Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-11-11
imposing Dedication Ceremonies
1 in New York City.
ROOSEVELT DELIVERS ADDDESS
Annual Convention Of American Bank
ers at New Orleans.
BIRTHDAY OF KING VICTOR EMANUEL

New York, Nov. lin the presence
of an imposing assemblage of the
bankers and prominent business men
of the metropolis and of distinguished
visitors from the chief financial cen
ters of Europe, the New York chamber
of commerce dedicated this afternoon
its new marble home on Liberty street
In all about 1000 guests assembled.
The visitors from abroad included Sir
Albert Rollitt, heading a delegation
from the Associated Chambers of Com
merce of Great Britain; the Prince of
Pless, representing Emperor William,
of Germany; NJ Victor Hugo, repre-
senting the French chamber of COM
merce; NJ. Porte, representing the tex
tile manufacturers of France, and NJ
Joseph Guinet, representing the silk
merchants of Lyons.
A distinguished delegation of public
men from Washington was present and
many of the leading commercial or
ganizations of the United States and
Canada were represented.
at the old quarters of the chamber of
commerce and marched in body to
the new home of the organization.
Prominent among the great men of
finance were noticed ]. Pierpont Nor
gan, Levi p. Morton, Abram s. Hewitt.
Cornelius N. Bliss and John d. Rookie
feller -
The program began with an intro
ductory announcement by Morris X.
Jesup, president of the New York
chamber of commerce. Then Bishop
Potter made the invocation. Several
of the guests of note made addresses
tracing the growth of American COM
merce and showing how it had been
aided by the operations of the New
York chamber of commerce. The GER
.emonies closed with the singing OF
America" by the audience.
This evening the guests will attend
a banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria, at
which addresses are to be made by
President Roosevelt and other persons
Of widest prominence.
Compared with the giant sky-scrap
ing steel towers crowded together in
that congested district OF New York,
known as wall street." the new
chamber of commerce building is in
size very small. But the architecture
of the structure is upon such a scale
the proportions are so thoroughly OBJ
served, that in spite of the low height
of the building it is already pointed
out as one of the few artistic build,
ings of the neighborhood. The edifice
is constructed entirely of stone. The
great steel girders so familiar in the
high buildings of today do not figure
in this structure at all. Each stone is
super.mposed upon another, and the
complete effect is decidedly ponderous
Inside the most perfect possible pro-
vision has been made for every con
yenience of the chamber. There is a
great meeting room, where all the If
teen hundred members of the organiZa
ton may be accommodated. The walls
are adorned with the oil portraits OF
the financers and business men who
have been prominent in the history of
New York during the last century. A
unique feature of the building is its
and committee rooms.
Ever since its organization the New
York chamber of commerce has stood
foremost among the commercial or.
ganizations of the western world. The
original object in asking a charter OF
King George III in l770 was to encour
age trade. and that has been its prim
ary object ever since IL has jealous
ly watched the commercial legislation
Of the state and nation and has always
expressed its opinion for or against
proposed lines of action. The cham
bers membership roll undoubtedly
represents more wealth than is repre-
sented by any other organization in
the world. There are millionaires by
the hundred, and when they speak as a
body in resolution or protest theiI
voice is usually needed by both state
and national functionaries.
The chamber does not confine its ac
tiveness altogether to AFFAIRS OF com
merce. and in time OF great public Gala
mites it is usually the first to take
steps to AFFORD relief TO the stricken
When Galveston was crippled by food
when Martinique was devastated, wheI
Russia and India were starving, wher
4 Tennessee was hungry, on innumera