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tive, competition and uniform legis-
Corporate Legilation.

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Corporate Legilation.
The labors of the committee on cor
porate legislation were also given effect
by the acceptance of another resolution
in which it was set out:
That the National Board of Trade de-
plores and deprecates an unnecessary agi-
tation which stirs uo class hatred and
feeiing. and hereby expresses it's conf
dence in associations lawfully organized
and conducted in the interests Of the
public
The National Board of Trade affirmed
its belief in the need Of increased faciii-
ties for commercial education. and with
the presentation and adoption of a reso-
luton that it is the sense of the body
that such facilities are desirable, not only
In our colleges and universities. but also
in our public school system" the business
of the thirty-eighth annual convention Wa s
concluded. Final adjournment was taken
shortly after /. o clock noon
Parcels Post Proposition.
Almost all of tho afternoon session YES
terday was devoted to discussions. pro
and con. concerning tho attitdc the Ma
tional Board of Trade should bear toward
the parcels post proposition. and in the
end. after nearly three hours of arsu-
meut. neither side could muster enough
votes TO put the Organization on record
either way. The first vote taken was on
the so-cailcd negative report from the
parcels post committee, namely. that the
National Board of Trade Is opposed to any
legislation looking TO the establishment of
parcels carrying system in connection
with the post office department at this
time
Yeas and nays apparently made al,
equal amount OF noise on the vivc vocc
ballot and division being called for Sec
retary Tucker counted thirty-eight in IA
vor OF this pronouncemcnt and TWENTY-FIVE
against il. As th" constitutions! require
mcnt Of the National Board of Trade i,
that all matters affecting public policy re-
auire a two-thirds vote. the ..neratives'
lost. The parcels post committee was AS
house divided against itself, the mega
tive report being signed by five mem
bers. while four stood upon an .'affirma.
tive platform, and they. too. presented
report and an appropriate resolution.
Work and Scope of System.
After reviewing the work and scope of
the parcels post systems in vogue in for
ei2n countries, the report recitcd the fact
that the Postmaster General has rec
commended the extension of parcels post
upon rural free delivery routes, a, a
charge of ) cents for the first pound and
cents for each additional bound with a
weight limit of eleven pounds. We believe
: that the above plan be operated wit h.
ont loss to the government and probably
With pioflt: and. also. that the present do
mcstic rate of Ii cents per pound shouId
he reduced 10 l. cents which is the noo
existing foreign rate. and weight limit be
increased TO eleven pounds, il being a
manifest injustice to charge our own neo-
/ pi" ! cents per pound more than forcogn-
ers.
This preamble was followed by the reso-
luton: That the National Board Of
Trade recommends TO Congress the ex-
tension and Improvement of tho parcels
post system upon the lines set forth and
recommended by Postmaster Genera
/ Meyer in his annual report fer the year
ending June 30, 1907
Loss of Substitute.
| In the argument. however. in which a
majority of the delegates participated ii
had been forecastcd that the proposition
could not be carried through the board
| and W. S. Harvey of Philadelphia offered
as substitute the proposition on postal
affairs fathered by the Philadelphia Board
! OF Trade and reading as follows:
I THAT the National Board of Trade has
heard with interest and approval the
views OF tho Postmaster General looking
| 10 an extension of the work of his de-
p4rtmcnt. and that ii specifically recon-
ni'nGS the creation or a parcels post III
| connection with the rural free delivery AT
| the rate of = cents for the first pound and
| cents for each additional pound with
! limitation Of weight not to exceed eleven
| pounds.
| This. in turn. was put TO a vote. and
| was lost, twenty-siX members voting in
/ favor and thirty-three against
! Before the matter of parcels post came
| up for consideration Finley Acker oi
| Philadelphia. chairman of the committee
| on postal affairs. in submitting the com
nittee's report advocated the support oi
| the board for the establishment OF a
/ 1-cent postage rate for letters and q
corresponding resolution was adopted
Report of Nominating Committee.
The nominating committee presented it.
report. and the following officers were
unanimously elected to serve during the
ensuing year: President Frank ID. La
Lanne OF Philadelphia: first vicA presi
dent T. NJ. Estes Of Nashville. Tenn
second vice president. Clinton White o,
Boston: treas surer. William r. Tucker OF
Philadelphia:
John NJ. Nelson of Baltimore. chairman
of the committee on national currency
read the report of the committee. and lis
resolutions. expressed in the followins
/ language, were unanimously adopted:
That the National Board Of TRADE