The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-18
NO REVISION
 OF TARIFF Cannon Against the Pro-
 position. HOUSE SPEAKER SPEAKS Guest of Honor at Board Of Trade Banquet.
  Says that Such sums ss are Possfb1s wni be Appropriated for fm- Drsvemeat ef Rivers and
 Harbors.
HOUSE SPEAKER SPEAKS

Washington, Jan. 1z.--Speaker Can- non was guest of honor and the principal speaker at the annual ban quet of the National Board Of Trada tonight The speaker voiced his sem timents regarding the question of tar if Legislation, river and harbor iua- provements znd the amendment of the interstate commerce law. He remind ed his hearers that this was the short session of Congress and that the mem- bers were to agree on legislation that would devote approximately $650.000.- 900 to the public service. If the throt- tie were to be opened s10o,o00.ooo more easily could be appropriated and yet there would be cry for more.
 Regarding the tariK question MT. Cannon said 1t was the consensus of opinion that 1t was better to welt 8 year before undertaking to revise the revenue laws. T think" he said. i've have a pretty good revenue law both as regards the customs and the in- ternal revenue" and he added with Q smile, we need the money"
 Under existing conditions" the speaker said, my impression is that the Congress of the United States will hesitate to run the risk of halting the business interests of the country. trust that when adjournment of Con-
  substantially until the first Monday In December"
 Regarding the interstate commerce law. MT. Cannon was inclined to think it possible to give the country sume- thing in the way of legal machinery that would correct the inequalities that now exist. In the remaining days of Congress. he added, legislation may ba enacted that will tend to correct the present inequalities between the dis tributor and the consumer.
 Ravern and Harbors.
 On the subject of rivers and harbors MT. Cannon said that wise provision would be made by Congress for the inprovement of our waterways and great inland secE sos Gar as Isrs1nti icAhlUt
 Addresses also were made by | Js Sullivan, the President of the Board; Congressmen Burton of Ohio and Dria- coll of New York, J. Hampton Moore of the Bureau of Manufacturers. and comrhissioner Garfield of the Bureau of Corporations.
 The latter spoke of the work of his bureau and said It's effort was to bring capital and labor together on com mon ground and to show the obligation of each to the other. The bureau was not seeking after impossible ideals but to accomplish something practical.
 The first session of the tnirty-fifth annual meeting of the National Board of Trade was called to order today by President ]. J. Sullivan of C1eve- land, Ohio. about seventy delegates from the constituent bodies of tho National Board were present. The eighty or more resolutions adopted and presented by the bodies compris- ing the National Board for discussion and action at the present meeting were classified and referred by subjects to separate committees. New organiza- tions were elected to the National Board as follows: Toledo Produce Exchange. Ohio Board of commerce. A committee was appointed to call on the President to arrange for his re- ception of the members of the Na- tional Board at his pleasure. The meeting then adjourned until tomor- row.