COUNCIL OF COMMERCE

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 769, 18 March 1910, Page 5

COUNCIL OF COMMERCE

-.- AN IMPERIAL ORGANISATION. By TeleEraph—Press As«oci«.tlon-Oot>yrlehl. ; . , .. London, March : 16. At the instanceof Sir. Albert Spicer, M.P. (who -was president of the Empire's Chamber 'of ..Commerce in Sydney - last year), the Associated Chambers of Commerce, at the jubilee meeting,> resolved to'approve of the principle-of the proposed Imperial' Council of Commerce.' ; PARTNERS NOT CHILDREN. Speaking on December 21 at a specialgeneral meeting of the London Chamber of Commerce Sir Albert Spicer remarked that in 1909, for the first time, the congress had met on Australian soil,: and the hospitality which was accorded .to the delegates was unbounded. The colonies liked to . look on '. themselves as partners and hot.as children, and we at home'would do much .to link closer the. bonds if we recognised'th*at r if "family re-' lationships were. to. continue on the right lines the. burdens of discipline must £ive way ,to.. co-operation and consolidation: He maintained that we'had, arrived at that-period, in connection with the,selfgoverning Dominions, beyond the,-. seas, and if wo recognised that position, and that they.were partners with; a measure of responsibility in, proportion to the capital invested in John Bull and Company, he ventured to say the relations of the futuro would be even more satisfactory than the relations of the past. (Cheers.) He concluded by ; explaining his suggestion for the formation of a great Imperial Council of Commerce, to consist of members to be\chosen - by of Commerce in the British Empire in proportion to the oversea trade of the different countries, and said that it was far vourably received in many of the Australian newspapers.,