The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-06-13
A LOVE FEAST OF
AMERICANS
London Chamber Of Commerce Ban
quets Visiting American
Magnates.
UNwRlTIeN ALLIANCE THE THEME
Guests and Hosts Vie with Each Other in
Praise of Their Respective Coun-
tries-Are Only Rivals In
"Doing Good.'

London, June 1.-THE banquet ten
deiGd by the London chamber of COM
merce to the delegates of the New
York chamber at Grocers' hall last
night was one Of the handsomest af-
fairs of the kind ever given in a city
famed for lavish hospitality. No effort
was spared to honor the American
guests, but it must be confessed that
the latter did not sustain the reputa-
ton America has for brilliant after dim
ner speaking. Nor did the British do
much to relieve the tedium Of four
hours speaking.
All the speeches, however, teemed
with extreme friendliness and faith in
the establishment Of permanent
| friendly relations. All the speakers ex-
pressed the belief that Great Britain
and the United States would rule the
destinies of the world, and that their
unwritten alliance would always work
for peace and the benefit of mankind.
Lord Brassey presided. On his right
was Mr.. Choate. and on his left Lord
Lansdowne. Morris. K. Jesup, Andrew
Carnegie Cornelius N. Bliss, Lord AL
| verstone, lord justice of England, Mr.
| Griscom, George G. Ward, Lord
| Strathcona and Mount Royal, Levi P.
| Morton and Lord Avebury, president
| of the Associated Chambers Of Com
nlerce, and ]. Pierpont Morgan, were
among those seated al the table of
honor. In all nearly 300 persons were
| present.
| In welcoming the guests. Lord Brass
| ey, who made the first speech, said:
we welcome them as the represent
ntives of the skill and enterprise which
have turned the vast resources Of the
| American continent to the service of
mankind. We are largely sharers in
these benefits. Our teeming millions
could not live without the food Amer
lea produces and the raw materials for
| our industries. America teaches us
lessons not only in the creation, but in
the liberal distribution Of wealth.
Referring to the debt Great Britain
owed to the New York chamber of
commerce at the time the Venezuela
! difficulty arose, Lord Brassey said he
desired to mark Great Britain's deep
| sense of the service rendered.
To no other nation" he continued,
| are we drawn as we are to our kins-
men across the Atlantic. The wisely
directed friendship of our two peoples
not as yet, and perhaps never to be,
cemented by formal alliance-should be
| a potent influence Working together
for the common good of all mankind
| we may keep open the door for trade
| we may spread civilization, we may
protect the oppressed, and we may es-
tablish peace among the nations
Lansdowne Toasts Mckinley.
There was murmur of expectancy
! as Lord Lansdowne, the foreign secre-
| tary, arose to toast President McKin-
ley.
Il imagine" he said, chat this hon
orable duty has been assigned to me
| because I am connected with the de-
| partment of foreign affairs and be-
cause 1t may be that toast coming
from my lips may seem to denote
something more than a private express
sion Of admiration and good will.
think l may say that to all the SUP
.jects of his majesty it requires an eff
fort to think of our relations with the
| United States as foreign relations
4 (Prolonged cheers.)
All these who like myself, are sery.
ants of the public feel that they hole
an unwritten commission that nc
| pains shall be spared to maintain the
most friendly relations
with regard to President Mckinley
| we think Of the great Office he fills, and
In addition to his public cares, we re.
| member the burden of private anxiet,
he has to bear, and it is the PRAYER OF
our whole country his wife may be re.
stored to health and that he may con.
tinue to be to the whole world a potent
influence for the good of the human
| race
Morris Jesup Responds.
| Morris K. Jesup, president of the New
YORK chamber Of commerce, responded
i to the address of welcome.
Mr.. Jesup. in reviewing the founding
of the New York chamber of commerce
said:
I'VE do not forget how you instille6
into our minds habits of industry
thrift and fair dealing, so that now, II
the dawn of the Twentieth century, VIZ
are able to state with some pride tina
the business relations between the two
/ countries amount to the astoundins
sumo of over $960OoO,O 0O yearly. WE
don't forget how you have during tn.
past 100 years, aided US to produce thi:
result, primarily by the inculcatior
through your example Of these princi
pies Of justice, religion and law, which
we have imbibed from you as tn,
foundation of all commercial transac
lions and secondly by the free loaninl
4 OF capital TIC enable us to make use O
our great resources, develop our mines
build our railroads and extend GU
commerce. We do not forget the kind
ness shown us in times of financia
distress, notably in 1887 When. speci
4 payments We're suspended. business a
a standstill and our people dis
heartened, when one of our hon
ored citizens and princely mer
chants afterwards presiden
OF our chamber), James Cor
King, visited London, and by his higl
character, SO impressed your financial
men that the Bank Of England ad
Eanced 100000 pounds sterling in soy
ereigns and sent the same by packe
to New York under the control of MI
King to enable the banks in New Yorl
70 resume specie payments, thus re
storing confidence, asking for no Sc
curity save for the honor Of Mr.. Kin,
on his and Barring Bros guarantee, n
stipulation being made as to the tim
the loan was to be returned, nor an,
profit expected or required, the onl,
reward being the desire to do a kindl,
andafHendly act. We do not, we neve
can, forget that when, during our lat
struggle, we were not only threatene,
4 with a divided country but We're over
Swallowed by the menace Of war witt
you, your illustrious good, wise an,
beloved queen (God bless her memory
i was our best friend, and she left tn
dying bed of her husband to stay tn
II hand that MIGHT ntt,ovufun hove H,o<,,