Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-22
CAPITAL INTERESTED
IN MARINE CONGRESS
Washington Business Men to
Fraternize With Delegates.
Prominent Speakers.

Washington business men. including
members of both the Board OF Trade and
Chamber of Commerce, will attend the
meeting OF the National Merchant Marine
Congress, to be called to order in the ban.
quet hall at the New Willard tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock for session last
ing two days
The interest of local business people
has been stimulated because present trade
conditions will be largely discussed. AL.
though Washington has no direct con.
nection with foreign trade, its business
men expect that a material expansion OF
trade in this country will affect business
everywhere.
John Kirby. jr.. president Of the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers
which has membership of over three
thousand and an estimated total capital.
ization exceeding ten billion dollars, will
| be one of the speakers, being scheduled t
discuss the awakened interest in foreign
trade on the part of his association.
Others to Deliver Addresses.
Other important manufacturers will
also speak on allied subjects. Besides
Representatives William E. Humphrey
Richmond p. Hobson, D. E. Mckinley
William S. Greene and ex-Represent.
alive James E. Watson are expected
to address the convention.
The following delegates from the Dis
trlct of Columbia are expected to at
| tend the congress: H. F. Temple. Fred
j. Gauntlet, b. F. Pilson. j. E. Dicken-
son, John L. Erickson, Robert Persons
Howard G; shober. E; H: Snyder. Owen
Owen, John Mitchell, John X. Heyl,
Elliott S. Morse. Q. J. DeMoll, Percy
S. Foster and +. H. DrOOp
Government officials whose attend
ance is anticipated are George Won L.
Meyer, Secretary of the Navy, and Rear
Admirals Albert Ross, r. B. Bradford
and G. M. Baird.
National Legislators Expected.
Members Of Congress in addition to
those named who are expected to at
tend the Maine conference are Sena-
tors D. L. Fletcher and James p. Talia-
ferro of Florida and George c. Perkins
Of California, and Representatives
Frank Clark, H. D. Mays and S. NJ.
Sparkman Of Florida, ]. w. Alexander of
Missouri. James Francis Burke of
Pennsylvania, +. A. Hays OF California
George A. Loud Of Michigan, w. A.
Jones Of Virginia. Herbert Parsons OF
William Sulzer of New York, William
H. Wiley of New Jersey and George A.
Bartlett of Nevada.
What is looked forward to with great
est interest is the action OF the congress
with regard to the Gallinger amendment,
which provides for the payment OF 81
per outward mile to vessels of eighteen
knots or over, sailing from Atlantic
coast ports to the gulf and the Atlantic
ports of Central and South America. The
amendment limits the total payment In
any one year to $4.OOO.OOO, and 1t Is ex-
pected the expenditure Of this sum will
serve greatly to increase American
trade with the Latin-American countries.
Over Four Hundred Delegates.
More than 400 delegates are expected
to attend the congress. and although
they have not as yet united in favor OF
any BILL it is expected that the Gallinger
amendment will be their choice, and that
they will give it their hearty approval
and support.
President Taft has signifed his desire
to receive the delegates to the congress
in the east room at the White House al
$50 Tuesday afternoon. A similar re-
ception will be held for the delegates al
the Capitol Monday afternoon by Speak
er Joseph G. Cannon. The President's
we'll known interest in the subject of a
merchant marine and his strong efforts
to have enacted some such measure dur
ing the present session have greatly en-
couraged the advocates Of the cause.