The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-12-07
COMMERCIAL DAY.
Leading Business Men VIII Cele-
brate in New York City.
now We SHOULD OBSERVE THEDAiYl

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DR.. chauneey NJ. Depew Suggest. Appro-
pirate Exercises in the Public Schools
and Pablo Meetings In business centsrs
20 Celebrate the jay Treaty.
NEW York, Dec. THE arrangements
Afe very nearly complete for the "Ameri-
can commerce banquet TO be held at Del
monicos onthe evening of "CommercIal
Day" Dec. ", 70 commemorate the close
OF the first century Of commercial liberty
In Anaerica, ~ secured by the treaty ne
eotiated with England by John Jay, of
New York.
Ths chairman Of the committee Of ar
Engagements, Mr.. g. w. Fairchfld, an
nonnces the following names al. the
speakers ut the banquet: Senator Will
lam =, Frye, ON Our Merchant Mariner"
Hon. Don M. Dickinson. 'AmerioaR
Commerce." General Charles H. Taylor,
"The American Press;,' General Horace
Porter, "The American Business Man"
The aim Ia 10 have no important Amer
loan industry, and no section of the coun-
try without one or more representatives
ut this centennial celebration, and the &C.
ceptances thus far received give every as
surance Of success In this direction. The
celebration will be distinctlyely CONNER
cial. Probably the gathering at Delmon-
zoos TINT evening will represent, through
the 300 or 400 individual components of It,,
greater variety Of American industry
and manufactures and q larger measure
OF the nations commercial magnitude and
wealth than any similar assembly In this
country.
The reception committee consists OF
some Of the most prominent citizens OF
New York. DR.. Chauncey NJ. Depew Is
chairman Of this committee Speaking of
the celebration DR.. Depew said today
"rhe historical facts to support this
movement are pregnant with interest and
suggestion. Tho close Of the first century
OF our American commerce should not
pass unnoticed, and tho business men Of
today should bow their Acknowledgement
to the valued services rendered by the pa
triots Of hundred years ago. / am very
much pleased at the favorable comments
from the newspapers in all parts OF the
country on my suggestion that Dec. 10 be
recognized as Commercial Day. Some Of
the papers seem to be laborlng under the
misrepresentation that have made mis-
take In my date. The Jay treaty was not
made in day. From the time of Jays
appointment until the ratification Of the
treaty by both countries q period of three
years elapsed, but 1t was Dec. 49, 1895, that
Washington expressed TO congress his ap-
proval Of the treaty as whole
Some OF my correspondents have asked,
WHAT can be done on this day by the busi-
ness men In celebration Of these eventsP'
Appropriate resolutions should be passed
by organized commercial bodies. 1t would
be most appropriate for the Jay treaty TO
be mado subject for special exercises in
the public schools on that day. The news
papers on Dec 10 could properly have ar
ticles on the subject, for the files Of our
newspapers Of one hundred years ago are
rich with historical facts not found in the
standard histories. Public meetings should
be held in business centers and orators
selected to talk upon American CONNER
cial liberty and our interests generally
"Phe study Of the struggles of our corn-
trymen to establish American commerce
will make us better business men and
better satiahed with our present condi-
ton. Whom one stops to reflect upon the
wealth of this country as compared with
what 1t was ono hundred years ago,
the figures are perfectly bewilderina, and
such an observance of this day through
out the United States would, In my opin-
ion, do much to start with fresh vigor our
sluggish trade. Tho conditions were
never more favorable for such move.
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