The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-09
DOWN To BUSINESS
Trans Mississippi Congress
Office a Busy Place.
GOING WITH A BOOM
Will be Held in This City
May 81, June |, 2 and 8.

Everything is taking on q lively and
Mississippi Commercial Congress head
quarters, 40 North Main street. ]. Hud-
son Mcknight, secretary, and corps OF
clerks aud stenographers were busy yes
terday getting out large mail addressed
to every governor and state official in all
the trans-Mississippi states, asking fhtjr
attendance and cooperation in the suc-
cess in the tenth session of the congress,
to be held in this city beginning May 81 10
June g. An executive committee of fifty
prominent persons from Missouri 10 Gail
fornia and from Minnesota to the gulf
have been selected to conduct the affairs
of their respective localities, with h. r.
Moses OF Great Bend, Kan, for chai-nan;
Hugh Craig, San Francisco, president;
Charles H. Towne, Duluth, Mimi; L.
Bradford Prince, Santa Fe, n. NJ, and
| Breedlove Smith, New Orleans, La, vice.
| presidents-at-large.
The territory embraced in the Trans
Mississippi Congress includes each state
and territory lying west CT the Mississippi
river and that part of Minnesota and LoL-
| islands anu who are entitled 10 repie-
sentation. TIE basis of representation is
| as follows:
The governor Of each state and territory
may dppoin! ten delegates; the mayer If
| each civ nay appoint one delegate ard
! one additional delegate for each 5000 in
| habtants provided that no city shall have
! more than ten delegates. The executive
! officer of each county may appoint one
delegate Each business organization may
appoint one delegate for each fifty mem
bers, provided that no such organization
may have more than ten delegates
The governors of states and territories,
members of Z. S. congress and all ex-
presidents of this congress are ex-officio
delegates, with all privileges, except that
| of voting and election to office.
The object of this congress is to promote
the business interests and develop the re-
sources of the states and territories enti-
tied to representation, and to increase re-
ciprocal and foreign trade by the discus
sion of questions pertaining thereto, and
to cultivate acquaintance, fraternal feel
| ing and a hearty cooperation among the
various commercial bodies. and thus influ-
| 0nC6 46SlSldllOH anu INDIVIDUAL GlOIL di4O
promote the general welfare.
Discussions will be confined to questions
of common interest to the territory repre-
scented. Local and political questions will
| be excluded. Any question germane to the
| object of the congress may be introduced
! by the delegates, but the following are
suggested by the executive committee af-
ter a careful consideration of the many
questions submitted by members:
1-"Irrigation and the Arid Regions"
(a) Should Congress Legislate in Their In
terests? (b) What Can be Done for This
Region by Individual Effort? Co New
Plants Adapted to Arid Lands.
| 2-"Improvement of Western Rivers"
| (a) Floods of the Mississippi, Cause and
Remedy; (b) Deep Water at the Mouth of
the Mississippi; (c) Preservation of the
| Forests.
3-"Water Transportation" (a) Nicara-
qua Canal; (b) Harbors on the Pacific
| Coast; Cc) Gulf Outlet.
! E'Transportation Facilities of the
| West" (a) Equitable Rates to Tidewater
Sour Trade and How to Increase IT,
(a) With Mexico, Japan. China, Hawaii,
the Philippines and Cuba; Oh Pacific
Coast Gable; (c) Ship Building on Pacific
! Coast.
| 6-"Mining in the West" (a) Should
There be a National Department Of Mines?
| 7-"Agriculture:" (a) Beet Sugar Indus
try; Co Introduction Of Our Indian Corn
| in Europe as Culinary Article.
| S-"National Quarantine"
9-''Statehood for the Territories"
u-'Hometead Laws"
12-"Trusts and Combines" (a) Are
They Beneficial?
13-"Our Foreign Possessions"
1E"United States Senators: Should
| They be Elected by the People Direct?"
15-"Our Representation at the Louisiana
Purchase Celebration and the Paris Ex-
| position"
The men to whom has been assigned
| the subjects for discussion have made ma
tional reputation by practical work and
| laborious study of the several subjects as
signed them. 1t is expected that there will
be present the president OF the United
States, the governors of the several states
and territories, and many of the members
of the national congress, both senators
and representatives, as well as some OF
the leading men from Hawaii. Hon. Hugh
Craig, the president OF this congress, is
ex-president Of the chamber OF commerce
Of San Francisco Cal, one Of the most
influential commercial bodies in the United
States. The debates IN this congress will
be participated IN by the most eloquent
orators Of the west, and r day spent here
will be more interesting than a day in the
senate Of the United States. This viii be
notable gathering Of the influential COM
mercial men Of the west.
California Colorado, Missouri. Nebras-
ka, Louisiana, Texas and Utah have In
turn Hospitality entertained the congress
Il now falls to the good fortune OF Kansas
to have the congress at Wichita
The Western Passenger association has
granted the congress a one and one-third
fare for the round trip. An effort Is being
made 20 secure a rate q one fare FOR the
round trip OF all the railways within the
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