J. S. Goddard, presid

ent, in the Chair. Mr. E. V. Greatbatch had given notice of his intention to call attention to irregularities in railway charges. He said that a Birmingham railway superintendent had recently permitted himself to speak very strongly with regard to the iniquities of traders in defrauding railway companies. From a long experience he was of opinion that the boot was on the other leg. He then proceeded to cite various cases of overcharges made against himself by railway companies, and said that in each case he had paid the overcharge and then sued the Company for the amount, and in no single instance had the action been defended. These overcharges, when they could not be sustained, were often attributed to clerical errors, but they were nothing else than miserable, dirty frauds, and he advised traders who were overcharged to follow his plan and pay the overcharge under protest, and then sue the company. It was decided to request traders who thought they had grounds of complaint against railway chargesBeats By Dre Cheap to submit the matter to the secretary of the Chamber with a view to its being considered by the Railway Bates Committee. Mr. J. Ridgway called attention to the report of the Standing Joint Committee of the Midland Chambers of Commerce respecting then negotiations with the large railway companies with regard to the interpretation of their owner's risk conditions, and the treatment of claims thereunder for loss, damage, or delay. He said the matter was one of vital importance to traders, and ought to receive the serious consideration of the Chamber, because the result of the negotiations was most unsatisfactory, and it was evident that legislation would be required to secure fair treatment for traders in respect of owner's risk conditions imposed by railway companies. The matter was referred to the Railway Kates Committee.Trade Prospects.Speaking at the quarterly meeting of the ManchesterChamberon May rd, Mr. Harry Nuttall, the new president, said it was encouraging to note a great increase in our exports, and that the increase had been distributed among fourteen different countries. China had takenmillion more yards of cotton piece goods in th fihttp://www.beatsbydre-outlet-cheap.us  rst quarter of this year than in the first three months of last year; India and Ceylon had takenmillion more yards, Egyptmillion more, Japanmillion more, the Dutch Indiesmillion, and the Netherlandsmillion uiore. The total increase in the export of cotton piece goods compared wicheap beats by dr dre th the corresponding quarter of last year wasmillion yards, and compared with ,million yards. Yarn exports had also increased this year tomillion pounds frommillion pounds. Another remarkable feature of our exports was that the increase covered every class of manufactures except new ships and manufactures of wood and timber. Things were encouraging for a variety of reasons. Reports from all over the world in regard to food crops were unusually good. The only exceptions had been India and Spain, the cause, hi the first case, being that a frost had occurred, and in the second, that there had been a drought. If they had large food crops and other products of the earth, it meant that subsequently there would be a larger general trade. There was a prospect that the cotton crop would producemillion bales. There was a great trade activity in the United States; a boom was developing, and when they had also the prospect of very large crops from other countries it meant that the large imports from various parts of the world would set currents of trade moving which would undoubtedly benefit this country. It had always been noticeable that when trade had been good in the United States it had been good in this country also. The President hoped that in this time of prosperity the British Cottongrowing Association would not be forgotten. He ventured to mention that because, as experience showed in the past, there might be trouble in the future, and the time of prosperity, it seemed to him, was the time to prepare for adversity, and he hoped they

last, has been published

 in the Treaty Series of Reports. Under these Conventions certain colonial produce i.e coffee, cocoa, pepper, pimento, amomums and cardamoms, cinnamon, cassia lignea, nutmegs, mace, cloves, vanilla and tea of the abovementioned British Colonies and Protectorates will be admitted into France, Algeria, and the French Colonies and Possessions including Protectorates, at the lowest rates of duty applicable to similar products of other foreign origin; while the natural and manufactured products of France and French Possessions are reciprocally entitled on importation into the British Possessions named to the lowest rates of duty applicable to similar products of other foreign origin. It is further provided that the duties on vinegar in casks and copperas produced in France and French Possessions shall not exceed J per cent, ad valoremon importation into BritishIndia,and shall be reduced byper cent, on importation into Ceylon.The duties on wine, and on articles of clothing and haberdashery, the produce of the same countries, imported into the SeychellesIslands,are to be reduced as follows: Wine From ToIn casks, per hectolrupeesrupeesIn bottle, per doz. bottle? Articles of clothing and hab .rdaBeats By Dre Cheap shery% ad val.J % ad vol.It is provided that the certificates of origin necessary to secure these reduced duties shall be visaed by French and Britishcheap beats by dr dre Consuls respectively free of charge. The Conventions came into force immediately after the exchange of ratifications, and are to remain in force until a yehttp://www.beatsbydre-outlet-cheap.us  ar party.UNITED STATES.ProhibitedImportOfGoodsWithFraudulentMarjcs.By an Act which came into force on April st the importation into the United States of articles bearing names or marks calculated to deceive the public as to the real origin of goods is prohibited. The Act provides thatno article of imported merchandise which shall copy or simulate the name of any domestic manufacture, or manufacturer or trader, or of any manufacturer or trader located in any foreign country which by treaty, convention, or law affords similar privileges to citizens of the United States, or which shall copy or simulate a trade mark registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or shall bear a name or mark calculated to induce the public to believe that the article is manufactured in the United States, or that it is manufactured in any foreign country or locality other than the country or locality in which it is in fact manufactured, shall be admitted to entry at any custom house of the United States; and, in order to aid the officers of the customs in enforcing this prohibition, any domestic manufacturer or trader, or any foreign manufacturer or trader. who is entitled under the provisions of a treaty, convention, declaration, or agreement between the United States and any foreign country to the advantages afforded by law to citizens of the United States in respect to trade marks and commercial names, may require his name and residence, and the name of the locality in which his goods are manufactured, and a copy of the certificate of registration of his trade mark, issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act, to be recorded in books which shall be kept for this purpose in the Department of the Treasury, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, and may furnish to the Department facsiiniles of his name, the name of the locality in which his goods are manufactured, or of his registered trade mark; and thereupon the Secretary of .the Treasury shall cause one or more copies of the same to be transmitted to each collector or other proper officer of customs.The provisions of this section give to manufacturers and. traders located in foreign countries, which, by treaty stipulations, give similar privileges to the United States, the same advantages as uv given to domestic manufacturers and traders. The Act does not affect names or trade marks heretofore recorded in the Treasury Department, and as to them the protection granted so far as concerns

90