The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-23
New Orleans Seeks to Be Shipping
Point Equal TO New York.
DATES OF MEET, APRIL S, 6 AND 7.
Organic alton to Be Perfected Looking
to Securing Benefits After
Canal is Built.

of twenty-seven different states, mayors
and boards of trade of 1000 different
towns and cities and editors of 1900
different newspapers in the wide terri
tory bounded by the Rockies, the Ale
ghenies, the great lakes and the gulf,
have been invited to come to New On
leans April ), 6, and I, to start in mo-
ton great trade propaganda among
the Latin countries of Central and
South America and take time by the
forlock i'll view of the trade expension
To follow the opening of the Panama
canal
Not until the canal is completed will
they wait, but, stimulated by the ac
tivity brought about by the concentra-
ton of work on the isthmus of Pana-
ma, it is proposed to form at once a
pose of developing and magnifying the
trade relations between the states of
the vallies of the Mississippi, the Mis-
souri,. and the Ohio. and the countries
to the south and sell to the Latin Am
er:can products and manufactures which
are now supplied principally by Ger
many and Great Britain. Those states
which have been asked to participate
are: Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri,
Pennsylvania. Michigan, Wisconsin,
Minnesota. North and South Dakota,
Kansas. Nebraska. Iowa, Oklahoma,
Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming,
Texas. Indian Territory, Arkansas,
North and South Carolina. Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louis
lana and it is anticipated that an at
tendance of 1000 delegates will be Sc
cured The program contemplates adj
dresses bv men of national and inter
national reputation from all the states
both in business and public life. Mr..
James w. Porch. chairman of the joint
conference committee of the New Or
leans business exchanges in explaining
the objects of the convention says: 1--WE
realize that it requires a combined eff
fort of the large cities north of us to
create that volume of tonnage that will
give us as perfect shipping facilities by
water as enjoyed by New York. In
fact. a careful analysis of the situation
clearly establishes the fact that we
should have better facilities and that
the wonderful tonnage that we will
he able to control will speedily require
them. One of the results of this con-
vention we hope will he permanent
organization with few trained and
thoroughly competent men in charge
whose business it will be to watch over
every interest from Mississippi valley
and southern point of view who VIII
constantly guard us against discrlmina-
lions. and if they occur. be in trained
position to advise all of the participat-
ING exchanges of Just what Is being
done wherein it hurts, and how to APP
plv the cure. 1t will also be their duty
to gather data of every conceivable
kind for the benefit of would-be ship
pers. to look into all entanglements or
difficulties that may occur by people
who do ship; in other words, to be the
Watchdog of the situation and through
an intelligent effort well applied build
up sentiment to the point of making
our natural advantages properly work
able. New Orleans realizes that as the
greatest gateway of the gulf much is
expected of her, and our exchanges are
now alive to the importance of exploit
inc our facilities. of making it clear
to the delegations to be in attendance
that we are abundantly able, in fact
thoroughly equipptd, to take care of
any volume of business, however large,
that is destined to the Latin American