Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-12-02
BUSINESS INTERESTS.
MR. CLEVELAND AGAIN UTTERS
WORDS THAT THRILL.

WOHOo lElNl tFlntG6'
Property Of business Interests
simply one Part Of the General
Prosperity OF the People.
Tho annual dinner of the Chamber
of Commerce was held at Delmonico's,
New York. on the night of the 10th,
ard the banquet marked the last OF
tho first quarter Of the Chambers
sc 'ond century. Mr.. Cleveland was
pr ,aont and Dr. BvpCw WAS also there
In the absence of President Charles
Smith Vice President Alexander +.
orr presided. There were many no.
table gentlemen present and many
sp ,cchcs were made.
After dinner Mr.. Orr made q short
al ltcss Of welcome and was followed
10y secretary Charles Foster who in
response to the toast "The Treasury
Department. spoke briefly. Mr..
Cleveland also made n short address
as follows
MIR. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN -
! am exceedingly gratified by the
kindness and warmth Of your greeting.
II does not surprise me, however, for
have seen aud felt on more than one
occasion tho cordial hospitality and
lac trtiness OF those assembled at the
an nual dinner of your Chamber OF
Commerce.
Ne all have noticed that many men
when they seek TO appear especially
wIie and impressive, speak Of "Our
budness interests" as something awful
AMI mysterious; and quite often when
proposition is under discussion its
merits are no longer apparent to those
VIII use hair is on end at the solemn
suggestion that "Our business in
tcr',ts" are lying in wait with numer-
Gus vials Of wrath in complete readi-
noss for those who arrive at an unac-
ccptcd conclusion.
am fortunate in being able to
state that my relation to the Chamber
Of Commerce OF New York, though
meIrly of complimentary kind aris-
ing from honorary membership, has
50 iLmiliariacd me with business in
tcrcats" that no longer regard those
wunls ~ meaning blood-thirsty
beast. nor do have constantly before
my mind those children in the bibli-
cal story who were torn in pieces by
bears for discussing too much at ran
dom the badness of an ancient
pro- hct.
4 II is entirely natural that my IA
milhrity with business interests,
arising from the relation To which /
have referred, should be of a very
plea ant sort and free from fear and
,rep lation, for the only meetings l
have ever attended of the Chamber OF
Com merce have been precisely such
"a Ills. when tho very best things to
eat sad drink have been exhaustively
discussed. am bound to say that on
thcaa occasions the dreadful beings
representing business interests have
! t...,, ...,.,s h,u,at, ,nJaai
know you will not do me the great
injustice Of supposing that am in
the hast underrate the importance OF
commercial and financial interests
here represented. On the contrary,
no one appreciates more fully than /
that, while n proper adjustment Of all
interests should be maintained, you
rcpr,rent those which are utterly in
dispensahle to our national growth
and prosperity. do believe that any
other interests should he obliged to
feed from the crumbs which fall from
the table Of business nor do believe
ths, that table should be robbed Of the
good things which are honestly and
fairly there. merely because some
other tables are not we'll provided.
II oomcs 10 this We are all inter
estod ss Americans in common pur.
suit. Our purpose is, or ought TO be
Ia our several spheres, to add to the
general fund Of national prosperity
From this fund We are all entitled to
draw perhaps not equally, but justly
each receiving fair portion of indi
vidusl prosperity Let us avoid
tram plIng on each other in our anxiety
30 be iirsi In. the distribution o
shares and let us not attempt TO ap
propiiate the share Of others.
A. close ! cannot refrain from ex
press ng my thanks for the courtesiel
often extended Ia me by the organiza
ton ~ whose hospstable board l have
"a, this evening. ! beg TO assure you
that though ! may not soon mee
you sss.n on an occasion like this
I sha remember with peculiar pleas
IRE the friends made among YOU
membership aud shall never allow
myseli ~ be Needless Of the affairi
you 81 worthily hold in your keeping