The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-17
TIE NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE ID:
Question Of Reciprocity Was Exten
siveiy Handled and Many Recon-.
mendations Were Made.

Washington, jar. 16.-The thirty.
third annual convention of the Ma
tional Board of Trade came to an end
yesterday. The question of reciproc-
ity was probably the most important
topic considered.
The board adopted resolutions urg-
ing legislation on the part of the ma
tional congress regarding reciprocal
trade relations along the lines laid
down by the late President Mckinley
in his last address at Buffalo, and by
President Roosevelt in his recent mes.
sage to congress. including the re-
affirmation of. the treaty with France
and the other treaties negotiated I'M
der the administration of President
Mckinley. now pending in the senate.
and further urges the negotiation OF
treaties on the same lines with Ger
many and other countries.
The board urges the immediate re-
affirmation of the treaty With Cuba
by the senate of the United States.
The Hay-Bond treaty Of reciprocity
with Newfoundland, the board thinks.
would be of large benefit to the bust.
ness interests of the country as a
whole. and urges that the treaty be re.
affirmed by the senate of the United
States.
The board also petitions the presi.
dent and the, congress Of the United
States and the American members of
the Anglo-American joint high com.
mission to do all that lies in their
respective powers to secure a trade
treaty between Canada and the United
States upon broad business principles
of recipI Deal concessions, and as n
step in this direction favors the meas.
ure now before the United States sen.
ate authorizing, the president to re.
move the duties upon Canadian coal
in return for similar action by the
Dominion Of Canada with regard to
coal from the United States.
A minority report was submitted,
signed by John Hopwell, Henry w.
Peabody and ]. T. McHugh.
The report Of the committee on i'm.
migration laws was adopted. 1t urged
on congress the Importance of prompt
and favorable action TO prohibit un.
desirable immigration by means Of
such educational tests as might seem
best adapted to that end, and also Ca.
vored more stringent naturalization
law.
The committee on postal affairs sub.
mitted a report urging on congress-
the prompt adoption of a universal
1-cent domestic letter postage. The
report was adopted unanimously.
The convention also adopted a res.
olution requesting the official south.
ern and western Classification com.
mittees to provide for and place
in use Uniform bin of lading, where
in is clearly stated the rights, duties
and liabilities of all parties affected
by tho shipment,
Filled for Probate.
THIN, o.. Jan. 16.-what purports
to be the last will of Mrs Charlotte
M Hoyt, widow of the New York
multi-miilionaire, was filed yesterday.
1t is dated Sept. 8. 1902. This being
of later origin than the other two
Wills, Judge j. F. Dunn, of THIN, who
was in charge of Mrs, Hoyt,s interests,
is bequeathed the bl TX of the estate,
valued at several h lndred thousand
dollars. Her father. Casper Guss, o:
Tifln. gets 500 month during his
life and the New York Humane SO
ciety $50 month for the care of her