The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-11-11
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB.
The Business Disposed of at Lust
Nights Regular Meeting.


mcrcial club was held at their Office in
the Driskil hotel last night President
Carl +. Drake presiding. with George
\. Hill secretary. j. NJ. Shumatc. s.
G. Cranberry. J. II. Raymond. Jr.. w.
ii. Richardson. .Jr.. \. T.. Martin and
Charles Il. Shadbolt. directors. were
present.
In addition To regular routine business
quite Il number of applications were pre-
scented for membership and duly elected.
communications were received from G..
I'll. McMastcr. secretary Galveston cham
her of commerce: Tom Richardson. see
rotary Houston business league; s. l..
Jones, secretary Waco Commercial club.
and l.. &. Irvine. secretary Business
Mems club of San Antonio and president
of Texas Commercial Secretaries asso-
citation. in reference to the fruits, flowers
and vegetable festival that will be held
in Houston. December q to II, and the
delegation of sixty-fve prominent citi-
zens of Omaha. Nebraska and of Kan
sas that will visit Texas in the interest
of the transmisSissppi exposition, to be
held i'll Omaha in 1898. 1t is the inten-
ton to secure the cooperation of all the
commercial bodies in the state to have
Texas creditably represented on that oc-
cnsion, and to that end this representa-
tive body will be invited to visit the cities
of Houston, Galveston, San Antonio,
Austin. Waco, Fort Worth and Dallas.
a letter from l.. c. Irvine was read,
accepting the invitation extended him to
he present and address the mass meet
ing of farmers and business men of
Travis county. to be held at the court
house on Saturday evening. November
IL. at p. IN. He will give as an object
lesson the valuable results that have been
obtained in SAN Antonio through the in
strumentality of the Business Mems
club in its advocacy of patronizing home
industries.
Letters from other speakers. including
Governor Hogg, Judge Schutze and sew
cral farmers who have been invited to
address the meeting, were read.
The special committee having this
meeting in charge report that if the
weather is favorable an unprecedented
attendance will be on hand from every
portion of the county.
The club urges every member to be
present and to agtate the importance of
having all citizens that have the welfare
OF the county Mt heart to do likewise.
Communication from University of
Wisconsin read and referred to commit
tee on statistics to reply.
Letter read from member of COM
mercial band of this city. asking this
clubs cooperation. Secretary was in
structed to see the officers and extend
the desired assistance, and to extend
them every aid in our power.
Resolutions were adopted asking the
national government to create depart
ment Of commerce and industry.
Letter from secretary national Board
of Trade read and secretary instructed
TO answer same and ask for further in
formation.
Several communications were read
from parties desiring to locate factories
in this city, and were discussed and
favorable action taken on each, but
names are withheld, pending negotia-
tons, from the press.
A large manufacturer was present aud
addressed the meeting and stated that
he was 80 favorably impressed with this
city that his company would entertain
a proposition to locate a large factory
here that would give employment to at
east fifty men, as they had an estab-
lished trade now that would justify that
number.
The committee on manufacture has the
proposition in hand and will get the con-