Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-08
DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST
Speakers at Transmississippi Congress
Tell of Progress Made.
STUBS GIVES RAILROADS PART
Delegates Impressed with Part Taken
by President Roosevelt for Com
OF COuntry's
Resources.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. THE second
day of the Transmississippi Commercial
congress proved a very busy one and num-
erous speakers addressed the delegates who
accorded strict attention to the subjects
discussed.
]. c. Stubs, director of traffic of over
1900 miles of Hartman railroads, was one
of the speakers, his subject being Trans
kportation." Mr. Stubs was present and
delivered his address at the special request
of Mr.. Hartman. The speaker went into
the relations OF railroad to work in develop
ing the Transmississippi country very
fully and showed how the big transporta-
ton companies had been doing work along
the lines mapped out by the congress for
many years,
DR.. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of
the University OF California, also addressed
the meeting, his subject being West of
the Mississippi river, What Does it Mean?"
Being a survey OF the great future that
is opening out before the Transmississippi
county in general and California in partic-
ular.
Colonel Fred w. Fleming of Kansas City,
took for his subject Western Insurance."
while Governor Cutler of Utah and for
mer Governor Pardee OF California both
paid attention to THE Conservation Of
Natural Resources"
ROOsevelt's Attitude Pleases.
The delegates were greatly impressed
with the work of conservation that has
already been done in Utah and California
as outlined by the speakers and warmly
applauded Governor Cutters remarks as
TO the prominent part President Roosevelt
has taken in forwarding the work in all
parts of the country.
Attorney General Dickson OF Colorado,
speaking on the topic Irrigation and Dis
position OF Public Lands" drew the at
~tention of the meeting to the Importance
Of government lands from too free distri-
button.
James C. Galbreath, secretary of the
American Mining congress. talked on the
conservation Of mineral resources; and
Frank Short OF Fresno, Cal, discussed
the relation of the natural resources of the
country to its social and political condi-
lions.
Among the speakers tonight will be c. j
Blanchard OF the reclamation service, who
will give an illustration lecture; addresse,
by W. #. Baker of Council Bluffs and
T. ]. Walsh of Denver.
Fleming on Life Insurance.
f. w. Fleming of Kansas City spoke in
part as follows:
Last year there was paid TO life COM
panies Excluding ssessmentism) by citi-
zens OF the Transmississippi states SS4,-
$40, 401, of which ambount more than
$74, 900, 900 were paid to companies located
in the far east. The western companies
transacted about IL per cent of the west
ern business, while SO per cent of the life
premiums paid by western people was SEM
away from home to assist In maintaining
the financial supremacy of the eastern
section in the of the nation.
1t is tmparatiVely necessary for the CON-
mercial welfare of this great western EN-.
pire that the business OF insurance be de.
localized, and this is particularly true OF
life insurance. / am not preaching a Sec
tional doctrine, but advocating a truly
national policy. The western country
should build UP and develop strong anc
prosperous insurance institutions, manu-,
featuring companies and great mercantile
establishments. This Is an important
economic question affecting the eommerc-
il welfare OF the west today, but Il be.
, comes doubly important when the future
is considered.
Mr.. Fleming declared that that portion
OF the legal reserve Of the large insurancl
companies contributed by the transmits
sissippi country ought 10 be kept in tn
west and invested in the western countr,
by men familiSr with local conditions an
imbued with d spirit of western enter