Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-23
JOHN BARRETT Il
To VISIT MOLINE
Director General of Pan .Am.-.
can Union Before After.
Dinner Club.
OPENING MEETING OCT !,
Comes to Heart Of Implement Ia,
try to Tell Of erea. opporu.
nifty in the South.

Moline and the three cities AZ. :.
hear about Americas opportunl,r !
South America, created by the prssAr,
war and how best to take advance
of 1t. John Barrett, director gsrs-.,
of the Pan-American union M G.
American Republics, is to spsak |.
fore the Moline After-Dinner cIrh !.
its first meeting of the fall Oct 10
Mr.. Barrett is very busy ma,
especially In view OF the sitna,,,-
which the war has created, and h. !.
accepting few invitations TO tan. Hor
ever, he realizes that this locaIitv :.
the center of the implement mann,.o
turing business of the country, Is bet.
ter able to help in the trade moyemen,
than almost any other in the Uni,ss
States, having in fact, many establ,,b.
ed connections with the South Amer.
lean countries. So he has decided n
accept the invitation from Moline and
will come to talk on Our Great Pan.
American Opportunity Of the Hour"
No more timely subject could h
presented to business men Of a grsst
manufacturing community than that
which Mr.. Barrett will discuss. and
probably no man is better qualified "a
deal with the subject than he Is. As
director of the Pan-American union
he has been afforded opportunity Ia
study the possibilities of South Arsr
lea, and he is prepared to point out b
American business men and manuise
turers just what that continent orsr
The Pan-American union is an inter
national organization and Office main
tanned by the 81 American republics.
controlled by government board
composed of the secretary of state OF
the United States and the diplomatic
representatives in Washington Of the
other South American nations, admin.
istered by a director general in the
person of Mr.. Barrett and an assist.
ant director (Franciseo ]. Yanes)
chosen by this board and assisted by
staff of statisticians, compilers,
trade experts, translators, editors, Il.
brarians and clerks. 1t Is devoted to
the development and conservation Of
commerce, friendly intercourse and
good understanding among all Amert
can republics.
Because of the great importance Of
Mr.. Barrett's subject, and the sugges,
ton offered by his secretary, prepare.
lions are being made by the After
Dinner club to make the gathering
here a notable one. They will extend
invitations to representative men from
a large section of Illinois and Iowa to
participate in the enjoyent Of me
treat, and a committee composed Of
George Ross, Rufus Walker and A. G.
Abraham has been designated to 81
portion the tickets for the dinner
Accommodations will be provided
for 800, and the clubs committee VII
determine the number of tickets to
allotted to Rock Island, East Mollns
Silvis, Monmouth, Kewanee, Rox
Falls, Sterling, Peoria and GalesbGE
in Illinois, and Davenport Clintor
Iowa City, Dubuque. Muscatine, "
tumwa, Burlington and Keokuk
Iowa Reservations will also be MADE
for the numerous smaller towns o.
Rock Island county.
About six years ago Mr.. Barrett vis-
tied Moline and gave an address a.
the Lincoln day banquet Of the Moline
club and at that time he won man!
friends who will be eager to greel
him again and to hear his views OF tns
present situation. He has just re
turned from Panama, where ne wsns
in his capacity as an internsnona
Pan-American officer to pass through
the canal on the first ocean-toocsan
vessel