New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-18
WON'T WASTE TIME AT ISTHMUS|
PROMISE OF SECRETARY SHAW AT CHAMBER. OF
COMMERCE DINNER CHEERED.
alexander Hamilton John Jay and De Witt Clinton UnUed
-Addres by the Governor.
DINNER AT DELMONICOS.
Secretary Shazc, Bishop Doane, Sen
ator allison and Others Speak.

At the 135th annual dinner OF the Chamber
of Commerce held last night at Delmonico's
Leslie NJ. Shaw, Secretary Of the Treasury,
made strong appeal for a merchant marine,
criticising the 'supine Indifference which had
resulted in the lack Of GOLFERS and transports in
case of war; and sufficient freight vessels in
peace times. The nation suffering from
lack of ships to widen its commercial relations
with South American countries. he declared, and
he indicated fully his approval OF the stand
the United States was taking in regard to the
Panama Canal He longed for the day when
the first shovelfuI Of earth would be taken out.
By this canal the United States would gain in
finitely in commercial relations. and not the
United States alone but all nations. This coun-
try would protect the canal and police it for the
commerce of the world Secretary Shaw de-
clared that he did not advocate ship subsidies
if any more feasible course could be devised,
but a merchant marine should be obtained by
any means.
Cheers and prolonged applause greeted the
telling reference to the Panama Canal and
when the secretary declared that the merchant
marine must be obtained by some means OF other
this applause was renewed. Equally favorable
was the reception accorded to Bishop Doanes
speech on Capital and Labor in which he de-
clared that capital as II was commonly under
stood, was only the result of the hardest kind Of
labor. while the ability to labor was in itself
readily available form of capital. The conjunc-
zion always used in the phrase, he said, had only
recently assumed its proper meaning; it had
formerly been used as if the two were offensive
instead OF coordinate. There were only two
classes of men in the world laborers and idlers.
whether the idlers were found in clubs corner
groceries. OF the laborers. the brainwOrkers
were by far the harder worked class, and their
for he
whether i'm morals or manners or commerce.
AS in the afternoon. the speeches were un-
usually good. The list of speakers was fully up
to the usual high standard of the Chamber Of
Commerce-Secretary Shaw. Senator Allison.
Bishop Doane the Rev. Donald Sage Mackay.
General Young. Admiral Rogers and Thomas
Barclay ex-president of the British Chamber Of
Commerce in Paris.
The large dining hall at Delmonco's was
filed with tables. ranged at right angles to
the Presidents table. at which sat Leslie NJ.
Shaw Secretary of the Treasury: Henry c.
PAYNE. Postmaster General. Senator William r
Allison Governor-elect HerriCk. Lieuten-
ant General Samuel b. NJ. ~oung, L. A.
Major General Henry c. Corbin. L. S. A; Rear
Admiral Frederick Rodgers. L. s. N; Gov
ernor OdeT. Chief Judge Alton b Par
ker Carl Schurz. and Whitelaw Reid hon
orarv members of the Chamber of Commerce;
President Norris K. Jesup, ex- Presidents Charles
S Smith and Alexander E. Orr. Thomas Bar
clay. Bisnop Potter. Bishop Doane, the Rev
Dr. Donald Sage Mackay. Albert Balm, Charles
r Miller. John Foord, William Dodsworth. St
Clair McKelway. Samuel S. Fontaine. Chauncey
s s. Miller snd Alfred Moseley.
The decorations were elaborate. Above the
Presidents table the seal of the Chamber
Of Commerce in colored electric lights around
which were draped American flags. A silk en-
broidered coat-of- arms of the United States and
groups of the flags of England. Germany, Bel
GUM Spain. France. Holland, Russia and Italy.
With the American flag everywhere. festooned
the walls. Mingled with the national flags were
banners of the various States. The tables were
banked with pink roses. The menu cards had
pictures of Hamilton. Clinton and Jay. with a
picture Of the steamer St Louis, and the seas
of the Chamber, the State and the city. against
a background OF wheat. grapes and leaves.
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT.
Before the speaking began, President Jesup
read the following letter from President Roose-
welt:
White House,
Washington. October 10, looi.
Gentlemen: II is with sincere regret that l
find myself unable to accept your invitation
IL I could leave Washington for any such pur-
pose il would certainly be TO attend your pan
met. hut Congress meets in special session on
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