Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-01-12
ANNUAL
MEETING
NEXT WEEK

WASHINGTON. d. c., Jan. TO-
The National Board of Trade Is an
Old organization and has held many
conferences, but the annual meeting
to be held here next week will un-
doubtediy be the most important and
interesting In its history Americas
requirement of new possessions In the
West Indies and in the Far East has
given birth to many new questions
affecting the country's manufacturing
aad commercial interests and all of
these together with questions OF long.
II standing but none the less import
ance. will come in for attention at
he hands of the eminent representa-
tives OF the country's industries who
Will gather in the national capital
ieXt Tuesday.
For instance. upon the resolutions
20 BE- discussed and acted upon is one
recommending to congress the con
sideration of such Legislation as Will
admit to the Philippine islands num-
Der. aot exceeding 200 900 male adult
Chinamen upon the payment OF an i'm.
migration fee of not over $50 each
these laborers being registered and
compelled to return TO China at the
expiration OF ten years or at the
discretion of the president at any time
after five years. such amount as may
accrue from the above proposition to
be devoted to such matters of Internal
development in the Philippine islands
as may be approved and directed by
tirh al mi
Another resolution that will be
pressed looks 10 the amendment of the
lterstate commerce law so that II will
permit the establishment and mainte-
nance oil associations among carriers
% as TO provide uniform. stable and
lawfully published rates. provided
that no Sch rates, rules and regula-
tio1s, and no methods adopted for the
maintenance of the same shall become
operative or legal until after they
ave been filed with and approved by
ihe Interstate commerce commission
resolution with regard to the cur
!ency system of the United States will
be brought before the convention. II
asks for such action AS will dscon-
tinue the coinage of standard silver
dollars. authorize the coinage of the
silver bullion in the treasury and the
ecoiuage of silver dollars with such
denominations of subsidiary silver
oins as the secretary of the treasury
may deem necessary to meet the re-
luirements, maintain at all times the
parity with gold of the legal tender
iollars remaining outstanding; re-
peal the legislation which limits the
retirement of national bank circula
tion; amend the national banking act.
70 that national banks may be author.
ICED to issue notes which shall be as
adequately secured as the national
bank notes are under the law now in
force. and whose volume, shall auto
matically expand with an increased
demand for currency. and contract
when that demand shall increase.
Additional resolutions will advocate
the creation OF an executive depart
ment of commerce and industry of
the government; reatflm the demand
or onecent postage; favor the pay
melt by the treasury department of
eypressage on all old bank notes sent
TO Washington to be destroyed and on
All national bank notes returned in
exchange for the same; urge that the
waterways of the Great Lakes and
he Mississippi river be speedily en-
larged and connected by continuous
channels, reaching from the Atlantic
seaboard to the gulf, and urges even
more liberal provision by congress for
he early improvement OF seaport
channels