The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-04

drafting the necessary ordinance. The
committee consists Of Charles MaCEilI.
President Of the Chamber OF Commerce,
blanchard Randall, President Of the
Board Of Trade; Reuben Foster. Presi-
dent Of the Chesapeake Steamship Com
pany: Henry Williams President Of the
Weems Steamboat Company; Walter p.
shy der, President OF the Merchants
Fruit Exchange; Collector Of the Port
William F Stone, City Comptroller James
II. Smith. and Col. William H. Love
When the mayor went back TO his office
in the city hall after the meeting he pre-
pared a paragraph which he will present
TO the Board OF Estimates ana advocate
that il be included in the ordinance Of
creation Of the position OF municipal sta
usucian 20 be appointed by the mayor
and TO gather statistics on all subjects
relating TO trade, commerce, manufacture
/ and couSuU ptIOh Of goods Of all kinds. and
. TO whom the harbOTmasteT and market
clerks shall make report as the city comp
tTUlieT shall direct and TO whom all trans
portatlCu companies. land and water. shall
monthly make statistical reports. The
mayor has provided that the salary Of
the statisttciau shall be $500 year and
that $500 Doe appropriated for the general
! expenses Of his Office
/ Collector Stone made an address. in
which he spoke Of the advantages 10 be
gained by gathering the statistics Of BAL
timOrc's CuastWise trade our export
I business said the collector. shows ia
the past ten years an aggregate amount
( Of S9u9 Ss2.Sll / learn from the books in
( the custom house that the years $50, and
3 1900 were phenomenal. owing largely TO
. the great movement Of grain through our
Under the navigation laws Of the Unit
! ed States a very small proportiOn-not
! over p per CcEt-uf our vessels engaged in
{ coasuug trade are Oh iEed % enter and
Z clear al the custom house, the law cover
( ing only those vessels having on board
[ distilled spirits 10 the value Of 800 or
/ fOreig ign goods 20 the value o. $500. The re
our domestic busingSs-gCes uurccOrded.
lie" me give an Illustration During Au-
gust there were - vessels entered at the
! custom house as IN the cuaStlnE trade
/ For the same period. however, as seen by
I a statement handed me by ComptrO Ier
Smith. ! find that S97 vessels visited this
port and locked al the public WharE-s
controlled 10y the city. not one % which
. was required by law 10 enter OF clear At
the custom house. How many more YES
. sells doCktd q the state wharyes and ul-
. merOus private whaTves Of the city ! am
I unable 20 say. IL is safe TO say however.
. that there are over 500 vessels visiting
I our city every month Of which no record
I reaches the custom house"
o. p Austin, Chief OF the United States
/ Bureau Of Statistics, explained that uw-
ing to the limited powers Of the Govern
. ment local aid Is necessary ia gatherius
! statistics 81 the coUutry's commerce. He
divided the work into three helGs--hc
commerce Of the Great Lakes, the move
ments az the internal centres, and the
I COaStWise shipping The figures Of -hC
last-named, he said, are the most difficult
! to gather. Mr. Austin said that no at.
/ tempt would be made 20 pry into privat,
/ matters. but that the gathering OF the
statistics would be Of great advantage q
/ the city
/ DIT. John Franklin CroweII. expert OF
internal commerce. also made an address
in which he said the officials are frequent
" called upon by large capitalists To fur
/ nish information regarding the volume Of
] business AZ different locations
/ Colonel Love said that Baltimore wal
I fortunately situated so 70 enjoy a larR'
coasawise commerce, having on the bay
I in Maryland $500 square miles OF waite
/ and about 200 miles I'm Virginia tribu
/ tary 10 this port. In addition To this wild,
/ eXpanse Of water, there were the tr!bu
] taries Of the bay reaching far into IN,
| land The territory along the bay and III
| streams was very different from other re
| giOns lying as II did between latitude Q
! degrees 30 minutes north, and much q
/ q capable Of producing two crops year
I The speaker also said that there wa
/ here "a feet Of 5000 vessels OF all ton
! nagys. and that some Of the larger bug
] eyes were having gasolene engines install
[ ed, so that they could carry two carHDe
I a day 20 port whether there was win'
I or not. II was. he further said, eminenul
proper 90 hold this meeting in the room
I % the oldest Board Of Trade In this cOun
| try and also TO have present the pTesldcu
/ Of the Oldest steam transportation line II
[ the world. Mr.. Henry Williams, Of III
I Weems Steamboat Company
/ Reuben Foster. President Of the theSa
! ugakc Steamship Company. endorsed IN
proposed appointment Of 4 municipal stat
/ isticlan and said he would gladly cooper
; ate in anything proposed. Walter T. shy
I der. President Of the Merchants trul
Z Exchange. spoke Of the volume or Eslti
+ riore's fruit trade. saying few have eNel
I = remote idea Of its extent. He declare
] that the comm ission men who sell pro
duce on Centre Market space would Elsu
~ furnish q municipal official with fg
Z ures Of the immense business done there