The evening times., 1898-12-13
Representatives Present From
Thirty Organizations.
REPORT OF TIE SECRETARY
Advocate Immediate Construction
oi Nicaragua Canal.
ArIior oG Delegates From Various
ComG,c rciaI 0raaRizmtions-iiuG
Craig's IsapeF.

DEEdHlZdiiBlS. convened AT IoDl lpura IA
the banquet hall 81 the Shorcham hotel.
\ meeting Of The executive committee
Was held from 10 clock Till L. The dele
gales in attendance at this convention
are practically the same as those who at
tru,Ied the twenty-eShth annual conven-
tional
in the absence Of President FraIey,
James Buchanan, president of the TreH-
ton Board OF Trade, Mss chosen by The
executive council to preside al this con-
Nrr;i"n "f the National Board of Trade.
lu HIS opening address he said that they
Ncrc business men met 10 transact bust
mess and lie hoped the> would transact
ii iH q business like WAY.
The chair appointed Messrs. liiddines,
Of New York Taylor of Wilmington, Del.
isd Rice. Of Boston. a committee on ere
oeriiafs
S,,rrtary Tucker presented The annual
rai'uil or The executive committee. This
committee 50. foah its regret that Con-
2.s--= hs,d passed mo currency Legislation
.i.a- the lines proposed by the Indiana
.,'.ii~ monetary conference
th. Question which promises to figure
most prominently ia ihe discussions Of
,iiEr- cons Jructol Of Ia Nicaragua Ca
mol
1.Er 1r.e4ates from The Chamber OF
romm-rre Gf san Francisco the Cham-
her IT ,#-lul, rec Of Cincinnati, the Chi
ea2o Board of Trade. the Philadelphia
Gra.-.is and lnba.t,r~' Exchange the
Trad,. L,aEue Of Philadelphia the
SCI.Tt1E Eoard of Trade the Merchants
I,NcHapcr of 81. Louis. and the Toledo
PraGr,a Exchange. VIII press N" cai.4i
propusiiiun upon The attention of HE nt-
Jianal board.
Hugh craig president of the san Fran
cisco Chambar of Commerce. viii pGeseni
nucu data concerning the canal He Will
say tnat "WC of the end o.: tao riE ,eenta
centUry cln scarcely claim any creGli f"t
praiectin% this Necessary waterway be-
tween jug Poetic aGd the AtlaCtic; y
on. followed the TIth hl5Zel for us c":!-
tu.le- past b. Spai lands Ea-i5sn. Scoi0h
Fr.u,u. Dutch l;-.ciauS. Portuguese, and
possibly others.
'C,rtr.l America has been i,..in2 itey
aggarfai.a w4th Ire question sof inter
ncca1-ic communication since jlc Disco
ery .t r'piumbus.
..Ir 1913. Drake made his way hF The
crrails gf Magellan To thC Pacific Coast
and. in consequence Of his Voy"ge Gran
..a Was made q c-nt'r. ana Spanish
Nicir qua and the river San Juan-Ai6a-
l4leua ihus becoming for the FIRST lime
1r,. ,.!.itl transit route between The two
oceans. Ia ItI5. the British government
.-n,iaaNurcd to control Jhe transit tr'dt
through Nicaragua ana sacked ahd urn-
"a Leon. This expedition revealed Il
Cl,.l Britain Jh- I.litIe OF tl!r lake for
iEter-1c,auic communication. and waS
lfr D, ginning of = series ef attem - To
.,.;zc alta control il, The history of the
uiraIt,al and buccaueeriUG attempts 10
r4ltlral Nicaragua until 1851 are mates
~ ahsurbing interest.
During inc Eve wears between 1893 and
70al Alrzand,r vGn Humboldt enEPgcH
ia explorations and s,icut fic invcs iEa-
iinl.s ri various routes between the Al
lalait ..ld Paci.Ic oceans AT Ne lraeua
:I.d Writes:- 4 should wonder Ii Ih'
I-ril,1 states were to lot an opportunity
,.~,a3, ri getting such work into thei-
own hands. J Ii. rofore r.peat
rhat It is absolutely Indispensable for the
United States To ciIec- = passage from
thu Mexican Guli TO the Pacific Gee m;
and B am certain th,y VIII do H. In
7~-l. t-piied States Congress dccrecd the
cutting of an ute"-Gc= auic canal I'll OuSh
Nicaragua and called for proposals
concession being given IL Mr. Eeni4kL
IN l>-6. Mr. Clay, who was then Sscrc-
lary ~ State. ordered an examination nf
tbc route IN i>2a. Con. Werner of Be-
.iUm obtained -<ranchise in the name
~ King William oi Holland. bur tha r-y-
p,gliun &C 1S30 which separated Belgium
fra>l Holland, pat an end II The urd r.
taking In ls@. Morazan. president If
ghe Central American Federation. at
tempted To carry oHt the scheme, hut the
survey WAS brnu@ht 10 "a close by the dis
solution Of the government. In IS J.
T.. stephens carried Out Cuntidln'iil
mission 10 Central America on ehalf oF
The United SAatrs Government. In l>li
Don Francisco CaStrllon Of Nicaragua
,nd,:N-ored To induce Louis ph ppie %
tazr Ht. he question Of The intcr-ac am.
hut ho was Interested IN the Panama
project.
'll lsi7 The British government advauc-
ed claims tG The control of the proposed
fntrI-ueclnic waterway. but the Nicarl-
guam oVnTBmCut acting ni.h Tie apPrOy-
Al ara support of The United States. sign
ed ., contract Tor building the caEal. This
concession lapscd. and in l>ia Cornelius
Vanderbilt and his associates contracted
with ilp Government for regular trans
roGfaliuu service across Nicaragua from
ocean tu urcau. Complications with Great
iadain iutcrvened. ana II WAS not unUl
the conclusion OF lEe ClaY-Bulwer treaty,
April - 1859 GaJ The neutrality OF ali agI
amy present cr prospective iHter-occanic
TatelNayS across Nicaragua WAS absD-
lutciy guaranteed.
This diplomatic victory on the part If
Cheat Britain was challenged later Ar
Eaiue who pointed out that hsr-T1a ios-
N.~ government had violated The agree
mpat. whcreupon the C:inghuySen-Zana-
la ,reaty was negotiated in 1884, approx u
hY President Arthur. and submitted to the
Knitted States Senate providing for tha
construction Of an intcr-ocearic canal
across The territory nf Nicaragua
,Air. cleveland. Immediately after his
inauguration. finding This treaty uutati-
fed, Withdrew il on The ground that con-
IFal ing foreign territory n this va would
lead TO entangling alliances. So trashy q
Subtcriugc WAS permitted 40 block The
good work OF Mr. Arthur's administra-
ton
-At this writing it is stated that her
willing To meet a hint from Washington
inat the abroeation Of HE Clayton Rulwer
treaty would De 4 gracious relief from an
awkward dilemma
The partial awakening Of the Pacific
seems ROW 10 be near. The Outward surge
al inc nations OF the Old World. 50 mark
ed ia lis effect upon the African conti-
ncni. has sent lis waves Of unrest 0Yer
the Pacific Ocean 10 break GA The shores
OF it's uttermost island. William H. Sew
ard in addressing tho United States sem
ate, said, as TO the commerce, politics.
thought and activities Of Europe. that
they would ultimately sink i'm impor-
tancc. while the Pacific Ocean its shores