SECTION IX. TRANSPORTATION, COMMERCE, FINANCE, 



AND TAXATION. 



L- S. Rows, Chairman. 



H. N. BRANCH, Corresponding Secretary. 



Subsection 1. Transportation. 

 Subsection 2. Commerce. 

 Subsection 3. Finance. 

 Subsection 4. Taxation. 



TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 19159.30 O'CLOCK. 

 First General Session. 



NEW WILLARD HOTEL, SMALL BALLROOM, TENTH FLOOR. 



ERNESTO QUESADA, Chairman. 



Opening of session by JACOB H. HOLLANDER, Johns Hopkins Univer- 

 sity, Baltimore, Md. 



Address of Welcome by the Hon. WILLIAM G, McADOO, Secretary of 

 the Treasury. 



Response on behalf of the members of Section IX by the Hon. 

 JOAQUIN D. CASASUS, ex- Ambassador from Mexico to the 

 United States. 



Remarks by JACOB H. HOLLANDER. 



The Relation of Central to Local Control on the Regulation of Public 



Utilities. 



C. A. PROUTY, Director, Division of Valuation, Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission. (Read by C. K. STAPLES.) 



International Currency. 



JOAQUIN D. CASASUS, ex- Ambassador from Mexico to the 

 United States. 



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