The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-18
ANNUAL DINNER NO. 1876
Chamber of Commerce TOasts
President and King.

New York. Nov 1S.-The 135th annual
dinner of the Chamber of Commerce
was held last night at Delmonico's.
Norris K. Jessup, president OF the
chamber, presiding, with Secretary of
the Treasury Shaw on his right and
Governor Odell on his left.
Among the other distinguished guests
present were Postmaster General Payne,
Senators Allison and Depew, Lieutenant
General Young. General Corbin, Rear
Admiral Rodgers, Judge Alton B. Par
ker, Carl ShurZ. Whitelaw Reid, Bishops
Potter and Doane and st. Clair Nickel
way.
The list of toasts was as follows:
1.-The President" His Majesty, Ed-
ward VII" "Our Merchant Marine" re-
Spouse by Secretary Shaw; The senate
of the United States; response by SEN
atOr Allison; THE Army" response by
General Young" THE Navy" response
by Rear Admiral Rodgers; Capital and
Labor" response by Bishop Doane;
THE Commercial Imagination, re-
Spouse by Rev. Donald Sage MacKey;
Arbitration as a Means for the Settle
ment Of international Disputes" re-
Spouse by Thomas Barclay, ex-president
Of the British chamber of commerce in
Paris.
A letter from President Roosevelt was
read in part as follows
THE true ideal of this country is that
hand IN hand with it's material develop
ment there shall go a high and fine
sense of responsibility to the public Oh
the part of those whose power and
ability enable them to take the lead in
its material development. It is the good
fortune not only of the state of New
York but of all of our people that we
can conscientiously say of the chamber
OF commerce that among its members
we have found to an unusually high de-
gree this combination of great business
ability with the spirit which practices
and demands integrity in public and
private affairs alike"
A 1,A T0T-oe ont a
His Majesty, Edward VIZ had been
drunk standing, the orchestra played
the national airs of England and
America.
Secretary Shaw was introduced.
THE only unprotected American in
dustry," the secretary said in opening,
''is its merchant marine. An act of
congress, approved by George Washing
ton and never repealed, though fire.
quently assailed, gives the AmeriQan
shipbuilder, the American shipwright,
the American ship owner and the Amer
lean flag monopoly on our coastwiSe
trade and we have not only the most
efficient service but the cheapest coast
wise service in the world"
The secretary pointed out that by acts
of congress and through government en-
couragement this country has the best
railway system in existence and the
cheapest rates; its factories turn out
more manufactured products than any
other two countries on the map by more
than 5000 millions per annum; its agri
cultural interests are more valuable
than those of any other country and it's
mineral output has passed the billion
dollar line.
The secretary continued: without at
tempting to give the reasons therefor
content myself with stating the fact
that 40 years ago we had only one
fourth as much foreign commerce. to
those as we have row yet we actually
carried in American bottoms 40 years
ago, three times as much foreign COM
merce as we carry today. These condi-