The age-herald., 1899-06-01
WESTERNERS
 IN CONFERENCE Opening of the Trans-MiSSiSSippi Con-
 greSS. ALL STATES REPRESENTED Territorial Expansion and Merchant Ma
 rine the Leading Topics. ARIZONA WANTS STATEHOOD F. B, Thurber of New York Delivers an Instructive Address on
ARIZONA WANTS STATEHOOD
F. B, Thurber of New York Delivers an Instructive Address on Wider Markets and How
 to Get Them"

Wichita, Kan, May S1.-The trans- mississippi congress opened. today with ad-
 esses of welcome by Governor Stanley, If Kansas, and Mayor Ross, of Wichita, to which Governor Ross, of Texas, and Governor Murphy. of Arizona, responded. Hon. H. Craig, of San Francisco, president of the congress, has wired that he cannot attend. Ex-Governor Prince, of New Mexico, presides in his stead
 All indications point to a successful ses- sion of the congress. Delegates from most of the states are present. All hotels are filled to overflowing and private resi- dences have been thrown opn to visitors. Many delegates are accompanied by their wives.
 Territorial expansion and an American merchant marine, are the subjects of gen. eral agitation, and little else is heard in the lobbies.
 Washington, D. C., is represented by H. F. Newell, Photographer of the United States geological survey who will discuss 'Water Storage" and H. c. Franken- field, of the weather bureau, who will speak on The Flood Problem
 Governor Murphy of Arizona, is talking statehood for his territory and the cession of arid lands. He says:
 Arizona is for statehood and the ces- sion of arid lands. We want statehood, and since the national government has steadily refused to appropriate money for irrigation and development of the arid lands, we want these lands so that we can go at it ourselves. We've drained the riv- CTS, and what we want now is storage water"
 Committee Resolutions
 At tho afternoon session the following committee on resolutions was named:
 George Brown, Arkansas George Mur- phy. Arizona; Julius Hahn, California; T. C.. Cheney. Colorado; J. b. Humphrey, h. dian Territory; c. r. Staylor, J. l. Frost, Kansas; J. R. D. Pittkin, Louisiana; John Caultifeld, Minnesota J. D. ODonnell' Montana; J. A. Meyer, Nebraska; M. s. Goetz New Mexico; H. B. Maxson, Neva- da; F. II. Greer, Oklahoma; G. M. Irwin, Oregon; Wesley Stewart, South Dakota; Presley Ewing Texas; Waiter Gresham, Texas; J. H. Smith, Utah; Colonel Con- stant, Wyoming.
 The first address of the afternoon session was made by Prof. G. D. Morrow, presi- dent of the Oklahoma Agriculture commit tee President Morrow spoke about the ex- position of Indian corn to Europe for hu- man food. He said in part:
 "It is sometimes objected that increasing the use of corn as food for man will de- crease the demand for wheat. Were this true it would still be a question whether we had not better suffer some decline of exports of the crop in regard to which we have such close competition if we could thereby increase the demand for the crop which we can produce more cheaply than any other nation. But it is not probable that this result will follow. More probably corn or corn and wheat Hours mixed would take the place of rye and barley-the black bread grains of Europe. The greatest practical difficulty in the matter would seem to be in keeping up exports to sup ply any large demand when we had short crops. Nothing probably would more cet- tainly and quickly bring good results than giving Europeans opportunity to see and eat American corn dishes at great exposi- tions."
 Need Wider Markets
 F. B. Phurbc~, of New York, chairman of the American Exporters association, spoke on "Wider Markets, And How To Get Them" He said in part: (Continued on Eighth Page.)