The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-13

HONORED
The Banquet to the
New York
Men.

LONDON, June 5.-The banquet ten
dered by the London Chamber of Com
MERGE to the delegates of the New
York Chamber of Commerce at Gro
GERS Hall tonight was one of the hand
affairs of the kind ever given
in a city famed for lavish hospitality.
No effort was spared to honor the Am
erican guests; but it must be confessed
utation America has for brilliant after
dinner speaking. Nor did the British
speakers do much to relieve the tedium
of four hours speaking. All the
speeches. however, teemed with eX-
IRENE friendliness and faith in the es-
of permanent friendly re
lations All the speakers expressed the
belief that Great Britain and the
United States would rule the destinies
of the world, and their unwritten ALI
ance 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 X Jessup. Andrew
Carnegie, Cornelius n. Bliss, Lord Al
verstone QIord Chief Justice of Eng
land), Clement A Griscom, George G.
Ward, Lord Strathcona and Mount
Royal, Levi p. Morton, Lord Avebury
(president of the Associated Chambers
of Commerce. and ]. Pierpont Morgan
were among those seated al the table
of honor. In all nearly 800 were present.
In welcoming the guests Lord Bras
sey who made the first speech. said ::
I'VE welcome them as the representa-
.tives 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 Ameri-
ca produces and the raw material for
our industries. America teaches us
lessons not only in the creation but
in the liberal distribution of wealth. :
Mr. Jessup president of the New
York Chamber of Commerce, replying
10 the address Of welcome, spoke in
part as follows: 1T is said that kind
words are the music of the world. For
the gracious and kindly words with
which you have made us welcome, and
for the generous warmth of our recep-
ton. manifested in every eye and felt
i'm the clasp of every hand. it is my
privilege to express the thanks OF the
New York Chamber of Commerce, and
especially of my associates here pres
eirt as your guests at this memorable
ba nquet.
mir. Jessup then reviewed the found
ing of the New York Chamber OF
Commerce. and said: I'VE do not for
get how you insdlled into our minds
ma bits of industry, thrift and fair deal
ing. so that now. in the dawn OF the
twentieth century, we are able to state
with some pride that the business re-
lations between the TWO countries
amount to the astounding sum Of $500,
coo, 600 yearly
I'VE are of the same race, the same
blood. tn same language and tradi-
tious, We have the same religion, civilI-
cation and laws, and we read the same
Bible. No, sir; we can only BE- rivals
in the effort each may put forth ac
tuated by the same desires, to carry tn
the ends of the earth the blessings Of
our civil and religious liberty. To this
end We will work hand in hand, shout
der TO shoulder, heart beating with
heart, and not resting satisfied until
the remAtest ends of the earth shall
feel TIE cffacts of our unselfish pur-
pose aud ,itsires, and all the world be-
come in touch with us
Mr.. Jessup was followed by Lord
Avebury. 4 Foster higgins and A.
Barton Hepburn, Mr.. Hepburn aroused
interest by an intimation that the
Z United States vas entering upon the
stage of tariff relaxation over two
years ago. observed Mr. Hepburn,
president Mckinley in a speech in
Boston. said We are not talking
about tariff now and in his recent trip
across the continent he made no al
| fusion to the tariff, but greatly en-
phasiZed the Necessity or cultIvating
outside markets; and the chairman of
the Republican campaign committee
has announced that the tariff will be
taken from ali the so-called trust
commodities. and our ability to pro-
| duce has 50 largely outgrown our ca
pacity to consume that the open door
is rapidly becoming the shibboleth of
America"
Lord Alverstone paid an eloquent
tribute to the United States.
Mr.. Carnegie. who had the best re-
ception of the evening, then rose He
dwelt upon the Importance OF the
growing friendly relations between the
two countries and continued as fol-
lows: The horoscope of the future
shows that common dangers are likely
to draw US closer and closer, and if
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gether have To be unfurled side by side
in self-defense against any foe or com
bination of foes who may undertake to
disturb the peace l pity that enemy.
ambassador Choate made brief
speech.
Referring to the debt Great Britain
owed TO the New York Chamber of
Commerce at the time the Venezuelan
difficulty arose Lord Brassey said he
desired to mark Great Britains deep
sense of the service rendered. ITO no
other nation, he continued ARE we
drawn as we are to our kinsmen 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 establish peace
among the nations.
There was a murmur of expectancy
as Lord Lansdowne, the Foreign Sec
rotary. rose to toast President McKin-
ley. Il imagine he said, that this
honorable duty has been assigned to
me because 1 am connected with the
Department of Foreign Affairs, ana
because it may be that a toast, coming