The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
DELEGATIONO OF
800 Foreigners
Party Arrives Here Tonight
for Big Congress on
Refrigeration.
ADDRESS BY MIR. BRYAN
Secretary Of State VIII Deliver Speech
of Welcome at the Opening Ses-
sion Tomorrow Morning.
ADDRESS BY MIR. BRYAN

About 500 foreign delegates to the Third
International Congress on Refrigeration,
200 of whom are government officials. will
arrive in Washington at o'clock to-
night on a special train from New York
TO attend the formal opening session OF
the congress in this city tomorrow at 10
o'clock at the National Museum Build
ing.
w ]. Rushton. of Birmingham, Ala.
president OF the American Association
on Refrigeration. and vice president Of
the International Congress. arrived in
Washington yesterday to complete the
final arrangements for the meeting. Mr..
Rushton is at the New Willard Hotel.
DIR. Frank W. Gunsaulus, president OF
the Armour Institute Of Technology, Chi
cagO, the president OF the congress, is
expected to arrive in Washington this
morning.
Secretary of State Bryan will make the
principal address at the formal opening
of the Congress tomorrow morning. Since
tine foreign countries are participating in
the Congress through the invitation o;
the United States. extended by President
Taft and his Secretary OF State P. c.
Knox. Secretary Bryan will welcome the
visitors in the name of the government of
opening session will be NJ. Andre LebOa,
President of the International AssOcia-
ton of Refrigeration, and Dr. Gunsaulus.
VIII Be Important Meeting.
The Congress of Refrigeration will be
the greatest gathering to consider ques-
tiOns relating to the conservation and
preservation Of food products ever held.
Not only will all the important foreign
~ hn AHS faIIE
sented by their experts in this science,
but refrigeration men from all parts of
the United States will be present at the
sessions
The objects Of the Third International
Congress of Refrigeration are:
To provide opportunity and means for
drawing into concerted and harmonious
Effort and action the scientific and
practical men of the world who are en-
raged in developing the science and art
Of refrigeration, thus affording the aid
1f properly organized effort to the many
important industries that do, or can, de-
rive benefit from the employment OF
and further.
To encourage educational and general
progress in the refrigerating and ice in !
iustries:
To determine correct basic data and !
standards employed in refrigeration and |
o promote scientific study and discus |
sion OF reports and documents related to |
he production and utilization of refrig- |
ration;
To stimulate Investigations. expert |
nents, and tests for the purpose of DEM !
correct solutions of scientific, |
echnical. and industrial problems to the |
lrt of refrigeration;
To determine the best methods of ap-
fa 1u |
10Th in transit and when stored for con-
ervation, and to inspire confidence in
he public mind and appreciation of the |
beneficial effects Of refrigeration on such
oods:
To encourage the expansion of trade,
and transportation Of perish
Lble agricultural products under and by
To study existing laws that in any way
fleet legitimate industrial and CONNER
ial interests employing refrigeration, /
nd to suggest remedial legislation.
To BE Met by Committee.
The delegates special train, due to ar
i've at Union Station tonight, will be
net by a special Washington committee
m arrangements, composed Of E. A
Nhitford, chairman: DR.. S. W. Stratton.
Barry Mohun, Christian Huerich, Albert
u. Garry, Samuel A. Kimberley, Walter
7. Weaver, Albert NJ Read, William G.
Tarter and Arthur A. Chaplin. Cooper
Lting with this committee will be three
ommittees from the trade organizations
4 the city, as follows: T.
Chamber OF Commerce-w. T. CALI
er, chairman; NJ. A. Leese. Washing
on Topham, Thomas Grant. Board Of
'rade-S J. Prescott, chairman: z. H
Troop, E. c. Graham, John L Weaver,
:. o. whitford, W. H. Singleton, w.
Eynon. Retail Merchants Associa-
ion-E. c. Graham, chairman; ]. p.
A D. Prince. Charles J. CO.
lmbus.
These committees will escort the Wis
tors in automobiles to their various
otels and headquarters, and a regis
ration bureau will be opened at the
lew Willard.
reception will be held tomorrow I
light at the Pan-Amerlcan Union
under the auspices of John
jarrett, Director General Of the PAN
merican Union. and the American As !
ociatIon on Refrigeration