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Show NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE, ThirtyrFith. Annual Meeting to Be Held in New York. NEW YORK, Oct. 2S. Plans are being prcilacod for tho thirty-fifth annual meeting meet-ing of the National Board of Trade, to be hdld In Washington, commencing .Tanuary 17, 1905, Secretary Tucker has Issued circulars asking constituent bodies to Bolcct delegates to the meeting without with-out delay. Among other matters of importance im-portance to comti boforo the board will oe a request to have tho powers of tho lntorslato commerce commission specified. speci-fied. Another matte of Interest Ik lo preps tho Institution of certain roform:j in tho insular Horvlce. Improvement In ln!and navigation will also bo requested r through requests which will bo submitted asking the board to favor work on tho I many inland streams of tho coupntry so that heavy cargoes may be brought down tho Ohio. Missouri and other tributaries of tho Mississippi, thus giving tho dealer i be benefit of a competition of rates between be-tween railroads and steamboats. |