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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 '^1 >-..^-i 35i ^-^RTS^ j:^!^ '< * ABSTRACT OF PROCHEDINGS ^^ AT rllK ^ MEETING OF KEPRESENTATIVES HELD IN MONTRF.AL ' . «>, lO UJlOAM/h; A ,-* DOraiOI BOARD OF TRADE, ^ Ks> 5th and 6th October, 1870. ?*-.' PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. ■f'. \ V(iontxtn\: PRINTED BY JOHxV LOVELL, ST. NICHOLAS STREKT. 1870. ":SJ^ W>'' '■^>!*fi^y-'' ■ / -T*" ■•■JIP' \ f \ -*'**'—"'"■ "-^•"" i ^ i i ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS F f 1 \ AT Tin; MEETING OF EEPEESENTATIVES HELD IN MONTREAL 1 TO OROANIZK A mmmm board of trade. 5th and 6th October, 1870. PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. I PRtNTED BY JOHN LOVELL, ST. NICHOLAS STREET. 1870. Ofjicu ISeai-em DOMINION BOARD OF TRADli. y'/'ausKier Executive Pouncijl. Ira Gould, Esq., Montreal. Wm. Elliott, Esq., Toronto. Hon. John Robertson, St. John, N.B, C. P. Smith, Esq., London. Henry Fry, Esq., Quebec. ' 1 Edwd. McGiLLiVRAY, Esq., Ottawa. John Cariiutiiers, Esq., Kingston. Ja.mes Watson, Esq., Hamilton. • . C. H. GdULI-, E.-q. • • Wm. J. Pattebson. r ft Uku^. ▼ §. ■t ly^. "TvW" >;; ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, &c. Cinahtr Letter. Montreal, Oth June, 1S70. I Sir, It has been su-i^'cstcd that, in order to promote tlic efficiency and extend the usefulness of the various Boards of Trade, Chambers of Com- merce or other chartered bodies, or-anized throughout the Domniion for commercial purposes, and to secure unity and harmony of action in re- ference to commercial usages, customs and laws; and especially, that a united opinion should be obtained so as to secure a proper and careful consideration in Parliament of ((uestions pertaining to the financial, eom- m mcrcial and industrial interests of the Country at large, and to all public J ^vorks calculated to clie«pen and lessen cost of transport between one % part of tlie Dominion and another,-a National Board of Trade should I be tormed hv the objects above stated. Should your Board agree in the ^' desirability of forming such an organization, to meet annually in the various cities of the Dominion, I shall be obliged by your informing me at your earliest convenience, and, should the suggestion meet a general approval, arrangements will be made for a meeting here in SoptLMuber for the purpose of organization. I have the honor to be. Sir. Your obedient servant, dOITN YOIINO, rnsidenf, Montnat Board of Tnnh. % p. s.~I have sent by Express, twelve copies of last year's Report on ■^ .the Trade and Commerce of the Dominion, prepared by our Secretary^ '''^- Mr. Patterson, which please distribute. ^'- ^• // 14 3 L C A Copy of the forci^oin^^ letter wa« sent to the following corporations •. (Fifty copies of the Ucport bcin.u' sent to St. John, >• B., an.l Hahtas. N. S., respectively.) Belleville Board of Trade. Brantford do do Cobour^' do do Guelph do do Hamilton do do Do Produce Excliango. Kinilvrr, fj;old, iron and other mineral products, together with her agricultural advan- tages, was a grand one; and there was no position among the nations of the world which could not bo occupied by her. lie believed that by this Board commercial matters and other interests of the C(»uiitry might be more advantageously brought under the notice of CJovernment than ir; any other way. Hon. Mr. Youxd then moved, .seconded by Mr. M, 1*. Ryan, M.P., Pn-idiiit of Montreal Corn Exehniige Assoeiation : "'That Mr. W. '' MeCliveriti, of the Tlamllton Board of Trade, be President of this Con- " venti(jn." The resolution was unanimously adopted. Mr. IMcOiVERiN, on taking the Chair, said that it gave him great pleasure to return thanks for the unexpected honor which had bi;en conferred upon him. He came here to promote the formation of a Board which he beli.;ved would only be second to the Legislature itself in pro- moting the general welfare of the country ; and he believed that there was no organization whieh would tend so much to benelit the interests of the. Dominion as a Central Hoiril of Trale. He was not :iware that any other views had been put forth in the circular whicli haosc the health of our quests. Uv. Workman of Ottawa, in responding, said that he would carry back to Ottawa with him a remembrance of the kind maimer in which they had been received by the iMontreal Board of Trade. The Mer- chants of Montreal had long been distinguished for their hospitality, and the manner in which they had come forward on this occasion did them honor. He alluded to the fact that his early days had been spent in Montreal, and said that there was a gentleman present with whom he had had a great deal to do. In conclusion he returned thanks for the Board of Trade of Ottawa. Mr. MctJiYEiiiN, ol' Hamilton, said that, as one of the delegates of the Hamilton Board of Trade, he returned most hearty thanks. The Dominion Board of Trade, he felt, was the connnenc-mcnt of a new era for Canada. In his various commercial and pclitical connections, he had often felt the want of something which he now believed to be supplied. He had all along felt that there was a want of unity and a want of un- derstanding between one part of the country and another. This was one reason why, when he occupied a seat in Parliament, he had supported Confederation, for he believed that although we were united, under one common head, in our Sovereign Lady the Queen, we were just as much disunited by Customs Tariffs and separate Governments as if wc had been separate countries, each with diverse conflicting interests. And the commercial and auricultural interests of the country had just been in the same condition. They had not been properly represented in Parlia- ment. He did not say this disrespectfully. It was not probably the fault of the Government,— the blame ought to rest upon the mcrcliants themselves. It was difficult for a plain farmer or business man to ob- tain a hearing in the House, or to make himself intelligible, and this was, of course, extremely discouraging,— at least this had been his experience. '"'^ 15 Tlicrc were men around this board who were well fitted to represent the monetary and commercial interests of tlie country, but who would not come forward, and therefore they could not complain if they were not represented. For his part he did not allow the sli^^htest local interest to intrude, and he felt confident that his friends in Montreal would rot allow local prejudices to sway them ; for until we could -et a power, which should extend from Gaspe to Sarnia, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific ^) _(ibr he looked upon all that great ct.untry to the west of us as being ours)— until we could get a power which we could bring intelligently to bear upon our interests, and until we can advise those whom we send to rarliament how they ought to represent us, so long we should not be properly represented. (Hear, hear.) He continued at some 'cngth with much eloquence to urge the necessity for united action, and the casting away of all petty sectional prejudices,— the necessity of one section of tlio country ibrwarding any work which might benefit another, without wait- ing to see whether it would be to their own direct interest to do so. He reminded Montreal that her interests were unquestionably identified with those of the West, and urged her to spend every dollar she had in for- warding the construction of the Canada Central Railway. In conclusion, he begged to return thanks on his own behalf, and on behalf of the Board of Trade of Hamilton, for the honor which had been done them, Wr, McGiverin sat down amid loud cheers. Mr. Fry, of Quebec, returned thanks on behalf of the Quebec Board of Trade. He adverted to the progress lately made in manufactures in Quebec, and said that they felt that was the only hope tor that city. Quebec had been also much assisted this season by the extremely large advance— one hundred per cent.- in the value of white pine lumber. With regard to the Dominion Board of Trade, he had long felt that the commercial interests of the country were insufiiciently represented in the legislatures. In his visits to London he had remarked the influence the Association of Chambers of Commerce exercised, and he felt that if the Dominion Board of Trade were properly administered it would be pro- ductive of great good. Mr. Atkinson returned thanks on behalf of the London Board of Trade. He felt great interest in the formation of a Central Board of Trade. The Board at London felt that some powerful influence should be brought to bear upon the legislature of the country. Mr. HoLDEN briefly responded on behalf of Belleville. Mr, McGiverin, in some well chosen remarks, proposed the health of the Hon. John Young, first President of the Dominion Board of Trade, and the Montreal Board of Trade. The toast was warudy received, and drunk with all honors. »}■• CONSTITUTION i. OK TllK DOMINION BOARD OF TRADE. PREAMBLE. In order to promote the efficiency, and extend tlic usefulness of the various Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce, or other chartered bodies organized throughout the Dominion, for commercial purposes, and to secure unity and harmony of action, in reference to commercial usages, customs, and la^vs ; and especially that a united, opinion should be obtained so as to secure a proper and careful consideration in Parliament of questions pertaining to the Financial, Commercial and Industrial interests of the country at large, and to all Public Works calculated to cheapen and lessen cost of transport between one part of the Dominion and another :— This Association, on this sixth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, is hereby formed by Delegates now in session in the City of Montreal, representing the following named Com- mercial Organizations, to wit : Belleville Board of Trade, Hamilton Board of Trade, Kingston Board of Trade, London Board of Trade, Montreal Board of Trade, INIontreal Corn Exchange Association, Ottawa Board of Trade, Quebec Board of Trade, St. John, N.B., Chamber of Commerce, and the following Constitution is adopted : ARTICLE 1. Sec. 1.— This Association shall be designated the " Domiiiion Board of Trade." 18 ARTICLE II. Si:c. 1. — Every local Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce, . or other or^^anized hody for general commercial, and not for special or [)rivate purposes, and duly chartered under or hy Legislative enactment, shall be entitled to membership in this Association, on the apjtroval of two-thirds of the bodies re])resentcd at any meetinj^ of the Association, and shall be accorded the following representa- tion : Each such Association shall be entitled to one delegate ; having forty members, two delegates : having eighty members, three dele- gates ; luiving one hundred and fifty members, four delegates, and for each additional hundred members, one additional delegate. Sec. 2. — Delegates shall be selected by the local organization and hi sucli manner, and for such terra, of not less than one year, as each may see fit. At each meeting of the Board, they shall present credentials under seal of the Secretaries of the respective constituencies ; these credentials shall certify the number of mem- bers authorised to vote, then connected with the body claiming representation, and which may present or may have a copy of its charter on file in this Board. ARTICLE III. Sec. 1. — Each delegate shall be entitled to one vote in person, but no voting by proxy shall be allowed. All votes, except for election of officers, shall be vivd voce. Any delegate may demand a division of the House, and a call of the yeas and nays shall bo had and recorded on the call of any two delegates. ARTICLE IV. Sec. 1. — The administration of the affairs of this Board shall be vested in a President, Vice-President, and eight other members, who shall be elected by ballot on a majority of votes, and who shall serve until their successors arc chosen. Their election shall be the first business in order. They shall be known as an Executive Council, and five of their number shall be a quorum for the trans- action of business. In the absence of the President or Vice-Pre- sident, the Council shall choose one of their own number to preside. Sec. 2. — It shall be the duty of the Executive Council iramedi- 10 atfly after tlieir election, to select a Secretary and a Treasurer, ( neither of ^Yllom. shall be of their own number) who shall hold