The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-18
Official Call for the Congress at
Wichita.
THESE ISLANDS ARE INCL UDED
Trans Mississippi Territory to be
presented - Subjects for
DiSCusSlon-HiStor

Following is the official call for the
Trans Mississippi Commercial Con-
gress:
TERRITORY EMBRACED.
Each State and Territory lying west
of the Mississippi River, and that part
of Minnesota and Louisiana east of the
river, and the Sandwich Islands are
entitled TO representation.
BASIS OF REPRESENTATION.
The Governor of Each State and
Territory may appoint ten delegates;
the Mayor of each city may appoint
one delegate and one additional dele
gate for each 5000 inhabitants, provid
| ed that no city may have more than
| ten delegates. The executive officer of
| each county may appoint one delegate.
Each business organization may APP
point one delegate for each fifty mem
bers, provided that no such OrganiZa-
ton may have more than ten dele
| gates.
The Governors Of States and Terri
tories, members of United States Con-
gress and all eX-Presidents of this Con-
gress are eX-officio delegates with all
1
election to office.
| OBJECTS OF THE CONGRESS.
The object of this congress is TO pro-
mote the business intereSS, and deVel-
op the resources of the States and Ter
ritories entitled to representation, and
1 to increase reciprocal and foreign
| trade by the discussion of questions
pertaining thereto, and to cultivate &C
1Quaintance, fraternal feeling, and a
HEARTY cooperation among the various
commercial bodies, and thus influence
| Legislation and individual effort and
| promote the general welfare.
SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION.
Discussion will be confined to ques-
tions of common interest to the terri
tory represented. Local and political
questions will be excluded. Any ques-
| ton germane to the object of the con-
gress may be introduced by the dele
gates, but the following are suggested
| by the executive committee, after a
careful consideration of the many
questions submitted by members.
l. Irrigation and the Arid Regions.
| (a) Should Congress Legislate in Their
Interests? OBJ What Can Be Done for
this Region by Individual Effort? (c)
New Plants Adapted to Arid Lands.
| 2 improvements of Western Rivers.
(a) Floods of the Mississippi, Cause
and Remedy. CD Deep Water at the
Mouth OF the Mississippi. (c) Preser-
walton of the Forests.
| s. Water Transportation. (a) Mica
ragua Canal. CD Harbors on the Pa
cific Coast. (c) Gulf Outlet.
| 4. Transportation Facilities of the
West CAP Equitable Rates to Tide
Water.
5. Our Trade and How to Increase
It (a) With Mexico, Japan. China,
Hawaii, the Philippines and Cuba.
| CD Pacific Coast Cable. (c) Shipbuild-
ing on the Pacific Coast.
6. Mining in the West. (a) Should
There be q National Department of
Mines?
Z. Agriculture, (a) Beet Sugar In
Idustry. OBJ Introduction of our Indian
lCorn in Europe as a Culinary Article.
s. National Quarantine.
9. Statehood for the Territories.
10. Monroe Doctrine
II. Homestead Laws.
u. Trusts and Combines. (a) Are
They Beneficial?
49, Our Foreign Possessions.
IA. United States Senators, Should
iThey Be Elected by the People Direct
D..
lisiana Purchase Celebration and the
Paris Exposition.
THE BEST TALENT.
The men to whom has been assigned
Ithe subjects for discussion, have made
national reputation by practical work
and IabOrious study of the several sub
jects assigned to them. 1t is expected
| 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 Repre-
| sentatives. as we'll as some Of the lead
ing men from Hawaii. Hon Hugh
Craig. the president of this congress,
lis ex-president OF the Chamber OF
| Commerce of San Francisco. Cal, one
of the most influential commercial
bodies in the United States. The de-
bates in this congress will be partici-
pated in by the most eloquent orators
of the West, and a day spent here will
be more interesting than a day in the
Senate Of the United States. This will
be a notable gathering of the influen-
tial commercial men of the West.
WICHITA.
| California. Colorado. Missouri, Ne
| braska. Louisiana, Texas and Utah
have in turn Hospitality entertained
the congress. Il now falls TO the good
fortune of Kansas TO have the congress
lat Wichita, one of the young giants of
the West: it is a city of $4,000 inhabi-
itants. enjoying the distinction of being
the commercial center of the State
and the jobbing center Of the South