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Show L AltO It COMMITTEE. Ne.w York, 2G. newitt read a crd from John Patera accusing the committee of wickedly gathering up all the crazy men in New York to testify and make labor ridiculous. Charles H. Maxwell, a Bhip owner attributed the decline of the American shipping trade to England outstripping outstrip-ping us and to the navigation laws, wbich aro oppresive. Ship owners got absolutely no return. By running tho ships they only saved themselves from greater loss which they would sustain if the ships laid idle. Economy in national, state and municipal ROvernmentP, with the abolition of the navigation laws would soon bring good around. Vice President Walker ol the Gold and Stock Telegraph company, held that too much capital was permanently perma-nently inveated, leaving too little for daily commercial businesu, A settled currency on a coin basis, the govern mental supervision of al! corporations, lenlntive, financial and fiscal legisia tion and a slight protective tariff would produce another era of activity and prosperity. Adjourned. |