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COMMERCIAL HISTORY OF MILWAUI~EE. 289
lantic cable can never be successfully laid, it will yet reach
Behring's Straits, and the Old World becomc connected with
us by that means, for you never mill be satisfied until you can
know, when you come here to do business on 'Change, what the
price of wheat is in Mark Lane the same day.
Years ago it took Mr. HOLTON four days to ship four thou-
sand bushels of wheat ; now you mill meet here every day, you
will be closer together, you can speak to each other from stall
to stall, and sell ahole cargoes by mere samples. This is what
it is organized for. You will here find the nemspapers from all
the large cities of the Union, the telegraph reports of the east-
ern and foreign markets ; if Congress is to be mcmorialized,
here is where it mill bc done ; if another Atlantic Cable is to
be laid, here is where the first shout of joy will burst forth ; if
corruption is discovered in your midst, here is where your voice
will be potential against it. There are other benefits besides.
This institution will be of direct benefit in elcvating the char-
acter of the business men ; it is good to come togcther -it is
not good to be alone anywhere. Man isolated, becomes selfish;
if we mingle together, we become philanthropic, take each other
by the hand with morc confidence, and promotc what the French
call esprit dz~ corys.
Mr. CO~SWELL thcn spoke feelingly and eloquently upon the
commercial morality and integrity which should pervadc the
dealings and actions of the merchants and business men of this
city ; that it was false cconomy to be dishonest ; that to then1
was confided thc future prosperity and reputation of our city ;
we have a noble start, and the best and only elements out of
which e large and prosperous city can arise - a fit population,
'an excellent natural location, and a superior country to back
it up.