Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-21
NAgnats Declares Their Products Are the
Commodities to Export.
TRUST DISCUSSION GROWS WARMER
RuItis Of Minneapolis Takes Issue with
Thurbsr.
URGES THAT THE RECORD Be DocToRED
Wants New Workers. Denial of Beef
Trusts Existence Ezpunged and
Congress Decides 20 Debate
the Point.

ST. PAUL. Aug. 2O.-The trust question
was in evidence today in the discussions
, Of the Transmississippi congress, and
number Of resolutions bearing on its vari-
Gus phases we're introduced and referred
to the committee on resolutions:
Colonel Moses c. Wetmore of st. Louis
introduced a series Of strong antitrust
resolutions, which declared that trusts are
q menace to a republican form Of govern
ment and to the hopes and ambitions Of
youth, and urged the president to enforce
existing laws against illegal combinations
and II those laws are insufficient he Is
asked to call upon congress to supply the
deficiency. On the other hand, F. B. Thur
ber of New York introduced a resolution
asking the congress to suspend judgment
until 1t can be learned from experience
whether or not trusts are an evil.
Mr.. Thurber in a speech said that after
months Of inquiry he was enabled to as
sert that the o-cailed beef trust was a
hgment of the imagination, and this called
forth a resolution from William Henry
Eustis of Minneapolis asking that this
part of Mr.. Thurber's address be expunged
from the records of the congress. The mo-
tion caused a lively debate and was made
a special order for tomorrow's session.
number Of notable addresses were
made today, those OF Lyman e. Cooley
upon finland Waterways" and of President
]. ]. Hill Of the Great Northern railway
on "oriental Trade" being Of especial in
terest
The committee on permanent organiza-
tion made its report, and by its adoption
nv the congress- John N. Kirby of Hous-
ton, Tex, becomes the new president OF
the body. Tonight the delegates were ten
hu tho al al
state Organizations Reported.
The topic for discussion at the morning
session was navigation of the Mississippi
river the speaker being L. e. Cooley Of
Chicago, engineer Of the great drainage
canal.
State organizations for next year were
reported by the different delegations as
follows:
Texas-Ohairman, Norman G. Kittrell.
Houston; executive committeeman, F. f.
Collins. San Antonio; permanent organiza-
tion, w. II. Gaines, Galveston; resolutions,
Walter Gresham, Galveston; Jef d. Bry-
ant. Houston.
Kansas-Permanent organization, ]. H.
Churchill; resolutions, q. l.. Harrison, o.
@. Jacobs; executive committee 1.-TWO years)
w. r. Moses; vice president, ]. H. Churchill
Colorado - Resolutions, Edward T.
Browne, A. B. Gray; permanent organiza-
tion, q. c. Tanberg; vice president, Ed F.
Browne
United Commercial Travellers Branch
Chairman, George Rodgers st. Paul; COM
mittee on resolutions, John J. Leighton, st.
Paul, James Morrow. st. Paul; vice pres
ident, J. w. Thatcher, st. Paul; executive
committee (two years), ]. M. Dresser, st.
Paul.
Arizona--Resolutions, Andrew Kimball;
permanent organization, A. NJ. McFatei
vice president, Andrew Kimball.
Alaska-Vice president. John w. Ivey,
Valdes executive committee, Julius Thomp-
son, Nome A. O. swinford, Kilchican.
Montans--Resolutions. w. w. Woodbridge,
Kingsdale; James Conlon; permanent or
ganization, w. NJ. Woodbridge, Jamestown
vice president, Parish Gibson, Great Falls
executive committee, j. d. o'Donnell. Bill
lings.
Iowa-vice president. M. Mcdonald. Bay
ard; executive committee, A. Z. Johnston.
Keokuk: resolutions, w. H. Corbert, Du-
buque; T. A. Kring, Keokuk.
Utah-Resolutions L. Holbrook. ". w.
Ritter, Salt Lake. vice president, John G.
Cutler. Salt Lake; permanent organization.
Joseph w. Musser, Heber City; executive
committee, Judge L. W. schurtliff Ogden.
Washington = Permanent organization.
Donald Fletcher. Seattle; resolutions, J. w.
Ivey and George A. Bracket; vice presi-
dent. Donald Fletcher; executive commit
tee, Judge Brownell and William Tiggott.
State organizations we're also reported
from Minnesota. North Dakota and Louis
lana.
Trade with the Orient.
President ]. J. Hill Of the Northern Sc
curities company was introduced to the
tsran Dial n
little after D. m, his subject being "our
Trade With the Orient" a topic on which
he has come to be regarded as one Of the
authorities. He sketched briefly the trade
OF the Orient and the various movements
directed toward securing It in time past.
From the opening OF Japan to foreign
trade that country's trade has increased
tenfold The population OF the Orient with
which we trade constitutes about one-half
the population OF the country. He dis
cussed the prospective trade with the Chi
nese people. whom he regarded as more en-
terprising and better business men than
the Japanese He paid a high tribute 20
the Chinese, saying that no people on earth
could drive an intelligent Chinaman out OF
commercial proposition. Lack OF ade-
Quate transportation facilities greatly him
ders trade. Our trade there is capable
OF inhnite development. All the European
countries so 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 de-
velopment in our trade there in recent
years. The FIRST American cotton went to
Japan and China six years ago, lack OF
transportation having previously prevented
its use. The shipment OF cotton has con-
stantly and greatly increased every year
since, and his road had been compelled
to refuse orders for as much as 20 900 bales
OF cotton in one month. because OF the
lack OF shipping facilities. The shortest
and cheapest route from the cotton fields
10 the Orient Is by way OF Puget sound.
He told in some detail OF the plans now
under way 10 handle this growing trafic
AS low rates can be given across the Pa
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