The Washington herald., 1912-10-06

JAMES rs ULSTER,
Business man. who aiways is in front rank Of public
spirited men. and a member Of committee.
Arrangements are now complete fol
the entertainment of the delegates t.
the NTH International Congress of tbs
Chamber of Commerce. who are making
a tour of the United States under the
auspices of the Boston Chamber of Com
merce. The delegates will arrive II
Washington on the evening of October
10 and remain three days. While in the
city they will be the guests of the Wash
ington Chamber of Commerce. The
party. consisting of nearly 400 persons
will be quartered at several hotels, anc
each division will be in charge of mem.
bers of the committee of 200 appointed
by the local body to look out for the
comfort of the visitors.
Plans for the reception and entertain.
ment of the distinguished visitors have
been worked out by a special committee
OF the Chamber of Commerce. consisting
of D. J. Kaufman, chairman: Capt
James F. Oyster. president of the
Chamber, and D. J. Callahan, first vice
president This special committee ap-
pointed an entertainment and reception
committee OF 200 members Of the local
body to assist in the work, and a fund
of s., SEQ to be spent in attentions to the
commercial men has been made up by
popular subscription.
An elaborate programme OF sight
seeing, receptions. side trips. and festivi-
ties has been arranged, and the visitors
will have all ways smoothed to them
from the time they disembark from the
train at Union Station until they take
It again and are bid farewell. d. ].
Kaufman and Thomas Grant will meet
the train bearing the delegates from
Pittsburg to Washington at Harrisburg.
Pa. on the afternoon of October IL, and
accompany them to the Capital. The
train is scheduled to arrive here at
p m. The visitors will be met at the
station by the committee of 200. and the
party will be taken in automobiles TO
their hotels.
Each delegate will be furnished on the
train with a card designating his hotel.
its location and how il may be reached
by the street cars or other modes of con-
veyance. The card also bears the num-
Der of the room assigned to the bearer.
so that the delegates who do not under
stand English well will be provided with
the necessary directions to find their
place of temporary abode at any time.
Sightseeing Trip.
Sunday morning the visitors will have
to themselves to attend church or make
such use of their time as each shall
choose Members Of the local committee
will be at the hotels to answer questions
and give directions regarding interesting
points in the city. sightseeing ride
for all the delegates has been arranged
for Sunday afternoon. The National Mu-
scum, the Capitol, the Congressional Ii
brary, and the Corcoran Art Gallery will
be open to the visitors on that day as a
special compliment to them.
On Monday the delegates will be taken
to Mount Vernon by boat. and be-
fore landing the boat will sail down
to Indian Head. Refreshments will be
served on the boat. and a general social
day will be made of the trip. A special
reception will be rendered to the dele
gates and their friends with members Of
the Washington Chamber of Commerce
at the Pan-American Building on Mon
day evening, through the courtesy of Dr.
rector John Barrett. Music will be pro-
vided. and the evening will be made as
enio"able as possible for the visitors.
H. party will leave Washington at 3
a. m. Tuesday morning. the last atten-
ton to be paid them by the committee
being to escort them to the train In auto
mobiles. From Washington the delegates
will go to Philadelphia to be entertained
by the people of that city.
The fifth biennial meeting Of the In
ternationai Congress Of Chambers of
Commerce convened in the city of Bos-
ton on September "a to 2s. The congress
was made up of S9S delegates from
thirty-two countries and the sessions
were attended by hundreds of business
men and the people of Boston. Great
attention was paid to them while the
congress was in session and they were
en- masse and by groups at
that time. AS a sequel to the meeting
OF the congress the delegates were TAX
en- in hand by the Boston Chamber Of
Commerce and taken on a sightseeing
trip half way across the continent and
back again. When they arrive in WASH
ington they will be on the homeward
journey. The trip started out Of Bos-
ton on the morning of September 30
and went by easy stages to Chicago,
going out through the cities along the
Great Lakes. The return trip was by
way of Cincinnati and Pittsburg to
and from here to Phila-
delphia and New York, where the dele
gates will sail for their homes.
In all the American cities visited the
delegates have been the recipients of
special attentions similar to those they
will be given In Washington. They have
been afforded every opportunity to see
the busiest part of our country and to
gain some idea of its largeness and what
Is accomplished in the way of manu-
facture and commerce. In the other
cities much of the time has been spent
In seeing great factories and large busi-
nesses in operation.
The first meeting of the Chambers of |
Commerce OF the World was held at |
Lege. Belgium. in 1906 This meeting, |
attended mostly by delegates from the |
European cities, resulted In |
permanent organization and the appoint |
nent of committees for various pur-
poses. and to meet once In two years at |
such time and place as should be de-