Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-28
FIFTH CONGRESSOF
CHAMBERS Of COMMERCE

Berlin, referred to the success of the
second Hague Conference on the uni
fication of bills of exchange, all of the
States, except England and the United
81 ties, having adhere. to the conyen
ton dealing with the standardiZing oil
,:lws of exchange The motions pro-
posed by the reporter were as follows:
That the International Congress OF
Chambers of Commerce accents with
al proyal the idea of creating a court
Of law for the Interpretation of the in
ttrnatfG nal laws relating to checks
aBe bills of exchange and invites the
Government to cooperate in its real.
ization." Further, that the congress
shall resolve III the unification of leg
isiation relative to checks is not only
desirable, but possible Of attainment:
tie congress directs to the various
Governments the Flea to take steps
toward such unification through IN in
taSnational conference to be convoked
as soon as possible; t2) an essential
supplement to thesereation of en- in.
ternational law relative to bills of ex-
NEdH6C anu CuCOhO Will UC Tue SSldD-
iishment OF court at The Hague
which shall decide ditputes relative
TO international law on bills of ex-
cnange and checks in the last in
stance." After the remarks of the re-
porter a difference of opinion was
voiced as to the practicability. OF the
proposed nnification along the lines
suggested by DIR. Apt in his detailed
report, and delegate from Belgium,
a. well as Mr. F. Begg. delegate of
the London Chamber of Commerce,
explained the irnpossibility of recon-
Cling some of the details as proposed
with the routine of the use of checks
Ill Belgium and Great Britain.
The resolutions as finally passed ex.
pressed the sentiment of the congress
that. the unifieation of legillation re-
garding checks is desirable" In view
of strong divergence of opinions re-
garding the details of the unification,
the second part of DIR. Apis resoln-
ton (the establishment of an interna-
tional court dealing with checks, bills
of exchange, etc. was dropped. A
special COMMITTEES sswas appointed to
study the subject of checks in London
end to report to the next. congress.
unification OF Commercial Statistics.
In the afternoon session the prin-
.cipal topic Of discussion was Com
ne rcial statistics, and the immediate
institution OF an international statit III
cal Office" The reporter was Mr.. Eu-
gene Allard. president of the Belgian
Chamber of Commerce. Paris. The
notions of the. reported were put into
the following woTds:t 1.-THE congress,
taking into consideration the initiative
taken by the Belgian Government of
having brought together at Brussels,
September 10, 1910, delegates of %
States to seek the means of introduce
Ing more harmony and unity in the
tables Of exchanges of the commerce
OF the whole world. approves the de-
cision taken at that conference to es--
tablish for each one of these States,
outside of its own statistics, a common
nomenclature, under which are to be
grouped all imported and exported ar
ticles of merchandise, under the dou.
lie indication of weight and value.
an0 expresses the wish that this no.
menclature appear in the Driefest pos
sible space of time in the statistical
tables of the Governments represent
ed at this conference" tThis portion
of Mr.. Allard's resolution was subse-
quently read in English, German, md
French, and passed.
The second part of Mr.. Allard's res
clution expressed "the approval OF the
propositions made at Brussels OF
creating an international bureau OF
commercial statistics, entrusted with
the Capitalization of all necessary
Data, aiming at giving an annual, semi
annual, and monthly summary, word
ed in accordance with the grouping OF
the merchandise, as adopted by the
aforesaid conference go
The second portion of this retoln-
ton was likewise carried, and the rest
OF 1t, merged with a motion by NJ.
Snoninger, representing the American
Chamber of Commerce in Paris, ex.
pressed the wish that the Belgian and
the French Government be urged to
invite all States to conclude conven-
tor on the subject Of unifying COM
mercial statistics without delay.
Information Traffic Regulations.
A very important resolution was
moved by Mr.. Charles S. Haight, OF
New York, who reported on the de
STABILITY of an international confer
ence upon the valuation of through
order-notify bills Of ladfng, and of leg
lslation and other means for making
the system more effective" The speak
er proposed resolution that the con-
gress approve legislation propos ed and
now nending before the United States