Show I CONfERENCE ON O f UNIfORMITY Of liftS BIllS Of LADING I Desire Bill to Be e Used as Instrument of Cre Credit t. t. t NEW E Yom 11 A A Ian large c JoU- JoU lion tiun or of i mm bunker un timid and 1 business businessmen men n nd alu-nd tin time national con conference Ill looking to tIm tin tin- establishment of or u mm i ronn bill of or lading which will lit In- held I In ChIcago on Monday This x 1 I lice which has been culled called b by th the bill hili I of Jr lading committee of tile Hie American s ra association R will odo o the time annual an an- anal nual of or I lie tho assocIation For tin the last hint three or four tir years fara a banking lank bank ing nut and An I Into Intel eats t of 11 thit th havi- havi t to lii Hf- Hf euro legislation that thaL would time ul bill of lading a at as an all of or credit contending that tin tin- failure of lr th the to assume n fi fin r the Ihu bills of or la lading ln that they Issued had hod resulted In extensive c frauds and hit HIP loss of or H several soy sev eral oral million dollars annually tJ by hI the thc banks of or the lie UnIted States They rhey hu further that unless th the al alleged al- al 1 legel l evils evil were wen u re tIme the banks anks would refuse p to pt ci bills hIlls of or lading lading- as 08 asH asa a H ha basIs l of everl ml banks hanle had lIall al already already al- al ready taken that stunt stand lUll tonI and time HIP fear fi-ar ar that similar drastic s es ml might ht be adopted IJ by banker generally ally e I I j i In Iii concerted con con- action being taken to secure the lie adoption of uniform nm and amid satisfactory laws that would settle the th OI contlo Interstate Commission Favors Th Time Tho que question came caine up tip p before ml till mt tat co rf rom commission mission whiR which n r lint 11 lilt tho Tt reforms pro- pro d by 3 till the a bo lit adopted hut but ilo- ilo that I It t had no legal Ilow power r to tn en enforce enforce en- en force this ls m against tIme the A bill hili covering CO hills bills of or lading Issued on Intel state n La Is IR now before lOI mint and four states have havi d ul hub into 11 law W Ih tin tin- I measures proposed I by buy time tho timeA A Bunk III association Time The Canadian railroads R have e tin tI rf recommendations n of time the American Interstate com commerce commission but tho thio American railroads railroad have havi not lIot yet tL done dono ono so r r. they icy e made mado efforts II to meet the tho wishes lt 8 of or the shippers nut and bankers rM and it Is u tl l that Sonic somo doll dell nite understanding will be lue i rech reached cached t. t at al attin tin tin- Chicago o cumi foment |