Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1897-05-12
TRRNS-MISSISSIPPI
CONGRESS,
NINTH ANNUAL SESSION
OF THE COMMERCIAL
CONGRESS.
Will Convene at Salt Lake City,
Utah, July IA, 1897.

u great commercial organization,
which is second only in Importance
to the National Congress. This is
the Trans Mississippi Commercial
Congress, which will hold its ninth
annual session in Salt Lake City,
Utah, July 14th of this year. 1t
will be a notable gathering of west
ern statesmen and will comprise
governors and ex-governors, pres
ent members and ex-members OF
the National Congress, and the
most prominent and influential
men Of trans-missippian territory
to the number of one thousand.
exclusive of the ladies who are
expected to accompany them.
The object Of the Trans-Missis
sippi Congress are to secure such
national legislation as shall pro-
mote the interests Of the states and
territories lying west Of the Missis-
sippi river; to increase reciprocal
trade among them; to cultivate a
fraternal feeling among the various
commercial bodies represented; to
bring together, each year, tie
prominent and influential members
Of these widely scattered commun-
tiles, in order that their views may
be known and discussed, with the
purpose of uniting upon such re-
concentrations and plans as seem
best calculated to promote the
general welfare.
It's sessions are held once each
year at some prominent city west
Of the Mississippi river, attended
by delegates appointed as fol-
lows:
The governor of any state or ter
ritory may appoint ten delegates;
the mayor of each city one dele.
gate, and an additional delegate
for each five thousand inhabitants;
provided, however, that no city
shall have more than ten dele
gates; each county may appoint
one delegate through its executive
officer; every business organization
one delegate, and an additional
delegate for every fifty members;
provided, however, that no such
organization shall be entitled to
more than ten delegates.
At these meetings any question
affecting the welfare Of the terri
tory represented may be intro
duced and discussed, any reso-
buttons adopted are regarded
as expressive Of the sentiments of
the congress, and are used to influ-
ence national legislation in favor
of them.
Of all the efforts that have been
made in the last twenty years to
force an acknowledgment upon the
people Of the east Of the wonderful
resources Of the west, it is doubtful
if any have been so far-reaching
and as beneficial in effect as h as
this commercial and fraternal or.
ganization. It is composed Of t he
representative men Of every county
and city and trade body of the
twenty -four states and territories
west Of the Mississippi river. This
congress emphasizes the best
thought, the most patriotic inten-
tions, and the commercial neces.
sites of over twenty millions of
people. 1t affords the only chance,
outside of the representation it has
in the National Congress, Of MAX
ing its great needs known 10 a
legislative way to the remaining
fifty millions of United States
citizens. It is a commercial educa-
tor, and with indomitable perseye-
rance during the past ten years it
has dinned into the perceptions of
the east a great part Of the knowl-
edge the east possesses Of western
energy aud wonders, and forced a
recognition of western rights and
privileges that otherwise might
never have been accorded. To one