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-* mittees of the three associations, 478 ° MeGean, Herbert ~ K. Oakes; -Jos. Rodgers and 'A. W. Thomson. Dominion Marine Association: H. W. Cowan, George Fair, A. E. Matthews and Francis King. ~ Association of "Lake Lines: J. C. Evans, ©. TT. Douglas, Charles M.: Heald, Fred E. Signer and W. H. Smith. A meeting was held in Detroit on Wednesday, Nov. 11, by A. W. Thom- son, Fred E. Signer and Francis King, the chairmen of the respective com- and the following letter asking for a joint conference was sent tothe secretaries of the interested grain exchanges: "The Lake Carriers' Association, the Association of Lake Lines, and the Dominion Marine Association, repre- senting practically all the grain-carrying tonnage on the lakes, are unanimously of the opinion that there is no reason why the vessel should assume responsibility for discrepancies in the weighing of grain cargoes, and that the Grain Bill of Lading, instead of throwing the respon- sibility upon the carrier, should contain a clause by the terms of which the ves- sel will have no claim for overages in the out-turns of cargoes, will accept freight on actual out-runs, and in case of shortages will assume responsibility for that shortage only up to a limited fractional part of a bushel per thou- sand. "It has now been decided by duly authorized representatives of the three Associations named above to arrange a meeting for the purpose of discussing the matter with the shippers of the United States and Canada in order that a friendly understanding may be reached regarding the adoption of such a Bill of Lading, at which meeting the con- ditions upon which it would be reason- able for shippers to agree to the new clause might be discussed, and any in- cidental matter arising in connection therewith might be settled. "This meeting will be held at the Hotel Poncthartrain, Dtaroit,on Tuesday, the 24th instant, at 9 A. M. Notice is being sent to all the leading Board of Trade and Grain Exchanges directly in- terested in the question, and your or- ganization is invited to name representa- tives duly authorized to attend and discuss the matter and to take such action as may be deemed advisable. You will please communicate with Fred E. Signer, the Commissioner of The Asso- Ciation of Lake Lines, Buffalo, N. Y. Your early response will be very much appreciated." The list to whom the letter was sent is as follows: J. E. Hessong, secretary, Chamber of Commerce, Baltimore, Md.; F. E. Pond, secretary, Buffalo Corn Exchange, Buf- THE MARINE REVIEW falo, N. Y.; Jas. A. McKibben, secre- tary, Chamber of Commerce, Boston, Mass.; J. C. F. Merrill, secretary, Chi- cago Board of Trade, Chicago, Lit; Munson Havens, secretary, Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland, Ohio; M. Ss. Donovan, secretary, Detroit Board of Trade, Detroit, Mich.; Chas. F. Mc- Donald, secretary, Board of Trade, Duluth, Minn.; E. D. Bigelow, secretary, Board of Trade, Kansas City, Mo.; H. A. Plumb, secretary, Chamber of Com- merce, Milwaukee, Wis.; John G. Mc- Hugh, secretary, Chamber of Commerce, Minneapolis, Minn.; George Hadrill, secretary, Board of Trade, Montreal, Que.; Secretary, Corn Exchange, Mon- treal, Que,; LL. > H.. Howe,. secretary, New York Produce Exchange, New York. No Y¥.: & P.. Manechester,. sec- retary, Grain Exchange, Omaha, Neb.; John I. Lofgren, secretary, Board of Trade, Peoria, Ill; A. B. Clemmer, secretary, Commercial Exchange, Phila- delphia, Pa.; Eugene Smith, secretary, Merchants Exchange, St. Louis, Mo.; A. Gassaway, secretary, Toledo Produce Exchange, Toledo, Ohio.; F. D. Morley, secretary, Toronto Board of Trade, Toronto, Ont., C. W. Bell, 'secretary, Grain Exchange, Winnipeg, Man. A preliminary meeting of grain car- riers will be held at the Hotel Pon- chartrain, Detroit, on Nov. 23, and it is expected that every vessel owner in- terested in grain 'carrying will be repre- sented. The grain carriers are quite stirred up and are determined that the issue shall be settled upon an equitable basis. Commerce of Lake Superior During October 7,740,005 net tons of freight were moved through the canals at Sault Ste. Marie as against' 8,417,716 tons for September, a decrease of 677,- 711 tons. Movement to Nov. 1 was 38,- 840,433 tons as against 51,732,783 tons up to Nov. 1, 1913, a decrease of 12,892,350 tons. Following is the summary: EAST BOUND. To Nov. 1, To Nov. 1, 1913. 1914. Copper, net: tons, 75... 77,492 60,584 Grain oth, than wheat, bushels oss. +++. 78,236,823 49,476,500 Bldg. stone, net tons... 181 Wee enhe =) Ploury "barrels eo. 8,255,362 8,130,462 Iron "ore, net tons. >. . 44,678,144 30,294,290 Pig iron, net) tons... .- 20,399 15,713 Lumber; M. it. B. M.. 524,030 408,178 Wheat, bushels: ;..5..2. 137,530,449 109,323,913 Unclass. frgt, net tons. 361,722 223,291 Passengers, number 37,047 28,439 WEST BOUND. Coal. anthracite, net tons 2,403,624 1,827,211 Coal, bituminous,net tons 14,308,378 11,323,334 Flour, barrels ........ 230300". ae Grain, bushels... 2... 400 Shah Mictd. iron, net tons.. 320,571 196,233 Iron ore, net tons..... 32,376 3,696 Salt, barrels 2... 20.3 3 603,685 651,256 Unclass, frght., net tons 1,055,879 927,350 Passengers, number 39,302 30,862 SUMMARY OF TOTAL MOVEMENT East bound, net tons... 52,681,355 36 West bound, net tons.. 133311,213 reste ee Sar hea eee 70,992,568 50,773,680 essel | passages (6.5 20,864 Net registered tonnage. 51,732,783 | ag giaaa: December, 1914 Iron Ore Shipments Iron ore shipments during October were somewhat more than was expected. The fleet moved 4,242,392 gross tons as against 6,526,103 gross tons for October, 1913, a decrease of 2,283,711 tons. The movement to Nov. 1 was 30,951,805 tons as against 45,799,520 tons for the cor- responding period last year, a decrease of 14,847,715 tons. It is not expected that the November movement of iron ore will bring the total much beyond the 32,000,000-ton mark as the greater part of the ore-carrying fleet is already in winter quarters. Following is the move- ment by ports during October and up to Nov. 1 with corresponding data for the preceding year: October, October, Port. 1913. 1914. Wscdiapas cw ee 617,119 421,341 Marquette .65 oy aes 369,293 265,861 Agilatide (2c. hina ts 497,952 487,829 SuUpenloty 5. 6c. ee 2,040,651 1,442,216 Tie Horton ole met ee 1,689,427 918,144 WO ERABDOLS eS eos 1,311,661 707,001 6,526,103 4,242,392 1914 'decrease: «2.200005. 23283;/711 To Nov. 1, To Nov. 1, Port. 1913. 1914. Eescapaba vow eee. 4,914,342 3,440,992 Marquette 23 oo 6 ee. 2,942,897 1,651,579 Stan rt ea ae 4,056,754 3,229,746 SUpPeHOr Or ".. 12,858,975 10,920,469 MIND Ae ewe os 11,520,153. 6,197,043 Wwor Harbors: 00 sano, 9,506,399 5,511,976 45,799,520 30,951,805 LOI 4adecrease sie haus 14,847,715 Lake Erie Ore Receipts Out of total shipments of 4,242,392, gross tons of iron ore during October. 3,926,795 tons went to Lake Erie ports, distributed as follows: Port. Oct., 1914. Busoni ee 397,679 Te i ey as 10,758 Conneatt ys ee ee 966,995 Mshtabulan 4s es, 628,161 Bainpore ve ee: 216,613 Cleveland). '2 sean 750,858 porain Bei de wien Nae 283,602 UPON hee a oe 64,8 Dandtisky ee ees ae . Old O os oe eas 158,382 Metroit. So ee 48,849 mR Ota CS Se Ue re 3,526,795 The Iron Steamboat Co. of New Jer- sey at a recent meeting elected the fol- lowing directors for the ensuing year: W.-G, Besler, F.. A. Bishop, J. M. Ce- ballos, Frederick H. Cone, C. M. En- glish, T. Ellett Hodgskin and F. W. Luckemeyer. The stockholders reduced the number. of directors from nine to seven. A reversal of the verdict of the local steamboat inspectors at Balti- more was given Capt. E. E. Johnson by Supervising Inspector Col. John W. Oast of the fifth district. Col. Cast has exonerated Capt. Johnson of all blame for the sinking of the Old Dominion liner Monroe, which vessel he commanded when she was sunk last winter by the Merchants' Miners' liner Nantucket. and