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.'

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Debate on Government Inspection of Sailing Vessels
Debate on Silver Coinage and the Currency .

A Bill to Prevent the Adulteration of Food or Drugs

Further Debate on the Currency

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Resolutions relating to a National Bankrupt Law

Debate on American Ocean Commerce