The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-12
PRESIDENT A GUEST
AT DEDICATION OF NEW YORk's
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
ALSO A FORMER PRESIDENT.
BOTH GIVE THEIR VIEWS TO THE
PUBLIC IN SPEECHES.

Ex-President Cleveland Delivered
the Address of the OccasiOn-Pres-
ident Housewife to BE the Guest of
Honor at the Banquet Tonight.
Roosevelt in His Talk DepI0res
the Early Departure of the French
Minister, VI. CambOn - President
and Mr.. Cleveland Both Loudly
Cheered
New York, Nov 11.-With the Presi-
dent and a former President of the
United States as it's guests of honor,
and with representatives of foreign
governments and other distinguished
persons present, the New York Cham
Der of Commerce formally dedicated
its building in this city to-day.
The proceedings were opened with
a prayer of dedication by Rev. Nor
gan Dix, rector of Trinity Church. An
address of welcome by Morris K.
Jesup, president of the chamber, fol-
lowed, and then the Grafton of the day
was delivered by ex-President Grover
Cleveland.
Former President Cleveland said. in
part:
1T need not surprise us if the popu-
lar estimate of this business organi-
cation should fail to take into account
all that it has done to promote high
and patriotic purposes not always re-
lated, in a narrow sense, to COM
merce. No associated body of our cit
liens felt more deeply and effectively
the throbbing of patriotism and devo-
ton to country when our government
threatened nv armed rahpllinns its
protest and aid was Immediately
forthcoming when, afterwards, an in
sidious attack was made upon finan-
| cial integrity through an attempted
| debasement of our currency; from Ito
| quarter has a more earnest and insist
ent demand been heard for the adj
| justment of international disputes by
| arbitration; it's espousal of the cause
| of business education among our peo-
| pie has been hearty and practical; it
| has advocated enlarged reciprocity of
| business relations between nations, and
| the removal of their vexatious him
| ORANGES, and, last, by no means least
it has promptly and with an open
hand, relieved distress and alleviated
| disaster.
eff we justly appreciate what thes
things mean, we shall realize that com
nerce has done an immense service t
| humanity, by enlarging within it's wild
influence the acceptance of the laws Q
honest dealing among civilized com
Tnunities and by curbing mans beset
ting sins of selfshness and greed.
What have said must not be un
derstood as in the least intimating tina
commerce should be an altruistic o
benevolent affair, managed on lines O
amiability and concession. Such a con
Ception would be >absurdly at fault
Commerce is born of enterprise, and en-
terprise in this busy, busting age,
born of struggle and competition. Blu
the struggle and competition need no
be to the death. Alertness and keen
ness in securing business opportunitie
do not by any means impart unmind
fulness of all else save ruthlessness AM
raVenCuS Snatching.
LAS the pioneer of colonization an,
expansion sordidly undertaken in 1t
interest, commerce has in other day
had justly laid at it's door cruel ag
gression and ruthless disregard of hu
man rights in regions. To use the Ian
guage of an apologist, The welfare o
the inhabitants of these possessions
subordinate to the strategic or com
mercial purpose for h they ar
| held If any measure { sstitution o
compensation has fallen due from com
| merce to humanity on this score w,
know that its full acquittance has beef
made or is Forthcoming, and we Ger
tainly should have no cause to fea
that a like guilty responsibility will b,
again incurred"
When Mr.. Cleveland rose to speak h,
was greeted with loud cheers from tn
assent lage and several times in hi
speech he was interrupted by applause
At the conclusion of Mr.. Cleveland
address Morris K. Jesup, president o
the chamber. announced that PresI
dent Roosevelt, although reserv
ing his address for the banque
this evening, had consented to say {
few words. AS President Roosevelt
stepped forward the audience arost
and cheered him.
He said:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen-As
am to speak to you this evening,
shall now simply say a word of greet
ing to you and to your guests. l have
been asked here as the chief executive
of the nation, and so l can speas no
merely on your behalf, but ON behal
of our people as a whole in greeting
and thanking for their presence her'
! these representatives of foreign coun
tries who have done us the honor anC
pleasure of being present to-day.
greet the ambassador On. Cambon
whose approaching departure we 81
! sincerely regret, the dDlDdSSduOr u
whom, on his advent we extended sucl
hearty greeting, and especially repre-
sentatives of those great friendl!
civilized nations with whom we intens
to be knit ever closer by ties of com
.mercial and social good will in the fu
ture, turning to the Russian am
British ambassadors and Prince Henr,
Won Pless)
"And. now, gentlemen, having
greeted your guests on behalf of you
/ greet you in the name of the people
not merely because you stand for com
merciaI success. but because this body
has been able to show that the great
est commercial success can square
with the immutable and eternal laws
of decent and right living and of fail
dealing between man and man.
AS the President concluded ne wat
loudly cheered.
Mayor Low made the concluding ad
dress. and the ceremonies concluded
by a benediction by Rev. Morgan Dix
PRESIDENT AT BANQUET.