CROP REPORTS. JAS. L. KING, Chairman, Commercial Exchange, Philadelphia; CHAS. ENGLAND, Chamber of Commerce, Baltimore, Md.; CHAS. B. LAWSON, North Side Board of Trade, New York; A. G. FORBES, Commercial Club, Montgomery, Ala.; EDWARD FLASH, JR., Produce Exchange, New York. INQUIRY AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. WM. S. HARVEY, Chairman, Commercial Museums, Philadelphia; C. B. MURRAY, Chamber of Commerce, Cincinnati; B. FRANK HOWARD, Board of Trade, Chicago; G. D. ROGERS, Chamber of Commerce Minneapolis; WILLIAM V. KING, Cotton Exchange, New York. CONFERENCE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR. E. R. WOOD, Chairman, Board of Trade, Philadelphia; ANTONIO ZUCCA, Italian Chamber of Commerce, New York; R. G. BICKFORD, Chamber of Commerce, Newport News, Va; WM. T. ROBINSON, Board of Trade, Philadelphia; A M. READ, Commissioner, Washington, D. C.; H. T. NEWCOMB, Board of Trade, Washington, D. C.; PHILIP GODLEY, American Warehousemen's Association, Philadelphia; JOHN M. HARPER, Board of Trade, Philadelphia. FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. W. S. HARVEY, Chairman, Commercial Museums, Philadelphia; S. B. VROOMAN, Board of Trade, Philadelphia; C. HENRY HATHAWAY, Board of Trade, Springfield, Mass.; IRENEE DU PONT, Board of Trade, Wilmington, Del.; G. GROSVENOR DAWE, Commercial Club, Montgomery, Ala.; H. C. REYNOLDS, Board of Trade, Scranton, Pa. NOTE: The list of committees appointed to consider subjects upon the Official Programme will be found on pages 56-60 of this report. The following are the chairmen selected by the committees named:— American Merchant Marine, Mr. G. WALDO SMITH, New York; Interstate Commerce and Railroad Transportation, Mr. PHILIP GODLEY, Philadelphia; Uniform Bill of Lading, Mr. A. M. READ, Washington, D. C.; Consular Service, Mr. CHAS. S. HAMLIN, Boston; Postal Affairs, Mr. FINLEY ACKER, Philadelphia; Parcels Post, Mr. C. W. BURROWS, Cleveland; Postal Savings Banks, Mr. PHILIP GODLEY, Philadelphia; Tariff and Reciprocity, Mr. Louis MULLER, Baltimore; Customs Administrative Act, Mr. ANTONIO ZUCCA, New York; River and Harbor Improvement, Mr. HENRY A. FRY, Philadelphia; International Arbitration, Mr. P. M. ESTES, Nashville; National Currency, Mr. JOHN M. NELSON, Baltimore; Immigration, Mr. Wм. P. WILSON, Philadelphia; Federal Inspection of Grain, Mr. E. L. ROGERS, Philadelphia; Corporation Legislation, Mr. ALFRED CLUM, Cleveland. INDEX Α Acker. Mr. Finley, Remarks of American Merchant Marine, Report of Committee Report Adopted Anderson. Mr. A. T., Remarks of Anderson. Mr. Wm. T., Resolution Offered at Banquet Appointment of Committees, Additional Authority Given the President B Bacon. Mr. Francis E., Remarks of Banquet, Announcement of Report of Burpee. Mr. Atlee, Remarks of Burrows. Mr. C. W., Remarks of c Cannon. Hon. Jos. G., Speaker of the House, Address at Banquet Carhart. Mr. E. R., Remarks of Carter. Mr. Jas. Richard, Remarks of Civil Service for Thirteenth Census, Resolution ..... Resolution Adopted PAGE .115, 122, 142 95 ΙΟΙ ..92, 129, 138, 183 258 109 155 60 227 .119, 120, 138 .82, 122, 125, 147 251 72 .81, III, 128, 129, 145 III 112 |