PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING

OF THE

NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE,

HELD IN WASHINGTON,

DECEMBER, 1880.

BOSTON:

TOLMAN & WHITE, PRINTERS, 383 WASHINGTON STREET.

1881.

"THE TIME, I HOPE, WILL COME, WHEN THIS EXCELLENT COUNTRY WILL FURNISH FOOD, AND FREEDOM (WHICH IS BETTER THAN FOOD, WHICH IS THE FOOD OF THE SOUL), FOR FIFTY MILLIONS OF HAPPY PEOPLE.'

FISHER AMES. (1788.)

Debate on Government Inspection of Sailing Vessels.

Debate on Silver Coinage and the Currency

SECOND DAY:

Report of Experts on Food Adulteration.

A Bill to Prevent the Adulteration of Food or Drugs

Further Debate on the Currency

Resolution on Inter-State Railway Traffic