The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-19
CALL ISSUED
FOR nov. 22.25
Trans-MissIssippi Commercial Con.
sress Will be Held This Fall in
the City of San Antonio.
Texas.
MEN OF NOTE THERE
Twenty Delegates From Each State,
One by Each Mayor and All
Commercial Clubs Can
Send Some.


the ns-Mississippi commercial con-
gress, which is scheduled to meet in
San Antonio, Texas. on November
22-25, and the announcement is being
scattered broadcast throughout the
middle west Commercial clubs,
boards of trade, chambers of COM
merce and the various other civic
organizations together with mayors
of cities and governors of states are
being importuned to get busy at once
and select delegates to the convention
The governor of each state has the
power to appoint twenty delegates;
the mayor of each city is empowered
to appoint one delegate; each civic
organization is entitled to representa-.
ton on the scale of one delegate for
every fifty members with maxi
mum of ten delegates, and each for
eign country also will be asked to
send delegate to the convention.
Among the men of note who will
appear on the program at the coming
convention, are Philander G. Knox,
secretary of state; Hon. John Barrett,
director of the Pan-American bureau;
William ]. Bryan, Arnold Shanklin,
counsel general to Mexico; governors
of the various states and representa-
tives from Latin-American countries.
Every effort Is being put forth by the
executive committee to make the
twenty-first congress live practical
session and to secure the desired re-
suits by free discussion.
Second only to the national congress
in Importance, the Trans-Mississippi
congress has been potent factor in
western development during the past
twenty years. 1t constitutes a free
forum for the west, where govern
mental policies, projects of CONNER
cial and industrial development and
the best means for their utilization
may be freely discussed The organ
ization represents at its meetings the
crystalized commercial sentiment OF
the states west of the Mississippi.
While representing only the states
lying between the Mississippi river
and the Pacific coast, its objects are
national in their character. Many
subjects of highest Importance to the
entire country and succeeding gener-
ations will be considered at the next
session Chief among these are: Pan
American trade. the Panama canal,
improvement of inland waterways and
harbors, merchant marine, reclama,
ton of lands by irrigation and drain
age, insurance, live stock, interstate
commerce, conservation of natural
wealth, Alaska and the Panama ex.
position
The delegates to the convention feel
free to discuss any subject affecting
the general welfare of the Transmits
sissippi states. The department OF
state of the United States transmitted
the formal invitation of the congress
| to the republics of Latin-America, and
acceptances have been received from,
number of the governments coupled
! with the advice that they would be
officially represented at the San An
4 tonic convention.
The location of the congress in Sar
Antonio, the largest city in the larg
est state in the country, is not without
| its significance. 1t is in every respect
4 live, wide AWAKE modern city, rich
1 in historic association. The visitor
there realizes that in succession the
] flags of Spain, France and Mexico
have waved over it's people. The city
4 is all that could be desired in the way
of hotels and its ability to accommo
date the visiting delegates.
Reduced rates have been authorized
4 by the railways from every state o.
/ the Trans Mississippi section of the
country to San Antonio for this oc
casion and the attendance promises
to exceed that of former years. De
tailed information relative to the
congress, as to program, hotel reser
vations and other data will be furnish
ed by request from the office of the
secretary of the congress, Hote
Gunter, San Antonio, Texas