Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-16

as authority for the necessity of broader
| and greater facilities for the transporta-
| ton of our commerce He declared that
the free waterways of the country would
| not only relieve but would regulate the
| freight traffic He showed that only per
| cent of the millions appropriated by Con-
| gress for other purposes is applied to the
| purposes of improving our great water
| ways
| At this juncture a delegation of three
| gentlemen from the foreign commerce con-
Nention were introduced to the assembly.
| They came TO present the Fluctuations and
greetings Of that body to the National
| Board OF Trade and the sentiment
| pressed in neat speech by one OF the
committee
Later committee comprising the two
| vice presidents and Mr.. +. l. Hitchcock of
Scranton. was named to wait upon the
| foreign commerce convention and reclpro-
| cate the felicitous expressions OF that body.
Interstate Commerce
Mr.. J. F. Parker of New York from the
committee on interstate commerce. reported
resolution, which was adopted setting
forth that:
Owing to the enormous increase in the
railroad traffic of the United States involy-
ing the congestion of merchandise at points
or Shipment and expensive delays In trans
portation, and 1T Is the Judgment of
large commercial bodies interested in more
effective and less technical methods that
these delays would be less frequent and
interstate commerce would be better con-
served by proper traffic arrangements be-
tween the various railroad compa MES the
national board of trade recommends TO the
Congress OF the United States such amend
ments to the interstate commerce act as
will under the supervision OF the Interstate
commerce commission. permit proper rail-
road traffic agreements.
The expansion of interstate traffic in re-
cent years has been relatively greater than
| the increase in railroad equipment, result
IN hn hn,G SraaS into raSfa
generally, therefore the national board of
| trade urges upon the various transportation
| companies the necessity of relief from these
conditions and such increase in equipment
and terminals will most likely prevent
| a recurrence; prompt action on the part of
| the carriers will alone make IL unnecessary
! for federal legislation on this subject: and.
| further. that copy of these resolutions be
sent to the officials of the trunk lines both
| east and west.
Other Resolutions.
| Mr. Reed of Washington. from the COM
| mittee on uniform bill of lading, reported
| a resolution, which was adopted.
| Mr.. Osborne Howes of Boston. from the
| committee on drawbacks. presented a reso-
| luton recommending to Congress certain
legislation pertaining thereto. which was
| adopted.
Mr.. Parker of New York. from the COM
| mlttee on interstate commerce, reported
| follows: That the national board of trade
deems that ii would be highly inexpedient
1
| take under consideration at this time any
| proposition looking to the acquisition
operation of our railways
When the chairman of the tariff commit
tee presented his report, recommending
| that. In view of the present unparalleled
! prosperity of the country, there should be
some revision of the existing tariff rates.
there was a perceptible movement among
| the delegates to get busy. 1t was the first
| proposition to provoke any spirited debate.
| Ii was to be seen at first that there We're
1 fI-n da1 ola .t,if tl..
| of the convention. Animated addresses
| were made by the advocates of both sides
| of the question
| One delegate rema rked that in the face
| of the admitted unparalleled prosperity
| which had been the outgrowth of this pres
| emf tariff condition, why should there be
any necessity to make any changes in the
| law which had occasoned all of it?
| After some further sparring among the
! jealous advocates of the pro and "A
vote was taken. which resulted in the de-
| feat of the resolution by "A vote Of 81 to 20.
Mr.. Alfred Cium of Cleveland, from the
| committee on rivers and harbors, reported
| resolutions recommending the appropriation
| of not less than SD,eNo,0iD for the improve
ment of waterways. urging particularly the
passage of the joint resolution pending in
Congress introduced by Mr.. Morrel The
| resolutions were adopted.
| Mr.. III. w. Peabody of Boston presented
| the report of the committee currency,
which adopted.
| Mr.. Finley Acker of Philadelphia submit
ted the report of the postal committee. COW
ering the eighteen resolutions submitted by
the constituent bodies. The resolutions.
| among other things, recommended to Con-
| gress a universal 2-cent letter postage rate
/ The report was a lengthy one and some OF
| its provisions met division OF opinion In
! the committee, resulting in a minority re-
| port. The report was being discussed when
| The Star report closed
List Of Committee.
| Following is the list Of committees for the
| subjects named.
Credentials-F. III. Viaux, Boston: John
| e. Croxton, Philadelphia; J. A. Jeffrey. Co
| lumbus, Ohio; Homer II. johnson, Cleve-
! land: Blanchard Randall. Baltimore
American merchant marine-John g.
| Wright. Boston; Morris 3. Delknap. Louis 20
| ville G.. Waldo Smith. New York. Philip
Cooley phiIadelphia; N. B: Kelly, Phila-
| delphia w. III. Williams. Pittsburg; ID. Il.
Atherton, Scranton: F. b. Thurber. New
York; Archibald Greenlees. Washington:
| Theo M. Bates, Cleveland; Horace VII
son. Wilmington, Del; w. Il. Livezey, New
port News Va
Interstate commerce law-Clinton White
Boston; J: F. Parker New York; Philip
Cooley, Philadelphia; f. l.. Taylor, jr., Co
lumbus, Ohio: w. r. Robinson PhiladeI-
phia; S. c. Douglas, Nashville: IL. T. New
comb. Washington; f. B. Thurber, New
York.
Railroad transportation-Chas. England.
Baltimore; l.. l.. Gilbert, Montgomery, Ala:
| f. S. Shannon. Nashville; Chas. II. Jones.
| Boston: F. b. Thurber, New York; d. c.
B.
Uniform bill of Iading-A. NJ. Read. Wash
| ington: Douglas NJ. Wylie. Baltimore: J. J.
d. Trenor. New York: N. b. Kelly. Phia-
delpha; Henry w. Bowmon, Springfield.
Mass.
Consular service-Daniel d. Morse, Bos-
ton: John c. Cobb Boston; VIM. V. Eber-
sole Cincinnati: ]. c. Cash. New York; J.
F. Drake, Springfield, Mass: W. III. Glib
| son. New York.
Postal affairs-David Hutzler, Baltimore
l.. L. Sadler Cincinnati; c. w. Burrows
Cleveland; c. w. Barber. Knoxville. Tenn:
J. NJ. Gray. jr.. Nashville: T. James Fern
ley, Philadelphia r. w. Bainbridge, New
York: John M Harper. Philadelphia: Fin
ley Acker Philadelphia: w. II. Williams.
Pittsburg; f. l.. Hitchcock, Scranton; +. f.
Muzzy, Springfield, Mass; w. Alice Bur-
pee.
Tariff-Osborne Howes. Boston: Ambrose
Swasey. Cleveland; Egisto Mariani, New
York; J. L. Honigman, New York
Reciprocity-Chas. w. Schmidt, Cincin-
natl; Osborne Howes. Boston: John G.
Wright. Boston: J. G. Cash. New York;
d. b. Anterior, Scranton; F. b. Thurber.
New York.
River and harbor Observation-Disclosures
Ryan, Cincinnati; Lee s. Bernheim, Louis