The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-27
COMMERCIAL ARGUMENT ADVANC-
ED BY SENATOR FRYE TO NEW
YORK BUSINESS MEN
MORE SHIPS ARE NOW NEEDED
WHY RIVERS AND HARBORS
SHOULD BE GENEROUSLY EN-
COURAGED BY CONGRESS
RESULTS OF THE LATE WAR

and In the philippines should he
. Controlled by the United States,
Said the Maine Senator-Inten.
sity of the Rivalry Between
America and European Countries.
sSEW YORK, April Ex-senator William
f. Frye, of Maine, chairman of the SEN
ate committee on commerce, was given
a dinner tonight at the Waldorf-Astoria,
as a testimonial for his efforts in obtain
ing for New York city the appropriation
in the river and harbor bill recently
passed by congress. The dinner was
given by the Business Mems association,
the Maritime Exchange of the Port Of
New York, the steamship interests,
chamber of commerce, board of trade,
board of marine underwriters, national
board of marine underwriters, coffee ex-
change, metal exchange and the stock
exchange. Ex-Mayor w. L. Strong was
chairman of the general committee of
200, and Gustav H. Schwab, of the North
German Lloyd Steamship company, was
secretary.
Nearly 800 guests sat down at the fifteen
tables in the grand banquet hall. The
room was resplendent with flags and
flowers. Back of the guests of honor
table were festoons of garlands and flags,
and two banners bearing the seals of the
states of New York and Maine. Under
the balcony were silken banners bearing
the seals of the other states.
The guests marched to the banquet
room at half past seven o'clock. Gov.
Roosevelt was chairman. Others present
at the guests of honor table, besides Gov.
Roosevelt and Senator Frye, were: Abner
Mckinley, Charles Stewart Smith, For
mer Gov. Morton, Gen. Merritt, Senator
Depew, George R. Bidwell, Senator Pasco,
Senator German, w. Bayard Cutting,
Senator Platt, A. E. Orr, Charles A.
Schierer, William L. Strong, Andrew H.
Dyke and Congressman Cummings
Gov. Roosevelt held brief levee just
before the guests went to the dining
hail.
While the dinner was in progress Mr..
and Mrs. George c. Boldt entertained at
their house in honor of Senator Frye and
her two granddaughters, the Misses
White and Briggs. Among the guests
were Mrs. Abner Mckinley Mrs. Elihu
Root, w. H. Tuesdell and Mr.. Thorsten
II,
Norway and Sweden. After dinner the
party went into the hotel to listen to the
speeches.
The menu cards were very pretty, two
satin cardboards fastened with ribbons.
The frontispiece is engraved with an en-
bosed cluster of flags in colors. above
which is the portrait of Senator Frye.
On one side is a picture of the old ves-
sci, on the deck of which Hudson and
h vuh in, ho
opposite corner is a modern steamship Of
great draught, showing the advance in
shipping in this country.
The following letter was read from the
president:
Executive Mansion, Washington, April
26,-While the pressure OF publlc business
prevents an acceptance of the invitation
to attend the banquet this evening, !
am glad to express my qualification that
so notable an opportunity is presented for
the discussion of the great questions OF
trade and commerce. Such interchange
of thought on these topics cannot but
have substantial results, and will help
to maintain and advance our prestige In
the markets of the world. l beg you will
convey to the guest of honor of the
evening, Senator Frye, my congratula-
tions upon the splendid recognition of his
devotion to the commercial and industrial
interest of the country.
William Mckinley
When the Ice cream was served
stream of walters moved about bearing
designs of steam dredges, ocean steam
ships and horns of plenty, and other EN-
blems of prosperity and commerce. A
chart of New York harbor was placed
at every plate.
Gov Roosevelt opened the speaking
eulcgizing Senator Frye.
j. W. Ambrose told of the senator's eff
forts for the improvement OF New Yorl
harbor w. Bayard Cutting and Senate
Thomas c.. Platt piad tributes to th
senator from Maine.
SENATE FRYE'S SPEECH.
The guest of the evening was then in
troduced. He was loudly greeted.
Senator Frye said in part:
'.The more see of this world, the more
/ am delighted with this republic. Got
scattered his gifts here with a prodiga
coast, equipped with fine, capacious har
bors; twenty-three thousand miles o
navigable rivers; great lakes holding
more than one-half of the fresh water OF
the world, located just where commerce
semed to require them; boundless forests
mountains of iron; coal enough to sup
ply the world; gold, silver, copper,-in
deed all the metals and minerals man re
quires; fertile soil; a climate so friendly
that we can produce every manner o.
fruit and grain. These gifts were be
slowed upon intelligent, resourcefu1 men
who made fairly good use of them. Since
the close of the Civil war our prOgreS:
mas De6n the I0dTN6i OI the WOTiu WS
have outstripped the nations in agricul
ture in mining and manufacturing. Oul
growth in wealth and population has sur
passed our widest dreams; our home
market became the best on earth, ac
tually absorbing almost our entire pro
duct. This operated in one respect to oul
disadvantage; it tempted US to content
ment, induced us to neglect foreign mar
kets, their requirements and necessities
When, through a bitter experience, W.
learned that our product was a thirt
larger than our consumption; that oul
surplus would surely increase year bl
year; that we must have foreign mar
ket or, crab-like, progress backward, we
found ourselves face to face with a mos
serious problem. Our commercial rivals
were strongly entrenched everywhere
with subsidized steamship lines entering
all the great ports of the world, will
banking facilities, business agencies lonf
established, and thorough acquaintanc'
with trade requirements.
SEEKING MARKETS.
I'VE entered upon the solution of tn,
The manufacturers Of our country form
ed an association, embracing member
ship from nearly every state in tn,
Union; sent their agents abroad to In
vestifate; twenty-five of their most ac
complished and experienced business mel
visited the republics of South America
and, 1 am ashamed to say, sailed unde
TO Brazil : ma shops of ours traversini