The Detroit times., 1909-04-22
100 DELEGATES To
TALK RECIPROCITY
Conference On Securing Better Trade
Relations With Canada Opens
Thursday.

The opening session OF the confer
ence TO consider the question of secur-
ing better trade relations with Canada,
which has been called by the Board OF
Commerce, will be held Thursday aft
ernoon al 2 O'Clock in the \. NJ. G. A.
auditorium. President edward A.
Summer. of the Board Of commerce,
will call the delegates 10 order, and
the welcoming address will be deliv-
eredn by Gov. Warner. There will also
be sessions Thursday night and Friday
afternoon and the conference VIII
close with a banquet in the Hotel
Pontchartrain, Friday night.
James r. Garfield, former secretary
OF the interior, has advised the Board
OF Commerce committee that his topic
will be The value of tariff commits
sion and the maximum and minimum
rates" In addition TO covering this
question, Mr.. Garfield writes that ne
may touch on matters pertinent 10
the great water way to the ocean.
From the acceptances received SO
far. the indications point to an attend
ance OF about 100 delegates, repre-
senting different states and civic or
ganizations along the border. Inc
list is as follows:
Mlchigan--L d. Watkins. Manches-
ter; J. y. Heath. IenoI Wllllsm Jua
son, Grand Rapids. ohioTcol; James
Marion. George Il. Pomeroy, Toieno
New York-Elliott c. McDougal, But
falo: John W. Robinson, Buffalo Viii
P is% Ia pun MontsnaSw. T. Hull. He
lena; p. j. Brophy. Butte; w. A. Sell
vidge. billings Oregon-S. A. Her
ring. Portland; a; II. Devers' F T,3inn,nG
Francis T. simmons. Chicago: A. =
Dinet. Joliet Nicholas Roberts, spring
field. Indiana-William c. OConhor'
Henry g. Atkins and John ,. Lazarus
all OF Indianapolis.
Delegates from organizations: Port
Huron Chamber of Commerce; IL. r.
Gady cleveland Chamber of Com
merce-- Eek Gov. Myron T. Herrlck. Bos-
ton Merchants observation-disclosures
Ritchie. Rochester n T.. Gnam nsars 90
Dietrich. Toronto. a. Macdonaid'
editor Toronto Globe. Milwaukee Mer-
chants & Manufacturers association
August II Nogel, Elias IA Bottom n
f Blomeyer A J. Ltndemann, Will
lam G. Bruce. Carroll II Pearse, Dr.
q. T. seaman ana otto ~. folki 10
ledo Chamber OF CommerceLM NJ. II
Gasser. Fred Bissell and Charles n
Bellman New York Merchants asso-
ciation-Henry r. Towne. Charles l..
Carpenter and ). G. Mead DuIuth
Board OF Trade--George Spencer Bat
tie Creek Industrial association-John
l. Gibson. sumner O. Bush and {. w.
Brainard. Buffalo Chamber of Com
merce-C II Mclaughlin, II. V. Burns
and A. j . Elias jackson, Mich Cham
Der OF Commercial. 4. Spauldtng, w
b Field and Charles f.. Wheeler. JEFF
ferson city. Mo, Commercial CLUB.
G. Hammond. A. NJ. Hough and Jacob
Moerschel. Portland. Me, Merchants
Exchange and BOARD OF Trade.-Silas
Adams. Cleveland. .. Independently
James II. Garfield Chicago Associa-
ton Of Commerce-Dan Farnsworth. r..
H Pitkin. Francis It. Simmons, George
j. Holmes. Muskegon Chamber OF
Commerce--Charles II. Kimball and
Louis Lunsford. Adrian Industrial as
sociatlon--W. O. Palmer. Il. V. G I.
Hart 8 II Perry. Saginaw Board Of
Trade--William ). Linton, Edgar ID.
church and Frcd Buck. Sault ste; Ma
RE Commercial club--Frank L. Sulli-
van. W. 3. Earle, sherman F. Handy.
Newark " Y. BOARD OF Trade--Ste-
phen Comstock and 4. A. $. Boomer
Elmira. ~ Y. Chamber of Commerce
John NJ. Connolly. David NJ. Pratt and
Ray :. Smith