The Washington herald., 1914-02-12

eenstasratisa, VIM anether sasment, q
account Of IL ioss of that per5ousi touch
which ebtainsA N Tie days when en-
pioysr and smploys were in closs con-
tact with each other. = inclined tofrs-
gard the laborer ~ . machine. The In
terests Of capital ana labor. he said. are
not identical. but are mutual
The labor question had not become
| acute. Mr.. Wilson explained. until the
great industries had arisen, until the In
vents>, Of machinery and the concentra-
tion Of wealth and business had made
possible the employment Of great capital
in the production Of manufactured arti-
cles In other ages. he said. things were
made on . small scale In little shops
where the master was all the time In
close touch with his men.
In concluding, Mr.. Wilson made .
plea for . more practical form of edu-
cation of children. The public schools
today, he said, are turning out pupils
prepared for commercial and profess
sional life, whereas the vast majority
OF them, will have to earn their livins
by the labor of their hands. He asked
the business mon to whom he was talk
ing to cooperate In their own cities
In promoting vocational education.
Bernard J. shoninger. president Of
lhC AIuCIiC8u SuhmotI Ok SOutuGkSCs
of Paris. France. made an address, In
which he. urged the delegates to at
tend the international business con-
gress in Paris on June S.
For IndIvidual Members.
The final business of the evening ses-
sion was the adoption of an amend
ment to the bylaws admitting indivfd-
ual members to the national body and
limiting such membership to 5000. and
the Introduction Of resolutions which
win be considered by the committee on
resolutions and reported at Fridays
session.
Clarence A. Cotton. delegate from the
board Of trade Of Providence, R. l., In
troduced a resolution that the Chamber
Of Commerce will encourage any Efforts
now being made. or to be made. oy the
Department of Commerce to advance the
general commerce Of the country at large
by a more general distribution Of port
calls by ocean-going ships. Such efforts.
II was explained. VIII include the devel-
opment of numerous harbors aleng the
Atlantic coast which are not used now
simply because Of the lack of docking ia
cilities and deep enough channels.
Another resolution provides that the
chamber condemns pending legislation
which aims to exempt combinations of
farmers and labor unions from prosecu-
lions under the Sherman law as vicious
class legislation." This was received with
loud applause.
Opening MorninE Sessisn.
The convention convened at 1890 a. m.
n the large ballroom Of the Willard
with about 600 delegates in attendance.
A noticeable feature was that through
put the dreary routine which occupied
most Of the morning session practically
all Of that large body remained in their
seats- One OF the dulles of procedure
which were adopted as the first busi- |
ness of the meeting was that only SUBJ |
Iects of national importance might be |
considered at the convention. which Is |
he second annual affair Of the kind to /
be held by the organization.
President Harry A. Wheeler appointed |
he following committee on credentials: |
Aunson Havens, of Cleveland, chairman;
Emmett Hay Naylor. Springfield, Mass;
logan Mckee, Pittsburgh; A. v. Smell,
8. c.; J. r. Babcock, Dallas.
TEX; William Townsend. Memphis,
Tenn: ]. P. Hardy, Fargo. N. Oak; ].
;. Galbraith, Denver, Colo: Robert New
on Lynch, San Francisco; Frank W.
loxon, New York City; and Philip A.
irau, Chicago.
The following committee on resolu-
lOuS was ALSO dppOtutcQ py tne Cfidif. II
Joseph H Defrees, of Chicago, chair
nan; E. A. Filene. Boston; G. A. Hol-
ster Rochester, N Y; Horton Corwin. II
P, Norfolk, Va; Leon Simon. New Or
sans; Charles Nagel. st. Louis; Julius
I. Barnes, Duluth. 1finn.; Thomas H.
tearns, Denver. Colo; J. E. Chilberg.
cattle, wash; William II. Douglas, New
'ork City; William II. stackhouse.
pringfield. Ohio. III
Incidentally, Mr.. wheeler announced
lter that the credentials of every del
gate who had presented himself at
he registration ONCE in the small ball
pom OF the hotel had been accepted
y the committee on credentials.
Tho report OF the treasurer. John Joy
dson. Of Washington, d. c.. showed
balance OF $1,000 on hand, exclusive
debts due to certain banks for loans
, meet organization expenses. At
rat announcement E. A. Filene, of
oston, offered to head a subscription
ent Wheeler. however, stopped the
movement by saying that
n assessment. voluntary or involun-
Try, was not necessary, in view Of the
Ict that the national organization now
as an income Of more than $4,000 q
Ear from membership fees. which was
nple to meet all expenditures.
IRECToRS REPORT UPON
NATIONAL LEGIsLATI0N
How 25o,0o0 business men and SIS
lsiness organizations have been rep
scented in the National Capital during