The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-09-22
MANUFACTURERS HEAR
TAFT'S WORK EXTQLLED
Secretary Wilson In Address
Calls President Factor
in Prosperity.
UNABLE TO BE PRESENT
Cabinet Officers Speech Read
Association Holds Flee
tiOn Of Officers.
UNABLE TO BE PRESENT

Acting Secretary of State Wilson IN
speech read at the third annual banquet
of the American Manufacturers Export
Association at the Hote. Astor last night
described the Taft Administration as the
pioneer business Administration of our
Government
Only urgent business at Washington
prevented the Acting Secretary from being
present His address was read by
Evan Young. one of the foreign trade
advisers of the State Depart ment,
The Secretary declared that II was n
great factor in producing the present
degree Of prosperity, which il the envy
of the world. and he asked IL 1T IL not
para doXical that some of us are allowing
ourselves to bc rcrr;isd sded that our pros
perity * misery and that Sll Of IL is
wrong"
This reference to politics. however. did
not prevent him from writing some very
plain things to the manufacturers con-
cerning the way in which they go after
the trrde of the world. He summed il
up with the statement that he often won
dercd II after all the Americans are a
practical people.
can manufacturer did not go out after
the rich foreign trade. particularly the
enormous trade Of Latin America. He
wondered why manufacturers did not
| combine on a represent atite who under
stood tho language and customs Of the
| country the trade of which was sought
whv the manufacturers could not fall in
with the business Gust oms of that country
in the matter Of credits and tho like
One thing that would help them. he said.
was the Administrations advocacy of
more flexible tariff which would give
scope for the negotiation of a favorable
treatment of American exports and pro-
vidinE weapons in the fight for a suitable
and Just treatment Of our goods and our
business interests in foreign field
The acting Secretary of 81 ate ther
switched to the policy Of the Taft Ad-
ministration toward the Central American
states This policy he declared to bs
to secure the people from the bane Of revo-
| luton and ruinous graft and TO an ord
them an opportunity to come into theiT
| own
The delegates To the third annual con.
vention Of the association, which wound
up its SESSIONS yesterday at the HOte
| hNtOt, Ihlt tneIlS'lfNP- on record uS oI-
posing the entry of politics into the CON
sulnr service
The association has always maintained
that men in the service should he judged
by their efficiency and the delegates
passed the following resolutions by ac
Iclamation:
Whereas the systcm employed by thu
Department OF state in the last seven year
of choosing consular officers by cxamina
tion and the policy Of retaining trained
and efficient men in the scrvices withou
regard to thcir political affiliations ha
resulted in Il marked Improvement in thu
service,
R,soircd. That the American Manufac
turers fAport Association hereby agail
most earnestly urges that this system o
selecting and retaining consular officer
be maintained and continued as the eff
cheney OF tho consular service IL a moe
important factor III the development an
protection of the rapidly extending foreig
trade oi the United States, and
R,soirCd. I hat n copy Of this resoluto
he transmitted To the several candidate
for tho Presidency and that they be re
spectiully requested to again place cleaTl
on record in public statements for tn
information of the commercial inte res
Of this country their attitude on the main
| W 'Hc iN'll - va iiC ''ii'uitt
service.
II was stated that especial pains wi
be taken not To overlook Gov. Wilson q
New Jersey. the Democratic candidate
for the Presidency
In the forenoon session YESTERDAY tn
following new board Of officers was elected
William {. Redheld Of the American
Blower Company. member of the Hous
! OF Representatives for Brooklyn. presi
dent; NJ De Moreira of John Boyle. Inc
of New York, first vce-president: o. W
Smith Of Park. Davis Il Co. New YORK, sec
ond vice president ". s Marsden of tn
Yale and TowEe Manufacl uring Company
New York. third vioc-pr"sident: X. l.
Gecbcrling OF the Sher win-W Hams Com
pany. Newark, n. j p. treasurer.
The following directors were appointed
For three years W. \. Dickinson of tn,
Otis Elevator Company, New York; A. "
Ransome Of the Ransome Concrete Com
pany. New York, For two years W I
CUrk of the Flintkotc Mauufacturin.
Company. BOSTON Mass. Jose NJ. Men"n
dez of the II. B, tlaflin Company, New
! York. For one year Alfred j Jupp of th'
Lunkenheimcr Company, New York, ant
W +. Gavan OF Wilmington. Del.
SOme of the members Of the Chambers
of Commerce from different European
cities arrived here yesterday to attenc
the Congress Of Chambers of Commerce (,
begin in Boston on Monday