Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-07-11
SEEK EASTER DATE
Proposed That the World Adopt
Fixed Day.
irternstionai Chambers Of Commerce
Say Variable Time Causes Trade
Compile atlons--Wculd Regu-
late Time by the Sun.


Prussels.--A proposal to haze the
world adopt fixed date for Easter
will be discussed and acted upon at
the biennial meeting of the Internal
tional Congress CT Chambers of Com
merce. which is to meet in Paris next
June. Such Is the announcement
made by the permanent committee OF
the congress, which met In BRUSSELS
to approve the program prepared for
the Paris meeting.
The fact that the variable date for
Easter causes much embarrassment
and loss in certain lines OF trade Is
responsible for the movement to have
the festival celebrated on fixed date.
1t is suggested by the supporters OF
the movement that the fixed date
could be brought about by regulating
Easter b. the sun instead of the
moon.
The program prepared for the meet
ing of the congress shows that numer-
Gus other important subjects will be
brought up for consideration. Postal
money orders and checks, bills OF
lading for steam navigation, insurance
policies in international traffic, dock
warrants, arbitral procedure and the
utility of the proposed international
action regarding unfair competition
are among the questions that will re-
ceive attention.
A possible source of discussion rela-
tive to competition may be the opera
lions of great combines such as the
Standard and Russian Oil companies,
the German syndicate which controls
the trace in potash and other concerns
whose fields include the world. The
British system of marine insurance,
evolved by centuries of experience,
will be closely examined for models
to improve the phraseology of poll
oies.
The program as prepared by the
committee indicates that American
thought and practise have largely in
/ fuenced conditions under which trade
and commerce are carried on. The
United States and Great Britain, for
example, have made the largest use
Of the postal money order and the
bank check, and the congress may
consider plans for broadening the
service rendered by both and making
OF uniformity. or at least better un'
Outstanding is Illustrated by the fact
that under article 16 of The Hague
convention the death of a maker Of a
check has no influence upon the val
idity OF the check. whereas, according
to English law, the check became void
on the death of the signer.
One object of the coming meeting
will be to constitute the congress as
active influence between the biennial
meetings. The plans in this direction
will be framed along the lines of the
work accomplished by the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States.
which Is able to back up it's resolur
tons with permanent organization.
It is expected that the commerce
snd trade bodies of America will take
en- important part in the sessions in
Paris, The international congress and
It's work are well understood in the
Unitsd States, since the last meeting
OF the organization was held In Bos-
ton In 1912. II is expected that the
coming meeting will be attended by a
large delegation of representative
American manufacturers and business
men.
The French government. in oe-
operation with the business organiza-
tlons of France, is preparing for the
elaborate entertainment of the visit
ors. The delegates from abroad will
be regarded as the guests of the re-
public. and the two weeks following
the sessions of the congress will be
given up to more or less formal visi-
tations at Lyons. Grenoble. valenoe.
Dilon and other places of historic in.
terest and industrial Importance Elk.
cnrsions also will be arranged to
points in Italy. Switzerland, Germany
and other countries.