The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-09
PRES. FIELD
OF TRADE BOARD
RAPs MELLEh

The board OF trade made Frank o.
Field president FOR a second term at SIS
10th annual meeting yesterday. and in
his annual address President Field, re-
ferring TO the resent address here of
President Charles =. Mellen of the New
Haven road. said: IF all of those pres
ent had talked depression at our door
and difficult times ahead they would
have done their part to bring about those
conditions. Instead OF insisting that
prosperity has been assassinated and
and manufacturers have done all they
could TO restore confidence
The board elected officers. heard re-
ports. provided for a special committee
appointed by the chair to consider the
matter of a cotton exchange, and trans
acted considerable other business. In the
executive council meeting that followed
quested 10 promptly take UP the matter
of water freight rates between Provi-
dence and New York.
r. Roscoe Anderson, superintendent or
transportation of the Rhode Island COM
pany. and Thomas Woodward. Jr., cot
ton broker. were elected members
Treasurer Oren Westcott submitted his
annual report, which was received. IL
showed: Balance on hand, Jan 5, 1897,
$9256.5l; receipts for year, x9OlI 80; pay
ments. slI.403.sS; balance on hand, Jan. 4,
1905. si0.S699S. This - the largest ball
The balance Is deposited s7l05.o4 in the
Rhode Island Hospital Trust company,
participation account, and $316fy2 In the
Blackstone Canal National bank, call ac-
count
Secretary G. III. Webb's annual report
showed that $11.5O6 Is from assessments.
The membership Jan. Q. 1907 was SCI.
During the year 10 have died 80 resigned
and As been dropped. New members num-
Der 25 and the present membership Is
s9l.
Officers the names Of whom were pre-
sented by j. Lewis Peirce for the COM
mittee on nominations. were unanimously
elected for the ensuing year. as follows:
President. Frank q. Field: vice-presi-
dent Arthur l.. Kelley; second vice-pres-
ident, Henry A.; Carpenter; treasurer
Oren Westcott; directors. John u. Lewis,
IIoratio r. Nightingale, III. o. Potter *.
j. Jenckes. Henry G.. Dexter, Herbert j..
Wells, Cyrus i. Brown, John "A. Cam
lin. Ralph S. Hamilton, Darwin Almy.
Edward +. Metcalf, Zenas w. Bliss,
Frank r. Richmond, 2d, George n. Mid
wood, Arthur G; Almy. J, U. Starkweath-
Dart. Nathan y. Barton; committee on
arbitration, Frederick II. Jackson. Ralph
G.. Watrous, Daniel Jackson. Joseph r..
Fletcher. Herbert w. Rice; committee on
Henry ID. Sharpe. j. Lewis Peirce,
Charles H. Merrlman Jr.; cotton classi-
hcation committee, II. i. Deming, q.
Kenneth Earle. Thomas A. Francis.
The executive council reelected George
H. Webb as secretary and chose the fol-
lowing finance committee: Albert j. CAL
der. 3D. Ralph c. Watrous and william
G. Dart.
The annual assessment was fixed at slo.
The matter of the recent advance IN
water frelghts between this city and New
York was called up. During the discus
sion n was said that the JOY line had
made advances ranging from TO 80 per
cent on different classes.
II was voted that the subject OF In
creased water rates be referred to the
ira ransportation committee, with a request
for a prompt report upon the matter.