The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-10
CASE ISSUES CALL.


Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. 10-Many sub
Jects of general importance are includ-
ed in the call for the nineteenth an
nual session of the Transmississippi
Commercial congress which is to meet
in San Francisco. October s, Z, 8, and
10, and which has Just been issued un-
der the signatures of J. B. Case, presi-
dent. of Abilene. Kan: Thomas F.
Walsh of Denver. chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee, and other officers
The call says relative to representation
at the congress: ...
The governor Of each state and ter
ritory may appoint 10 delegates and
not more than 20 delegates
The mayor of each city one delegate
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 through it's executive officer
Each business organization one dele
gate and one additional delegate for
every 80 members, provided however,
that no such business organization
shall have more than 10 delegates.
Governors of states and territories.
members of congress of the United
States and former presidents of the
Transmississippi Commercial congress
are ex-officio members with all the pri-
vileges of delegates except voting.
Permanent members of the Trans
mississippi Commercial congress have
all the privileges of delegates except
when such permanent members resides
outside the transmississippi section in
which case he is entitled to all the
courtesies of the congress except vot-
ing. Permanent members, residents of
the transmississippi section act and
vote with the delegates of their respec-
tive states and territories
The call continues:
The executive committee submits
the following subjects as germane to
the objects of the congress and upon
these free and full discussion is in
vited. They follow:
Subject for Discussion.
Irrigation and drainage. river and
harbor improvements. leasing of pub
lie land, dry farming. Alaska, state
hood, parcels post and postal banks
Transpacific trade, closer trade rela-
tions with the Latin republics, public
ownership of utilities. Panama and the
canal, Hawaii and the Philippines. inn
migration, livestock industry, national
and state aid for highways, sugar beet
industry, Alaska -Yukon-Pacific exposi-
tion, national finances, an enlarged and
improved consular service in the far
east, the Pan-American railroads, in
terstate commerce.
THE executive : committee directs
special attention to the conservation
of natural resources which was recent
ly emphasized by President Roosevelt
by a conference of governors Of the
various states held in Washington, d.
c., May 16, 1905. As this question
closely affects the reserved rights of
the Transmississippi section in relation
to the forests, the national reserves,
the leasing of the public domain, in
ternal waterways and the utilization
of the power and sthe development of
mineral and other ffesources, ETC., 1t is
the desire Of the executive committee
that full analysis of these matters
should be made to the end that the adj
ministration may be accorded such in
telligent Incorporation from these states
as may be consistent with the general
good In order to obtain the best re-
suits the executive committee has
made special provision in the pro-
gramme for the commission and an in
vitation has been extended the mem
bers to appear personally before the
congress
Special Matters.
while the executive committee feels
gratified at the action of the national
| house of representatives in passing the
bill for the bureau of mines, and is
pleased with the assurance that favor
able action will be taken by the senate,
and that the president will sign this
bill. yet. nevertheless, the executive
committee enumerates among the spe-
cial subjects for discussion that of
department of mines and mining. be-
| lieving that the great mineral industry
will not be adequately recognized until
department of government is created
coordinate with the department OF
agriculture.
"The action of President Roosevelt in
recreating the inland waterway COM
mission brings the subject of a supple
mental system of cheap transportation
| to the attention of the business inter-
ests of the country. The executive
| committee believing the questions here
| involved are not only of great impor-
tance to the people of the Mississippi
valley and those upon the tributary
streams but is of equal Importance to
the people of the Pacific coast and the
Pacific northwest and to the inland
states of the Mississippi section espe-
cialIy calls the attention of the west
ern commercial organizations to this
action with the request that delegates
| be appointed with special reference to
| this matter.
In addition to the above, upon which
| recommendations may be made. any
delegate may submit suggestions ger
| name to the objects of the congress. 1t
| is the desire of the executive commit
| tee to have a free discussion of all
| matters of interest to the people of the