The New York herald., 1873-09-11

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THE VICE PRESIDENTS
Mr., B. E. BAKER read the following list OF Vice
Presidents, which was also adopted
william Mollcr, George w. Lane,
!. n: Bates, william 8. Browning,
arthur s'e Grave. 5osn 1an'fs fiecSeP.. SSe9.
Henry Henry wss1sH s1cota rankin ri hs' Woodruff,
John l. Mott Not, Sohaf' john pwisSs SS'ss'e'
5oSn i S 5s 5srsss. Eek. ief1 ks. 3 b9sg. aan's''
9sSns gsSSrss sS,Shi iBassett walter is4,,Ia1a Carr.
z.I: Sosslsssu..n Sasslsss Il stephan nnHsssE s4ss
John InISes d. KEMP, James 5onn sIiain. hains.s Drake
SC1n q ShrstsSssn, Samuel s. si'fa 6aviss Sssee'
The meeting having completed its organization
the Mayor rose to address 1t and was loudly
MAYOR HAvEMEYER's SPEECH.
FELLOW CITIzENs:Eit is with great It. pleasure s that
TO for some time past that the numberless evils
from which commerce was suffering, would
arouse arouse the com Commercial % Community % to sense N1 Of
their danger, and compel them to take the neces-
sary steps to arrest their progress before the ruin
they threatened was consummated:
Your presence here satisfies me that another for
the honor and Of re-establishng the supremacy and
dignity OF this most favored OF the cities OF the
Contnent the first move WHICH G INA has ser, engaged the
rtble struggle for the past two years, was to drive
from place and power the "bOld bad MEN" who
and social disorder, and by the use OF the mil
Hons plundered from us, pOlluting the community,
and honest industry from every place among
M; and while congratulate you upon the mea-
sure Of success that has attended the struggle ior
upon this inauguration OF another advance move
ment for the maintenance OF the commercial pre-
measures as may be found necessary to counteract
che schemes that are on loot to assail 1t.
alude to the subjects which are to engage your at.
tontion this evening. They are OF vital cOnsc-
quence to our city, and therefore to all our citi-
New York is the great bazaar Of nations, for our
Union Is union of nations, prominent among the
nues Of approach to this city, trans-conttnental,
trans-oceanic by the land and by the sea- by the
and unobstructed. Her advantages by nature for
the work Of the exchange OF the products OF the
world are universally conceded and cannot be
1t is in the means Of artificial communication de-
vised, executed, and being executed by the energy
Of the W Efforts % T that are being made to rival our
favored position and natural advantages, and 1t Is
70 consider the measures needed to counteract
these efforts that this meeting Is called. 1t Is. to
me. full OF encouragement to see again that enthu
siasm which witnessed once before, when the
Erie Canal was finished, and the first boat intro.
ducing the products Of the West to the commerce of
our city arrived in our harbor, and from that time
to this the current Of trade thus set in motion has
roducer and the merchant are identical. The
voice OF New York city s today IN perfect unison
terests Of the West in the demand for new and
more capacious avenues OF traffic between the
=. over a the s County are awake to the necss
sity OF cheaper methods OF transportation be-
the East and e weS eoupt ns %
an embargo upon their shipment. The producer
ts deprived OF a market and the consumer OF MS
time that city and country unite to render them
hereafter impossible 1t Is true We need more
avenues Of trafic with the interior, but we want
their dividends shall amount to fair
return on actual cost The people, Pro.
terings Of stock that nave been going on right
ing notice. No man here should desire to
deprive those who nave @ .as' reearn
OF profit, but the day OF watering stock ana OF
railroads corrupty influencing legislation mas,
nope passed forever. IL all works against the IN
comes to as from the East and West 1t is evident
the way must JOIN the mighty caravan or be de-
stroyed. AS things have been, II you should seek
met by a horde OF lawyers and lobbyists and bribed
senators and Assembymen, retained and paid to
perpetnate railrosd extortons You VIII all re-
member the scandalous Developments in the in
vestigation OF the Erie Railway last winter when
4 was shown that It was habitual to pay the Bar
bers and Tweeds annually enormous sums to buy
legislation and to perpetuate our disgrace.
It is very easy, fellow citizens, to meet here and
thing essential without effectlve organization.
To-day the bargains are going on by the
rotten hacks OF political parties, VINO are un-
mindful OF the new things that are upon u.s. TO
buy men into seats at the next Legislature Every
and Assembly should be questioned on the subject
or, what Is better, none but known men OF
Legislaturc Above all things do not forget that
70 build railroads or o ship canal-to make q great
fourtrack freight line OF railroad to the Tar West
or dig q canal around Niagara, Is matter OF time,
and considerable time These or the other schemes
hooking to an increase OF our means OF commun-
cation are, perhaps, the radical but for that very
reason the remote, remedies for our evils. What
can We do now, at oncef is the question for us to
consider. We confess that our main evils arlse
rom bad leQiaa ton bad leRtelati0p arises from