SENJSKA TRGOVAČKO-OBRTNIČKA KOMORA 1875. - 1924. II. dio (1891. -1907.)
THE SENIAN COMMERCIAL CHAMBER OF TRADE 1875 - 1924, SECOND PART

Summary/Abstract: In this period it was much more difficult to follow the activities of the Senian Chamber than earlier, because respective reports were not printed each year as until 1890. So, this was done according to fragmentary preserved minutes. Yet, it can be concluded that the Senian Commercial Chamber of Trade was at that time a respectable institution and the opinions of its secretary Sebald Cihlar were treated with consideration and respect either in Osijek, Zagreb or Budapest. Those were very hard times, but Senians persistently struggled for the maintenance of their economic life. Their traffic isolation without the railway or good roads made them losers in respect to Rijeka. Their badly arranged port was a poor stimulation for berthing of ships there and certainly additionally influenced decrease in their trade. Fortunately, the inauguration of Senian tabacco factory in 1896 stopped the outflow of its inhabitants and brought to a metamorphosis of the city, which started to be the industrial one. The management of Senian Commercial Chamber of Trade kept a vigilant eye on all decisions, made by the Ministry of Trade at Budapest to which they were directly subordinated. Namely, the Croatian Land government, according to the respective agreement, was not entitled to bring decisions regarding the questions from the trades or industry. So, Cihlar tried twice to apply for the establishment of a subdivision within the Land government, which would be in charge of such guestions. It is interesting that all the three Croatioan Chambers tried to come forward the Ministry at Budapest unitedly with their requests, but it was perhaps possible only before ban Pejačević exercized the government.

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