Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-04
MANY INVITATIONS SENT OUT
Thousand Industrial Bodies Asked
to Send Representatives.
FOLLOWS OUT PLAN IN MESSAGE
Gives Government Chance to Con-
suit Over Law Enforcement.
FOR THE EXPANSION OF TRADE
Congress should Have Medium TO
Furnish First Hand Information
of official Nature About
Business World.

WASHINGTON, March 5.-President
Taft has taken the initiative in the mvoe-
ment to bring business men Of the coun-
try into touch with the government for
advice and counsel In the administration
Of laws. the enactment OF new statutes
and the development Of commerce.
Virtually, the president proposes a ma
tion board OF trade broadly representa-
tive Of the commercial and industrial or
ganlxatlons and OF such character as tho
government may properly recognize by
charter from congress.
As one OF tho first steps In the plan.
Secretary Nagel of the Department OF
Commerne and Labor. by direction OF tho
president..has called convention Of dele
gates from commtrclal organizations In
all parts OF the country to meet In WASH
ington on April Is for discussion and TO
plan the organization. Invitations al
ready have been sent to i.ooo local cham
bers Of commerce. boards of trade and
other commercial bodies. Responses 10
the announcement OF the tentavie plan
have been such that President Taft Is
convinced the time is ripe for putting the
pfOpVadA W tiio hcat VI ptaSNteai cApcft-
ment.
The president first recommended such
plan In q message to congress last De-
eember In which he suggested that off,
clals Of the Department OF Commerce spd
Labor and members Of appropriate con-
gresional committees might be made
members ex officio Of such an assocla-
tlcn. In a statement made public to-day
President Taft outlines the purposes Of
such an organization.
Opportunity tn Consult,
II would give to the government the
opportunity to consult with the business
world on all propositions Of trade suprem-.
acy II would afford cooperation in tho
expansion Of commerce at home and
abroad and would provide a means by
which government offiners charged with
acquainted with the complexities whica
surround their administration In the bua,
ness- world. Further than that -aonarsx.
In framing new statutes affecting trade
and commerce would have first hand ad-
vices Of an official nature.
In some respects the plan would not be
unlike the German governments system
Of cooperation with boards OF trade
throughout the German states, although
many Of the features Of that system prob
ably would not be applicable here.
The presidents statement announcing
the launching Of the plan was in part
as follows:
II is not my intention 10 define the
purposes OF such an organization or In
deed any matter to anticipate the scope
Of the discussion upon which such dele
gates may conclude to enter; but 1t ap-
pears to me to be obvious that such an
organization must be instrumental in a
very large field 20 aid and assist the
executive and legislative branches Of the
government in domestic and foreign trade.
Aid 20 Executive.
For Illustration. such a organization
properly represented at the seat Of gov
ernment could be OF incalucuable as
sistance In advising the executive branch
of government with respect to the
methods and rules to be adopted in the
administration Of existing law. II could
be OF like assistance in giving advice IN
regard to proposed legislation and in
counselling representatives OF the legisla-
tive branch when asked 10 submit recon-
mendations upon bills introduced and
pending before committees.
Such an organization would be In the
best possible position to suggest fields
for new inquiry at home and abroad. the
methods by which such Inquiries should
be pursued and the means by which the
results can be most advantageously
brought to the attention Of our merchants
and manufacturers; and It is safe to as
sumo that IL such an organization Is
created its chief activities will bs de-
veloped In the light OF our own expert
ence
TT may not be necessary that We
adopt a course In all respects patterned
on the system Of any other commercial
or Industrial country, but It is obvious
that by some means immediate relations
between the government activities and
the commercial and Industrial forces OF
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