Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-30
TO MAYOR LOAGUE.

INTERN ATIoNAB CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SOCIETY,
ST. STEPHENS CHAMBERS, WESTMINSTER,
LONDON, September, 1875.
At a meeting of the executive committee,
held September :, 1875, the subject under con-
sideTation being the project for examining
and reporting upon the resources of the Mis-
sissippi valley by means of populations to be
sent out by the parent Office during the sum-
mer and autumn of 1876, ii was
RESOLVED, That the chairman and secretary
be requested to open communications forth
with with the mayors of cities and towns
along the proposed routes of the d1putations
with the view to have branches and agencies
of the society established, and other arrange
ments made to facilitate the work of the dele
gates.
To the Honorable, the Mayor of Memphis:
DEAR SIR have the honor to ask your kind
attention to the above resolution, in conse-
quence of which am forwarding to you by
for the formation and management
of branches and agencies of this
society; ~ a pamphlet explaining a project
for examining and reporting upon the re-
sources of your country, with the view to d.
rect the application OF English capital and
labor TO their development; and 81 a number
of membership vouchers" to be used in the
event of your good citizens wishing to form a
branch OF the society. l am to invite your
special attention to The second document re-
ferred to above, as the executive committee
are of opinion that the project 1t contains is
of very much Importance 10 the two coun-
tries. am also to ascertain whether 1; be the
y
utatioUs should visit them, and if so, in what
character they would wish to receive the dele
gates, whether as invited guests or otherwise;
and also whether sufficient accommodation
could be conveniently provided for deputa-
ton numbering as many as fifty to a hundred
persons in the event of 1t being necessary for
them to remain overnight. We require this
practical information in preparing a pro-
gramme OF the undertaking, which we wish
10 make as attractive to our people as
possible, and perhaps you will be SO
good as TO obtain it for US by calling
public meeting of your citizens and submit
ting the matter Tor their consideration, or by
publication In your newspapers, or by such
other means as your better judgment may APP
prove. am also TO invite you and your good
people to cooperate generally in the work of
this society. Its objects, the nature of its Or
ganiZaJion, and its plans of operation may all
be gathered from the documents I am send
ing to you, and if your citizens would like to
form a branch or agency, l believe you will
find the regulations for that purpose suffi-
GENTLY explicit. With reference to the depu-
taJiOns, ii may at the first blush appear to you
that the date of the proposed visit is a long
way of, and that no immediate action need
be taken. But when you consider the magni-
tude OF the undertaking, the large amount OF
work it entails, and the number of
weeks required to exchange the communion
lions that VIII undoubtedly become necessary
between this office and the branches in your
country, think you will agree with us that
the time at our disposal is short enough, and
that If we would bring the project 10 a success
the honor to remain, dear sir, with much re-
spect, your faithful servant
NEWELL V. SQUAREY,
Chairman Executive Committee.