The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-13
TRADE VENTION.

TRADE CDN Y LIN HUN
"A REPRESENTA- FIVE MEETING AT
CHICAGO YESTERDAY.
sThe Opening Proccedings-Orsamiza
and CoEsarftit ttees-The Res0aH~
ttons Presented
CHICAGO Nov. 17-The international Com
Ynereial Convention convened ct noon to day.
was made by Hon L. A. Storrs. The business
thus far has been of a, routine nature.
the time and place were emiDently favorable for
such an mblage Of prominent mon from al
parts Of the gnon The c2untry CO ne gonea
prosperity. He believed American commerce
was about TO be lifted to it's feet and destined t9
] long Since eeG5 passed when the country could sus-
tain itself exclusively by agricnIture mar, mar,
hes hes h"s beep D't earnad % thai that any portion Of the
country cannot be cut off from the rest OF the
World It is ordainsd h%t we we t, arn to m p9eseas e
Bind it togethor wtn phs Of iron m From the
peaceful sea to far cf China opentn her gates
to our commerce. Weoannot stretch our bands
means by which our ehis g, under our flag, shall
traverse them. The. object Of this convention
is for the OF P e a sp rec fa 70
Rio dc Janeiro than by way OF Liverpool 70
devise means to effect this was ono OF the OBJ
Hon, Geo, Harlow. on behalf of the State.
welcomed the assembly to Chicago. -,
ca96 h gstd WS5FGP It b"t lily o btsd T
actively engaged in commerce to attempt to
address such body of prominent represena-
tives Of the country, but he believed this sub
ject. the great subject Of American commerce,
was fraught with the profoundest interest to
new era was about to open in American com
merce. and now that sectional controversy was
dying, ,away-.for he believed i was, In spite Of
what tho politicians tell us-there was about to
come q broadening and lengfhentng out OF our
nations commercial powers He anticpated
the reunion Of the Ir'eIy divided sections, and
hailed this convention significant omen Of
such reunion ard strong power TO crush opt
ton Of all individual property and rights. Ii
devolved upon the gentlemen here assembled,
men versed in the subject Of commercial econ
cent industries could be accom- plished. and in
their task he h. artiIy wished them success. He
reErea Gap as sa do of obcaso en read pa
per prepa, cd by Commodore Schnfeldt the ex-
plqyer OF Tehuan'epeG presenting tn the e claims
ernment Of the American navy. The docu-
44ffBnt recounted the necessity of maintaining
navy to protect the nations commerce. to assist
said nation In extending its commercial en-
eroachments upon eimes remote. and to pre-
ven tsaid nation from relapsing into barbarian
The chairman. the Hon. Geo. W. Morris, Of
Kentucky, made q few remh,ks on taking tns
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