The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-28
COAST BOARD OF COMMERCE.
Discussion Of Matters Of Importance t,
Pacific States.

Pacific States.
The Seattle delegates to the Pacific Coast
Board OF Commerce. which has just closed its
sessions at San Francisco-Judge J. B. Lewis, J.
B. Metcalfe and Grifith Davis-returned late on
Thursday night Judge Lewis said regarding
the meeting to . PosT-INTELLIGRNcER reporter:
1--WE had very full stten lance, with represen-
tstives from Montana, Nevada, Washington, Or
egon and California Oregon was well repre-
sented by delegates from Portland and Astoria,
California was fairly represented. San Francisco
having o strong delegation. Washington had
delegates from Seattle, Tacoma, Fairhaven,
Aberdeen and Hcquiam, but Spokane and walla
walls, which are members, did not send dele
gates. Helena had representatives and Boise
City was admitted to membership.
We perfected organisation very fully BY Gre
sting fourteen or fifteen standing committees,
which are to be appointed by the chairman.
Mr. Collyer, Of Tacoma, was elected president,
and there is one vice president from each board
myself from Seattle. Secretary Friedlsnder of
the San Francisco Produce Exchange, was
elected secretary.
I'VE had en- able paper read by General
Kapus, of Portland on the improvement of the
Columbia river; m excellent paper by General
Gibbons on coast defenses, IN address BY NJ. II.
Estee on reciprocity, q great article by Mr..
Craig on the improvement of California rivers
and q ve-y fine address by John p. Irish on
interstate commerce. Senator Stewart, of Ne
vada, wrote lengthy letter on irrigation, and
Mr.. Newlands, of the same state, delivered an
address on silver and irrigation.
1.-THE purpose OF the organization q to look
after the interests Of the whole Coast and to get
q combined effort Of the whole Coast to prom ote
the general interest on such questions a irrigs-
ton, barber Improvements, reciprocity, coast
detenses and silver We went one step father
which il very near the domain Of politics We
shall demand a representative Of the Coast in
the cabinet and also . representative on the in
terstAte commerce commission. The general
idea is that we are no: recognized enough. An
example 10 the case of the proposed navy yard.
When the site has b-eu selected by the COM
mission, whether or Puget sound or else
wnere, we shall invite the whole force of the
Coast in securing an appropriation
for its establishment; the same with
the establishment OF coast defenses, say at
Port Townsend, OK with the improvement of
San Diego harbor, or of the Columbia river
Until an improvement has been favorably re-
ported on to the government, it will be regarded
a. local question, bat after that IL will be
treated as . question for the whole Coast, and
we shall endeavor TO unite the whole represen.
tation OF the Coast in congress in support OF
that measure. You see these Coast states will
have twelve senators and twelve TO fifteen rep
resentatives, and they will be quite q power in
congress, if they act as unit. Colonel Irish in
sisted very strongly that. whether the admins
tration should be Republican or Democratic.
the Coast should be represented in the cabinet
THE question of reciprocity 10 q new one.
and has cot TO be discussed The general feel
ing was in favor OF ii. regardless of party for
Mr.. Metcalie seemed to think that proper recip-
rocity would be good thing for this Coast
But we wan, real reciprocity, not one-sided.
such q we had with Canada II we study the
tariffs OF South America We shall find that we
are paying immense tariffs Take the case of
coffee, We no sooner removed our duty than
Brazil imposed an export daty, 30 that We are
no better OF. However. we took no definite
stand aud merely ordered thar Mr. Estee's ad-
dress be printed"