The Washington times., 1911-02-13
HERE To TALK TRADE
IN LATIN7AMER|CA
Commercial Barons Hear
President At Opening of
Conference Today.

With addresses by the President of
the United States. diplomatic representa-
tives of foreign countries and heads of
the largest corporations in the world, the
Pan-American commercial conference
was scheduled to open at a late hour
this afternoon in the new building of
the Pan-American Union.
The conference will continue for the
remainder of the week. Tomorrow
morning the real business of the confer
ence will be taken up. Among the mat
ters relating to international commerce
that will be discussed are steamship
routes, samples, credits, trademarks,
banking facilities, packing, advertising,
catalogues, tariff regulations and the
laws of various countries governing
statesmen and samples. In fact, every
thing relating to trade between nations
will be discussed and because the Pan
anna Canal is to be opened within a
comparatively short time. particular at
tention will be paid to the development
of foreign trade through that water
course.
All Cities Represented.
Commercial organizations in all the
large cities of the United States are rep
resented by delegations, and one thou
sand persons have signified their inten
tion of attending.
Many of the men in public life will ap
pear on the program at the opening |
meeting this afternoon. Besides Presi |
dent Taft, these are Secretary of State |
Knox, Minister Calvo of Costa Rica, |
Minister Calderon of Bolivia, Special |
Amba ssador Casasus of Mexico, Senator |
Root of New York, and Representative |
Clark of Missouri. President James f. |
Farrell of the United States Steel Cor |
poration is the only representative of
the big corporations slated for a speech |
at today's session of the conference.
John Barrett. director general o. the
Pan-American Union, is to preside at
the meeting and introduce the speakers.
Latin-American Trade.
At the sessions tomorrow the oppor-
tunities Of export trade from the Latin
American countries will be discussed;
as we'll as the opportunities for the sale
of American made goods in the Latin
American countries.
Charles NJ. Pepper, who has the repu-
tation of being one of the best posted
men in the United States on everything
relating to Mexico and the republics of
South and Central America, will tell the
conference of the commercial benefits
that the west coast of South America
will receive from the opening of the
Panama canal.
What effect the added trade facilities
given by the Panama canal will have on
Peru and Chile will he dealt with by
Henry L. James, who is one of the com
mercial experts in the Department of
State.
Charles Sherrell, United States minis
ter TO Argentina, will explain what ma
terial efforts the United States will have
to make If its intends to overtake its
commercial rivals, Great Britain and
Germany, in the rich trade of the South
American republics.
Many other representatives of the |
United States Diplomatic Corps will ex-
plain trade conditions in the countries
where they are stationed.
Tomorrow Important Day.
Tomorrow promises to be an import
ant day. In addition 10 heavy morn
ing and afternoon sessions, a reception
by the Commercial Club will be given
at o'clock. At s o'clock in the evening
an illustrated lecture will be given by
Mrs. Harriet Chalmers Adams, in the
auditorium of the Pan-American Union
building
On Wednesday especial attention will
be paid to matters relating to the
Panama canal At l o'clock in the
afternoon a luncheon will be given to
the delegates by the Board of Trade
and Chamber Of Commerce at the New
Ebbitt Hotel There will be no after
noon session. but in the evening there
will be an illustrated lecture by Prof.
Hiram Bingham, of Yale University.
The conference will close Friday with
an extensive program of speeches in
the morning and afternoon.
Delegates Register Early.
Delegates began registering at the Pan
American Union building this morning,
and by noon several hundred had ar
rived. In one respect the attendance |
differs notceably from that at almost
any other international conference that j
has met at the National Capital in I
many years. Among the hundreds of
delegates present. there were few whose
faces, or even names, are familiar to ,
the general public. Most Of the dele
gates are men who are interested in
private affairs and are anxious to see
trade extended so it will
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