Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-16
TRADE AGENTS FROM
SOUTH AMERICA TO
INVESTIGATE HERE
Will Study Details of Phila-
delphia Commercial Mu-
scum for Plan to Aid In
dustrial Expansion.

A great new era OF trade expansion
and Industrial development for Philadel-
phia is pressged by two movements now
under way to restore and win for the
United States the trade of South America
which was virtually brought to a standstill
by the European war. One of these move
ments Is in the nature OF a high tribute
to a PhiiadelptAa institution. It will
bring to this city native representatives
of South American countries to study
what Philadelphians have learned Of their
lands.
The visitors will be representatives Of
the Latin-Amerlca Consular Union Of
without delay an international trade in
stitution in New York to promote trade
reciprocity with United States manufac-
turers able TO supply commodities that
have been cut Off by the European war
The other plan now under way 10 one
OF cooperation between the National
Foreign Trade Council and a national
committee, members of which were
named yesterday by Secretary Redneld
of the Department OF Commerce and
commercial leaders in the country were
| named aH members OF the committed
among them Alba B. Johnson, president
Of tho Baldwin Locomotive Works.
TO VISIT COMMERCIAL MUSEUM.
The South Americans who will come to
this city will visit the Philadelphia Com
| mercial Museum. according to advices re-
! ceived by Dudley Bartlett chief OF tho
Foreign Affairs Bureau Of the Museum.
They will study every detail of the insti-
tution's organization and will pick out
| international trade body to be formed
in New York.
The Consular Unions membership in
cludes q majority of the consular repre-
| sentatiyes OF South American countries
stationed In New York. They have been
laying plans for reciprocity in a series
OF conferences at Washington with aov-
ernment officials 1t is expected that the
plan will be made public next week after
It has been approved by Secretaries Red
field and Bryan. before whom, Il is said,
1t has been laid.
permanent exhibit OF the products OF
about twenty Latin-American countries
will form one OF the features OF the plan
y
how to sell their crops for cash, and how
tn exchange them for manufactured ar
ticles. Information as TO demand in
South America will be supplied TO United
States manufacturers Prior to the war
the South American trade was valued at
| 81. .0[o. 5000
NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS
The other members of the National
Committee, appointed by Secretary Red.
field yesterday, in addition TO Mr.. john
son. are William A. CASTOR. banker. Bos-
| ton: Harry A. Wheeler, banker. Chicago:
Robert Dollar, president OF Robert Dollar
| steamship Company, San Francisco John
| Barrett. director general of Pan-American
| Union: W. y. Simmons, president Sim
| mons Hardware Company. st. Louis. Mo ;
! Lewis w. Parker. Greenville, S. C.: w
| B. Campbell. Cincinnati, and Dr. Clarence
| W. Owens, Southern Commercial Con-
| gress.
! or these men. Messrs. Dollar, Johnson.
Harrison and Simmons are members OF
| the National Foreign Trade Council. That
| body will meet in New York TODAY 10
make plans for extending tile commerce
OF this country into South America The
! chairman or the Foreign Trade Council
| IL James \. Farrell. president OF the
United States Steel Corporation.
| Mr.. Johnson declared YESTERDAY that
the new committee will represent the
| Government I'm cooperating with the
| National Trade Council. The chairman of
! the committee had not been picked he
said nor aid he know when il would
meet to organize.
PROSPECTS IN STEEL TRADE.
Coincident with the news Of the fore
going plans quite a stir was created
mong Eastern steel men by Inquiries for
steel for export and the realization that
the Pacific coast is buying the domestic
production. Heretofore structural ma
terial for San Francisco waA brought
across the Pacific. but the war has halted
this and the supply is now being taken
from United States mills.
So far the foreign inquiries have not
developed into anything sufficiently tan
! gible 10 be called demand. but never
as highly encouraging. decrease is
shown in sales for September so far AS
compared TO the last half OF August but
il is believed there will be gain In the
remainder OF the month that will put the
output ahead OF August
Interest also has been awakened in
pig iron by the foreign inquiries. but II
is believed there will be no activity in
this line until steel shows Improvement
a furnace man gave it as his opinion that
either prospects OF peace or of a long
war would stimulate the steel trade.