New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-23
WORLD CIVIC CONGRESS
Many Nations Will Be Repre-.
Sented at Boston.
PRESIDENT TAFT TO SPEAK
International Meeting of Cham
bers of Commerce Fraught
with Great Questions.

A'oCloIls Sept lUulS-
trial. judicial and civic subjects OF far
reaching interest will be discussed by
delegates from all parts OF the world In
Boston this week at the nth Information
al Congress Of Chambers OF Commerce.
Forty foreign countries, including Russia
and several Central and South American
. republics never before represented, will
have a part in the congress Seven
hundred delegates of national and in
ternational prominence and almost all
leaders In the commercial life of their
home cities will attend. Programmes for
their use have been prepared in sixteen
languages, and notes taken on all discus
slons will be transcribed in many tongues.
The first three days OF the congress.
which will open on Tuesday and continue
through Saturday. will be devoted TO bust
ness and the latter part of the week to
! local sightseeing, after which "A tour Of
nearly score OF cities will he begun.
Secretary Nagel, OF the Department of
Commerce and Labor. will represent the
United States on the opening day and will
deliver an address of welcome. ON Thurs
day evening President Taft will speak at
the congress banquet
The establishment of "A fixed day for
Easter, previously discussed by the con-
gress, will be among the matters consld-
cred. The congress at Milan, in 1906 dis
closed wide range OF opinion on tie
subject The commercial bearings of the
mobility OF certain holidays Will be re-
Cured 10 and more definite views on long
1 agltnfpH calendar urfI -
| Special interest r. indicated In the PROMO
siuon for calendar year of precisely
equal divisions and subdivisions. with
each day OF the month always the same
day OF the week, made possible by estab-
fishing New Years as n day outside the
regular cycle of dates and the following
day as January J.
These subjects Will be presented IN a
communication from Louis Canon c-
grande. OF Mons president of the con-
grcss The cost Of living and the desIra-
bility Of an international conference on
the subject will be advanced In report
by Professor Irving Fisher. OF Yale Uni
versity. Other subjects for consldera-
ton include:
The establishment Of an internatlonl
court OF arbitral justice FOR sul.s between
individuals and foreign states, the until
cation OF legislation relating 10 checks
international postal reforms la view Of
the next conference Of the Universal
Postal Union In 1913. commercial statistics
and the immediate institution OF an inter
national Office. the desiraDlitiy OF an in
ternational conference upon the yalda-
ton OF throug h-Order-nOti bills OF dad
Ing and OF legislation and other means
for making the system more effective. and
the des!rability Of international Uniform
ity OF action IN the matter OF consular In
voices
Official recognition was extended 10 IN,
gathering By the Congress 81 the United
States. which sent invitations 20 tho
governments Of the world. I'm addition 10
tho business organizations. Appropra-
lions totalling $1,000 have been made by
the State OF Massachusetts,. the city 81
Boston and individuals for the entertain
rnent OF the visitors
Starting on september -. the foreign
delegates viii visit Buffalo Detroit. chi
cago Cincinnati. Pittsburgh. Philadcl-
phia. Washington and New York on Oc-
tober 20 the party will sail for home from
New York The first session Of the con
gress WAS he'd ut Liege. Belgium. in 1919
In 1905 the meeting was held at Milan.
Italy: in 1905, at Prague, Austria. and In
1910 at London.
The membership includes commercial
and industrial organizations Of all nations.
Delegates TO the biennial conventions are
o. TWO classes-the official delegates desig-
mated by the respective nations and those
appointed by business organizations Of
,I ,.r ,Tft he cnpgreSg
Tho Boston Chamber Of Commerce.
under whose auspices the present inter
national congress Is held. is said TO be
the largest commercial organization IN
America II has nearly five thousand
members.
Germany with eighty-oight delegates.
VIII have the largest representation at the
congress England is second, with sixty
one, and Italy third. with lfty-elght