The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-21
TALKING FOR TRADE
PRESIDENT CLEMENT ISSUES CARD
TO BUSINESS MEN.
He Urges the Necessity for Closer
Commercial Relations With the
South and Especially the Gull
Ports-Suggests Having Big Dele
CATION at Grain Congress,

Hon. George w. Clement. ex-mayor OF
Wichita, and now president OF the Board
of Trade. has issued the following circular
relative to the coming south and west
grain congress at New Orleans:
TO the Producers Manufacturers and Merchants
% Kansas
You have long been aware that there
has been something wrong with the
methods of transporting the products OF
this great state 10 the markets or the
world.
..The products of this state and OF the west
that have sought foreign markets have too
long been forced out OF their channels ana
have been compelled 10 seek seaboard
ports by way of long and expensive rail-
way hauls across the country 10 the At
laptic coast This is expensive TO the pro-
Queer, profitless to the shipper and mer-
chant, and costly 10 the consumer Inc
people-and they are the producers-have
become weary OF yielding up TO transpor-
tation companies so large share OF their
products to pay freight charges. The
Board of Trade of Wichita, realizing the
burdens thus borne by the people, deter
mined to make an effort TO direct the COM
merce of the state and west TO IT'S natural
channels. They saw that the Cult Ports
were the natural outlets for the products
of the state and the west, and the cities on
have the benefit OF the commerce OF the
west.
Therefore the Board of Trade of Wich-
ita inaupurated a movement, the object OF
which is to bring the south and west into
more intimate and closely allied CONNER
cial relations.
They issued call to the states of the
south and west to meet in Wichita on the
18th day of April last, in "a South aud
West Grain aud Trade Congress. The cal
was very freely responed to, especially oy
the cities on the Gulf and south Atlantic
| coast The delegates were all leading ana
representative business men, and by their
earnestuess showed that they tuily com,
! pretended the grand results that would
! follow the success of the enterprise thus
| started This business meeting or these
Two great sections of our country de-
| yeloped some startling revelations OF what
| can be done in the future for the mutual
/ benefit of each.
There will convene in the city Of New
| Orleans, on invitation of her commercial
organizations. the second session OF this
congress, on the 2lst, III and 23d OF No
vember next.
Il appeal to the grain producers, the
| shippers and merchants of Kansas to send
| delegates to this congress. All CONNER
| ciai organizations aud ali cities should he
we'll represented You will be royalty en-
leans Much will be expected from Kan
sas Let US place our state before this
commercial body IN its true light. Ques
fions of trade and transportation between
the south and west will be fully discussed
&c. w. CLEMENT.
president South and West Grain sno
Trade Congress"
The South aud West Trade Congress
! which will be under the auspices of the
| New Orleans city council and the follow
| ing commercial organizations: Board o.
Trade. Cotton Exchange, Sugar Exchange
Produce Exchange. Chamber OF Com
merce, Maritime Association, Tropica
Grocers' association, Young Mems Bust
ness league. Mechanics, Dealers and
Lumber Mems Exchange, Bureau Of
! Freight and TRANSPORTATION, VIII meet a
New Orleans Nov u, % and %. The exc
cutive committee consists OF IL. IL. Gass
Mobile, Ala. chairman; j. Adler Smyth
Charleston, =. c., ). A. Jones, Tampa
Fla; 4. w. Oliver, Wichita, Kan; ID. &
Imboden, Galveston, Tex. and William
J. Orthurin, New Orleans, La.
| The South and " est Trade congress wa
organized by the Board of Trade of WITCH
tia ana held very successful meeting II
this city last April. when n permanent or
ganiZatior WAS effected, aud which tim
! the executive COMMITTEES decided to hole
the next meeting at New Orleans. HI
| object of this congress Il to establish close
trade relations between the south ant
west, and to turn the channels of our i'm
port and export trade TO our nearest It'd
water These and other pertinent ques
tons were ably discussed at the Wlchlt
meeting and a pamphlet published con
tanning full proceedings of the Trade con
oress. The objects of tie Trade congress
are such as interest the producer and con
sumner of the south aud west aud vii
largely tend TO solve the freight rate ques
ton on grain and merchandise.