Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-18

The feature of the session of the national
board of trade at the New Willard Hotel
this forenoon was the election Of officers
to serve during the ensuing year. Col. J.
j. Sullivan of Cleveland, Ohio, who has
held this Office, positively declined the hon
or. because he thought it was the turn of
some one else to assume the duties of pres
ideat
The result Of the election this morning,
which was by unanimous vote. was as fol-
lows:
President, Frank d. La lame OF Phila-
delphia; first vice president, Charles w.
Burrows OF Cleveland. Ohio; second vice
president, Samuel G.. Douglas of Nashville.
Tenn: treasurer, William r. Tucker OF
Philadelphia.
AS the first item of business this morning
resolution was adopted providing for CO.
operation with the census bureau in the
gathering of statistics concerning individ-
uals and business interests in the country.
1t was decided to appoint a committee of
the national board OF trade to aid the CEN
sus bureau. This measure was introduced
by J. Waldo Smith of New York.
Cotton Crop Reports.
That the element of error in the cotton
crop reports of the Department of Agricul-
ture is due to the interfering influences of
the grower and speculator, was the sense Of
an amended resolution introduced by c. B..
Murray of Cincinnati. and adopted without
opposition. This ended fight which devel-
oped late yesterday afternoon in which J. F.
Parker of the New Orleans cotton exchange
took hand, declaring that he would siren
uously oppose any reflection on the "fnteg
rity of the cotton growers of the south"
and Mr.. Murray, chairman of the commit
tee having the resolution in charge, insisted
that no such reflection was meant. The res
olution was recommitted last evening and
the words that nhiactinpo h1a RI
Parker were stricken out.
From the committee on internal water
ways resolution was introduced setting
forth that in the opinion Of the board "ln
the allotment of public expenditures of the
United States, a much larger percentage
should be set apart for peaceful ayocations
of the country. especially for the opening
of economic routes of transportation by
water This was carried after some dis
cussion.
1 Pure Food Bills.
]. A. Yerington of Chicago, chairman
of the board of directors of the National
Food Manufa cturers' Association, addressed
the meeting on the subject of national
pure food law. He advocated a measure
proposed by the organization he represents.
DR.. H. w. Wiley, chief of the bureau Of
chemistry, argued against the proposition
of Mr.. Yerington, favoring rather a meas
ure proposed by the pure food committee of
give the Department of Agriculture much to
do with the execution of the law The De-
partment of Agriculture is not sufficiently
recognized in the manufacturers bill. DIR.
Wiley held and he believed the department
should have the right to decide what sub
stances are injurious in the preparation of
foods and provide basis upon which GER
tain articles of food may be excluded from
interstate commerce. DIR. Wiley ended his
remarks by expressing the hope that the
board of trade would adopt the resolution
offered by its pure food committee
After a debate the committees resolution
was adopted recommending that the De-
partment Of Agriculture be given general
control of interstate commerce in manufac-
tured foods.
Higher commercial education in the col
legeS and universities of the country was
recommended in a resolution adopted unani-
mously Attention was particularly called
to the advisability of a study of the COM
merce and resources of the orient
After the transa ction of business Of minor
Importance the board proceeded to the cleo
ton of officers, with result stated
The annual banquet of the board was held
last night. Col. ]. j. Sullivan of Cleveland.
the president. was postmaster. The speak
ers included Senator Gallinger, who talked
of the American merchant marine; Repre-
sentatives Burton of Ohio and Stevens of
Minnesota, o. p Austin of this city and
Col. Robert j. Lowery of Atlanta.