Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-27
COMMERCE CONGRESS
FAV0RS ARBITRATION
BETWEEN NATIONS AND CITI-
ITEMS AND NATIONS
international Congress of Chambers
of Commerce Concludes its Session
by Asking Important Recommend
atoms.
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Boston, Mass, Sept. 26.-Arbitra-
ton Of all international disputes,
whether between individual nations
or between individuals and foreign
nations, was urged by the Congress
of Chambers of Commerce, which
concluded it's sessions here today.
An international conference to
consider the high cost of living was
endorsed.
Suggestions for postal reforms to
be submitted to the next Universal
Postal Congress were laid before the
congress by DR.. Alfred Georg, vice
president of the Chamber of Com
merce of Geneva, Switzerland. These
suggestions, said DR.. Georg, when
approved by this congress would be
brought to the attention of the In
te%national Bureau of the Universal
1 OoldI OHlOH anu " al LHo STATES
in the Union.
DR.. Georg summarized his recon-
mendations as follows:
THE rate fixed by the Universal
Postal agreement for the carriage of
letters shall be reduced from %
confines to 10 centimes, that is, to
the tariff rate for domestice postage.
the weight or fractions of the weight
of 90 grams throughout the extent
of the postal union, the weight be-
ing calculated by the metric system.
2-The states subscribing TO the
universal postal agreement Of 1906
which by virtue of item three Of the
final protocol Of this agreement have
retained the limits of weight and the
rates of the preceding postal agree
ment shall this exceptional
practice.
Am international postage, the
additional charge collected by the
postal service for the absence or in
su Efficiency of postage on articles of
letter mail, shall be fixed uniformly
at ) confines.
4-The postal administration Of
the states belonging to the universal
union will deliver to the addresses
all sealed letters which come to them
from abroad, even when the exterior
Of these letters does not conform to
the postal regulations of the country
of destination.
5-The provision of article 80 of
the universal postal agreement |
reading that samples of merchandise
must have no merchantable value
shall be repealed. The limit of
weight for samples shall be raised to
500 grams.
6-For postal parcels. the limit Of
weight shall be raised from > 10 10
Kilograms. BY way of exception.
the states Of the postal union whose
domestic relations forbid the sending
OF postal parcels of over ) Kilograms,
may maintain this limit of weight.
THE universal postal agree
ment shall impose on the states OF
the union a reasonable period for
the delivery of postal parcels. vary
ing according to the country of des-
tination, outside Of which the postal
administrations shall be responsible.
S-The universal agreement shall
establish a special category of pos
tai parcels of maximum weight OF
1 kilogram which. in consideration
of a special rate, shall be shipped by
a more rapid route.
The Swiss federal government has
taken no action on the propositions
formulated, said. DR.. Georg, but
these are presented with the assent
of the Swiss Union of Commerce and
Industry and of the Swiss Chamber
of Commerce.