The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-11
MANY PROMINENT SPEAKERS
INVITED TO ATTEND CHAMBER OF
 COMMERCE. ANN UAL BANQUET.

To be Held in Harmonic Hall, November
 1T-Chauncey M. Depew is One of the
 Invited Guests-Matters Considered at
 Last Nights Meeting of the Chamber
 Two New Members Elected.
 The committee on arrangements for the annual chamber of commerce ban- quet has nearly completed the details for the affair, and from the plans now made it is evident that this will be one of the most enjoyable and successful annuals ever given by this organiza- tion.
 The banquet will take place on No- vember IF in Harmonic hall. Thirty six guests have already been invited. including some of the most prominent men of the country. Included in the list of guests and speakers are Chaun- cey M. Depew, President Orr of the New York state chamber of commerce, Ma jor Leach of the United States engineer corps, Commodore Melville, Hon. N. D. Sperry, Senator Platt, Senator HaWley, representatives from eight or ten cham bers of commerce in Connecticut and several Connecticut representatives in congress. The number of invited guests is unusually large. The banquet will be served by a local caterer. Regrets have been received from President AL eXander B. Orr of the New York state chamber of commerce.
 At the meeting of the local chamber of commerce last night a report was submitted by the committee on enter tainment of the South American visit ors. The report shows that the total receipts to pay for the entertainment was $2,S32.90. The expenditures were $24627S. Three hundred dollars has been turned over to the treasurer of the chamber of commerce and about $70 is now in the hands of the committee. About nine hundred of the souvenir books remain unsold and the chamber voted last night to buy these for $129.88, the amount desired to be raised to pay a few small debts outstanding. A por- tion of this amount will be covered by unpaid subscriptions, which it is ex- pected will be paid soon.
 A communication was read last night from the Philadelphia Maritime ex- change, in which it is asked that the New Haven chamber of commerce CO., operate with like organizations in in- ducing congressman to use their influl ence to have the president appoint a commission of bacteriologists to visit Havana, examine into the cause of yell low fever and, if possible, stop it's spreading to our shores. The matter was referred to the executive commit- tee.
 A communication was received from the Cleveland (O.) chamber of .com- merce asking why the New Haven chamber had withdrawn from the American board of trade.
 Major T. Attwater Barnes spoke on this matter and said that the New Ha- ven chamber of commerce had with drawn from the American board be- cause only eighteen or twenty cham bers were in the association and it was not thought that the benefit derived was sufficient to pay for the annual fees.
 The secretary was instructed to re- ply to the letter, answering the ques- tions asked.
 A letter from the Tariff Commission league of Newark, N. J., enclosing a bill to provide for the appointment of a national tariff commission was refer red to the executive committee. A communication from Alexander B. Orr, president of the New York state chamber of commerce, was received, calling attention to the fact that the force of artillerymen at present enlist | ed by the United States was insuffi- cient to man the new coast defences. The letter called upon the New Haven | chamber of commerce to use it's inf1U- | ence toward inducing the government | to provide a number of artillerymen sufficient to work efficiently the coast 1 defences The matter was referred to the harbor committee.
 | A request was received from the School of Economics, Political Economy and History of the University of Wis consin asking if, in the opinion of the New Haven chamber of commerce, the present telegraph system of the United | States is an efficient one. It was re- l uuested that if the service was not con-
 sidered efficient the reasons be stated.
 The matter was referred to the execu- | tive committee.
 Charles E. Corwin and Myron R. Dur-
 ham were elected members of the chanf-
 bers last night.
 | Max Adler presided last night in the
 absence of the president of the cham
 Der, General George H. Ford, who was
 unable to be present owing to a slight
 injury which he received few days