The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-21
HAVE NO DOUBT
ABOUT TRUSTS
Missouri Men Stir Up the Trans.
Mississippi Congress.
THE RESOLUTIONS REFERRED
UTAH APPOINTEES- OF
PRESIDENT J. ]. HILL.

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York who furnished the sensation
of the DAY at the trans Mississippi
congress; today it was a member of
the Missouri delegation, who adopted
exactly opposite tactics TO those TAX
en- by Mr. Thurber. The former could
see no harm in trusts and, in fact.
doubted if any existed. Moses c. Wet
more and the other gentlemen with
him from Missouri have decided con-
victions on the subjects and when the
proper time came he introduced some
extremely strong antitrust resolu-
tions. which were under the rule re-
ferred to the committee on resolu-
tions.
The Committees.
State organizations for next year
We're reported by the different delega-
tons. They included the following:
Colorado-Resolutio Edward T
Browne, A B. Gray; permanent organ
ration. Z. c. Tanberg; vice president,
Ed F. Browne
Resolutions, Andrew kim
ball; permanent organization, A. NJ.
McFate; vice president, Andrew Kim
ball.
Alaska-Vice president, John w.
IVey Valdes; executive committee
julius Thompson, Nome; A. G. Swim
ford, Kilchican
MISUNDERSTANDING w. W. Wood
ridge, kfngsdale; James Coniin, perma-
nent organization; vice president,
Paris Gibson, Great Falls; executive
committee, j. D. O'Donnell. Billings.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., L. Holbrook w
W. Ritter; vice president, John c. Cut
Ter, all of Salt Lake: permanent or
ganization, Joseph w. Musser, Heber
City; executive committee, Judge L. w.
Schurtliff, Ogden
WASHINGTON
ton, Donald Fletcher, Seattle: resolu-
tons. j. w. Ivey and George A.
Bracket; vice president. Donald
Fletcher; executive committee, Judge
Brownell; William Tiggott.
President Hills Address.
j. ]. Hill. president of the Northern
Securities company, was introduced to
the congress at the afternoon session
and spoke on "Our Trade With the
Orient" topic on which he has come
to be regarded as an authority He
sketched brify the trade with the
Orient and the various movements di-
rected towards securing it in the past
From the opening of Japan to foreign
trade that country's trade has in
creased ten fold. The population of
the Orient with which we might trade
constitutes about one-half of the popu-
lation of the earth. He discussed the
prospective trade with the Chinese
people, whom he regarded as more en-
terprising and better business men
than the japanese. He paid a high
tribute to the Chinese, saying no peo-
pie on earth could drive an intelligent
Chinaman out of a commercial propo-
sition.
Lack of adequate transportation ia
cilities greatly binders trade. Our
trade is capable of infinite develop
ment. All the European countries go
across two oceans to reach that trade
which they greatly desire, while we
need cross but one. He gave briefly an
idea of the great development in our
trade there in recent years. The first
American cotton went to Japan and
China six years ago. lack of transpor-
tation having previously prevented it.
The shipment of cotton has constantly
and greatly increased every year since.
and now his road has been compelled
to refuse orders for as much as 10000
bales of cotton in one month because
of the lack Of shipping facilities. The
shortest and cheapest route from the
cotton fields to the Orient is by way of
Puget sound.
He told in some detail of the plans
now under way to handle this growing
traffic. As low rates can be given
across the Pacific from any point in
the United States as they now have
from New York via Suez canal.
The Canal Question.
Speaking of the proposed istInmian
ship canal. Mr.. Hill declared he would
not lay a straw in the way of its con-
struction at an expense of some $500
100000. but in his opinion SIS. 900 900 to
S40,0O0.0O0 spent in deepening the chan
mel of the Mississippi river between
New Orleans and st. Louis would give
far better results in the end. As to
money spent on the improvement of
the upper waters of that same river,
he thought it would be much better
invested in irrigating the arid regions
of the great west. The railroads were
not in the habit of taking into consid-
GRAFTON river rates north of St. Louis
in fixing their railroad rates. but the
reason that the river business in that
section was comparatively small and
of little value. He suggested that for
irrigation it would be the best plan
for the government TO irrigate and de-
velOp 1000 acres of land at an expense
of s. to SO an acre and then sell it
for from $40 to $40. thereby creating
a fund to carry on further irrigation
schemes without any expense beyond
that first involved
In discussing the trade which the
railroads and steamship lines would be
best able TO carry to the Orient, he
argued that those which brought the
speediest returns would be the most
profitable investment, insisting that
chief attention should be paid to the
farm products throughout the entire
western country and that it would
prove to be poor policy to depend on
the development of slower manufsc-
turing enterprises or on the less sure
mining wealth of the west The rail-
roads wanted products which would
make a haul for them both ways
thereby making possible lower rates on
what was hauled
The New Officers.