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year cared for more than a million and a quarter visitors; its 

 notably etlicient and pleasing- water filtration plant, open to 

 visitors, on Island Park; its dignified city entrance, at Market 

 Street and the river, — all make it worth a look from those in at- 

 tendance npon the conference. 



I have instructed the secretary of onr Board of Trade, Mr. 

 James A. Bell, to present this to yon and to proffer his assistance 

 in connection with any information about the city. 



Congratulating you on the already apparent success of your 

 splendid work, and on the monumental and unitpie character of 

 this conference, I am 



Yours truly, 



J. ri()RA(MO .McFAlJLANL), 



President." 



THE CIIAIBMAN: The Chair would suggest that if Presi- 

 (h'ul McI'ai'Iand ^^ili kindly do so, it wouhl l)e most agreeable 

 if he wonhl be in tlie ante-room at the close of this session, to 

 meet delegates wlio desire to secure further information or sug- 

 gestions from him. Certainly his letter is much appreciated. 

 Is there further business to be attended to at this time? One 

 of the fii'st rules of physics is that two objecis cannot occupy 

 (he same si)ace at the same time. Tlu' Chaii-nian is reminded of 

 this rule when he looks at the programme and relk'cts u])on s(;v- 

 eral re(piests that have come to him for otlier matters than those 

 mentioned on the programme to be presented in the short session 

 of this morning. The fact is, we have now just two hours, and a 

 programme which easily could occupy double that time. If mem- 

 bers wish to give instructions for the guidance of the proceed- 

 ings this morning, it might facilitate matters. 



MK. SHEPPARD: Mr. Chairman: I move yon that the 

 Chairman be empowered to confine all discussions to three points 

 npon this moi'uiug's programme, and Ihat all talks on these sub- 

 jects be limited to three minutes. 



Seconded by ]Mr. Merkel, of New York. 



THE CHAIRAIAN: The motion is the discussion on this 

 morning's session shall be confined to the three points on the 



