The San Francisco call., 1897-05-21
TRANS-M|SSISS|PPI
CONGRESS NEARS
The Call for the Salt Lake
Session Reaches This
City.
CALIFORNIA; Pure Food Move
ment Will Be Boosted Into
National Fame.
Things Of State Interest Pending, A:
Is Also a Fight to Bar the
Silver Issue.

Now the Trans Mississippi Congress Of
1897 comes to the front with much signif-
canoe to California.
1t will convene in Salt Lake City on
July IA, and with the near approach of the
time the official call and other STRINGS to
activity have been sent out from st. Louis
by II. r. Whitmore, chairman Of the
executive committee, and W. II. Culmer,
secretary.
The official calls, with accompanying
circulars and personal letters, have within
the past day or two been received by W.
L. Merry, secretary of the Chamber OF
Commerce, Julian Sonntag, secretary of
the Manufacturers' and Prod ucers' Asso-
citation and twice secretary OF the con-
gress, and by others concerned. Salt Lake
citizens are just bestirring themselves
with preparations for the great meeting.
This years meeting of this body will
be as important to California interests as
any that has been held, and perhaps more
so, and there will be considerable and
an infuenti delegation from this State.
1t is likely that the Trans Mississippi
Congress of this year will be the instru-
ment that will magnify the California
pure food movement into National one.
1t is the purpose of President Kerr and
Secretary Sonntag OF the Manufacturers
and Producers Association and others to
urge this pure food campaign before the
Trans Mississippi Congress and boost it
along to Washington in quest OF National
legislation and National inspection of
foods.
The local agitation has already borne
National fruit in the establishment here
and at Tacoma of inspectors OF tea, and
the ''sheepdip," ''pure California brandy"
now being quarreled over, as another re-
suit will likely be settled at Washington.
California's pure-food agitation may be
exalted at Salt Lake City.
Another matter that California dele
gates will present will be the one OF con.
vict-made goods in competition with
manufacturers employing free labor.
Many all over the country who are in
terested in the Trans Mississippi Congress
are wondering if it will roar about silver
again this year. At former sessions, be-
fore the silver question became partisan
one, the ongress declared itself EN- phat-
ically for silver but now the m after has
been thrashed through a political cam
paign and been dipped in gall.
William j. Bryan is the president, who
will call the convention to order, and
some doubt the ability of Mr.. Bryan and
some others to keep the silver question
out of anything.
Anu lIeH LHSIc IS pect SuEHI. 1Qat Is
going to be big subject at the congress
now, when tremendous development of
this industry all over the West has Just
begun; and to no State does it mean so
much as TO California. The Hawaiian
question will assume bigger Importance
than ever before, and will undoubtedly
cause an earnest and heated discussion.
Trade with Mexico and with China and
Japan, arid lands, rance culture and Ja-
panese competition are among the other
matters to come up in which California Is
largely interested. The objects OF the
congress are to secure National legislation
that will promote the interests and devei-
opment of the West.
The executive ommittee has suggested
in advance the following questions for
discussion and resolution:
The Trans Mississippi International E1posi-
tion, the Nicaragua Canal, the Hawaiian Ques-
ton, Irrigation, the Cession of Arid Lands to
the State, immigration to the Western States
Restriction of Immigration. Japanese Compe-
toration of the Homestead Policy, Admission
of Territories 10 Statehood, Agricultural Inter-
ests the Culture of Rance, Beet Sugar Indus
try Export of Bresdstuffs TO China and Japan.
Preservation of Forests, National Bankrupt
Law Construction and improvement OF Ne-
terways and Deep Harbors, Rail and Water
Communica ticn With the Seaboard, Preyen-
tion of Damage by Floods in the Mississippi
and Other Rivers, Our Trade With Mexico
Delegates are to be appointed by Gov
ernors, Mayors, county governments and
business organizations accord ing TO ba-
sis OF representation given.