Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-10
HONORS HAMBURG
BY THIRD TERM
President of Board of Trade Re-
elected, as Are the Other
Officers.
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES
PLANS ARE ENDORSED
Protest Is Made Against British
Interference With Ameri-
can Commerce.

night for the third consecutive term.
Tnis is the first time in fifteen years
that a president has been SO hOnored.
Tho other officers of the board also
were reelected.
After the nominating committee
had presented the names it recon-
faended for election Mayor-elect
Thomas L. Raymond moved for the
election of the officers mentioned III
the committee report. He said It
was a peculiar satisfaction for him
to second the recommendation II rhe
committee, and especially insofar as
it referred to Mr.. Hamburg
Hes a man to be proud Of, said
the mayor-elect. He has performed
his work with zeal and an abil. ?
that knows no defeat. l congratulate
yeur committee on its excellent choice
and know the board will never re-
gret electing Mr. Hamburg for his
third term"
Board of Works Commissioner
Charles P. Ginen seconded Mr.. Ray
mond's motion.
Z am very glad to second the
Hnayor-elect's motion in this matter.
he said, land l hope to be able to sec
and many other things Mr.. Raymond
does next year. Mr.. Hamburg has
left nothing undone, and hope the
hoard viii always be able to find a
president as good as he is, or nearly
AS good"
Mr.. Hamburg's Thanks.
Mr.. Hamburg said he appreciated
the honor the board was comforting
upon him.
ut is no small honor he said, TO
be Identified with such an organiza-
ton as the Newark Board of Trade.
We will close our year with the larg-
est membership in the boards history,
and financially sound. am glad to
have the mayor-elect here at this
time and hope We shall be able To
work hand and hand with him during
his term OF Office
MI. Hamburg concluded his re-
marks by complimenting James NJ.
Reilly. the boards secretary, on the
efficient manner in which the secre-
tary's office has been conducted
The officers elected, besides Mr.
Hamburg, We're: Vice presidents,
Gottfried Kruger, Herbert p. Glea-
son, John f. kehoe; treasurer, David
II. Merritt; secretary, James NJ.
Reilly; board of directors, Forrest F.
Dryden, Ludolph H. Conklin. Moses
Plaut, n. Stacy Smith, Abram Roths-
child. David Cirotta, Edward NJ
Waldron, William 3. Gwinnel, Robert
". Adams, John F. Kehoe, Augustus
Y. Hamburg, James NJ. Reilly. David
y. Merritt, Herbert p Gleason, Gott-
tried Kruger; board of arbitration.
Oscar Michael, Benedict Prieth, Paul
&. Heller, G. Wisner Thorne, Ben
jamin s. Whitehead.
The board passed a resolution in
dorsing the plans of the Bureau of
Associated Charities to care for the
needy during the present winter.
resolution was also passed by the
board favoring the repeal of the full
crew law by the State Legislature.
The hoard went on record also as
advocating the repeal of the law
which permits commercial traffic to
be excluded from Central avenue.
This is repetition OF the boards
action last year.
The board also last night went on
record as opposed to interference on
the part of Great Britain with Ameri-
can commerce. 4 resolution was
passed to this effect and will be for
varded to Washington
Protest to Washington.
After citing that Great Britain had
held up vessels belonging to neutral
nations carrying American cargoes
as well as vessels flying the American
dag carrying cargoes to American
ports, the resolution said:
"Resolyed, That the Board of Trade
o. the City Of Newark file a protest
with the department of state, and
with the Senate committee on for
eign commerce against the action OF
Great Britain in claiming the right
Of search and the right to detain YES
sells of American registry and vessels
of other neutral nations engaged In
carrying commerce between Ameri-
can ports and ports Of neutral coun-
fries and that this government be
urged to insist upon every right be-
ing accorded to such vessels, as a
further recurrence Of such detention
may lead TO an outbreak Of public
sentiment, which might lead to seri-
Gus consequence
W. S. Kies. of the National City
Bank, of New York, spoke on New
Foreign Markets. With Special Refer
enee to South America and pro-
phesied that all agitation for Ameri-
can ships would be in vain unless
some archaic maritime laws would be
changed first. As matters stand at
present, the speaker pointed out, an
American ship costs one-third more
to operate under the American mari
time laws than either a British or
German ship. LAS long as this is the
case said the speaker, no Ameri-
can business man viii invest in
American ships for the sole senti-
mental reasons Of having ships run
under the American flag"
On the matter of exports and new
foreign markets in particular in South
America, Mr.. Kies gave credit to the
reserve bank law which permitted
the establishment of the necessary
foreign banking branches to facilitate
foreign credits. on the other hand.
he advocated that the Sherman anti
trust law be amended to permit pool
ing for the purpose of fighting in
Latin America. Meantime he stated
there is no law against pooling on
making the necessary preliminary in
vestigation looking toward the open
ing of negotiations in South Ameri-
can territory. He said that on No,
vember 10 his bank had opened the
first American banking branch.
Mr.. Kies predicted a great future
in American export trade with the
right effort, and that as history would
record 1914 as the year of the great
est tragedy of the world, it also
would mark the beginning of the
commercial supremacy of the United
States. The speaker was accorded a
rising vote of thanks.
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