The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-10
new Nav AL. POL ICY
FINDS OPPOSITION
Attack on Proposed Increase In Elk.
pense Expected IN National
Board Of Trade.
Eons Fist Of Recommendations and
Resolutions on Business Top
les OF Importance.

WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. TO-
An attack upon the naval policy OF
Congress- by the National Board OF
Trade Is expected by those arranging
Tor the meeting of that body in this
city, beginning January II. A. t.
Anderson. the commissioner of the
board. who Travelled through Ohio,
Indiana Illinois, Pennsylvania and
Western New York on the business of
the board. discovered that there is
strong hostile feeling against the ma.
val programme among the business
men composing the bodies which con-
stitnte the National organization, be-
cause there was no rivers and har.
hors bill at the last session of Con-
gress and there appears to be a big
question as to whether one will be
passed this session.
Mr. Anderson said to-day that in
nearly every city he visited there was
talk of that kind He was particular.
II Impressed by the fact that Pitts
burg business men feel that there
could be reduction in the naval es.
Inmates and an Increase in those for
The Improvement of the waterways
without fmpairing the efficiency OF
the navy
Last years meeting of the board re
suited in specific Endorsement of the
nine-foot scheme for the Ohio and
general Endorsement of the policy for
larger allotments for the waterways.
he Official programme of recon.
mendations and resolutions to be con.
sidered at the meeting has been made
public by Secretary William R. Tuck
er. An unusually large number of
resolutions of interest to the bust
ness interests of the country have
Been proposed by representative com
mercial bodies for consideration, chief
among which are those relating to
The merchant marine, in the inter.
State commerce law, reciprocity. uni
form bills of lading, reduction of the
INK ON alcohol and improvement of
the various waterways.
Various boards of trade and trans.
portation and chambers of commerce
Apw9 presented resolutions urging
eonEressionai; legislation for the up
auilding of the American merchant
marine. The Milwaukee Chamber of
Commerce expressed itself as opposed
20 the granting by Congress of any
ship subsidy or subvention.
Realizing the great importance of
the Panama canal the New Orleans
Board of Trade presents a resolution
urging the formation of the Mississip-
pi Valley & Oriental Steamship Com
Esny, to be organized under the Louis
lama State laws, with a capital of not
less than 100000. for the construc,
ION OF modern, fu1l-powered passen-
ger and freight steamers.
Railroad pooling is favored in sew,
arai resolutions, and so is the insti.
thffsn by the government of a par.
cells post, such as various foreign Ma
lions now enjoy, the adoption of one
cent postage for invoices, ETC., and
The Improvement of the Mississippi
EIger and of eoastwise waterways.
rTne Importance of international
arbitration treaties is set forth in a
number of the resolutions and an ex-
preston is made for an early ratffica-
ton of those now pending The
Scranton tPa.) Board of Trade re-
quests the adoption of a resolution
requesting the President to join 9th
er Powers in a determined effort to
compel Russia and Japan to submit
their differences to The Hague trI-
bunaI for arbitrament
The Cigar Manufacturers Associa-
4ion of America urges that if reduc-
lions be made in the existing tariff
On goods or articles imported from
She Philippines there should be ex-
cepted from such reductions sucli ar
ticIes, grown, produced or manufac.
sured in the United States as would
ne seriously affected by such reduc-
lion.