BILLS OF LADING.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1535, 3 September 1912, Page 5

BILLS OF LADING.

COMMERCIAL MEN'S DIFFERENCES.

A breeze occurred at yesterday's meeting of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce in connection with an inquiry which had been made into a ensa regarding bills of lading discussed at last month's meeting. Mr. Leigh Hunt stated that the Council had not extended him the courtesy of holding that: matter over, though ho had asked tho chairman through tho secretary to do so. It had been said that tho Union Company s letter on the subject had to be replied to. Was tho Union Company a mailer of more consideration than n member of Ihe Council? He had moved that the matter bo referred to the Legislation Committee, butinslead of calling together the Legislation C'ommitloo the.chairman hni seized n member of it in Mr. Myers, hni broueht Die matter up in his absence, and his (Mr. Myers'?) opinion had been accepted He did not know if he had got a distorted idea of the fitness of. things, but thought it very extraordinary to treat members like that. It might inlerest the Council of the' Chamber, which had brushed aside the bills of lading (|\ie.stion. to know that at present between 20 and 30 loading - 'business men hnd signed an ngreenicnt to find out something morn about that question. It was one that should be probed right into. There was hardly a day, but on which a draft, wns not issued on a bill of lading that wns practically worthies?. Because the Chamber was not prepared to give it consideration, others had got to put. their hands in their pockets to do so. It wns gtiin" to do the Cbnmber a lot of harm. The chairman (Mr. A. E. Mnbin) said there was no intention of showing discourtesy. The matter was referred to the Legislation Committee, but he could see that it wns no pood going into the mnt-(<-r without Mr. Myers, so he linil nut the facts before him nnd had given him tho ilnciiments which ho held for a week. Mr. Myers had gone into tho matter, and said th'nt it was a wnsto of time to call tho committee together. ?o the matter wns brought. "P at the last meeting. Tn any ease Mr. Hunt hnd not gone into- tho matter of bills of lading goncrnllv—ho wished to consider concrete cases. What hnd been done hnd been done in good faith as the right thing, and after all they hnd conin |n the right conclusion. Apv iivinlmr could pnr lciral ndvire free. Mr. Leigh Hunt: "That's not tho sort of'ndvice wo want. My experience is (lint rrntuilous ndvicc- i* not worth much." He furl tier iiiniiitiiiiiod thai he hud brought nji the whole -unlkT (if bills of lodine, nnd that any dn>- n lmsino.es mnu mijrlit hpvo n <'iw similni , to llin«e mentioned. Mr. Million Miviilionod Hint hi* (inn shipped hundreds of tone of eoiiernl cargo iiwnv every nion'li and I hoy.never had nny (rouble over bills of lading—did if apply to I'Piipi'il carpo, not prudun> only? Mi , . Hunt: Any cargo—yon may lo.«o ,£10(11) in a day!