The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-19
MATTERS OF INTEREST
TO FAR WEST DISCUSSED
Commercial Congress Asks for Government Mining
Department and Irrigation Of Arid Lands.

Cripple Creek. CL0.. July 18-The
T MississiDDi Commercial congress
today completed the most important Of
its work adopting resolutions covering
a multitude of subjects of interest TO
the great west. and selecting the twin
cities-SJ. Paul and Minneapolis-as
the rext place Of meeting The only
debate of the session that at any time
tEred tened 10 disturb the harmony of
the occasion came up over the resOIu-
IIOns proposing t.e esUd DlIsnmeuJ or
government departments OF mining ana
OF commerce and industry The friends
OF the former feared that adoption OF
the latter would be inimical To their
hopes, the danger being that the min
ine industry might be relegaUed TO
bureau OF Othe- departm- nts-
The debate was led y H. r. Whit
more of st. Louis, T. 7. Thurber OF New
York on the side Of the department Of
commerce and industry. and B. +.
Montgomery, speaker OF the Colorado
legislature and former Governor Adams
o. Pueblo, Colo, for rhe mining depart
meuJ- Finally, on motion Of eX-GoF-
eTrD Prince Of New Mexico, the indus
trial feature was stricken from the
resolution advocated by the eastern
delegates. and both departments We're
then unanimously endorsed
Government aid iu the reclamation OF
arid lands WAS strongly urged, and the
restoration oil the mercantile marine
was advocated i'm general terms. Har-
Dor and river improvements We're rec
commended, including a deep waterway
connecting the great lakes with the
Mississippi river.
The contest between St. Paul and
New ORLEANS S5r the next place 90
meeting was vigorously w9gec, but the
victory was a signal one. Ut is the first
tine city i'm the n0Ttherl hdIs Of the
Trans Mississippi territory has been
chosen.
President Smiths Speech.
John Henry Smith Of Utah, the newly
CHOSEN president, made an address at
the morning session. NJ. Smith
thanked the congress TOR his prefer
menI. His address was 6lleU with I'd
tTiOtiC sentiment, and received liberal
applause. He had at fist doubted the
wisdom of sectional movements. but
the re suits Of the work OF the cJngl ess
had shown that MS doubts We're un-
founded. 1t had SHOWN that IT'S mem
beTs are only inspired by paJr-Dtism,
which is confined by no section, Bat
takes in the whole 'apublic-
John G.. Cutler of Lehi, Titan Geliv-
cred an address giving history Of the
beet sugar industry.
Governor Fislbdck o. ARKANSAS,
chairman of the com nlfT-4 or tHsCiu-
I'us read The report u The CDmmsjter,
NllCh was dIJUteu t.jeE coTS-ue.a bic
dsJaJe- IL favOrs che co lst-uctiOn Dy
the general EoEe-luC1L of IcselS Oirs
and canals lT me FsciJ ma lion Of arid
lands and euas Elen- Of laws ~ stat
and nation % encourage the CUISl rue
ton Of suor5S - dams u increase the
rainfall. UgsgasIs -ha issuance Of
bonds hy tGe government -T3th "a hlc.l
reclamation OF arid lands NAV ne ac-
COmulished, TIE money To be- refunded
by the settlers in he pure ha+a p-ice of
the lands; asks Tor th- eS -1BljslmenC 'lt
department IF mining ana DEPART
meut of commerce. each T. be rerl5-
scented in the resident cabinet. ia
vors sfatehoG5 Tor Arizona New Mex
leo and Oklahoma and a suitable gov
ernment for the 5lljIH Territory, ia
vOrs the immediate cOns-rIc,jJn o. a
Pacific able and he NlcGTaguln ca
nal; asks that the interstate commerce
law be amended, demands the abolition
of the fee system i'm ,he consular ser
vice, favors laws to encourage the bet
sugar industry. indorses an inLeTconU-
mental railway. adVoc1tes reservation
Of the merchant marine asks more lib
crsl appropriations for river aud nar-
Dor improvements. and provides for
the appointment Of "a .ommit-ee OF I;N Q
TO 'ay the above matters before tne
neXr congress.
The following mem bers OF the new