The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09
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Programme of National Board
 of Trade Announced
VOICE FROM NEW ORLEANS
Board of Trade of Crescent City Wants Steamship Company Organized for Panama Canal Traffic.
 Other Resolutions.

Washington, January S.-The official programme of recommendations and reso- lutions to be considered at the thirty fifth annual meeting of the National Board of Trade, which begins here Tues day, January IT, has been made public by Secretary William R. Tucker An un- usually large number of resolutions of interest to the business interests of the country have been proposed by represen- tative commercial bodies for considera- ton. chief among which are those relat- ing to the merchant marine, the inter- state commerce law, reciprocity, uniform bills of iading. reduction of the tax on alcohol and improvement of various wa terways. Various boards of trade and transportation and chambers of com merce have presented resolutions urging congressional action for the upbuilding of the American merchant marine.
 New Orleans Resolution.
 Realizing the great importance of the Panama canal when finished, the New Orleans Board of Trade presents reso- lution adopted by that body in 1903 urg- ing the formation of the Mississippi Val ley and Orient Steamship company to be organized under the Louisiana state laws with a capital of not less than five million for the construction of modern full power passenger and freight steamers. In vari- ous resolutions enlarged powers are ask ed for the interstate commerce commis- sion. The New York Board of Trade and Transportation by resolution expresses It. self as opposed to any bill conferring the rate-making power on the commits sion. The board expresses its opinion that it seems wiser for the present at least to rely on the recently applied method of enforcing the decisions of the commits sion by injunction, rather than to en- act the Cooper-Quarles bill, the pro- visions of which it holds to be much more far-reaching than its advocates deem 1t wise to defend or consent to.
 Railroad Pooling Favored.
 Railroad pooling is favored in several resolutions, and so is the institution by the government of a parcel posts, the adoption of one-cent postage for invoices, etc., and the improvement of the Miss issippi river. and of coastwise waterways. The importance of international arbitra- ton treaties Is set forth in a number of the resolutions and an expression is made for an early ratification of those now pendino. The Scranton, Pa, Board of Trade requests the adoption of a reso- lution requesting the President to join other powers in a determined effort to compel Russia and Japan to submit their differences to The Hague tribunal for ar- blcrament. The Boston chamber of com merce wants reciprocity with Canada and other commercial bodies ask that our foreign trade be extended by treaties of reciprocal measures. Free alcohol for in dustrial uses is advocated by the Cincin- nati chamber of commerce, and re- duction Of the tax on that commodity by the Philadelphia trades league.
 The Cigar Manufacturers association of America urges that if reductions be made in the existing tariff on goods or articles imported from the Philippines. there be excepted from such reductions such articles, grown, produced or manu- factured in the United States would be seriously affected by such reduction.