the
east The nearer approximation we can
make in our trade with Canada to the
conditions that obtain in trade within
our own frontiers the larger and more
satisfactory will be our commercial
dealings. If the state of Massachusetts
was part of the Dominion of Canada.
you in Connecticut would not now be
doing more than a tenth of the trade
that you are now carrying on with your
sister commonwealth. We are vigorous
competitors of yours in almost all
branches of trade, but in spite of this
and because there is no tariff barrier
raised along your northern border, you |
in Connecticut doubtless sell each year
in Massachusetts more than the entire
GALES of the United States in the con-
tinent of South America. The Cana
dian people are a close approximation
to our own in their political, social and
industrial methods, and have the same
wants and tastes that we have. For
this reason in spite of tariff barriers
they are the best foreign customers,
man for man, that the United States
possesses. We sold to these 100000
people in the year 1S9S-for the trade
returns of the year 1899 have not yet
been made up-American products to a
value greater than our sales in South
Central America, Mexico and ,
he West Indies combined, although the
population to the south of us was more |
than ten times greater than the popu-
ation north of us. We sent to Canada |
IN the year 1898 more than $50, 900 900 ,
worth of our products! we took from
Canada for consumption in the same
year New England products to the ,
value of less than $35,000,0 900, There
vas a balance of trade in our favor {
rs the result of the years exchange of {