Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-23
BUSINESS CONGRESS-.
Good Prospects Of a General Repre-
SentallOr.
INTERESTING pArA PREPARED.
Secretary tuim r. Work-Beet sugar
Pap r--,,mlug Prom Alaska
Many Acc y ancss.

Secretary w. ii. Culmer has pro.
pared paper Tor the Commercials
Congress to be held In this city on
July IA and the three following days,
which gives some most important
comme'c iaI data OF tho Trans. Missis.
sppi fesisn. The preparation has
required great amount OF careful
.aoor and 10 q task never before under
taken. Mr.. Gunner has spent much
OF the past winter In gathering OH cal
Information from governors OF tue
inieres cd statse and In segregsti1g
data relating 10 the Traus.M ssissippi
states from tbs general data OF ma
tisnal rscords.
Alter stating the objects OF the con-
gsess, what It has accomplished la
years past and what 1t can be OK
pected to accom- pllsh In iuture years.
Mr. Gunner gives detailed compilations
reg arding the economic condition o.
the states anu territories that the con.
sress represents. Only tho general
tdsls can bs given here. OF the so,
$40, 1866 popuiati OF tbs United q lAtes
Census 1891 l6,sl9,676 r 26 rs .er
cent were IN tfAuf mississippi statet; u
the S85 vS7, O9l 1877 wealth In 1880
$50, 38y .77a,4 AS OF 3l27 or cent was
H. The wee uI the SAG 6lO. OOp vi I'd
produced IN 1895, S46. III ,34s or 99.l4
per cent came rom h we- e,u sta
~ the s72. 05l 900 4 suvsr, ST., 1854, AIS
OF 99.S7 por eent came ron "a 81.
4. Il
lead $9,257 $50 or 81 40 per cel', W 3
prpduusa III Tue Wer; the S4O, 345,'
02o OF c,ppet, s26, 1886. S24 or 65.25 ~
Sl97, $50, CAB OF coal 2S,754,7o7
~ u. SIS, 219,6o4 o. iron S3,Sl2,8ll -
Isl of aspnaltuu,, 1886. 4s6 5r 98 % yer
eenl WIS from me We,; Iue S237,
8sS. 99s Of wheat, STAG. 55O. 1872 or 81 80
. rbnt was tsisen IA tue " col; IT,
1857 500 l06 VI corn, s258, l 4S, 90 VI 40 IS
or cent was fs1sea west oi the M.r-is.
s,rrl; O. III Sl63, $50, O6S Of oats, S72,.
229, 74S or "a II per cent was western;
liz 1898 ls5 6l5 OF hay, $l5J,394,
a69 or 1878 v i cent was raiss4 IL luu
West; OF IN sl,747 926 Os4 Of farm AMI.
IA IL U! 1895, So4l, 7So ,8O7 or SO per cen
tere owLea Ia tne Wee; u the ., 49,
43b nales OF cotton gathrred In 1894,
4 o47 2V3 or 1904 pr ce was ron
lbe Wesi; OF the loo, 449 ,23U lbs OF
wool proJucs1 In 1880, 80 764, 1884 10
81 40 per cent was western; u 1873
594 934 lbs. frice RAISED n 1880, 1880
966 $685. pes ceut was gown IN IN,
I ag.Diss ssippi region; OF the 3Oi,-
254 1896 10 OF cane sugar tn nu act ureu
IA 1880, 297. 606,US0 or 95.7 pr cent
war west ri % additiont, wpioh tut
annual I'M Jttati0n OF Haw allan eau,
sugar T. CAnfornia, wuere II it
rehneo, approximate 300, GOO, 900 lbs. };
anu ~ tue 1880 900 los be. suxs'
III 1885, 7s,64U,000 OF 100 per cant was
prouucea IN the rraasmississ ippi
states.
NOTES.
Alfred l.. Black, OF the law firm
Black d Learnt &, has written Saying
ne wOuil be present 1t the congress.
Mr. Black usy come as q delegate oi
he San Francisco chant Der OF O. NJ
msroe. Many other acoepiances have
besn received, aud u number OF letters
exJreising regret havs also come in.
. o OF these. from Gov. 5heak sy OF
A iasks, states that the mining season
10 On In his territory, anu as Il 10 short
at trst, none OF the delegates will be
able TO bs present AT the congress. Mr..
C'lmers howaver, has acceptances from
two already.
| Neat baogss are being prepared for
| the delegates and visitors to the con-
vention and for the committee ana
| press. The metal parts OF the bau ge
are emblemAtlcRl OF the desired u Ion
OF silver and gold. On the upper part
y neatly wrought ssgo lily apu
| hel0v q Representation OF Saltair with
q description OF the resort on the back
A printed ribbon 10 attached TO the
metal and the o,lor OF this dis
tnguishes the office OF the wearer.
The delegates have blue ribbon, the
visitors rose pink, the committee
cream colcred and the press ruby
| colpred.
Mr.. II. V. Meloy recsntiy sent out a