New-York tribune., 1902-06-22

and co-operatod with other bodies to present the
subject to Congress As the result OF the agtauoh @
sequence. the much desired improvements are now
Dor will. for depth Of channel and docking facili
ties. he unsurpassed in the Western tfnlSI'htI Re
In recognition Of the efforts Of Mr.. Ambrose the
government has ordered the channel TO he called
the Ambrose Channel To show the apPreclsIIon r,s
chairman of the Commerce Committee, dinner
The customs service is vital factor in the
commercial prosperity Of this city and II mas re, re-
Merchants Association When complaint was re
ceiyed that there We're nn9ue Gfays ] IN ' sod
ings held in the rooms Of the association. and
appraisement. 1t was found that among other
arrangements there vas an order that 10 per cent n,
OF each class OF articles on an in*olce sIloud pe
delivered for appraisement and in consequence
its capacity. An appeal made to the Treas
ury Department, and the order was finally re
on the reeonnendatton Of President NJ MeKi9ieg Kin
on Revision Of the customs Laws in March. 1900
made report embodyinE the desired amendments
Much annoyance and considerable expense were
entailed upon importers by = Treasury ruling in
I 1909 reapTtng a payment OF duugs upon , Saipes sso
citation the Secretary Of the Treasury. and
! When the question of suhsidlzng American ships
was discussed, for the Purrose of stimg,ating the
the bill which had been introdIced for the rea SON
built ships to American reEistry and halI-tonnage,
| After protracted fight the hill defeated.
The association is laborinE 10 omen new outlets
| for the surplus this
which can with difficulty ind home market, and
| as a consequence gives cause to destructive
| compettlon- 10 promote foreign trade the ass"-
| dispensa6le .,nd il has adyocstaj and bas 1rPeI
| through its representative. William r. COrwinc.
! that Congress pass some such bill as the Adams
For the purpose of increasing and developing our
trad win Porto RSo thg association sent Nh
! its commsrci5l conditions. Mr. Corwine's report
! War Both the President and the Secretary Of war
| followed out TO great degree the recommended
fer when doI.raiion Of bIsness m me-, frn5 rrt ~
! dinner given by the association at the Waldorf.
| at which several Of the Porto Rcan speakers
took occasion - thank the association for what it
| had done for the welfare Of that island
In the revision of the Cuban tariff the Mer-
| chants Association has striven for amendments
ton piece goods in that isand In the tarifr BIZ
! which was afterward passed its suggestions for
| the Cuban tariff were taken basis for the
paragraphs IN the new Philippine tariff which re
| late to cotton piece goods.
In its efforts to develop the internal trade of the
United States, along with increasing the market
OF New-YoTk the association has annually Gistrib-
uted a vast quantity Of printed matter, primarily
incidentally to set forth the business and the pleas
ure attractions Of the metropolis This material is
mailed to list Of more than hundred and
/ sixty thousand merchants throughout the country
times, the association has often represented
the city. when such = representation was not
made ocial ) At the recent exposition at Charles
ton the State was represented by commission.
sociauon, Governor odeIl made ; trstE Mead
assistant secretary Of the Merchants Associa-
The maintenance of the postal facilities of the
city has always been jealously guarded by the
ment Of the force OF letter carriers in this city
averted. result OF d mass meeting held under
the auspices of the association. The extension of
the pneumatic tube service Of this city has been
its efforts the item for the maintenance of this
service was replaced in the annual appropriation
bill by Congress after it had been stricken out
In the fields Of finance and taxation the associa-
ton accompished the defeat of the > per cent tax
In this State from to > per cent No lobbying
done by the representatives, of the association
at Albany but business and manufacturing inter
ests in each Assembly district arrayed against
the bill in such manner that the attitude of their
respective Assembymen likewise made hostile
10 the measure The association also successfully
duced the last session of the State Legislature
In spite of it's many lines of activity at home thc
association. much like the Chamber of Commerce
has always been ready to extend helping
hand 10 the unfortunate of its own or foreign
lands IN tunes OF Calamity lnlmedldtey after the
news Of the Martinique disaster the Merchants
a s<PalaIT9 announced tnat II |oud sed @ smPpes 5
to 81 Pierre 70 report on the conditions there and
10 distribute the supplies sent thither by the com
plleI ien releI ORGANIZATIONS at TINS p9rI. -,
other relief undertakings accomplished by the
organization are as follows:
Relief for sick soldiers Point..... 500
Porto Rican whrIwind sufferers ..............
jacksonville fire sufferers 5000
Following up its victory in the repeal of the
hamapo act the Merchants Association organ
| lied A permanent committee water supply and
authorlZed surveys to be made by expert engi-
heers OF all practicable water sources in the east
h adirdnac PaTt OF the state nending % the catsk
tonic ana Ten Mile Rivers and also OF the Hud
son River above tidewater. Field surveys of
cost and several feasible projects for the further
supply have been obtained. which will permit the
addltion of from 250000000 10 750,Ge00g0 gallons
the water supply of the city.
Inc present officers of the association d. lie
president: John {. Eames second vice-president;
,, w; "A, Marble. secretary; S Cristy Mead as