Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-30
Annual Session of the Trans
Mississippi Congress To Be
a Notable Event
ROOT TO DELIVER AN ADDRESS
Score Of United States Senators, Con-
sressmen and Governors Will At
tend and Take Part-Preparations
Being Made for tho Event at Kan
sas City.

Kansas City, Oct. 30.-The execu-
tive committee of the trans idisslsslp-
pi commercial congress held an
informal meeting here today
to perfect the plans for the
seventeenth annual session of the
congress to be held in Kansas City,
November 20 to 90, inclusive. 1t is
expected that this years meeting OF
the organization will be the most not
able and important gathering of bus
mess men in the United States this
year and that every state west OF tho
Mississippi river will be represented.
The list of speakers who will de-
liver formal addresses before the con-
gress includes many men of national
prominence, as follows: Hon. Elihu
Root, secretary of state; Hon. E. II.
Hartman. president Union Pacific
Railway Company, New York City;
Hon. Leslie NJ Shaw, secretary of the
treasury Hon. William ]. Bryan, Lin
coin, Neb.; Hon. John Barrett.
American minister to Colombia; Hon.
John G. Carlisle, New York City; Hon.
John G. Brady. ex-governor Of Alaska;
H, d. Loveland, president Pacific Coast
Jobbers' Association, Sarl Francisco;
Hon. Joseph E. Ransdell, president Ma
tional River and Harbor Association;
Governors George c. Pardee, of Cali
fornia; N. G.. Blanchard Of louisiana;
Frank Frantz, of Oklahoma; John IL.
Mickey of Nebraska; E. w. Hoch, OF
Kansas; S. III. Elrod, of Dakota; Frank
r. Cooling, of Idaho; John A. john
son, of Minnesota; George q. Cham
berlain, of Oregon; j. e. Mcdonald, OF
Colorado; Bryant B. Brooks. of Wy
oming, and Senator elect JEFF Davis.
of Arkansas.
Among the United States senator's
who will be present are Stone and
Warner, Of Missouri; Willard and
Burkett, Of Nebraska; Patterson, OF
Colorado; Dubois, of Idaho; Pyles. OF
washington: Benson, of Kansas;
Smoot, of Utah; while a number OF
others have indicated their intention
of attending the congress, should their
public duties permit. Fourteen menu
bers Of congress have sent unquah-
fed acceptances to an Invitation ex-
tended by the executive, committee. !.
The Trans mississippi commercial
congress is composed of delegates APP
pointed by commercial clubs, chambers
of commerce, boards of trade, and sins
liar organizations, together with prom
inent business men and statesmen APP
pointed by the governors of states. 1t
is expected that 1900 delegates VIII
attend this years session, the creoen-
tails of 500 having already been re-
eeiyed by Secretary Arthur +. Fran
els.
Col. Fred w. Fleming, chairman ex-
ecutive committee, made the following
statement at the conclusion of todays
meeting:
"The commercial congress is unique
among commercial org anizations OF the
United States in fact Of it's having mad
a successful experience Of sixteen years
with an increasing interest during that
period in its annual meetings. 1t has
been an influential factor in develop
ing great Industrial projects for the
benefit Of the western country in gem
eral. The objects CT the Trans Missis-
sippi commercial congress are not
sectional, but truly national in their
character. It is intended to crystalline
western sentiment along lines of COM
mercial development in order that the
immense empire Of country occupying
the western half of The continent may
receive It's due recognition from the
federal government. Among its most
notable achievements in the past may
be mentioned the National Irrigation
Act, under the provisions of which q
fund of s40,0O0,0O0 has been accumu-
lated from the sale of public lands in
the arid and semi-arid inter-mountain
region which is being utilized in great
projects of irrigation, thus retaining
for the use of agriculture land that had
heretofore been regarded as valueless
except for grazing purposes. 1t was
instrumental in securing an appropria-
ton of $6,5O0,0OO for deepening the
harbor at Galveston, and also an ap-
preparation for removing the bar at the
mouth of the Columbia river, thus fa-
cilitating the country's export trade
with Asia The commercial congress
has been active and influential in Sc
curing government recognition of the
great expositions which have been held
in the west, including the Omaha
Worlds Fair and the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition in st. Louis"