Show bradof OF ID 10 bat HEAD F CONGRESS I 1 idahoan elected P of trans mississippi COMI commercial acial congress Despite prece nt of years salt lake city barmer Bo governor hamoi H brad drady pot aho was waa elected president resident ol of the trans mississippi pom commercial mercial congre and wichita kah wa sen the 1911 meeting place at the e final n la in Aa assembly hall balf friday morn FbI following lowing th tho of the business busl nesa of th the be sion the congress adjourned sine alej A precedent of enty three years was broken by the in electing former governo I 1 fc brady president instead of ja w D vms chairman of the executive committees committe it has always been customary to elect the chairman of the executive commit teo loo to tho the presidency A resolution presented by stephen H love of salt lake urging congress to recommend to ane railroads the lm immediate establishment of faster train until 11 no nor hlll j ink danger of af a car bhoge age is eliminated was adopted i salt lake city f the e many striking features that tefa to tilled to the great work and Yur purposes poses j of the he Trans Tran transmit transmits congress at the I 1 to opening pening sessions of bug its venty twenty third annual convention ale re tuesday ably none llone j or it 0 o artance tha than n the a 7 resolution by judge B E A t f wichita Wl chita kans comprehend comp compre rehem hen sr r freight rate matesa ra tesa sab imperative regress and devel ormont of ty ity two states west of the mis A move ng the government to utilize t nery now in use at the canam improve the chan nel 0 of f th tho 11 appl ppl pt river tor for the drainage r n of vast areas of swamp la lai a ring iring on that great waterway way proposal that the federal oo 00 asked to ampro ariato ai 5 ward the panama pacific ini 1 exposition of 1915 at san ban F formed important features ong guests present r governor james 11 brady who Is mentioned as tl ne it t of the congress former G orge W pardee of owls of st louis on the L the morning sea sion wel r william spry mayor si park joseph B D caine s the salt daxe aalt commer nd others A let william H taft governor spry w waa as rei re ds g his at bein g ui u able to att nd and hoping tile congress congles sessions sess I 1 ong night ight be fruitful of good results nume why america in general and the ho st in particular should g e seen fim in n preference to europe were byg set get tarth V rth graphically in addris 3 wednesday afternoon at salt air by speakers 01 national repute attends g the tra trails s mississippi corn com mercia merc lali congress asoo america arst was the slogan for r the day it was the day set up ap rt t tor for addresses addi esses dealing entirely y with reasons why this slogan should stand representatives from more han ban twenty states were presho ent visit to saltair was part of the I 1 0 eo o america first program the lne ko ke was ono one of the wonders ot of amerl a referred to by speakers and more han au persons saw it tor for the first 11 t t iby me about delegates were plese t i ident dent drubo brumb Tr opened the meet ing by paying glowing tribute to tho the late fisher harris of salt lake whom ho he accredited with having been tho the leader in the movement of educating the people to see america first important among the many resolutions eions introduced at the wednesday session was one by henry welsh of park city utah advocating that the present regulations and methods of the interior department in handling the resources mineral timber and grazing lands of the country should be so changed interpreted or modi modified fled that the citizens of the inter moun tain country might secure the benefits at their very doors instead of being deprived of them by unnecessary and unreasonable restrictions resolutions were introduced in favor of the proposed transcontinental highway thanking the president and congress for waier waterways ways improvements on inland rivers and urging further ilar harbor improvements along the gulf coast F W graham western engineer and industrial agent of the great northern railroad read an address prepared by louis W hill cass 11 1 1 ma of f tho the board of director of of the 0 ayls tern J rev A E illsley hagley of op enver dell del ored ered an address filled w wah hum humo Cpu v y hi A I 1 t i allt ll ro H emphes d the wonderful resource of the w wat t I 1 and spoke glowingly of na nia ural wonders w which I 1 declared I 1 fal excelled anything europe rope had to 0 offer er both from aacen a scenic and historical vie viewpoint an address on fire waste delia ored by willard done utah state insurance commiss commissioner loher was the aea feature ture of the afternoon session of the commercial congress on thursday former congressman robert W I 1 bonynge of colorado in discussing the reform of our banking and ana currency laws before the congress at the night session declared that the american people soon would insist upon removing the stigma of being a financial nuisance among the world powers and would demand a comprehensive banking system I 1 P E quinn government commis stoner N 8 W australia spoke on problems of the antipodean settlement our problems are very much the same as your own said mr quinn australia has great resource a and few people |