New-York tribune., 1896-01-19
COMMERCE THE THEME.
.xv1-AL, DINNER OF THE BOARD OF
TRADE AND TRANSPORTATION.
,.,,r, pprs,prNr ONE OF THE GUESTS. But
NOT 4 sPEAKER-ADDREsSEs By sECRE-
TARY MORTON. MAYOR STRONG,
ANDREW d. WHITE
AND OTHERS.

TARY MORTON. MAYOR STRONH,
ANDREW D. WHITE
AND OTHERS.
The twenty-,hlrd annual dinner OF the New-York
Roard Of Trade and Transportation was held last
ight AT the Hotel Savoy. 1t was an occasion
,rareht with great deal of interest to men OF
commercial mind. as Ii had TO offer on the inte.ec-
NAL side a rich feast of entertainments The tables
were laid in the handsome new dninS-room on the
Second floor. They set to form a trident. and
.cro~s the end of this symbol of the god of the
sea sat the guests of the evening, the table at
which they dined being placed upon raised plat
form In the centre of the table was an electric
lighted model Of the American liner ST. Panl. On
the opposite end model of a railroad engine,
likewise lighted with electric lamps rather in
eeniously arranged. The Committee of Arrange
ments had done its perfect work, and the dinner
was a triumph for the organization. This COM
mittee comprised Oscar S Straus. as chairman; Ed
nj, , McAlpin Seth Thomas. Thomas r. Mann
John NJ Peters John A. Elmendorf. ii. II. Brock
way Z. c. O'Brien. James Talcott Charles n. Pat
rick stevenson Taylor, Jordan l.. Mott and Darwin
r. James ,
1omas nresident of the Board OF Trade and Trans
ror,ation who had on his right Adlai f. Steven
SON Vice President Of the United states; Nnuie"
u White Mayor Strong William Dudley fouINs
and Isidor Straus on the left OF the presidhs Oh
fcer were j. Sterling Morton. Secretary or As'-
culiure: Mayor Wurster. of Brooklyn; the Rev.
Joachim Elmendorf, Rlchard T. Shahioi' anu ~
Halstead
Among the men at other tables were Generai T.
G. OBrien Jordan L. Mott. David Mcclure Her
bert Booth King. the Rev. Dr. George Glover Asa
A. Aning Sheppard Knapp, r. J. Horner' ii. H.
prockway Simeon Ford. III. A. Rogers, e. C.
shavne. Alexander Maitland. John a. EmendoTf
William j. Walker Oscar S Straus. Louis Stern f.
!, rrhurbcr Simon Sterne James Hartford Wilham
n Fletcher Stevenson Taylor, g. Waldo smith
lanes Talcott. j. Spencer Turner George r. Fo"eih
William II. Bailey c. II. Loring G. NJ Naies, Df
" 4 Wheeler Stephen 4. Gardner. General r. A.
McAlpin, Dr. J. ID. Bryant. General BENJAMIN nag
ler Rastus s. Ransom, George Storm. Samuei NC
MILAN l.. j. Callahan J. Ii. Richter. G. W. Gid
dings J. D. Adams Captain H. D. Borup James Il.
Johnson, J. D. T. Hersey. d. J. Osgood Aduisoh d.
Colyjn and Charles II. Easton
II was 9O1 o'clock when President Darwin H.
lanes rapped for order and asked the indulgence o
,bo assembace while he should read few remarks
~ =. ,ir,seIf had preparcd When. in the course OF
h,s address he alluded to the late Captain Ambrose
Gu. ubo for sixteen years was the president OF the
poard there was an instant of great silence ana
he, standing and in silence the diners drank 10 MS
memory.
THE CHAIRMAN'S REMARKS
Mr. lanes was frequently interrupted by applause
He said, in part; o~,,
Will make no alluson at this time to the rog, WofX
Of the Board during the asi year, a The last annual
eection i'm this State the people expressed d! al, al,
S msa @asa Work of Of deepening the canals
and enargng the locks completed vole Ut r. me
acnompshmeDt alSfm Of his work ereanzation has
done so this Board With9ut par tha
the New-York Board OF Trade and ransPortaai,En 20
has had the leading part for twenty yearS IN
ways OF the State. We may be permitted 10 con-
srausts rise vsI at aeon 5ne IS in way
being settled and that ere long II also VIII IL nav nav
throush the tremendous advance being made within
,he las. few Years in the development Of gold min
ns The wOrld sfd,eS a so sSgs # the ratio
Of increase continues the Inevitable result I'd W." b3e
metals There was a time after the great influx OF
gold from California and Australia had begun &c 10
wben The W savants Of Europe discussing the
desirablty Of adopting the white metal as tne saa
dard metal because IL was thought the more staEIe
metal But at thus uhe he result being detrust and
nrostration of business with encouraging sign or
Improvement bring this mater AT oeiGre SI
order to orSey to he POSITION ooa Of the
of the country AS business men. we knew at IN the
time of its enactment that such legislation would
Tend to great injury but inert we te'npor-
lied we thought the Nation so great and prosperous
that we could stand It, and so we turned our
hanshts 70 our industries and let the country take
are some 1900 in the country with which our Board
is in touch. should arise in their might ana demand
Senators at Washngton we could havs S enancs
slough into which she is plunged In conclusion, leg
me say that. in my judgment the postponemehl OF
the "n era Sat Of w tske the Nation out Of the baking
business with income sufhcient 10 meet her op-
legations and return 20 ,ne D
pause)
As soon as he had finished the president turned 10
his duties as POSTMASTER for the evening. and said
dent of the United States the Hon Adai f. Steven
SON" This introduction was interrupted by very
cordial outburst OF applause. Then he continued
saving: HE felt that he must come here TO meet the
business men of New-York, although he had TO leave
most pressing duties and in fact did not fully decide
TO come until the last moment. simply wish MIN 10
rise that you may see him..
Thereupon the Vice-President rose and bowed his
thanks uttering word. despite call for re-
marks But he not 10 be drawn out and Mr..
James turned 70 his left hand and pleasantly in
roiuced J. Sterling Morton. the Secretary OF Agri-
culture Of the United States.
SECRETARY MORTON'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Morton warmly received After ne had
read for some time he paused an instant and then
looking quizzlcally his audience. said; Gentle
men, in Washington when we make speech, we
have the fashion of asking leave TO print so
! will ask leave TO pass over a number of pages
which Won have leave TO read" The hit was a
happy
During an arralgnment by the speaker OF the sill
vertes the Vice. President sat with head bowed In
the snowy expanse of his bosom and finally donned
mis- glass and turned his attention to the perusal
o. something under the cover of the table. Then
he removed his glasses and critically eyed the gold
trimmings OF the dning-room.
At an alluson to the sixteen-to-one ratio. some
man in the far end of the dining room pronounced
a single word in a Deep resonant bass voice. The
single word was rats" 1t had been expected that
the Secretary would wake the echoes on the Free
Trade and Bayard issues. but he steered clear of
the Bayard matter. He aroused the most decided
antagonsm by an allusion to ultimate free trade. y
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