The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-19
New Orleans Host to Many of Nations Leaders on
 January 27-2S-29
BIRMINGHAM WILL
 BE REPRESENTED
Alabama Especially Interested in Dis cussions Looking to Extension of American Trade in For
 eign Countries

mingham, with it's important manufactur- ing and heavy commercial industries, is quite logically much interested in the third National Foreign Trade convention, to be held at New Orleans January 27, 2S and g. This applies to Alabama gen. erally because of the extent to which the commercial industries of the state enter into American foreign trade.
 Leaders in financial and commercial af fairs throughout the United States, north, south, east and west, are to give their views on important topics affecting this Important branch of our commerce. While they are to be heard, however. the small manufacturer and merchant are also to take part in the proceedings, it being the intention of the council to give equal consideration to all who are interested in export trade, the smaller merchant and manufacturer equally with those whose business is conducted a more exten- sive scale.
 Group sessions are to follow the regu- lar sessions each day, and here, too, opportunities will be afforded for an in- terchange of views between the greater manufacturer and the merchant and those whose business is conducted on more extensive scale. Every opportunity will be made during the convention to confine all discussions to the application of proven principles of sound foreign trade to the problem now before the nation and to substitute national action for national conversation. One interesting feature to be observed Is the rule laid down by the council that there shall be no reiteration of familiar theories of foreign trade
 In a letter recently addressed by James x A Farrell president of the United States Steel corporation and chairman of the aiorr, dn whose auspices the convention is to be held to a large commercial organization in Alabama, he said: The development of the American merchant marine, the utilization of the tariff for the purpose of encouraging foreign trade and protect ing it from discrimination, the adaptation of commercial education to the needs of oversea commerce and ways and means whereby smaller manufacturers and mer- chants may more effectively engage in ex- port trade are subjects on which the con- vention will be addressed"
 SOME SOUTHERN MEMBERS
 Among the southern members of the council are J. R. McWane, president of the American Cast Iron Pipe company, Birmingham; Stewart K. Taylor. presi- dent the s. K. Taylor Lumber company, Mobile D. w. Kempner, Galveston Cot ton exchange, Galveston; Barton Myers, rresident of the Chamber of Commerce, Norfolk; d. A. G. Carson. president the Carson Naval Stores company, Savan- nah; Fairfax Harrison, president the Southern Railway company, Washington D. C.; William H. Russo, president Russo & Burgess Inc; l.. s. Goldstein, New Orleans Association of Commerce, New Orleans and J. H. Wheelwright, presi- dent of the Consolidation Coal company, Baltimore.
 Addresses to be made at the conven- ton of particular interest to the smaller manufac ctuler and merchant as well as tho larger, include "The Merchant Ma rine" by F. G. Strachan of Brunswick, Ga: Unfair Discrimination Against American Exports" by J. J. Culbertson, Paris Tex representing the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers association; How the Small Manufacturer May More Large ly Share the Benefits of Foreign Trade, by l.. $. Smith, American Laundry Ma chinery company, Cincinnati, and The Small Manufacturer in Foreign Trade V by H. G. Herget. president of the Pekin Ccoperage company, Pekin III.
 Alba B. Johnson, president Of the Baldwin Locomotive works, Philadel- phia, is to make an address on world Trade Conditions After the European War" MT F. A. Vanderlip, president of the National City bank, New York, and chairman of the recently organized American International corporation, with a capital of s50,000,000, is also to speak.
 Invitations have been sent to thou sands of commercial and industrial or ganizations, to firms and individuals throughout the country requesting their attendance at the convention. Those addressed to the heads of con cerns may equally be used. if de- sired, by junior partners or others in authority. Manufacturers and all oth- CTS interested in foreign trade who have not received invitations are ad- vised to communicate at once with MT. R. H. Patchin, secretary National For eign Trade council, GA Stone street, New York city, The council believes 1t is highly important that the state of Alabama. with its foreign trade in terest, should be largely represented.
 Among the invitations sent to Ala bama are the following: Birmingham, Chamber of Commerce, Real Estate Shook, Frank B. Fowlkes, John w. Sibley John w. Maynor, George Cor don Crawford, H. w. Coffin, First Ma tional bank, James w. Donnelly, M. R. Jemison Robert Jemison, IT,, Craw- ford Johnson, J. D. Moore, John H. Frye and George B. Ward; Mobile, Chamber of Commerce, Business League, La Dorne Lyons, Estes b. Baker, J. c. Bush, Jr., L. J. Davis, D. T.. Dunlap G. Kilmer, w. R. Bower. Tay- Tor. Lowenstein & Co.,, and J. M. Walsh; Montgomery, Chamber of Commerce, Terry T. Grei1, Hon. Ray Rushton Selma, I. M Hooper; Brewton, Cham = Der of Commerce; Grand Bay, Cham Der of Commerce; Gadsden, Chamber of Commerce, Louis Loveman
 AMONG THE SPEAKERS
 Among the members of the National Foreign Trade council who swill be present at the convention besides those already mentioned as speakers are James A. Farrell, chairman of the council, and president of the United States Steel corporation; Frank A. vanderlip, president National City bank of New York, and chairman of the recently organized American In ternational corporation; James J. Hill, chairman Great Northern Railway company; Willard Straight, vice pres ident American International corpora tion. D. A. S. Clarke, president Lacka- wanna Steel company; P. A. s. Frank lin, vice president International Mer- cantile Marine company; Samuel F Colt, president United States Rubber company; John D. Ryan, president Anaconda Copper Mining company Charles A. Schieren, president C. A. Schieren company; F. P. Thomas, pres ident United States Steel Products company: w. l.. Saunders. chairman Ingersoll- Rand company; Charles E. Jennings, president c. F. Jennings company; Maurice Coster, Westing- house Electric Manufacturing com pany; Charles F. Muchnic. vice pres ident American Sales corporation, and Daniel Warren, American Trading