The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-22
NATIONAL BODY TO MEET
Board of Trade Members From
Various Cities Here.
The Thirty-drst Annual Convention
to Assemble Mt the ShOrehnm Hotel
Important Questions to He Dis
cussed by the OrganizntiOn-EIcc-
ion OF Officers Slated for To-day.


National Board of Trade will begin in the
banquet hall of the Shoreham at noon to-
1 day. The president of the board. Fred
Fraley, of Philadelphia, will occupy the
chair during the meetings. and W. R.
Tucker. of Philadelphia the secretary
Will see to the records
The following recommendations and res
olutions submitted by the association as
named VIII come up for consideration:
American merchant marine, proposed by
| Boston Chamber of Commerce. Boston
Merchants Association, Chicago Board of
Trade, Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce,
| New Orleans Board of Trade New York
Board of Trade and Transportation Phil
adelphia Board of Trade. Philadelphia
Trades League; railroad pooling, by Balti
| more Chamber of Commerce, Boston
| Chamber of Commerce; interstate com
| merce law, by Boston Merchants Asso-
| citation, Chicago Board of Trade the Gin
! cinnati Board of Trade and Bureau of
Transportation, Cincinnati Chamber of
| Commerce, Kansas City Board of Trade.
Millers' National Association, Milwaukee
! Chamber of Commerce, New Orleans Board
! of Trade; pooling of railroads. by New
| York Board of Trade and Transportation
interstate commerce law. by Philadelphia
Board of Trade: Philadelphia Trades
League; pooling of railroads. by Pittsburg
Chamber of Commerce; interstate com
merce. by Quincy, ILL.,. Chamber of Com
merce; interstate commerce law, by
Scranton Board of Trade; Cullom bill,
by st. Joseph Commercial Club
interstate commerce law, by Mer-
chants Exchange. St Louis; the Toledo
Produce Exchange, United States Export
| Association; pooling by railroads. Uni ed
States Export Association; anti-scalping
bill. Boston Merchants Association,
United States Export Association; inter-
changeable mileage. Merchants Exchange,
st. Louis; Loud postal bills, Baltimore
Board of Trade. Baltimore Chamber of
Commerce: postal laws. by Chicago Board
of Trade: local letter mail rate. CinSig
natl Chamber of Commerce; 1-cent letVr
postage, Philadelphia Trades League: cor
rection abuses second-class mail matter,
Philadelphia Trades League; REIMBURSEMENT
railway mail pay. Philadelphia Trades
League; reduction of postage on first-ciass
matter, Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce;
postal laws, Scranton Board of Trade;
Merchants Exchange, st, Louis; rates on
second class mail matter. United States
Export Association; international parcels
post. Philadelphia Board of Trade; par
cells post, Cincinnati Chamber of Com
merce. New England Shoe and Leather
Association. Philadelphia Trades League,
Quincy H.. Chamber of Commerce. St
Joseph Club: gold standard law, Baltimore
Board of Trade. Baltimore Chamber OF
Commerce; currency, Boston Chamber OF
Commerce; gold standard, Boston Mer-
chants Association. Chicago Board of
Trade: the currency system and gold
standard New York Board of Trade and
Transportation: silver coinage law. Gin
cinnati Chamber OF Commerce; interna-
tionaI branch banks. Cincinnati Chamber
of Commerce; inland coast navigation,
Baltimore Board of Trade; coastwise a
nails. Baltimore Chamber Of Commerce;
Improvement Of inland waterways, Cincin
natl Chamber of Commerce the Ohio
Valley Improvement Association; i'm
provement of Western waterways. Mer-
chants Exchange, st. Louis; improvement
of Mississippi hiyer. Merchants Exchange,
st. Louis; waterway from Lake Nicaragua
to the Mississippi River, Chicago Board
of Trade; irrigation. Chicago Board Of
Trade. United States Export Association;
forestry. Merchants Exchange, St. Louis;
Nicaragua Canal. Chicago Board CT Irate;
Isthmian Canal, Cincinnati Chamber of
Commerce; Nicaragua Canal. Philadel-
phia Board OF Trade, Philadelphia Trades
League. Scranton Board of Trade, Mer-
chants Exchange st. Louis; department
of commerce and industries. Baltimore
Chamber of Commerce. Boston Chamber
of Commerce Boston Merchants Associa-
ton Chicago Beard of Trade. Cincinnati
Chamber of Commerce. New York Board
Of Trade and Transportation, Philadel-
phia Board of Trade. Philadelphia Trades
League, Scranton Board Of Trade. Mer-
chants Exchange. st. Louis; war revenue
tax. American Warehousemen's Associa-
ton; war revenue law. Boston Chamber
of Commerce Boston Merchants Associa-
ticn. Chicago Board of Trade. New Or
leans Board Of Trade. Philadelphia Trades
League Merchants Exchange, st. Louis;
duty en- hides. Detroit Board OF Trade, |
Milwaukee Chamber OF Commerce. Quincy,
Ill. Chamber Of Commerce; repeal of tax
on hides Merchants Exchange. st. Louis;
national bankrupt law. New Orleans
Beard of Trade New York Board of Trade
and Transportation; bankruptcy act. !
Philadelphia Trades League; reciprocity |
with Canada, Boston Chamber of Com |
merce Boston Merchants Association: |
trade with China and the Orient. Gin
cinnati Chamber of Commerce; extension |
of trade with China and the Orient. |
New York Board of Trade and Transpor-
tation: extension of American trade, New |
York Board of Trade and Transportation;
consular service. Boston Merchants As |
sociation: Chicago Board OF Trade; Gin |
cinnaii Chamber of Commerce. technical |
and Commercial education, Cincinnati |
CharlEer Of Commerce.; study of modern |
languages and the extension OF commerce. |
Cnited States Export Association; inter |
national expositions. United States Ex- |
port Association; crop reports, Chicago I
Board of Trade; national uniform rule |
establishing grades of wheat Chicago |
Board of Trade; Presidential term, Bal |
timore Board of Trade; Baltimore Cham /
ber of Commerce, Boston Merchants As (
sociatiOn, Cincinnati Chamber of Com |
merce, United States Export As
sociation: commercial cable between /
Cuba and the United States. Boston Cham
Der of Commerce; competition in cable /
communication, United States Export As
sociation; public health, New York Board
of Trade; pure food bill, United States
Export Association; national navigating
naval reserves, New York Board of Trade;
national trademark, New York Board of
Trade; the metric system. Cincinnati
Chamber of Commerce; national incor-
poration law, United States Export As
sociation; commercial museums. Phila-
delphia Trades League; development of /
dairy interests, American Warehouse As
sociation; local secretary, Baltimore
Chamber of Commerce.
The reading of the annual reports. the
annual address, and the cleo
ton of officers, will take place at todays
session IL possible.
A great many members from all parts
of the country have already arrived and
registered at the various hotels.
Two Thefts Reported.
Somebody unknovn- TO the police smashed a
show Window at The store of A. Messeneo, on
Pennsylvania asetiae, last night and stole rub