The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-19
MANUFACTURERS OF NATION lNVlT B'P0RT CHORUS Fame of Local WarbIers Has Spread Beyond Local
 ( Confines. SPECIAL TRAIN TO
 CARRY THE SINGERS Important Trade Reports Sub- nlitted to Association Today Showing Possibilities of
 Foreign Trade.
SPECIAL TRAIN TO
 CARRY THE SINGERS

K, turers' chorus and stringed orchestra of Brid dgeport have chartered a spe- ciaI train to go to New York tomor- row afternoon, to attend the banquet of the National Association of Manu- facturers ,and to serenade the diners to, their dfsco1nfortune or delight, as the case may be.
 The Manufacturers chorus has at- tracted considerable attention at the banquet of the Bridgeport Manufac- turers' association, and the choristers have been called to further laurels- They will leave at 2:30 o'clock in special train and will arrive in time for the closing session of the con- ventiou. Those in the party will De O. A. Baldwin Of the Bridgeport Brass Company; Georges. Hadley of Harvey Hubbel1 Inc, H. Sutton of the American Tube Stamping Companyi George Cornwall White Manufacture ing Company Edwin Mora of the liar lvey Hubbel1 Inc; L. M Allen Of the Bridgeport Brass Company; J. Dunn Warner Bros. Corset Manufacturing Company: Seeley. Standard Manufacturing Compahyi F. w Post Standard Manufacturing Company; H. B. Curtis. Bridgeport Hardware Com pany; R. w. Brown, Harvey Hubbell
 Inc; Harry Parrott, First National
 Bank Of Bridgeport; A. e. Belisle,
 Burns & Bassett Go: George D. Kir-'
 sten, Peuuonnock Foundry Company.
 and others.
 I The econvention Of the National As lsociation Of Manufacturers which con- vened at New York today is the nine teenth held by that association and brings together representatives Of I most of the producing industries of I the United States consid erabIe i'm I portance is attached to the convention 1 ufacturing concerns will be present to determine the attitude which they I will assume toward much nooted so- cial, political and industrial problems. I The association includes in its mem lbership four thousand manufacturing concerns, representing approximately ten billions of dollars invested in in- l dustry, and the attitude of the man lufacturdng interests of the country is rnirrowed in the convent proceed Iings of this association. l s The factories Of the members of 1 the National Association of Manufac- I turers' employ more than five million people and furnish livelihood to ff- I teen million.
 The reports of the foreign trade de- l partment of the association will show the effects of the recently enacted tar- I if law on the foreign buyer of Amer ican goods. The z.300 foreign trade agents employed by the association American increasing foreign markets l during the coming year. The foreign ltrade department Of the National As- .l sociation of Manufactu1ers Is one of I it's chief activities, as the purpose of the association when organized was to foster foreign trade.
 I A staff of correspondents and a sEcorps of attachees is maintained in all the principal trade centers of the world. The corps is com posed of trained men, experts in their depart- ments and numbers more than twice las many men as the consults and cond- imercia1 agents employed by the Unit led States government These men serve the association in every inpor- Itant city and town, some of them in I agent can be found. Their reports on lconditions in foreign markets is await led by manufacturers before planning 1campaigns abroad.
 Robert Adamson, fire commissioner lof New York city, will speak on fire prey vention at the second days session of the convention. The fire loss in the United States is yearly a QuqrteI of a billion dollars, more than enough
 to build a Panama Canal, and is stead fly increasing The loss falls heavily on manufactures, both in direct cost insurance premiums, and increased cost of raw products, and a compre-
 hensive campaign looking to the pre-
 yention of industrial fires is being Fl planned.
 Fl u . tiAc I0POItS zO1s lu0 COIuIll1LLCG IOl accident prevention and workmen's compensation, fire prevention and in ; dustria1 education, will be added prac. ticaI talks by c. W. Price. of the Wis, consin Industrial Commission. Prof | Breckenridge Of Yale University " Ed. win c. Cooley, the well known educa.
 tor; J. Schereschewsky, Of the Public , Health Department, Washington, D , lC-, and many others, authorities fl their various lines.
 Legislative Issues affecting industrs
 will be discussed at length by James : A. Emery ,and reports will be made by committees on immigration, uni form state laws and patents, etc. IT the time devoted to export trade, op-
 lportunities in Russia South American
 affairs and West Africa developments
 will be featured in addresses by Hon