New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-04
IN HONOR OF COMMERCE..
ANIMAL DINNER OF THE BOARD OF
TRADE AND TRANSPORTATION.
ADnREssEs BY WILLIAM L. WILSON CHARLES
EMORY SMITH. EDWARD EGGLESTON'
PRESIDENT sCHURMAN. or CORNELL
UNIVERSITY. AND OTHERS

At the annual dinner Of the New-York Board
Of Trade and Transportation given last night
q, the Hotel Waldorf. the representatives. OF the
commercial community Of this city took occasion
10 show William J.. Wilson. chairman oi 'he
WAYS and Means Committee. VINO WIS present.
that the merchants OF this city do nov approve
the Wilson bill They ala il IN way Whch was
not undgniled. and in way Whch olu sho"
.h.. ,,av annreciate the fact that Mr.. Wilson IA
honest IN his convictions. Thcy mercy gave
tremendous cheer when Charles Emory Smith
said that there were many who d!d not agree
with Mr.. Wilson and his tariff views
W. Wilson had lust before replied TO the
.oos, "Tbe Experiences of Tariff Reformer"
1ra made no attempt to present any OF the great
,esrss 81 the tariff question. lie merely made
short and dignihed speech on the great pleas
,-e Il afforded him TO be present and the aWlul
exneriences Of "A tariff reformer. lie was well
received and heartily cheered, but the applause
which greeted him as nothing compared TO
+ho outbreak that met Mr.. Smith when he
nrefaced his speech by saying that there were
come who did rot agree with Mr.. Wilson ana
TIE Wilson bill.
There were over 200 men present at the dinner
las, night. and no one there made any attempt
n conceal the fact that he thought the occasion
far ahead Of any Of the previous festive din
nerS gwen pN TIE ->tN-iN'N D~''N -
ard Transportation.
SOME OF THOSE PRESENT
President Darwin r James. of the Board OF
Trade and Transportation presided at the am
nor On his right at the table Of honor. sat
william T. Wilson. Richard Watson Glider. the
Pev. Dr.. Robert s Macarthur. William Dods-
worth Joseph c. Hendrix Isidor Straus and
Justin r. Whiting. while on his left were Charles
Emory Smith Professor J. G.. Schurman. +. =
Drone DR.. Edward Eggleston. William j.
COMBS Mayor Gilroy and Captain Ambrose
Snow.
Among the $50 men at the other tables were
Charles Andruss, II. II. Brockway, ;. W.
Bovine. William Brookfeld. L. H. Barnes, the
Rev Joseph D. Burrell, +. A. Cruickshank'
Thomas Congdon. Adonram Clark. T. : y.
De Lima General Ferdinand p. Earle Albert
g. Frost the Rev. Dr. !. Is. Funk, EDWARD T.
Fletcher. Silas NJ. Giddings. +. Il. Harper. Ed
ward l.. Molineux. Colonel f. \. McAlpin Jor-
dan L. Mott. Wallace Macfarland. George /"
Pease. William Plmey. Rastus S. Ransom
William Rowland, DR.. 5. a. Robinson. w. d.
Searls G.. Waldo Smith. Oscar 5. Straus
Elbridge G. Snow, Captain f. f. Studwell NJ
Stern James Talcott, a. y. Happen. John w
Vrooman Dr. W. A. Wheeler, ErastuS Wiman
and James T. Young.
MR. WILSON'S SPEECH.
Darwin r. James. who presided. presented as
the first speaker OF the evening William l.. Will
son. chairman Of the Ways and Means Com
r,,ttce Of the House Of Representatives. Mr.
Wilson said in part:
have had some experience with the leading men
Of this city and have found that they are all men
is hest for the country at large is best for New
York The experiences of a tariff refSrmer are ex,
actly the same as those OF every othtr man WiO
attempts any reform If reform were popular na
and easy thing we you'd hdNe pGr s baH
thing in the abstract We are rond 0i dom %e The
chief lesson that has come TO me AFTER my nve
months Of hard labor is that have stronger iove
future have met the great men of the county,
men repre- sen,ing every inter,nt ana wb Know.
that he doing right could have withst%oI the
strain i5 ,a gndr T" W not S xpeccd Of M
discuss the experiences of tariff reformer How
work of tariff reform. can say tina, 1t is an ex-
perience that one wants only once IN dle,' me-
There some who think that If We reform IN,
tariff the blessings will fall in every ones zap an.
reform there viii yet remain the great work OF re
form in the civil service OF our Natiohai 'oVeiH-
ment.
CHARLES EMORY SMITHS ELOQUENT SPEECH
Charles Emory Smith responded TO the toast;
THE Trade Of Craftsmanship and the States
manship Of Trade" After some pleasahtries' ne
said in part
During the splendor Of prosperity. before the
blight fell upon us. the ii sank every tweiiy
fer hours b s'2 nt tng P5 rchcr than
the day before The Amercan people were tt bn
a thousand millions year We holl more man a
fifth of the entire wealth Of the world JON Ho.
in seeking international trace Dnt 90 n9s
that nome commerce IS more man Nv, ~ ~,
times as great our foreign commerce. 40 nG1 l
amount to little more than $5.oOOOo00 year. our
domestic exchanges rise 10 Ine cpDSSa ,iia3ons
believe that shall al agree hat IN chasns of u n
prosperity
The other day the secIeary Of the Treasury Try
proposed loan had languished and failed IL was
couded in doubt and distrust ne day al'cr ,h t
Secretary and the bankers net lace 70 lac uns
loan was taken and the credit OF the Nation wa
secure was the reSponss ci papo,s 10 wbin
is charged with the welfare Of the country wohId
SIT mofe womb have hl' Clearer vision and
loftier Inspiration This IS our glory and our safe /,
comes 10 a question Of the credit of the Nation
or OF it's honor and good name before the word We
no longer Republicans or Democrats but are al
Americans together
PRESIDENT sCHURMAN's ADDRESS.
President j. G. schurnan. Of Cornell Uni
versity, spoke 10 the toast. "Our Foreign Ele-
,nent" Portions OF his speech appended:
II seems to be generally believed. at any rate y
IS frequently and loudly asserted that the Republic
has already received too many citizens from abroad
And this. perhaps. is why our anti-protec,lonls
by refusing TO confer American citiz nshlp uIoi
the supplicating iawaians! Yes. Mr.. Cha!rInani !
is true that our foreisn population IS no" i.garno
with anxiety ard suspicion. to use no stronger
terms Thackeray said OF the Sage OF Chelsea. wh'
was small enough to bclittle all his great contrni
pOraries: Carlyle hates every who has arrived
he can Just tolerate those who are on the way
This is envy and uncharitableness; and so. NIX
good Christians. do otherwise We put up VII!
those VINO have arrived and restrain the romance
OF wrath for those who are sim 20 come.
But who are the pOssecsOrs implied in ''Onr lot
eign clement That's the way In Engian4-ii
good honest. but self-satsiei and maglsierol OLE
Engarrl-they used TO speak OF "Our Colonies !
dawned in time upon the dict3tOrIal mother ina
the colonies existed for themselves. and not nerel
Cor her. And SO. let ask is not the foreign I'm
q and citizen as vel as the native
he hands. organs. dimensions. s"tisrS. ar
fections. passions? Nay. Is h" not sprung from IN
same stock as those call natives There ar" IA
civilized native Americans. We are all Immigrant