The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-11-24
President Of Trans-Mississip-
pf Commercial Congress
Makes Address.
CONGRESS is UNFAIR
To That Section Of Country
Because of the Action Of
Manufacturers.

Y SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Nov. 20
An abstract of the annual address
before the twenty4hrst session OF the
Trans-M Mississippi Commercial Con
gress here today by President Ike
7. Pryor is as follows:
This section of the country has never
received the favorable considerable
at the hands of our National Congress
the section east OF the Mississippi
river has been accorded. Why is this
1t is because the manufacturing dis
tricts have had and held the reins of
government; dominated and controil-
ed both branches of our National
Congress; hence the manufacturers
Of this country have received every
possible consideration and protection
Congress could grant. They have
been thoroughly organized and able
to present to the National Congress in
a united and intelligent manner an
appeal for such protection and meas
ures as they desired.
The organizers and founders of this
great organization realized these i'm
portant facts and conditions and
brought into existence twenty one
years ago the Trans4M ississippi Com
plcrcial Congress, thus giving the Sec
ton west OF the Mississippi river an
organlzation through which the entire
population of this vast area can speak
and secure proper recognition.
The total areas west of the Missis-
sippi is 2.14S.a13 square miles. The
total areas east of the Mississippi
is ss1 ,47B square miles. A difference
Of 1,263,S37 square miles.
The area of the Trans+Alississippi
section is about ~ times that section
cast of the mississippi river.
The population east OF the Missis-
sippi river is 6i.N5s,74i. The popu-
lation west of the Mississippi river is
1850. 46S. or difference OF 3s.51s,-
273. The density of the population
east of the Mississippi is 74.S and
west of the Mississippi is - per
square mile.
When the Trans Mississippi Com
mercial Congress was organized the
population in that area was about
16.775.364. Today we have a popu-
lation of more than 25.54O,46S, a gain
OF almost 100000 in the last ten
years and lO.oOo,oOO in the last TWEEN
ty years, or rs per cent The largest
per cent of this gain was in the last
ten years.
II will not be many years until the
teeming millions of the east will rely
almost psolutely on the west for the
nccessaries of life. This is no idle
dream. for each year brings us
closer to realization of such condi-
tions. hence 1t is our duty to prepare
for what seems the inevitable.
We must be conservative and reas-
enable in all demands, and resolu-
lions should be so framed as to elimi-
nate all sectional or local features.
We stand for the upbuilding OF the
entire West-no one section as
against the other. Neither should we
advocate any measure. the adoption
of which would injure any other Sec
ton OF the United States.
The commercial features of this
congress should be given every posi-
Bile consideration. especially looking
TO the development OF commerce and
trade with Latin4American countries.
Take. for example, Mexico, our
next door ncigbbor. It's cotton mills
produce less than one-ffth of the
cotton goods used by them. hence
about four-tifths of the goods used is
imported into that country, largely
from English, French, and German
mills. The banks in all the impor-
tant cities in the Latin-.Amcrican Re-
publics keep their large balances in
European business centers. Why is
this? The direct steamship line to
and from Central and South Ameri-
can ports to Europeon ports and vice
versa are one of the prime causes
Banking facilities always have and
always will follow trade.
There were two great conventions
held in the West this fall-the conser-
Walton and Irrigation meetings. If. in
Your judgment, these movements and
the methods OF carrying out the same
as adopted by each. are to DE the best
interests OF the Mississippi sec.
ton as whole. 1t is your duty tc
give them your unqualified support
otherwise you should not.