Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-08-11
OffICIALCALLISSUED
TRANS.MISSISSIPPI CONGRESS TO
MEET In KANSAS CITY.
This Session of the TransmissssippI
Chemical Congress Promises to be
Most Important - The Number of
Delegates Designated = Important
Subjects-Secretary Root Present.

The official call for the 18th annual
session Of the Transmississippi Com
mercial congress, to meet in Kansas
City, Mo, November 20, 81, % and 23
next, has been issued by the executive
committee. The congress promises to
be the most important since it's organ
ization. Many great questions are to
be considered.
The call, which is addressed to gov
ernors of states and territories, may
ors of cities, commercial clubs, cham
bers of commerce, boards of trade, in
dustrial, mercantile, maritime and i'm
migration organizations generally, is
as follows:
'The governor of each state and
territory may appoint 10 delegates
and one additional delegate for each
5000 inhabitants, provided, however,
that no city shall have more than 10
delegates.
Each county may appoint one dele
gate.
Each business organization, one
delegate and one additional delegate
for every so members. provided, how
ever, that no such organization shall
have more than 10 delegates.
Governors of states and territories,
members of the congress of the Unit
ed States and former presidents of
the Transmississippi Commercial con-
gress are ex-off1cio members, with all
the privileges of delegates except vot-
ing.
Permanent members of the Trans
mississippi Commercial congress have
all the privileges of delegates.
'Tn issuing the call the executive
committee directs attention to the ne
cessity for some concerted action on
the great question affecting the navi-
cation upon rivers of the Transmits
sissippi states.'
In various sections of the transmits
sissippi region there are many natural
waterways which only need govern
ment aid to make them commercial
factors in the upbuilding of the states
to which they are tributary. There
fore, the executive committee places
the subject of river navigation upon
the program as a question of great
Importance, trusting that the CONNER
cial bodies of the entire transmissis-
sippi region send effective delegations
to participate in the discussion and
help the congress to wise conclusion
Requests are made that the subject
"a department of mines and mining
with head a member of the cabinet
of the United States,'' be placed upon
the program.
Other subjects upon which discus
sion and recommendation may be had
are as follows:
Flood control; harbor improve
ments; merchant marine; oriental
trade; Alaska; Columbia river; irri
cation; forestry; San Francisco; ma
val construction on the Pacific coast;
trusts and their relation to business
government ownership of railroads
telegraphs and public utilities gener
ally; levee systems in Texas and Lou
isiana; Pan-American Commercial un
ion; drainage of public lands; state
hood; deep water from the lakes tc
the gulf.
1t is the desire of the executive
cOmmlCJee 10 CONNIE discussion tC
matters of general interest and to ex
clude subjects of a political nature.
The following are the officers of the
organizations
D. r. Francis, st. Louis, president
Tom w. Fleming, Kansas City, Mo.
chairman of executive board; Ton
, Richardson, Portland, Ore, vice chair
man; E. R. Moses, Great Bend, Kan.
, chairman advisory board; Theodore
, B. Wilcox, Portland, Ore, chairman
congressional committees; Arthur F
Francis, secretary.
Already 13 governors have accepted
invitations to attend and address tn,
convention, including Governor Cum
Minis of Iowa, Davis of Arkansas
Franz of Oklahoma, Hoch of Kansas
! Folk of Missouri, Mcdonald of Colo
RADIO and Pardee of California.
Secretary of State Elihu Root alst
has accepted an invitation to address
the gathering, and many other public
men of prominence are expected.