Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-23
TO MEET AT SEATTLE
FOURTEENTH SESSION OF TRANS.
MISSISSIPPI COMMERCIAL
CONGRESS.
Arrangements Being Made for the Mann
moth Gathering of Men Interested In
Growth and Development of Central
and Western Country.

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Mississippi Commercial Congress will
be held at Seattle, Wash, August Is
to 81 and the Ottumwa Commercial
association has been invited to have
representatives at the meeting. A. d.
Clark of Algona, is one Of the vice
presidents of the congress and two
other Iowa men, A. F. tombstone, of
Keokuk, and w. H. Calhoun, of.
E Marshalltown, are members of the ex-
] ecutive committee. The last meeting
was held at ST. Paul, Mimi, in August.
1902 and Iowa delegates took a promin-
lent part in the proceedings Of that
meeting.
This session is of the most import
ance to the commercial interests of the
states and territories west of the Mis-
sissippi river, and it is earnestly de-
sired by the executive committee that
a large representation from every state
and territory, and from every CONNER
5cial, industrial, maritime and other as.
sociations within the jurisdiction ne
present on the floor of the congress to
participate in the deliberations. New
issues will be discussed affecting the
prosperity of the people, and recon-
mendations to congress will include
In their scope legislation affecting al
most every commercial. industrial and
maritime interest of this portion of the
republic. For this reason it is especial
ly urged that large and representative
delegations be present.
Every member of the executive
boards of the various states and terri
tories every officer and every individ-
ual interested in the commercial adj
vancement of this section is expected
) to take personal interest in this
movement, and to devote some portion
of his time in order that the spirit of
this call may be properly recognized in
his particular section of the country.
and to supervise the appointment of
such representatives to this congress
as delegates who will attend the ses-
sion.
The Official Call.
The Following official call has been
sent out:
q; ITO the governors of states and terri
tories mayors of cities and towns
boards of county commissioners,
chambers of commerce. boards of trade
commercial bodies, industrial, maritime
and other associations of the trans
Mississippi states and territories:
s.The fourteenth session of the trans
Mississippi commercial congress is
hereby called to meet in Seattle in con-
formity with the action taken hyHt the
congress at its last session, at-St. Paul
MINI The date fixed for the session
is August Is, 10, 20, q, 1908.
The Trans-Mississippi Commercial
Congress has for more than a decade
been a powerful factor in the pubuild-
ing of the states west of the Missis-
ssippi river comprising its jurisdiction.
During its life it has seen the political
and commercial scope of the trans Miss
issippi region expand and during
these years it has taken prominent
part in every movement tending to
commercial advancement. The inf1u-
ence of the Mississippi CONNER
cial Congress embraces the greater
geographical portion of the country
comprising twenty-four states and ter
rltories and represents the business in
sterestsi of twenty-five million people
residing west OF the Mississippi river
The recent achievements in the realm
of national expansion adds to this ter
ritory of the United States in the far
4 east colonial possessions with their
nine million of additional population.
With political expansion has come
greater commercial possibilities inyad-
ing a domain comparatively closed to
American activity With the growing
influence the commercial relations be-
tween this country and the populous
centers Of the Orient becomes a condi-
ton directly affecting the trans
Mississippi region, and is peculiarly a
condition to which this organization
must give attention. The enormous in
crease of the trade Of the Pacific coast
with China, Japan and other peoples
in commercial touch with the trans
Mississippi states and territories, points
the way to commercial achievements
Il which must add to the prosperity Of
every state and territory west of the
Mississippi river. This part of our re-
public has prospered beyond all ex-
pectation. The commercial history Of
the world offers no parallel in it's in
dustrial growth. Whilst this growth
has been great under the enlargement
of the nations influence as world
power the future will show even great
er prosperity, the effect of which is to
be directly felt by the commercial in