The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-07-03

ritorlcs, Mayors of cities, Com.
mercial Clubs. Chambers of Com
merce. Board of Trade, Manufac-
turing Mercantile, Maritime and
immigration Organizations:
Ihe Eighteenth annual session Of
the Trans Mississippi Commercial
Congress is hereby called to meet in
the new state of Oklahoma. at Mus.
kogee, November ~, 20, q and 22,
1907
Representation.
The Governor of each State and
Territory may appoint ten uO) del.
egates and not more than twenty
t20l delegates.
The Mayor Of each City one %
delegate and one O) additional del
egate for each 5000 inhabitants.
provided. oweyer, that no city shall
have more than ten OO) delegates
Each County may appoint oue %
delegate through its Executive OH
Ger.
Each business organization one GD
delegate and one U) additional del.
egate for every fifty (5O) members,
provided, however. that no such bust
ness organization shall have more
than ten O0l delegates
Governors Of States and Territories.
Members Of the Congress of the Unit
ted States. and former presidents Of
the Trans Mississippi Commercial
Congress are ex onicio members with
all the privileges Of delegates except
voting.
Permanent members of the Trans
Mississippi Commercial Congress
have all privileges Of delegates, eX-
cept when such permanent members
reside outside the Trans Mississippi
section in which case they are en-
titled to all the courtesies of the
Congress except voting. Permanent
members resident of the Trans
Mississippi section act and vote with
the delegates OF their respective
states and Territories.
New State Of Oklahoma.
The Executive Committee respect
fully directs attention to the fact that
the Trans Mississippi Commercial
Congress, in holding its eighteenth
annual session co incident with the
admission into the Federal Union OF
the new state of Oklahoma, follows
a precedent long established, OF main
tanning a foremost position in all mat
ters affecting the material advance
ment of the region west of the MIS-
sssippi river. The admission of Ok
lahoma and Indian Territory is there
fore suggested as a fitting occasion
for the assembling of the commercial
interests Of the Trans Mississippi
States, and the City of Muskogee the
place.
closer Commercial Union With the
Latin Republic.
The message Of the President OF the
United States to the National Con
gress, Jaunary 20, 1907, endorsing the
recommendations of the Trans Mis-
sissippi Commercial Congress, which
were adopted at the Kansas City SEES
sion, urging a closer commercial uh-
ion with the Latin republics, again
brings forcefully TO the attention OF
the commercial bodies of the Trans
Mississippi Section the necessity ior
further agitation along this line to the
end that the commerce of the country
may be so enlarged as to obtain uh-
restricted and speedy intercourse with
the republics of South and Central
America. The Executive Committee
in presenting this important question
calls attention to the bipartisan ma
ture of the discussion at the last ses-
sion of the Trans-Mississipp Com
mercial Congress, and also directs az
tention 10 the fact that this question
is ole Of great imp)7;tnce to tie
Trans Mississippi Section because oil
the contiguity Of the Western States
and the conditions which make the
ports OF the Latin republics the ma
tural avenues for Trans-Mlssissippl
trade.
Inland Waterways. and "a supple
mentary System Of Water
Transportation.
Attention is also directed to the
prompt action of President Roosevelt
in appointing an International Water
way Commission whose duty 1t Is 10
prepare and report a comprehensive
plan for the Improvement of the river
systems OF the United States. TINS
step was taken as a speedy method
of obtaining accurate conclusions up
on the various questions afectlhs
river navigation which have arisen at