The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-24
NEW YEAR RESOLVES
DIRECTORS OF CHAMBER OF cost
MERGE CONSIDER MANY I'M
PoRTANT QUESTIONS
PACIFIC CABLE BILL FAvoREI
Suggest Amendment Providing Tor
Terminus on Puget sound-Op-
posed to IndiscriEninate
Appropriations. 10

The board of directors of the Chamber
of Commerce yesterday morning at its
regular meeting passed several sets gof
resolutions relating to matters that have
been brought, before the body The
board favers the creation of a new fed
eral department, to be called the depart
Inent Of commerce and industries. The
Pacific cable plan was approved, with
one exception The Chamber of Com
merce wants the terminal to be at a
point on the Puget Sound.
| Acknowledgment of the receipt of the
resolutions passed last week in regard
to closer trade relations with Canada
were read from the Boston Chamber of
Commerce, secretary to the president of
the United States and from Senators Mel
son and Glapp.
The board then took up the subject
of a penny post, and after some discus
sion passed the following resolution:
Resolved, That this board is in favor
of the reduction Of letter postage to I
cent, provided that it can be brought
about by the equalization of the postage
on second-ctass natter
w. II. Lightner, chairman of the com
nnittee on legislation, to which had been
referred the matter of the creation of
a new federal department, reported ia
yoring the adoption of the following res
oIutions:
Resolved, That the Chamber of Com
merce of the city of ST. Paul strongly
favors the creation at the seat of gov
eminent of an Executive department., to
be known as the department of COM
merce and industries, and secretary OF
| commerce and industries, who should be
the head thereof;
RESOLVED, That this department, if Gre
ba att
merce, including all functions of the gov
eminent with reference to transporta-
ton and navigation, manufacturing and
mining, and all statistics relating there
to:
Resolved, That copy of these reso-
buttons be transmitted to our senators
and representatives in congress
The committee to which the comnuni-
cation from the interstate commerce law
convention was referred recommended
that the communication be placed on file
and that no present action be taken as
the subject matter had already been act
ed upon.
communication was received from
the Denver Chamber of Commerce reIa-
tive to the tariff on sugar, and the com
mittee on legislation recommended that
it be referred to the manufacturing COM
niittee.-sa so
The committee on legislation. to which
had been referred the communication
from John B. Corliss relative to the con-
struetien of a Pacific cable, presented the
following set Of resolutions:
Resolutions ON Cable Project.
Whereas, The. ownership and control
of the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands.
III the Pacific ocean, have greatly ad-
vanced the possibilities and commercial
Of
construction of the Nicaragua canal will
enable eur people to develop a merchant
marine and advance our trade and com
n1erce with the Orient; and
Whereas, Great Britain has largely
controlled the trade and commerce of the
seas by the construction, ownership and
control Of cable lines and canals; there
fore, be it
Resolved, That a government cable.
connecting the islands owned and con-
trolled III the Pacific ocean by our coun-
try is public necessity for the proper
advancement of our trade and commerce,
as well as our military and naval protec-
tion also
Resolved, That such cable should be
laid, owned and controlled by our gov
erEment and operated the same as the
pestefflce department. at the least possible
expense to the public; that the pending
i'lcetSuIS fAlLO@I DIS the aCCTIlSS- Dill COM
Irlaneis our hearty approval and in our
judgment should be speedily adopted, pro-
vided that said bill be amended by MAX
ing4the terminus of said cable at some
point en- Puget sound
In regard to the communication receiF-
ed from the national rivers and harbors
congress the legislative committee recon-
mended that the following resolutions be
adopted
Resolved That we favor all reason
able and necessary appropriations for the
maintenance and Improvement of national
Waterways, such appropriations, however,
only to be made in such cases as are
plainly of national Importance and re-
{ late solely to national water highways,
and that we sdisapprevo Of indiscrfrainate
appropria tons uIldeI the guise of i'm
provenlents to rivers and highways
These resoIutions,. which are to be for
warded to congress- are virtually opposed
TO those of the national rivers and haF-
hefss eollgfess.ssAfter they had been adopt
tend an invitation of the board to E. B.
Bacon, chairman of the interstate COM
merce law convention, to deliver an adj
dress before the board Monday, Dec 80
at $3.50 D. m The address is to relate to
certain desirable an rdments to the in
terstate commerce act.
There will be a general meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce Jan. 6