Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-13
OUR COMMERCE.
NATION and INTEEF1iTIoH4L CoN-
YENTIoT At CHICAGO.
Large Attendance of Business HTen of the
Leading Commercial Cities--Addresses by
Election of Officers, appointment
of Committees, Etc.

CHICAGO, Nov. 12.-The national and inter-
national convention held for the purpose OF
extending our foreign trade, especially to en-
| courage o reciprocal trade on the American
continent, between Canada, the United STATES,
the South American States, Mexico and Cuba,
met at Farweu Hall at noon to-day. Over 800
delegates were present, nearly every city in the
Union being represented. The largest delega-
tons were from st. Louis, Louisville, Cincin-
| natl, Columbus, Burlington and Chicago. The
Mexican minister and a number of Congress-
men made the welcoming addresses, and Hon.
Emory A. Storrs made speech of some length.
Mr. Storrs welcomed the delegates to Chicago
as warmly as Secretary Harley had welcomed
them to the State. He alluded to the prof.
tious character Of the times which now invite
the extension of our reviying trade and indus
TRIP. He said we have learned that we cannot
set ourselves off from the rest of the world or
regard them as our enemies. It is much more
profitable and infinitely more pleasant to trade
with them than to fight with toem, and how to
secure new customers and how to gain new
markets are the leading topics for your delib-
erations. Your purpose is to secure direct
trade with countries as our geographical adj
vantages would command. 1t is ordered that
we are to possess this continent, and we will
not fully and completely do this unless from
ocean to ocean we bind it together with bands
of steel and iron. From the Golden Gate on
the Pacific slope we look across that peaceful
sea to the far off China opening her gates to
our commerce. We cannot stretch our bands
of iron across those waters, but may surely
devise some means by which our ships, sailing
under our own flags, shall traverse them.
The committee on credentials, numbering
eighteen gentlemen from various sections of
the Union, was then appointed.
Hon. Henry Watterson, being loudly called
for, made brief address He said it lily beft-
ted him. a man not engaged in commerce. to
attempt to Instruct so intelligent a body OF the
most prominent representatives of this country
but this subject was fraught with the profound
est interest to every man in this broad Missis-
sippi valley, and he believed Il era was
about to open on American commerce now that
sectional controversy is dying away, for he be-
lieved it In spite of what politicians
tell us there was about to come a
broadening and lengthening OUT of our nations
commercial powers. He anticipated an early
reunion of the lately divided sections of our
country, and hailed this convention as signi-
hcant omen OF such reunion and strong pow
er to crush out the agrarian monster which
sought the demolition Of all individual prop
erty right. He wished the delegates success in
their attempts to devise means whereby the
benifcent end sought might be accomplished.
The committee on organization made the
following report, which was unanimously
adopted Chairman, Hon. George W. Morris,
OF Kentucky. First vice president. Hon. Vim.
Window. Vice presidents, from the States,
George w. Jones, Iowa, Silas Bent Missouri,
Marshall Roberts, New York, Frank Mckay,
Ohio, VIM. ii. Stephens Colorado, John Con-
den, Pennsylvania, Franklin Saunders, In
diana, Hamilton Pope, John Gosper, Arizona,
W. +. Beasley. North Carolina, aezekiah Kelly,
Connecticut. G. Q, Coffin. Mas. echuaetts, Geo.
III. Harlow. Illinois, Levi Heeson, Kansas, S. S.
Merrill Wisconsin, Daniel FelzentiId, Califor-
MIA. James Park, Jr., Pennsylvania, N. H. Rof-
finger Louisiana, r. l.. Saunders, Mississippi
r. W. Furnace and 9. o. Ellsworth, Michigan
j. d. Felthausen. District of Columbia and B.
B. Douglass, Virginia. Secretaries, j. N. Ryck-
man, Chicago, John Catell, Missouri, and
franklin Il. Tilker, New York.
Ir. Morris, in taking the chair, briefly
thanked the convention. Extended debate
ensued regarding the method Of voting in the
convention, but decision was arrived
at.
The following committee on resolutions was
then appointed by the various State delega-
tions Massachusetts, G. G. Coffin; Colorado G.
G. Bates; New York, A. G. Darwin; Kansas, G..
f. Anthony; Tennessee, J. G. Birch; Ohio, G..
W. Roland; Michigan, L. d. Gilbert; Iowa. A.
G. Adams; Louisiana, Cyrus Bussey; Illinois
d. FL. Mason; Indiana, Green Smith: California
David Felsenheld; Missouri, j. M. Krum; Penn
sylvania, Cyrus Elder; District of Columbia,
John Pope Hodnett; Arizona, j. j. Gasper
North Carolina, w. L. Beardsley; Kentucky,
j. 3. Bowman; Wisconsin, S. s. Merrill.
A number of resolutions of diverse character
were introduced and referred without debate
to the committee on resolutions. Adjourned
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