Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-09
CONGRESS OPENS
FOR COMMERCIAL
BODIES AT PARIS
Delegates from 81
Nations Present
On Monday

Paris, June S.-Many thousands OF
millions of dollars engaged in indus
try and commerce in the leading ma
tons of the world are represented at
the Sixth International Congress of
Chambers of Commerce and CONNER
cial and Industrial Associations, which
was called together here today. It's
business session are to last from June
S to June 10 and during that period
are down for discussion many ques-
tons of prime interest and paramount
Importance to the trade and CONNER
2ial relations of the entire globe.
The widespread range of the activi-
ties of the congress is shown in the
fact that delegates from no fewer
than thirty-seven nations answered
the roll call while 1863 associations, in
GLIDING 81 in the United States, repre-
senting nearly every state and terri
tory in the Union. are affiliated to the
congress.
The countries from which delegates
were announced are Argentina, Aus
tralia. Austria, the Bahamas, Belgium,
Bermuda, Brazil. British India, the
British Isles, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile,
China, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, the
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,
Peru, Portugal Roumania, Russia,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,
the United States and Uruguay.
Among American members of the
I permanent committee are Edward a.
Filene Boston, Mass; Bernard j.
Shoninger, president of the American
Chamber of Commerce in Paris; Harry
A. Wheeler, of Chicago, president of
the Chamber of Commerce of the Unit
ed States: John II. Fahey, of Brook
line. Mass, and George S. Atwood, sec
retary of the American Association of
Commerce and trade, Berlin.
Canada is also strongly represented
With delegates from Montreal, None
ton, ottawa, Belleville, St. GATHERINGS,
ST. John, sherbrooke and Toronto.
The subjects on the agenda and on
which reports are to be made and res
olttions to be presented to the Con-
, gross include:
Fixed Easter; calendar reform: un
I fair competition-proposed information
4 al action; customs statistics; penny
postage; unification of laws concern
& ing checks, postal transfers and clear
= ing: unification of laws concerning ar
bitration procedure for regulating lit
iea.ion between citizens of different
y nations; unifieation of laws relating to
warehouse certificates with the view
of facilitating, extending and better
guaranteeing credit on merchandise;
gold reserves to prevent financial pan
les; advancement of time in summer;
y "a hour day; customs stamps for at
fixing to postal eonsignments. project
!. ed uniform type of bill of lading, as
u mr.
ssubsjdized or regular steamship lines,
ain order to avoid contradictions, sur
priscs or uncertainties, and study of
assurance policies in international
atrade in order to improve their draft
ing.
Charles L. Bernheimer, chairman of
j the committee on Arbitration of the
Chamber of Commerce of the State of
New York, submitted plan 10 inter-
Anational commercial arbitration and
DIR. Roberto Pozzi, of Milan, Italy, NOV
ed a resolution approving of the ref
y erence to arbitrator of controversies
between citizens of different countries,
and adding that the various legisla-
ttures should clothe foreign arbitrators
with powers to fulfill their functions
and should provide for them the pro-
Itec:ion of the law and give executive
force to the judgments pronounced by
them.
= Unfair competition was subject to
which the attention of the Congress
was called in report by Max Leclerc,
Vof the Chamber of Commerce of Paris.
He laid on the table an exhaustive re-
port on legislation on the subject in
various countries.
Mr. Leclerc was followed by Eugene
ALendvai, of Temesvar, Hungary. who
moved the following resolution:
THE Congress calls on the various
Legislatures to deal with the publica-
'tion of fraudulent advertisements, the
wrongful use OF exhibition awards.
2false statements of origin, and mis-
leading names, quantities and prices
of goods. They are also called on to
.stamp out Illicit selling-off sales and
the system of giving premiums to GUS
toners, the publication of trade secrets
/, and the bribing of employees"
Another subject that created great
interest was a proposal for the unfit
cation of laws relating to customs
warehouse certificates with the view
of facilitating, extending and better
|, guaranteeing credit on merchandise.