Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-02
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
business Transacted nj the Regular
Monthly MeeIfnE Yesterday Re
port from Mr.. Bronson
BEylfsss
The Paris Syndicate Southern Pacific
-Ofiicers for ESg5-6-PFOduce EN-
ehRnge-The English Depu-
IatiOn OF IS7O-Etc.

The regulsr monthly meeting of th,
Mem ph.- csssa Der Of commerce convened il
| itE rooms a. four o'clock yesterday afternoon
1 President Petit In the chair.
THE PARIS EXPOSITION.
The following report, which explains itself
was made by Mr.. Bronson Bayllss, and r.
csived by the chamber
Hon. J. T reatit, President OF the MempbL
Jhsrn Der OF Commerce.:
Having been appointed delegats ~ ~,
! chamber OF commerce 10 the ges Eraphi a
congress and Eyndicstn Of trade at Paris
France, whrh co~Ncncd on the fifteeuth o.
July, MS, dit, Ia conformity the, eto, attend
the eiDS, using my best efforts IN behalf
I o. tae city OF Memphis in trying 70 organize
/ trade betweea France and oar city. 1 found
] the people OF that country igpnTaI { Of the re.
sources trade aud Il au"tica OF Memphis; Very
| rev OF them hed ever heard of our city a. su
| important cotton market, expressing aston
| iscmtnt when informed of the amount OF
cotton received at this port annually, and dit'
| no. know that cotton could be Shi tipped direct
! 10 HaYre and other European ports, and that
/ parties to whom shipped could pay drafts
drawn against The same either IN tbeir own
Currency 0F sterling. Tbey knew nothing Of
I the resources and statistics Of Tennessee, and
| comparatively nothing OF the extent Of the
Mississippi valley, either in pOiuJ of soil cl.-
mate, predictions, or the magnitude OF lis
navtgRble rivers or 10 tmdle.irr Hallway l,.
cilities. was introduced into The geo graph
| the various syndioRtes Of trade com posed
| OF one hundred and fenty.Rve chambers Of
| commerce, representing eight thousand mem :
bers, and was Rratined at the reception : -. ct
| Win by the people OF PRIts Shes RENDERED
| me every assistance In furt..srance of ny mis-
SION. lnyiued ne 70 their vdriou, business
meetings, SOME Of which were called expressly
70 receive aud confer with your dslegates
from Memphis upon the subject OF trade be-
tween Paris and our city and State in fact,
| between France and the Mississippi valley:
bat as was only commissioned by the Stale
OF Tennessee Memphis nber OF CONN, cree
and cotton exchange, ! could Of ly reDNr. the
Mississippi valley incideuts;l~ l. together
with other delegates IrO!1 the state and asso-
! clsuoEs OF AemShls, addressed me emoir TO
the bodies tE convention, setting forth The le-
sources, statistics and trade of our state end
city 10 the best Of onr ability, which was We'll
received, and We fiatter ourselves made ., O.
found impression. We met with a kindness
and welcome by the people OF Paris that wge
truly gIatlfylng-a hearty 20 -OpHi alton and
assistance In the effort to pstahlish relations in
fact we know CT nothing more that c9uId
nave been done on our part 10 place Memphis
iaVorsbly before the peGpie OF Pari .
Am alliance, with your approval, has been
formed between the Eyndicatss of trades Of
Parls and the Memphis chamber of COM
merce, international in its operations The
ou!eeI peing the eS :hange Of products
samples 10 be exhibited for the purpose of ob-
tanning orders from each country; a CORE
spending committee TO be app linfed Id Mem
pms = 70 9I~onerate with similar committee
IA sfts, and trust that you will immedi-
a.e.y name such com nmitJee. Capital can bs
obtained from faris, If q proper statement of
our SescuTces and securities is made as none >
is very abundant and cheap, seeking safe in
Yestments. The geographical congress and
syndicates Of trade are composed OF the sa-
wants OF Europe ana tue first commercial men
OF France. To NJ. Farreac, the ether dele
gate appointed by you, Memphis snnder last
ing Obligations During my whole stay in
Paris we worked day and night he neglect.
ing al his private business, devOting his en-
tire time TO the fulfiIlment OF his mission, ex-
peciing and asking no other cOmEe eosstion
thsn mat OF well done good ana faithful
servant" Before leaving Memphis a com.
mittee was appointed TO collect and forward
specimens, mineral, agricultural, ETC., for eX
hibition, which told The authorities would
De there IN due time, feeling so confident of
IL that we rented stand IUT the same, de.
posting only some cotton samples, which !
sent Mr. Farranc year age, and a map OF
memphis which l carried with me and had
framed, but now sincerely regret to report
that these were the only articles ever exhib-
lted inc other sp 2clmenE, for some cause un-
known TO US, never came TO hand. Mr.. + r.
reno writes, subsequently, that he was in
formed by one of toe commissioners that we
should not have occupied the grounds to the
exclusion Of Others unless we could have
made better showing; consequently our la
Dor may all be lost. Now as we had devoted
oor time in trying 10 perform duty which
we owed to the honorable bodies that COM
mlssioned us, and satisfied that we had made
favorable Impression, you may well imag-
inc our Edisap1Oin tmenL and humiliation in
not accomplishing all hat we might had we
nave been properly supported by the powers
ance OF the congress you certainly did not ap-
preciate, or you would never have lost the
0PRFortSSnity OPP uni 30 OF placing not not only Mem Mem
in the deserved estimation OF France.
Inssmuch as the State neglected TO furnisJ
materials for exhibition, had YOU have done
so the honor and glory would have been
yours, which would have redounded to the in
teleSt of Memphis, securing the applause of
the community as possessing publlc-Spirlted
and enterprisfng citizens. As a delegate, 1
feel that there is nc de iuquency on my part,
neither on the part of my colleagues, who
aided me in every possible way-therefOrs l
trust some explanation will be made that will
satisfy the people OF France that our inten-
ons were In good faith. This is due to us, to
phts, land especially to MIR. FarTenc, who was
a disinte 'ested party, SO far as we were con-
cerned, devoting his time simply as an ac-
commodattOn to us. fuItler there was an
agent here Of railroad and steamship line,
who was ready at any time to shp the sam
pies direct to Paris, free OF any charge, there
by saving us from any cos Whatever. l fear
Memphis has lost the opportunity Of estab-
fishing q trade that might have been OF great
heartened, but still let us all strive to build
B.BAYLIss.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
Mr. Gates stated that the failure was not
due 70 want OF active effort on the part OF
the committee, but to the fact that those TO
whom the committee applied for samples and
specimens failed to send the same, the Mem
THE PARIS SYNDICATE.
Mr.. Bayliss offered, inreonnectiOn with the
above report, a resOlution to appoint a COM
mittee TO CORES pond with like committee
from the syndicates OF Paris, for the purpose
of carrying out the proposed plans Of trade
between France aud NJ mphis, and tor other
purposes necessary TO establish commercial
relations. The resolution was adopted, and
Messrs. b. Bsyliss, W. u. Vance, Jacob
Thompson, w. B. Galbreath, ]. T. Fargason
and =. W. Gates appointed as the committee.
President Petit appointed the following
additional com mmittees for the Pacidc railroad
convention, which meets here tire fifteenth
instant;
Committee on Transportation-W. j. Ross,
NJ Burke and John T.. Flynn.
COMMITTEES on Arrangements. Ways and
Means: G: Neely, r. 4. Parker, l.. Han
auer, G. p. Hunt and q. V. RambauJ.
The following we're announced as the ap
pOintments made by the beard of officers:
John S. ToOf; arbitration commit
I ee for SIX months, W. S. Bruce, G. w. Goyer,
]. K. Godwyn, A. S. LIveTmOre, A. q. luther
A. y. NsccarO and ]. II. Judah.
The secretary announced the reception,
from the interior department at Washington,
of nifty volumes OF the reports of the last con-
gress.
A delegation from parties engaged in a move
10 establish board OF trade, upon invitation,
explained their objects through John l..
Spe d, and a committee, consisting of A. T.
Lacey, JOnn X. Speed, W. b. GaIbreath, +. {.
confer with the parties relative to the estab-
llshment Of daily produce exchange.
THE TOWN CLOCK.
Captain Joseph Lenow advocated his pro-
posed town clock, and said ne mad already re-
ceived subscription OF money. He asked the
OF a committee to assist him.
The president aPpointeJ the following gentle
men: J. =. Hatcher, H. j. Lynn, Ben Else
man, 7. B. Ely, J. j. Murphy, X. W. Light
burne, II Eurstenheim, T. b. TuTley, j. Il.
Smith, J. D. Danbury, John Ient, B. r. Price,
S. {. Tool, 5. b. Lamb, A. S. LivermO' e, }. H.
Benow and James Rooss.
The firms of +. II. Clark & -. and j. V. Pat
rick Co. were admitted to membership,
THE ENGLISH DEPUTATION.
The following named gentlemen were sp-
pointed q committee 10 receive aud enter
tain the English deputattOn who Will visit
Memphis next year: b. BayIiSS, A A.
Patton, z. {. Daniel, Enoch Ensley, Napoleon
Hill, +. 81. Apperson, W. W. Guy, Judge NJ.
Nj, Hill, W. r. Vance, j. NJ. Pettigrew, J. !.
Busby, \. ID. Menken, George W. Cheek, Elias
LowensteIn, A. J. White, Amos woodruff
Thomas II. Allen, A. T. Lacey, f. W. Smith,
~, +. NJ. White, W. B. GalOrealh. John =.
Flynn, John OvertOn, jr-, Ad. Storm, r. :
Davis, q. +. Garth, John T. FargaSOn, John
j. Milburn, c. W. G1yer, the president OF the
chamber of commerce, the president OF the |
cotton exchange. Hon. Jefferson Davis, Hon.
] udge h. r. Ellett, Chancellor R. Morgan,
Judge g. W. He!skell, j. NJ Heating,
A. J. kellar, r. Whitmore, Robert {.
Hon. h. Casey Young, W.
4. W lliaDson, OF Fayette county;
Peter Miller, Bolivar; Hon. Lewis Bond
Edward niece, Como, Mississip-
pi; n. r. Sedge, Sarcis, Mississippi; hon. r.
VI. White, fernando, Mississippi; II. w. Wal
tiers, Holly Springs, Mississippi; Hon. HOLMES
Cummings CoyinPton: the mavor of IlttIe
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