The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-24

single Illustration never proves . charge, but
&c may suggest and lead 70 others by which the
York has been larger than that Of ali other ports
IN this country combined. ~ has been and IL
She She f cSn WitS I.s 81 a aS5 PFsSSs nPS shy o oaS er city Son:
troll the traffic coming from the land and from
the sea- And yet, Wit 9 magnificent harpor.
sat hero surrounded By railroads and r1vers and
the. ocean and seen the main source of her power
and her glory constantly decline.
should feel that I misused your hospitality
but ! i tn sSSSiS s slESrss s.i pp sh an / 0 SSS failed af IN the thc;
upon you a careful study OF the figures relat:
ing, to your cCmmorce. They show q marked
gain has come to other places on the coast;
There was n time whom nearly. seventeenth OF
fns di%IRQir In N SRa y exports S Of this has S SpSaaSily yS az.
ninished until now II Is scarcely half, Dur
Ing thirty years last preceding 1895 the for,
70 81 per cent, while Boston, with q smaller hsr.
Dor, with no rivera or canals, has during inc
reasons for this unfavorabie comparison, but
this at least IL ono. Boston has done her best
Ssd Sf 1T t Serk kn hSs mot not, a And 1im y has b e,te GtI hsR,
Of the weak surpass the Indifferent efforts Of
This society is organized to encourage com.
MERGE. That purpose is the main precept in q
charter whose, age is now creeping UP to q CEN
sn rryy ana sanc q haif, In this chamber OF G0mrn ns &C.
leaders Of. American enterprise. It has had a
long and honorable history. Its influence has
fiSs FSsS Z Of t tRs a Il s " New sP9 York SFR 3 sSs S plERs
OF al the States, and there Is no society o. mon
Is H'f sep S 3 si'' ST on u, Whom onion .E EFs q sSGHatPSs
My Ssn HsTE la; !, ignE . snsG y; .n thssRl: .;i;s(,, ~
of New York," It is because feel that the larger
toriai limits. but that the interests Of the State
embrace the welfare OF ALI the people. and that
as Its past i has been SO will its future be- so n,n1
Gov. Black was followed by Major Gen. Wee.
IN FSsspcgpdins 70 he toast, :T6s Ar%y.a
Francis III. Bunce. who said:
I'm comparison with the great naval powers
" v. s sssi R'S% s uSsSio T from t Il n isos i. s' eSs9ses
on 9 eo snS1F fSn'' 81 our Sn' w ws are naval sS'I flore ss
Snr sppr rSseinsst a0d WITH Rr %Ise iSeldsS %ssS. th on
can DO used, to retain command OF the sea on
1Sa SSn SsnsrS. a or l Rs'o osGap sssHSa s ae any " p SH%.
sonnet. are fully equal to the best in tho world;
confidence felt by our people. and. :hould oooa'
aien arise will, as always; DO their full duty
legations OF a Citizen Of New York At frs,
the Mayor seemed inclined to treat his subject
nso conscl SSi n1 s 6ha rsmaTtS S se% said: ''f'0u' '0n''
Now. gentlemen, / I'm not going to detain
you any further about the duty OF q citizen OIL
the duty Of a member Of the Chamber Of Com
ing the position. of Mayor of tho city
Of New York I have been very ably sus
tanned In every enterprise that I have injected
into the city Of Now York, and / believe that
you gentlemen will all unite with me in saying
three years at least, done their duty, and
guess they dono their duty in tho last election
President Daniel Q. Gilman of Johns Hopkinl
University was tho last speaker. His subject
wSs Commerce, the Child Of Science and 1T
The dinner wound up with Q toast to Mr. Del
monico.