New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-19
STRAUS FOR OPEN CANAL
He Links 1t zcith Open Door in
China-Board of Trade Dinner.

That form of commercialism which stands for
the spirit Of mutually and for human welfare;
the adoption of a treaty OF arbitration between
Great Britain and the United States: the "open
door, in China and the open canal at Panama
heartily Endorsed at the social reunion and
dinner OF the New-York Board of Trade and
Transportation, at the Waldorf-Astoria last night
The president. Oscar S. straus. presided.
Mr. Stratus began the talking saying in part:
"a nation of shopkeepers.'' first contemptuously
applied by Ta1eyrand to Great Britain. is now ap
piled by European powers dominated by the spirit
M 10 an nd to ars he a no e Of @
nopie FORM o. that stands for the
besses the nations that send and receive the
OF our ne1s factories ana @
a commerciahsm that stands for the open door in
shall lessen by thousands of miles the distance be-
tween the great commerce bearing oceans; COM
mercialism that seeks it's triumphs in the
mons mouth but along the highway OF peace
Commerce. 'oi'u "''e expansion Oh "0rid blessing
1t is for US. for such unofficial bodies as the
boards OF trade throughout the country. to accentu
ate enightered public spirit at home and interna-
G0pai goodwin abroad e aid in advancing peace
your committee to Washington to help forward a
the United States. and that shall keep the nations
from war. not by crushing and threatening arma-
noble and blessed ties Of commerce and goodwill
John A sleicher said In part:
No other city In the world has greater variety
Of organized bodies corporate and incorporate. than
known. the majority unknown; some practical,
many theoretical. but all apparently finding
Tor existence and hope in their future. IL Is
evidence or that alert commercial sense of New
YORK City-that patriotic. far seeing commercialism
to which our President has so eloquenty and force
tons of our city a Chamber OF Commerce,
which still exists, strengthened by a century of
enective service, which has made Ii the best known
BODY or It's character on the American continent.
But for unselfish, patriotic practical work.
may say. without making invidious comparisons.
try is doing more for the people than the New
York Board OF Trade and Transportation. In its
quiet way, without seeking publicity, excepting
that may facilitate its work. this organization
stands like watchdog at the gateway. Its voice
Is heard In favor of every movement that makes
Tor the public good and against every effort to i'm
pede the progress OF our imperial city.
Francis B. Thurber gave outline of the his
tory OF the New-York Board OF Trade and Trans
portation. of which he was the first president.
James NJ. Beck. former Assistant Attorney Gen
eral of the United States, discussed "Civilizng
influence of Commerce" He said that in early
days the trader was spoken OF in contempt and
that IL was only within the last ten years or SO
that the University of Pennsylvania had made a
special study OF finance and transportation. He
sald that the Invention OF the printing press the
dissemination of the newspapers through quick
transit and the telegraph had tended develop the
resources or the country and had made possible
me working of the republic. He said also that h
was commerce that brought the colonies together
ana now regulated political institutions. He said
Iurther that In deciding the lottery cases the Su-
preme Court definitely settled right of the fed
spoke.