The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-28

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 exception of the International Harvester
 company which, he remarked incidental ly ds now being harassed by the United
 States government, ostensibly because 1t
 has had the audacity to be successful
 Mir. McCleary was right in saying the
 great majority of our congressman are
 not venal. But I want to add further
 and say their besetting sin is ignorance.
 He urged upon the business men Of
 America to show their congressman what
 they wanted through their voice in the
 United States Chamber of Commerce, and
 then closed his eyes and launched into
 a reminiscence of his trip to Europe a
 few months ago and some of the inci-
 dents he encountered, but more especially
 of the Civil war days. Once started, his
 mind brought forth vivid pictures of days
 long past and almost forgotten, and his
 listeners sat almost breathless. On he
 went, talking of Lincoln. Stanton Lee
 and the immortal men of history as
 though they lived but yesterday, finally
 closing by dramatically recting Lincoln's $
 Gettysburg address, Never once during
 his "reminiscences did he open his eyes;
 his listeners were first taken by surprise,
 then speedily recovered and hung on his
 every word. many of them full of humor,
 many full of pathos all loaded with sense.
 It was remarkable occurrence.
 Dr. c. W. A. veditz one of the com
 mercial attaches, assigned to Paris, closed
 the speaking by telling of the inadequacy of the department of commerce as conn
 pared with the department of agriculture. We men who have been made your com
 mercial attaches In foreign lands want to act as your outposts, your scouts on the frontier of foreign trade. We Amer jeans for a long time have been con- cerned with our own economic problems,
 we have been putting our house in. or der and now we are ready to grasp our
 real share of foreign trade. It is not
 laying around loose, ready for us to pick up,' as some seem to believe It is going to be am ans job to get. The countries
 at war in normal times did about 42 per cent of the worlds trade. Now they are
 eoing scarcely any and that is what con- stitutes one of the greatest opportunities ever afforded an industrial nation" Shook Presides at Dinner President Shook presided at the dinner last night. The sightseeing trip included the Ensley mills, Fairfield, Bayview, where barbecue was served, and the residence districts.
 Among those attending were w. D. Tynes, J. Frank Rushton. A. M. Taylor,
 E. T. Wilcox, E. P. Hogan, c. Exum. F P. Glass, J. H. P. DeWindt. J. H. Eddy, John H. Frye, Harry w. Coffin, j. H. Finder, F. M. Jackson. Frank Hammond. J. W. Donnelly. James D. Moores, R. M. Jenkins, F. V. Under wood, Paschal G. Shook. John [. Kaul, Robert Jemison, Jr., Robert Jemison, Frederick Gunster r. B. Fowlkes, R. w.
 Ewing, w. w. Crawford, J. M. Marsh, Colman Blach. F. H. Lewis l.. Sevier, William l.. Brown, George McCleery, F.. B. Winslow, E. L. Brown, w. H. Ket- tig. H. K. Milner. George B. Ward, J. H. Barr, D. M. Tutwiler J. L. Yancey. J. H. Doughty A. M. Douglass. H. U. Sims, T, o. Smith. James T. McCleary, J. T. Doster.
 The visitors included John H. Fahey of Boston. president; A. B. Farquhar ot Pennsylvania, vice president; w. M. Mo Cormick of Baltimore, director: Leon C. Simon of New Orleans, director; Elliot H. Goodwin, secretary; Mark O. Prentiss of Washington, D. C., editor of The Ma tsonal Business; Nell Satterlee, press rep resentative: C. William A. Veditz. com nercial attache of the United States al Paris. and Edwin w. Thompson, com m ercial attache of the United States al Berlin.
 Yesterday afternoon at o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce Q meeting was held between MT. veditz and MT. Thomp. son, the two commercial attaches, and the local chamber foreign trade commit. tee and all citizens such. as n1anufact- urers and railroads representatives tn' terested in developing export trade. J. IL. McWane presided and talks were made by both MT. veditz and, MT. Thompson.