Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
UNCLE SANS GUESTS.
How Should They be Entertained
When They Come to Pittsburg?
SOME OPINIONS ARE PRESENTED.
The American Delegates Will be Well
Cared for in This City.
A FINE PROGRAMME TO BE PREPARED

The coming International Congress of the
Three Americas is an event which is attract
ing considerable attention. The congress
will be held about October 6, and after it,
adjournment the members will make toul
of the principal cities of the United State:
for the purpose Of seeing the vast resources
Of this country, and the great magnitude ol
our industries.
The delegates are about 70 in number,
and, while an appropriation has been made
for their benefit by Congress, the business
men of the cities visited will be expected to
provide for their comfort during their in.
vestigations. They will arrive here on the
9Th Of November, and will remain for two
days, inspecting the industrial establish
ments of our cities. Secretary Follansbee,
of the Chamber of Commerce, has invited
the Mayors of the two cities and the heads
of the Councils to be present at meeting
next Monday afternoon, when arrangements
will be made for the reception and the enter
tainment of the visitors.
With view of discovering whether the
leading men of the two cities thought that
the congress would bring about the desired
result of extending the commercial rela-
tions of the United States and the other
American nations, DISPATCH reporter
called on several OF the representative men
Mayor Pearson, of Allegheny, said: 81
certainly think that the International Con-
gress will result in creating increased COM
mercial relations between this country and
her sister States.
THEY MUST SEE TO LEARN.
"However we'll informed these representa-
tive men of the three Americas may be, they
can have no adequate idea of the extent Of
our resources, and the immense facilities of
our manufacturing establishments. A visit
to our leading cities cannot but convince
them that it will be greatly to their ad-
vantage to drop THEN present relations with
foreign countries and to start up trade WITH
us. Of course we should try in every way
to make the visit of these men interesting
and profitable. No public demonstrations
are necessary, as 1 presume they are here
on business and not pleasure. A trip on
boat up and down our rivers would no
doubt be very advantageous. The only pity
is that the members of the congress do not
intend to remain with US longer than two
days"
John H. Ricketson concluded with these
views. ''Any step," he said, "'twhich tends
to bind closer relations between the United
States and the other nations of this conti-
nent cannot but be of the greatest advantage
and may possibly result in very much good.
ffsh haI ho a
gamer by this step, for even at the present
time our trade is steadily increasing with
South America. We should offer these visit
ing gentlemen every facility for seeing as
much Of our city as the short space OF their
stay will permit"
Captain Harry Brown, of the firm of W.
H Brown & Sons, said: "It might be we'll
to charter one of the Brownsville packets,
or possibly two OF them, to convey the COM
missioners up the Monongahela and down
the Ohio. That would be the best way to
show them the water commerce and indus
tries of this city. I think the coal and
river men would assist in defraying the ex-
penses, and it is probable that the Coal Ex-
ought to be taken to visit our principal in
dustries. No conference of coal or river
men has been held in regard to the matter
yet. In fact, all that we have heard about
the visit of the commissioners has been very
indefinite"
THE MAYORS VIEWS.
Mayor McCallin-That is something i'm
possible for me to say in advance Of the
Chamber of Commerce Committee meeting
on the subject, which takes place next Mon
day, and at which various views will be
ventilated on the subject. There will be a
great many Spanish-speaking among the
visitors, and 1 suppose the bills of fare
should be devised to suit the tastes of the
visitors from Ola podrida to Spanish olives
and Monongahela-water; but cannot fore
cast what will be the course pursued.
GAS for the Importance of the visit, that
is apparent to all, as would be the visit of
the representatives of any foreign country,
more especially those of the South Ameri-
can countries, whose trade with US is unde-
veloped and whose commercial intercourse
is to our interest to cultivate. To encour-
age manufacturing in countries where the
tropical climate encourages Incidence the
machinery is the grand point
to develop and"
Here, when egg-beaters and apple-corers
were suggested the Mayor stopped and said:
swell, the South Americans have no
apples, but we want their trade. and if
does not make big effort to Sc
o,ra a nice SIica of IL am disannointed in