Evening star., 1909-01-19
NATIONAL BODY HERE |F0R THE JEWISH RACE
Board of Trade Delegates As Many Problems Before Council
sembIe for Meetinq of Congregations
THREE DAYS OF SESSIONS meeting IN PHILADELPHIA
President Frank Makes 800 Rabbs and Ali
Opening Address Sections Of Country
VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE GROWTH OF HEBREW COLLEGE
for Buldings-Con-
Report Tomor
Board of Trade Delegates As
SembIe for Meeting.
THREE DAYS OF SESSIONS
President Frank D. La lame Makes
Opening Address.
VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Organization Sends Telegram to
W. II. Taft-Several Committees
Named to Report Tomorrow.

Predicting renewal of prosperity
when the country is settled down to a
regular and less strenuous existence
President Frank p. La lame Of the Ma
tional Board of Trade. made the opening
address at the meeting of that body in
the Willard Hotel at noon today.
The National Board of Trade includes
in it's membership thirty-eight boards
OF trade and chambers of commerce all
over the country. 1t will hold three
day session here and discuss many mat
ters of public interest, The bulk of
work will be in drafting resolutions
which will be presented to Congress.
The members will call on President
Roosevelt tomorrow afternoon. and will
have a banquet i'm the hotel in the even
ing.
Address by President La lame.
The most interesting feature Of today s
session was the address of President
La lame. He said the country is pro-
crossing in its recovery from the panic.
and he hopes there will be complete
restoration of business confidence without
further threats of disturbing legislation.
Incidentally, he said the board fully in
dorses the course Of issuing bonds for
improvements and the conservation of
forests and other natural resources. He
declared the country is fortunate in its
consular representatives abroad, and that
recent trip had proved to him that
American consuls were Of a higher type
than the business representatives Of other
nations.
IAN important question OF interest to
the business men of this nation he con-
tinued. "is so amending the Sherman anti
trust law as will admit OF proper and
reasonable combinations in trade. avery
interest Of consequence OF necessity
violates the spirit II not the letter OF this
law. and If 1t were enforced as all laws
should be, 1t would so demoraiize the trade
of the country that we would not recover
from 1t In a decade. The best illustration
/ have seen of the point / wish to make
appeared in an eastern financial journal.
II was substantially as follows:
In Restraint Of Trade.
"A and B are bricklayers. they combine
and agree that they will not lay bricks for
less than s. per day and refuse to render
service for less than that price or to work
with others who serve at a lower price.
and this act is considered lawful. and I
believe has been sustained by our courts.
A and B conclude there is more money In
making bricks than in laying them. and
each one decides to engage in the manu-
they viii not sell bricks for less than a
stated price per thousand. AS I under
stand It. this last agreement is unlawful
and In restraint OF trade.
Free art would be great advantage
to the education of many. Americans
perhaps, may not be able to travel abroad
for art study, and as the artists are
united for free art for it is found that
most works Of art find their way into
museums, your resolutions on that sub
ieet l would advise be more sweeping
than those Of last year. for then you only
advocated what Is now the law.
Mentions GA National Disgrace"
The failure of Congress to enact reme
dial laws in connection with our mer-
chant marine is a national disgrace. 1t Is
a patriotic matter and not a party one.
The national board of trade should urge
on Congress that it shall no longer turn
aside from the obvious duty Of SO read
justing the commercial legislation Of the
United States as to permit the mercantile
unity of this country to compete on fairly
equal terms with the mercantile marines
Of foreign nations.
Allow me to suggest that the develop
ment Of the inland waterways adds an
other emphasis to the demand for some
federal law under which corporations may
be formed for the purpose of carrying on
commerce between the several states.''
Referring to tariff legislation. the
speaker said that whatever changes are
decided on should be made quickly. In
order to relieve the business community
from impending uncertainty.
Sends Telegram to Taft.
The National Board of Trade sent the
following telegram today to William H.
Taft:
The National Beard Of Trade, in con-
vention assembled for its thirty.ninth an
nual session. pledges you its hearty sup
port In your efforts for the advancement
of the general business interests of the
country. to the end that your administra-
ton shall be distinctly one in which the
prosperity OF our nation shall be best
conserved
Committees were appointed at the
morning session on the American mer.
chant marine. the consular service. fed
eral grain inspection. forestry investiga-
tion. the interstate commerce law, inter
national arbitration. national banking and
currency. postal affairs. the parcels post.
river and harbor Improvement, tariff and
reciprocity. the uniform bill of ladins
amendment of the Sherman antitrust
law and Increased salaries for United
states judges. These committees will re-
port at the session tomorrow