Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-16
I he CALL IS MADE
FOR THE MEETING Or TRANS
MISS fSSIPPI COMMERCIAL
CONGRESS.
WEI o5zur at ST. Louis fer ! five
DAYS Session. From Octcaer
25.29 Inclusive
yum 8ER DELEGATES ALLOWED

T.. ID. Russell. secretary of the Com
nercia league. has received the OF
fcial call for the fifteenth annual
meeting OF the Trans Mississippi Com
hercial congress to be held at ST
Louis. October 25-29 Inclusive. The
LEGAL board of trade. which has sue
iceeded the Commercial league. will.
|aDpoint delegates to this convention
The call for the meeting is as foi-
lows:
The fifteenth session of the Trans
Mississippi Commercial congress is
hereby called to meet at Saint Louis.
Missouri on the 18th day of October.
1904. at 10 a. M. in convection hall.
IL response to the invitation at the
fourteenth session of this organization
held in Seattle, Washington. Augusl
1S-21. extended by the Honorable Da-
vid r. Francis president of the T.ouei-
ana Purchase exposition.
1t is recognized by this organization.
just at this time as pre-eminently fit
ting that the commercial industrial.
maritime and other interests of the
Tran ns-Mississippi states and terrific
r!es comprising the jurisdiction of
this congress. join in the exercises
which this year the people of ST. Louis
AID the 2rea, state of Mi souri, are
thldlnS to commemorate the actluisi-
ton Of the territory from which hav,e
been carved the populous states,
whose commercial interests are repre-
sented by this organization. The com
memor2tio1 of this event is ther"fore
source of equal pride to the Trans.
! Mississippi region and the invitation
extended by the presidert and drpcto-
ir! OF the exposition TO hold the com
ing session of this congress ,tnon the
exposition @roUeds, besides a tribute
To those interests represented by tbs
organization is likewise a rocoenltlou
oi its influence, representing as il
GOES twcntE-four states and territories
and the commercial i terests of fort,
/ r1;llions of people.
! Because OF the historical IL er"s'
which attaches itself TO ,hs celebra-
| ton in the minds of the people ol
! he Trans Mississippi states. and be.
cause of the fact that the celebration
i, of importance by demonstrating
our prosperity and our uaeXampleh
growth in population and wealth. i,
lie the desire of the executive commit.
tee that the members of the Trans
| Mississippi Commercial congress .n.
1e" onthnsiastical.r into the plans for
the coming session and contribute as
| much as possible in making this Sos
sion the most successful in the his
tory of the congress.
That immediate results may be OBJ
tanned it is the desire of the expcu-
tive committee that the request made
| upon the boards of trade, chambers
Oh commerce, industrial maritime and
| other associations to appoint DELEGATES
be acted upon promptly, and the gov
, ernOrs of states. mayors OF cities and
towns and the executive heads of
county governments are respectfully
| requested to name delegates under
! the call as early as possible ard for
ward the names with each address to
lie secretary.
In addition to The exercises com
memoratiye of the Louisiana Purchase
tie executive committee submits
p' ogram of general interest to the
people of the Trans Mississippi states
| and territories. and among the Stib-
jects TO be discussed are the follow
ing:
| Rivers. waterways and harbors,
Isthmian canal, semi-arid regions mer-
chant marine, trade with the Orient,
icCnsular service, statehood, railroad
transportation, preservation of forests,
sugar industry. trade with Mexico ex-
ports and imports through gulf and
PGcific ports, encouragement of home
manufactures. good roads and drain
'age. Lewis and Clark exposition in