Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-17

| We cdli upon business men, SalQ Mi.
| sullivan, to rise to higher endeavor, and
1t Is one OF our purposes to call upon Con-
eress TO enact laws for the welfare of our
common country. The board has never
| grown pess1mistic through delay and doubt,
| ana IL is more vigorous, more trustful to-
| day than ever before"
| He said this country is entering upon a
| p eIioo OF great commercial prosperity and
| Polilicai advancement. To-day our manu-
| laciurers are extending their business to
every chime, and our country is becoming
| the great financial center of the world"
| president Sullivans reference to reci-
| proc1ty and the merchant marine were
greeted with applause He said those ques-
"a. sloIs were now before the public and must
! peter qualified to deal with them than
| the national board of trale. He favored
| marking out a policy which will place the
| ASSOCIATION in position to do more effective
WORK IN the future than in the past
never before in our history" concluded
| MI. sullivan, have our industries needed
as now the assistance of strong CONNER
clal pedy like the national board of trade"
Committees Announced.
The president announced the following
committees:
Credentials-Josiah Marvel, Wilmington,
| Del. chairman; c. w. Chase, Cleveland;
John M. Harper, Philadelphia.
Propositions to VII inclusive American
| merchant marine-Harvey D. Goulder Cleve-
W.
| kee; F. w. Curtis, New York; w. W. Foulk-
| rod, Philadelphia; James w. Porch, New
| Orleans; G. Waldo Smith, New York: Clin-
| ton White. Boston; Edward r. Wood, Phil
| adelphia.
Propositions VIII to XVII. inclusive,
| liam B. Coates, Philadelphia chairman; E.
| T. Bacon, Milwaukee; Darwin r. James,
| New York; N B. Kelly, Philadelphia; Jas
| T. McHugh, Cincinnati; Fred Muller, New
/ Prht -;rps, Nov
housemen's Association F. B. Thurber,
| New York; Clinton White, Boston.
Propositions XVIII to XXI, inclusive,
| uniform bill of lading and time for ship
| ment-John Valiant, New York, chairman
| f. T. Bacon, Milwaukee; Charles B. Muir
ray, Cincinnati; A M. Reed, American
| Warehousemen's Association; c. w. Rob
| inSOn, New Orleans.
| Propositions XIII to XXI, inclusive
postal rates and affairs-Finley Acker,
| Philadelphia, chairman; c. w. Burrows,
| Cleveland; F.. l.. Hitchcock, Scranton;
| David Hutzler, Baltimore; Morris S. Wise,
| New York. ElB
Propositions, XXXII to XII, inclusive,
| and suggestion in appendix, Improvement
| Orleans, chairman; Geo H. Anderson,
| Pittsburg; j. F. Ellison Cincinnati; VIM
s. Harvey, Philadelphia; Lewis NJ Haupt
| Philadelphia Josiah Marvel. Wilmington.
| Del; John NJ Peters, New York; Robert
Ramsay, Baltimore; Chas. c. Reid. Little
| Rock. 100
Propositions MI to XIX, inclusive, in
ternational arbitration-Dr. ]. Leonard
Levy, Pittsburg, chairman; VIM. H Castle,
Philadelphia; Chas. J. Cohen. Philadelphia;
F.. w. Curtis. New York; Fred Muller, New
delphia; Robt " Wise. Cincinnati ''''
Propositions 1 to LIV, inclusive. reci-
procity.chas; 8. Hamlin, Boston, chair
man: A. P. Burchfeld, Pittsburg; Will l..
| Finch, Cincinnati F. L. Hitchcock, Scran-
ton; VIM. Lawton, Wilmington. Del.
Propositions " to LIX, inclusive. con-
chairman; Geo. F. Dieterle Cincinnati;
Geo. s. Hamlin. Boston; VIM s. Harvey,
philadelphia; Josiah Marvel. Wilmington,
Del; John ]. D. Trenor New York.
Propositions Tx and LXI, inclusive high
er commercial education-Dr. w. ]. Hol-
land Pttsburg, chairman; Allen Ripley
Foote, Columbus, Ohio; Chas. B. Murray,
Cincinnati; F. B. Thurber, New York; Dr.
w. p. Wilson, Philadelphia.
Propositions LXI1 to LXVI inclusive, tax
on alcohol and the Lowering bill-James T.
McHugh, Cincinnati. chairman; Philip Cod
ley, Philadelphia; MahIon N Kline Phila-
delphfa; F. B. Thurber. New York; Geo. A.
Zabriske, New York.
Propositions LXVII and LXVIII, forest Try
and irrigation-Arthur Hastings American
Paper and Pulp Association, chairman: C.
w. Robinson, New Orleans; Dr. W. p. Will
son, Philadelphia.
Courtesies Extended to Ladies.
Upon motion it was decided that ar
engagements be made for extending the cour-
tesies of the floor to the ladies accompany
ing the delegates Also that they be
guests of the national board tonight.
A motion was carried providing that the
sessions of the convention begin each day
hereafter at 9:30 am. and 2:3O p.m and
another that Mr.. ]. Hampton Moore, chief
of the manufacturers division of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor be
| granted the courtesies of the floor and
| invited to address the convention
1t was the unanimous voice of the session
that Mr. John w. Foster be invited to de-
liver an address to the delegates On the
| subject of arbitration treaty.
| President Sullivan announced that at the
meeting of the council this forenoon the
following bodies had been admitted to
| membership in the national board of trade
The Syracuse On. " Chamber of Com
MERGE the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association of Pittsburg. the Toledo (Ohio)
Produce Exchange, and the Ohio State
| Board of Commerce.
Arranging for Visit to White House.
President Sullivan was instructed by mo-
ton to appoint a committee, himself to be
member thereof to call upon President
Roosevelt and arrange for the annual visit
of the board to the White House some
time during the convention The commit
tee named was composed of Messrs Har-
vey, Colder Wise, Robinson and Presi-
dent Sullivan
, The reading of the reports of the coun-
Gil the treasurer and some of the commit
tees occupied much of the time of this
| afternoons session.
| Announcement was made of many COM
| mittee meetings to be held this afternoon,
the most important being the committee on
1 merchant marine. to meet at O'Clock: on
Interstate commerce, at 3 O'Clock, and the
| postal committee at the same hour
at 14O O'Clock adjournment was
| taken until $50 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. f1sf
Delegates Present.
The organizations represented and the
| delegates present are
American Paper and Pulp Association
Charles NICK rfan. Arthur Hastings.
American Seed Trade Association-Albert
Mccullough S.sF. Willard
American Watehousemens Association
w. T. Robinson. A. M. Read. Walter C.
Reid (alternate3.
Baltimore board of trade-Dayid HutzIer.
| VIM. Cunningham.
Baltimore chamber of commerce-DougIas
NJ. Wylie Robert Ramsay JOS. r. Foard.
II Cleveland chamber of commerce.. j.