| Show f EXPOSURE OF GEORGE Raid on Chicago Matrimonial Agency Reveals That Utah Man Sought Wife Outside the State a A Cache counly man George F IJnrtrlBrnn of H rum has been hunting a wife Ills Ideal Is a handsome young woman with loving nature < cdu catcd and accomplished age 10 height G j foot 6 Inchon brown hulr and blue eyes fair complexion beautiful form experienced In housekeeping has 10000 will Inherit 525000 more Income SSOOO annually He couM find all of the above attractions hut the J 10000 without going many miles from Hyrum but George was not content with a loving nature fair complexion beautiful form nod thu other attractions without the apondullx PO lie mailed a dollar to a Chicago matrlmonal agency and wioto on the baulc of the above description This one on the other Hide stills me If she is not gone This correspondence was supposed to be strictly confidential but now the whole United States knows about It mid if a poll of the girls of Utah were taken the verdict would certainly be that George was a mean thing and It served him right The exposure Is due to tho Chicago police who recently raided a matrimonial bureau known as the Standard CorrenpondtMicc club J AV Schlosscr appeared on all the stationery as president of the club and from the letters taken he would seem to be the entire organisation ns well When the police entered his llat from tho rear he slipped out the front way unobserved un-observed and made his escape For some time the Chief of Police had been getting communications fronij all parts of the country complaining of the un satlsfnclory dealings at SchloBsers hands It wan Bald he obtained money under misrepresentations and refused to refund to those who had been duped When the otllcers wont Into Schlossers house they found quantities of correspondence corre-spondence circulars photographs and all the familiar paraphernalia of a malrl moniul 1 agency In charge of two stenographers Schlossers methods were indicated by the literature left behind From various sources a list of names was prepared to which letters were aent Inclosing In-closing a few pamphlets describing matrimonial bargains Mr Hartrlgrans letter was found In the bunch and It Is duo to thin mischance mis-chance that he stands exposed in his true colors before the maidens of ytnh formerly took no pnrt and when there Is also a growing tendency to demand the illegitimate and unwise transfer to tho Government ot much or the work that should bo done by private persons singly or associated together It Is a pleasure to address a body whoso member possess to an eminent degree the traditional American oclfrellanco of spirit which makes them scorn to ask from tho Go crnmcnt whether of a Slate or a Nation anything but a fair Held and no favor wlio conlldo not In being helped by others but In their own aklll and business capac Itv to achieve success The llrst requisite of a good citizen In this republic of ours Is that ho shall bo ablo and willing to pull hu weight that he shall not bo a mere passenger but shall do his share In tho work that each generation of us Gjids ready to hand and furthermore that In doing his work ho shall uhow not only I tho capacity for sturdy eclfholp but self respecting regard for the rights of others WHAT CHAMBER STRIVES FOR Tho Chamber of Commerce It In I no Idle boast to say otando In a proeminent dr grco for thoso qualities which make the nucccssful merchant tho successful busl ness man who e success Is won In ways honorable to himself and beneficial to his fellows Thero tiro very different kinds of success There Is the success that brings with It the seared soul the sue Cess which Is achieved by preed and vulpine vul-pine cunning tho success which makes honest men uneasy or Indignant In Its presence Then hero Is the other kind of > Stho success which cornea ns the reward of keen Insight of sagacity of resolution of address combined with unflinching un-flinching rectltudo of bohavlor public and private Tho first kind of success may in a aoaac and a poor sense at that benefit tho Individual but Is always and necessarily a curse to the community whereas tho man who win the second kind as an Incident of Its wlnnlnjr become be-come a beneficiary to tho whole commonwealth common-wealth Throughout its history the Chamber of Commerce nan stood for this pccond but higher kind of success It la I therefore fitting that 1 should como here as the Chief Executive of the Nation to wish you well in your new homo for you belong not merely to tho city not merely to the State but to all the country and volt Rtan high among the great factor In building up that marvelous prosperity which the entire country now enjoys DEPENDS UPON BUSINESS MEN I The continuance of this prosperity depends de-pends In no small measure upon your Fanltv and jour common sense upon the way In which you combine in action with conservative refusal lo take part in till recklfps gambling1 which Is so often bred by and which so Inevitably puts an end to prosperity You urn men of might In tho world of American fffort you arc men whoso names stund high In tho pa teem of our people you are spoken of In term like those used In the lonecon IIIPF when It wan said of tjie Phoenician clllos that their merchantsToro princes Great In your power and great therefore our responsibility Well and faithfully have you met this responsibility In tho pasL Wo looc forward with confident hope to what you will do In tho future and it Is therefore with sIncerity that I hid you godspeed this evening ansi wish for you In the name of tho Nation a career of overIncreasing honor und usefulness use-fulness I The address 1 of the President Tvan listened lis-tened to with close attention and at Its close the assembly arose and cheered OTHER ADDRESSES Speeches were also made by Ambao sador Cambon Sir Michael Honrv Herbert Her-bert Sir Albert K Rollln M P Prince Henry of PlesF Mr Heckmann vice president of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce W P Wood president of tho London Corn Trade association and M Hugot representing the French Chamber of Commerce who In closing Bald It is in his own name that tho delegate of Paris thanks you tho rcprciienUitlves of American commerce for the support you have given to a work so dear to our hearts After uniting the Mediterranean to tho Indian ocean > France now need with pleasure that It IB her sister He public America who takes upon herself I The task of completing the great enter prlnc of the Panama canal Tho tlmo IB not far distant when the basin of the Paclllc will equal that of tho Atlantic by the magnltudA of Its commerce TIll American Republic which ban opened the first railway In Panama In faithful to her traditions In completing thu canal which will unlto the two not frequented sees of tho globe and In tho long lapse of l1es the names of the United States and France will be Inseparable In the memory mem-ory of tho future generations DAYS EXERCISES The morning proceedings were opened with a prayer of dedication by the Rev Morgan DIx rector of Trinity church An address of welcome by Morris K Jcasup president of the Chamber of Commerce followed and then the oration ora-tion of the day wus delivered by former President Glover Cleveland who said in partCLKVISLANDS CLKVISLANDS 4EDRESS It need not surprise UK If tho popular animate of this btiHlne organization hhould fall to take Into account all that It has done to promote high and patriotic purposes not alwaya related In a narrow cense to commerce No associated body of our citizens foil mon > deeply and ef fectively throbbing of patriotism and devotion de-votion to country when our Government was thronged by armed rebellion its pro test and old was Immediately forthcom ing when afterward an Insidious attack was mude upon the llnniiclal integrity through an attempted debasement of our currency from no quarter has more ear lit St and Insistent demand been h > nrd for tho adjustment or tho International disputes by arbitration Its espousal of tile cause of business education among our people has boon hearty and practi cal It hits advocated enlarged reciprocity of Tjuslncas relations between nations and thu removal of their hindrances ami last but by no moans least Jt line promptly and with an open hand rcllovnd distress and alleviated disunion Such incidents aj these illustrate the organiza lions beneficent accomplishments In the advancement of civilization and In fur therunco of the Improvement of human Jt VHAT HAS BEEN DONE If we Justly appreciate what these things mean wo shall realize that com merce has done an Immense service to humanity by enlarging within Its wide Iniluonco the acceptance of tho laws of honest dealing among civilized commu nities and by curbing mnnVj hMicttliur Pins = of solllahnoaa and giWd w almli thereupon he led to apprehend tho eM poclnl bencllts In a moral sense that have accrued lo our own countrymen from the work and example of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York and of kindred Institutions scattered through out our land They huvu brought to gather a vast number of our cltlseua and ntojlo the American merchant who too Great to be nioim Issue by bold enterprise and bnivp venture challenged tho ml mira lion of the world equally as Important on this In Its moral complexion nnd olg nlrtcance they have by the adoption and enforcement of1 rules for their govern ment Illustrated lo A people apt to chafo under enforced restraint how usefully they themselves inayvolimtarlly restrain and regulate their conduct and beyond all they havo directly and bj example leavened the mass of our citizenship with a love of scrupulous honor and largely contributed to the preservation of true devotion to fair play NOT BENEVOLENT AFFAIR What I have said must not be duller stood as In the least Intlmitlng that commerce shall bo an altruistic or benevolent be-nevolent affair managed on lines of amlit blllty 1 and concession Such a conception would be absurdly at fault Commerce Is I born of enterprise and enterprise Is In this busy bustling ago born of struggle strug-gle and competition But the struggle und competition need not bo to the death Alertness and keenness and business opportunities op-portunities do not by any means importune Im-portune Unmlndfulncss of all else save ruthlessness and ravenous snatching PIONEER OF CIVILIZATION As tho pioneer of colonization and expansion ex-pansion sordidly undertaken In Its Interest In-terest commerce has In other days had Justly laid at its door cruel 1 aggression and ruthless disregard of human rights In regions where to use the language of an apologist the welfare of tho In habitants of these possessions Is subor dinate to the strategic or commercial purpose for which they are held If any noasurc of restitution or compensation compensa-tion has fallen duo from commerce to humanity on this score wo know that Its full acquittance hits been made or IB forthcoming and wo certainly should have no cause to fear that a like srullty responsibility will bo again Incurred TRIBUTE TO CHAMBER These exercIses recalling sp forcibly the growth of American commerce in worldwide Inllucnco abroad and In use fulness and beneficence at home cannot fall to be of Interest to all our country men but tho citizens of the greatest of our States and our Imperial city with all they have to make them proud and happy must especially congratulate themselves upon tho association of their Stale and city with tho fume and honor which have been wrought out by the Chamber of Commerce of the State of Now York GREETED WITH CHEERS When Mr Cleveland roro to speak he was greeted with loud cheers from the assemblage and several times In his speech he was Interrupted by applause At the conclusion of Mr Clevelands address Mbrt s TCV esmip president of i the Chamber announced that President Roosovclt although reserving1 lila ud dress tor tIe banquet i this evening had consented to tkay a few words As President Roosevelt stepped forward to address tho chamber the whole assem blage rose and cheered He spoko as follows p ROOSEVELTS ADDRESS Mr President and Gentlemen As I am to speak to you this evening I shall now simply pay a word of greeting to you and I your cunsls I have been naked hero its the Chief Executive of the Nation and o I con Hpoak not merely on your behalf hut on IvMialf 1 of our people an a wholn In greeting and thanking for their pre once hero thcso representatives of foreign countries who have done uff the honor und plcuauro of being present today I greet the Embassador turning to M r Cnmbon whose approaching departure wo so sincerely regret the ErnKmandor to whom on his advent wi extended such hearty greeting and especially repreenla l ves of those great friendly civilized na lion with whom wo Intend lo be knit even closr by lien of conmerclal and so cial good will In tho future turnlnc to the Russian and British EmbassadorK and Prince Henry von PCPK And now gentlemen halnc greeted your guests on behalf of you I greet you In tho name of the people not merely be cause you stand for commercial mjccem hut because this hOII body has been able to show that the greatest commercial HUC Css can square with the Immutable and eternal lawn of decent and right llvlnc and of fair dealing between man and man manThe demonstration as the President concluded ended with three cheer Mr Jessup announced that Governor Odell who was on the programme for a fipecch was not able to he present and Jie Introduced Muyop Low who made the concluding address BENEDICTION PRONOUNCED The ceremonies closed with a bene diction by the Rev Morgan DIx A luncheon followed thp formal exer cises |
