The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-02

Papers were read on equitable freight
rates, improvement OF the mouth OF the
Mississippi and the subsidising OF the ner-
chant marine, with special reference to
South American commerce.
Besides these, Ex-Governor Francis OF
Missouri presented the Louisiana purchase
fair before congress
over the form OF resolutions asking Federal
aid for irrigation systems, one party ad-
vocaung the building OF storage reser-
voirs by the governmgent. the other want
ing cesslon OF arid lands to States aud
Territories, they to build their own res
ervoirs. The election OF officers was the
principal matter OF business transacted,
The officers were elected as follows:
President, f. O, Stannard. st. Louis; |
first vice president Walter Gresham, Gal
weston, Texas; second vice president. l.. |
b. Price. New Mexico, third vice prcsl-
dent e. V. Snalley Minnesota fourth |
vice president, j. II. Mcknight. Wichita
The election OF a secretary and assist
ant was deferred until the next meet
ing place is named.
The committee on permanent organizs-.
ton recommended that the Commercial
Travellers Of America be allowed ten dele
gates TO be chosen from the Transmits
sissippi States and Territories.
J. R. G. Pltkin OF New orleans opened
the afternoon session with paper on
Foreign Commerce and How TO Promote
it, He advocated the substituting OF Amer
icau steamship lines to ply TO South
American ports. Mr.. Pitkin gave ship
ping and trade statistics to the point
collected during service In a diplomatic
capacity at South American capital.
He said in part:
! Ex-Governor Fishbsck OF Arkansas de-
! l!vered an address entitled Equitable
Rates to the Gulf" He claimed that the
| States west OF the Mississippi river and
east OF the Rocky mountains did not have
equitable rates TO tide water, but paid
unjust tribute to Eastern railroads,
1t was not, he said, in the interests Of
any government to have discontented
citizenship, IL was not to the interests
rt railroads TO have the people they pro-
TESS to serve hostile to them. II was TO
the highest interest Of all concerned to
have the people feel that the law was
their friend and not their oppressor Let
the people once feel that their govern
ment. whether State or National, is pro-
tecting corporations in outrages on prl-
vate rights and they will have sown the
wind and viii Just as surely reap the
whirlwind AS result in part OF the
unjust drain upon the resources OF West
ern States New York and Massachusetts,,
the two chief bsnehclares, gained in as
sessed values during the last decade $751;
600, 900 more than all this great empire
including thirteen States and Territories
which are twentysix times as large and
have $500 600 more people than New YorI
and Massachusetts, combined.
II was not at all likely, he said, thai
the National government Will give th'
! desired relief The nine Northeastern
States in which are owned 30 per cent o
these Eastern railroads, have eighteer
United States senators. a compact, pow
erful organization having community o
interests andtworking rs a unit.
5 I'VE must look to ourselves; we mus
appeal TO that higher power than all gov
ernmeat-thepower OF an enlightened ant
righteous pubic sentiment public sent
=. ment which will say to ST. Louis and chi
0 cago, you shall not with .mpunity aid i
this wholesale robbery of be very peopl
who have made you great and Influential
= "a public sentiment which shall force IN
e railroads themselves out OF thei, self-in
Y terests TO rectifv the unjust and inequt
. able adjustments OF rates. To do thl
all these States and Territories mus
p stand shoulder To shoulder and act as
c unit, as they did in their demand for
n deep water harhOr on the gulf We hav
the deep water harbor now at an enormou
. exnense In both money and energy. Sha
o we not utilize it? Shall we permit thes
Eastern corporations to snatch from u
II the fruit OF all our labor and expense
No: thousand times, no.
= Organization, union and persistenC
II alone will furnish our remedy"
o Ex-Governor David X. Francis of MIS-
souri, presented the Louisiana purchas
fair at the afternoon session. He ou'
"a lined the plan adopted at Louisville Il
i raising SIS. 600 O00-S5 100000 by suhscrlI
ton 5000 600 by bonds and S5,Oo0.00o
be secured as a loan from the Federi
'e government and urged the delegates
e co operate in their respective States
lie working upon their congressional delegi
tions TO support the desired loan apprc
priation As Governor Francis sketchc
" the history Of me Louisiana purehai
S, every incidental allusion to the SPANS
&c war or expansion was tumultuous
:. cheered
u The same approval has accomDanit
such utterances throughout the sessions
N Al the close Of the afternoon session Il
to delegates we're taken into carriages
~ the Wichita Commercial club and drive
5 about he city and tonight were given
is reception nv the Commercial club. I'll
lady delegates and visitors were also Civ
a reception by the City Federation OF W.
10 mems clubs Houston Texas. seems clea
n " in the lead for the convention ne
i year. The question will be settled L