The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-29
That International
Commercial Congress

Philadelphia. April 2S--There is every
reason to believe that the arrangements
which are being pushed forward by the
Philadelphia Commercial Museum for the
attendance of representatives of foreign
Chambers of Commerce and other COM
mercial organization, ut the international
Commercial congress to he held in OCtO-
Der in connection with the Exposition Of
Manufactured Goods Suitable for Export,
which will open In Philadelphia in Sep
tember, will result in the attendance at
the Exposition Of a thousand or more Cf
the most prominent importers and mer-
chants of the world, who will come as
accredited delegates to the Commercial
congress. The first step in interesting
Chambers of Commerce and commercial
classes generally CT foreign countries in
the congress and the Exposition, was To
explain the aim and scope Of both the
Exposition and Commercial congress 90
the United States ambassadors, ministers
and consuls abroad, through the medium
of the state department at Washington,
which is cooperating in a most efficient
manner in the efforts being put forth TO
make the Exposition IL success. The
next step was to communicate TO the for
eign diplomats in this country all the
facts relating to the Exposition and Com
mercial congress. All have responded
in a most courteous manner to the re-
quests which have been made.
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This IS. however, only the beginning Of
| the work of disseminating information
| abroad about the exposition and the
| congress. The Commercial Museum is
now sending out letters to some seven
| hundred Chambers of Commerce. Boards
| of Trade and similar bodies, in all parts
| of the world. Nearly one hundred COM
| mercial organizations in all foreign coun-
| tries except those of Europe, are at pres
ent affiliated with the Commercial Mu-
| scum as members of it's international adj
Visory board. The organization of this
advisory board was decided upon in 1896,
with the object of increasing the clficieu-
| cy of the service of the museum for the
| interests of commerce by an exchange
| of commercial information with cstab-
| lishod associations ia all parts of the
| world. The membership was at first
| confined to representatives of commercial
| bodies in Latin America. In 1897 the
membership was extended TO South Afri-
ca, Australasian, Asiatic and other coun-
| tries.
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In view OF the rapid strides made in our
| export trade to Europe, where American
| goods are successfully competing with
those of home markets, it was decided
that the time had arrived to invite the
commercial bodies of all Europe to be-
come members of the international adj
vsory board of the museum, The or
| ganizations which are invited to become
| members of the advisory board are al
| ready seeing the advantages to be de-
| rived from such connection, ana nearly
all will be impelled to accept and likewise
| send representatives, To the Commercial
| congress. The invitations to send dele
gates to the congress will draw their at
| IN hn n all
bability be the result of bringing to tn
exposition, i'm addition TO the thousand ot
more delegates sent to the congress, q
party of representative merchants from
each foreign city in which there is q
commercial organization. Their study
of the products Of American workshops
| and factories, together with the intelli
gent comparisons which they will be cna'
bled TO make OF samples OF European
goods placed side by side with American
goods, cannot fail TO greatly stimulate
the American export trade, already in
creasing by leaps ana bounds.
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One of the leading attractions in th'
way of amusements at the exposition viii
be a Chinese village, or, more properly
a street Of a Chinese city with houses
stores, booths. and everything complete
to Illustrate the home and business lif
Of the Chinese and their native trades
and industries The buildings will b.
constructed Of materials to be brOugh
from China, and Edtive carpenters an,
artisans will erect every structure, Tn
purpose is TO make the street in ever!
respect the counterpart of a street il
Pekin, Shanghai or Canton, and it /
likely that two hundred or more Chimes
men, women and children Will be brough
from China to populate the mniatur
/ village. There will be an entrance q
} Chinese architecture, and In the shop
working models and machines will he eX
hibted, such as are used I'm the nauy
manufacturing industries of China, Thcs
J | will include looms for weaving cloth