Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-04
BIG MEETING
At PORTLAND.
sixteenth Session Of Transmlssls.
sIppI Commercial Congress to
Be Held There
OFFICIAL CALL JUST ISSUED.
Wlll Push Scheme for Department Of
Mines aud MInlog-- Subjects Tor
Discussion,


The oniclal call for the sixteenth an.
NUM- session Of the Tr0nsmlaslssippi
commercial congress, TO be held nt
Portland August 10 10 10 inclusive, has
Nst been issued The official roster
accompanylng names Samuel New.
house Of salt Lake city as second vice
president, John Henry Smith os q
member Of the advisory bonrdi W. H.
Williams as vice president Tor this
state, George Romn0y ana l., w.
shuuutf ~ membcrs Of the executive
committee Tor Utah, with John =, MGR.
rll and Andrew ltimbal occupying
similar positions Tor Arizona, Tho
call Nv addressed 10 the governors of
states and territories, mayors Of cities,
noardf OF county commissioners, cham.
hc.s OF commerce. boards ot trade IN.
dusuul mercantile, maritime ana
Kindred organizations aud lg uN fol.
low,
rbo sixteenth session OF the Trans.
mississippi Commercial congress Is
hereby called, 10 meet AZ the AUDITOR.
una LOWS ana clark exposition
l0undA Portland, Oregon AUG 10, ~
IN and 10, 1908
M making this announcement the
executive committee directs attention
io the fact that the TUWmBslesipp
commercial congress win convene In
portland durlug the exposition which
~ held to commemorate the Lewis ana
clark occupation an event which
saved 10 the nation the great "OrC.
gou country from which are carved
tha states OF oregon Washington ldas
no ana parts OF Montana and Wyo-
mlnR forming the northwest lurisdlC-
ton OF The congress- Tho inspiration
out NJ which has grown this splendid
exposition met the hearty endorsement
Of previous SESSIONS of the Iluusmles
fIsslppl Commercial congress ana the
executive committee requests that the
comemrclal, Industrial ana maritime
bodies west of the Mississippi river
take This opportunity OF displaying Of
tbylyoly to the people Of the Pacific
northwest ana 20 the whole country
their deep interest and appreciation by
cooperating with the executive CONF
mltloc In making the sixteenth FcH'
Zion Of the congress d great sncccfF,
Tho great Importance of the far east
o. field for commercial expansion
and the contlgulty Of the states o. tho
1fausmlsslFsippl logiona 10 the now
markets into which the nations ~ the
world are now entering with activity
forces itself with removed demand
upon the attention ~ the Tansmlssig'
t.ppi Commercial congress AZ this
examination, comprised Of delegates
from the commercial industrial ana
maritime associations, n Vltully WlCr'
uatrd IN everything mat enhances the
numerical possbilltoH NJ the Hlelrs
and territories west 0f tho Ml1slssippl
river, aud ag the tUdp relations bee
tween the United states ana the orr.
entail countries require most vigorous
exploitation 60 the end mat The quoN'
ton may be oNhauflNcN considered
md right conclusions formed "a. 10 iho
best methods 10 be adopted mat lho
states Of tho TrnnemlFslssppl region
q oy cnJoy the commercial advantages
'1 which they are entitled hy reason
of their conllgulty and tholr oblllly 10
mppy the demands OF that trade, the
executive committee earnestly urges
this question upon the serious consider
alton Of Congress,
The executive committee would also
direct attention 10 the increasing de.
mlnd for a department Of mines ana
mining with ~ head Il member ui lhn
cabinet Of the United states Special
Efforts are requested I'M behalf Of this
measure, which has from time 10 time
been brought to the attention OF the
national Congress by the executive
officers Of this organization with partial
rucccss
SUBJECTS FOR plgCuSSlON
Among other matters upon which dis
olsslous aud recommendations VIII be
REQUIRED are,
ID the Improvement N rlycre, hlr.
h0H ana waterways C2) Tho union OF
interests between paeinc coast ports
and ports Of the CUR Of Mexico, CD
me Islhmian canul ana Ms c1ccl upon
commerce 40 The merchant marine
H The consular service, 90 bl0ir'
hood for the territories tO lnlor'
tttC commerce commission ana lho
h.tltrmont Of rain ana water iran"
nUratlun 90 Preservation Of lho
forests 90 Cooperation IN laws Cow
DUlug waterways, irrigation ana MINING
between the United States MoNlco ana
canada, O0l encouragement ot nome
manufacturers, OD ESposlllone ana
ihuIr Influence upon The Development or
Ino country OD Technical schools
and experimental stations Tor the west
OD American scenery ana ils influence
upon travel OO Alaska, ll0l 1--we
stock intororls OF the Transmlsresippl
wplon dG) The necessity for an"
icrculnla foyorlng pAclllo conW poIlH
I'm The building Of naval vessels W
Parcels post lO Good ioadh ,lO ".
r0pulion ana the reclamation OF ara
hudg
ANY question gcrmanc TO the objects
uf tho Trun8mieslHWipnl COmmorrlol
congress may be- introduced bS any
delegate, but II IN the desire NJ inc
mumhorg Of the executive committee lu
r0unnt discussion 10 subjects OF gen,
unl intorost,and 10 exclude inoio Whl'll
ore Of q political nature
REPRESENTATIONS
Tine governor Of each state ana ter,
uroY may appoint ten delegates ana
lNi moro than twenty delegates,
Tho mayor NJ each city, ore delegate
uul ono additional delegate Tor oneh d.
w1 inhabitants, provided, however mat
ho oity shall have more than ten 1elD'
gioa
Each county may appoint one dolc'
rlle through itH executive olllrrr
Each business organization one dclr'
R1to ana ono additional doloRate for
every 30 members provided however