The Washington herald., 1911-01-18
FOREIGN TRADE
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tionS Subsidize and he felt sure that, if
the question OF subsidy were referred to
popular vote. the matter Of subsidy
! would be sustained. w. w. Robertson,
of Norfolk: Fl. c. Reynolds, of Scranton: :
L. Hitchcock. of Scranton. and others
cOincided. with the views that favored
the extension of the merchant shipping
| even by the employment of the odious
subsidy.
The whole committee of eleven men,
bers on Merchant Marine. with the addi-
ton of II. c. Reynolds, was appointed to
urge the matter upon the attention of
! Congress. Washington is represented on
| this committee by r. n. Harper.
Reciprocity with Canada was favored
and. upon the amendment of the COM
mittee's report by E. r. Carhart. of New
York, who came to the aid of A. Star
ace and J. Personeni. of the Italian
| chamber of commerce. with the whole
world. Tariff revision piecemeal. and
making the tariff board a permanent in
stitution and nonpartisan were favored
by William ID. Mullen, of Wilmington.
Asks 1-ccnt Postage.
Finley Acker. OF Philadelphia. offered
a report that advocated the establishment
of L 1-cent rate of postage, as proposed
by the Shepherd bill now before Con-
gresS. He opposed the Tou Velle BILL
| which. in the opinion of the committee.
discriminateS against Envelope makers.
Parcels post. a subject that has caused
great diSsension at former meetings of
the National Board of Trade. was tact
| fully lodged by the suggestion by the
committee that the board does deem it
advisable to take any action upon that
subject now.
George II. Maxwell. of Chicago. pre-
Sented a strong nSistence that Congress
be appealed to at once in regard to the
pollution of great rivers by the disposal
of crude sewage into the waters in the
vicinity of cities: the need of an annual
appropriation of $0.0OO.00 to be applied
| to the development of the waterways of
the country. and also of the building of
terminals and the enlargement of docks
for the accommodation of vessels on the
rivers and coasts to facilitate transpor-
tation. The loss of more than $l00, coo 90
of property annually by floods in several
parts of the country pointed to the need
of cooperation with the army board of
engineers.
Protests Railroad Claims.
Protests against the present methods
of the adjustment of claims by railroads
in cases of lost or damaged goods were
strongly made in the report presented
by E. r. Carhart. of New York. A uni
form classification of freight was asked
for. with the necessary reform in the
bill of ladnS.
4 national bankruptcy act was recon-
mended in the report of Achille Starace,
of New York. as was also change in
the enforcement of the pure food law.
The maximum clause in the tariff act was
denounced by J. ASpeSren, of New York.
who said that its place in the law was a
farce. as it would never he enforced
against any nation by the United States.
On this point the present discrimination
OF Germany in the matter of potash and
Of the province of Quebec in the cXporta
tion of pulp wood were cited.
The establishment of a central court of
appeals. to which patent appeals might
he referred. was urged by r. +. Fish. of
Boston, who pointed out the hardShipS.
loss. and injury that result from TIL.
present Inadequate system of nine courts
4 memorial signed by the president and
secretary will be sent at once to Congress
on this, subject The regulation Of imni
grafton by the establishment of bureaus
Of Information to be supplied to immi
grants with a view to distributing for
eigners more equally over the country and
Of taking them to farms instead of to
the overcrowded cities. was recommended
in the report from James A. Mckibben,
of Boston.
Annual Banquet Tonight.
Other reports will be made this morn
ing and the sessions of the Business
Mems Monetary Conference will occupy
the rest OF the day, including the BAN
quet tonight.
The Washington members on commit
tees are R. ~ Harper. Guy +. Mitchell,
John Joy Edison, DR.. A. =. Pardon, and
II. T. Newcomb.
At the opening session yesterday Presi-
dent Frank D. La lame read an inter
esting address to the members before the
work of assigning subjects to the COM
mittees for their deliberation during the
day was begun.
Resolutions of coincidence were passed
last night deploring the death of Egisto
Mariani, vice president of the Italian
Chamber of Commerce in New York. for
many years a delegate to the National
Eoard Of Trade, and also upon the death
OF Hon. Joel Cook. president of the
Philadelphia Board of Trade.