The Red Cloud chief., 1891-04-24
SESSION ENDED.
OIo0e OF the Western Commercial
Congress at Kansas City.

Olooe OF the Western Commorcial
Congress at Kansas City.
ne C9oGreas 0a6s Permaseat-Resels.
siess Reported Brought O.ts Lively i,e-
bsts-Minsssses Delegate. withdraw
-fAs NEXT Meeting.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-. April Is-The
western commercial congress closed IL
Tour days session II . late hour last
evening. The discussions and paper
read durirg the sitting were Of u very
interesting character. many men Of Ia.
tional reputation taking part In the
proceedingA Before adjourning areso.
luton was adopted making the con
gress permanent the selection Of the
next place Of meeting being left To the
secretary. The report Of ti.e commit-
tee on resolutions resulted In . lively
fight, the majority report being finally
adopted, which caused the Minnesota
delegates to withdraw. The grca, fight
was over the free coinage and tariff
resolutions A substitute for the ma
jority report was first adopted by n vote
Of 81 to II. but after o number Of dele.
gates had left the o was rcconsid'
cred and the majority report adopted.
Following are the resolutions:
MAJORITY RxrORT.
l. Resolved, That this congress recommend
90 the congress OF the United states the
adoption Of . lAw authorizing free unlimited
coinage OF silver.
Z Resolved. That the government should
Issue . sufficient amount of legal teudcr
notes to be rcdecmabie In both gold and
silver. to restore the equilibrium between
money and all other products
q Resolved, That We are unaitcrably op-
posed to tho protective tariff principle. and
We favor q tariff for revenue only. and We
urge congress to enact laws to place the
tariff upon q purely revenue basis ut as early
a date as practicable.
L Resolved. That the utter state
OF the country should be CONTROLLED by the
general government In tho interests Of the
people.
& Resolved, That 10 IL the sense Of this
congress that theInter state Commerce com-
mission be- strengthened by appropriate
legislation, to the end that equitable rates In
the interest," OF tuc peopic may DC estao-
lished and maintained
G Resolved. That the waterways OF a
country are natures arteries of commercial
circulation. and the peoples sure-t safe
guard against railway combinations and
railway pooling. and the best OF all the
possible guarantees of cheap transportation
and.
J. Resolved. That IL 10 the duty OF the
national government to pursue a liberal
paItcr for tho ,pnp.garn.p nf the wafer
ways OF the country.
4 Resolved. That the Mississippi river and
Its affiucnrs should receive the special care
OF the government, aud ample ~appropria-
tons from time to time should bc made TO
carry out the improvements ALREADY begun
under the Mississippi and Missouri river
commissions. the completion and p-r,ec-
ton of the levee system, and the malntcn-
ancc Of n~avigabic channels Ia all the iribu'
tarics Of said rivers, la so far as the sane
may be practicable
o Resolved. That We indorsc the action OF
congress ia making an appropriation Tor the
construction OF the uennepin canal, con
Meeting the northern lakes aud tho Mis-i-'
sIppi river. and shst congress
make ample appropriations to complete the
work already begun by the government
10. Resolved. That We recommend the pro
posed canal connecting the Tenn ssce and
Mississippi rivers. provided the survey nov
soon to DE made Iy tire state of Tennessee
establishes the praeticabilIty Of the same
IL. Resolved. That " e indorse the action
OF congress In making appropriations fof
deep water at Galveston, and urge the cNcr-
else OF the same liberal policy IA ,o all such
other harbors on the gulf coast as may be
susceptible Of improvements. to the end
that ali the ocean outlets possible may be
afforded to- the vast and growing
Of this great valley.
H. Resolved, That We favor the construc-
ton Of q ship canal connecting our northern
lakes with the Atlantic ocean,. provided the
saine be found practicable as to the expense
and the business interest involved.
IL Resolved, That We favor aud urge upon
x the protection Of our barbors. and
such Of our navigable rivers. the Mississippi
river especially. as discharge their waters
into the oceans that belt our vast domain
and the establishment OF a navy yard nj
some eligible pc mt on the Mississippi river
near its mouth.
L. Resolved. That In the judgment OF this
congress the Mississippi river can be and
should be made naviynble for ocean steam
ers rs now enter the port Of New Orleans,
for a considerable distance above that port,
and that without attempting to name "a point
or NJ q limit TO said ship navigation. wc
earnestly recommend to the national ron
gress the yearly passage Of a measure simi
lar to the one known n tho burroughs bill
which provided the appropriation Of slo.Oo.
O0 to loo used In the construction of lcvces
from -. Paul to the gulf. thereby deepening
the channel Of the river and protecting
millions OF acres Of the richest land In the
world.
Is Resolved. That the chairman Of this
congress appoint n OF three from
each state represented here to lay these res
olutions before the next national congress
and urge the adoption Of the policies herein
recommended.
l6 Resolved, That We recommend n System
Of canals and slack water navigation tn con
meet tho waters OF the Tennessee with the
Gulf OF Mexico. southw ard by way OF Mobile,
thence eastw ard by way Of savannah: also q
chip capni from the head waters of the Ohio
to Lake Erie and n ship canal from the head
OF Lake Superior to the Mississippiriver. and
that congress II hereby petitioned to ap.
point a commission to examine into and re
port as to the most feasible means Of attain
ing these ends
II. Resolved. That the second greatest
river in the country. the Columbis. which
the government 10 nov improving by q ictty
ut It's mouth and a canal around the cas-
cadca should be further improved. " prse'
ticable, BY n canal around the D1iics and the
removal Of the obstruction at Priests Rapld'
and other points In order that the vast wheat
product Of eastern Washington and eastern
Oregon may go TO the sea by the natural
waterway OF that region.
n Resolved. That the construction cf the
Nicaragua canal II q matter OF vital consc
qucnce TO the United states. especially To the
Pacific roast thereof .that there are important
commercial and political reasons Why this
great interoccanic highway should exist as q
distinctivrly American work, under Ameri
can eontrol: and that our capitalists and
| merchants sre earnestly requested to give
their friendly aid and connfensnce TO the
construction OF the N~icaragua canal. as .
work which will greatly besenf the south
western and western states and territories o'
the United states. s7ordins To q considerable
extent. the solution OF the great question o'
transportation and securing to the republic
the political and commercial influence "a
which 10 h Justly entitled on the American
continent. and that the federal government
be requested TO take such action So shall
eonduce to 10 early completion and The 80
eurify Of American control
IA Resolved. That ve invite the serious
attention Of state legislatures 60 the prob,
! lem Of mailing such reforms In methods u
TAXATION - viii remedy she Injustice OF un
equal TAXATION between railroads and othe'
corporate property and cfy and farm prop
ersy ~ veii - place . jzss share Of th- burdeH
of m~aintaining local. civil E~overnrnenf upon
the Accumulated wealth os the country
/ n Resolved. That . national bsnhfug'
tsr A uywruslv u~riej. that rs prov ss3sns