Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-01-29
NATIONAL L. OF L.
 MEETS IN FEBRUARY
President Wilson and Three Cabinet Members to Make Addresses.
MEMBERSHIP IS 275,000
American Merchant Marine to Be Dis cussed by Secretary McAdoO, and Problem Will Be Debated Gener-
 ally Foreign Trade Also Topic.

Washington, Jan. f.-Business | (By Jonothan Winfield.)
 men of the country are turning their attention to the meeting of the Cham 1 Der of Commerce of the United States Of America in Washington carly in i February. Special significance is at tached to this gathering as President Wilson and three msmbers of his 1 cabinet are to make addresses. It is expected that the chief executive will ake this opportunity to outline in { somc 0rtall his attitude toward busi- ness during the remainder Of his ad- ministratiOn.
 Advance reports to the head quarters of the Chamber here indi- cate that the attendance at these ses- sions of the organization will be greater than any in it's history. This interest is due largely to the fact that this is critical time in the commercial history of the country. Of course, the business men Of large affairs generally are anxious to get at first hand the views of the chief executive of the land as to legisla- tion affecting their interests. Secre- tary of State Bryan, Secretary of the Treasurer McAdoo and Secretary of Commerce Redfield are the cabinet members who will address the defe- gates.
 The foreign trade, the merchant marine and the future attitude Of the administration toward business gen- orally will be the chief topics of dis cuaslon at the convention. Secretary of State Bryan will talk about American Investments Abroad" and he is expected to bring out the vital question Of the administration back ing up American investors in foreign countries in case of trouble in these countries.
 The general development of the foreign trade Of the country will be the subject that Secretary of Com- mcrce Redfield will discuss. Other prominent speakers will augment the presentment of the secretary, includ- ing Dr. Edward E. Pratt, chief of the bureau of foreign and domestic com merce. They are expected to touch chiefly on the different phases of Latin-American and Oriental com merce.
 The American Merchant Marine. one of the big problems that will come before the conference, will he discussed by Secretary of the Treas ury McAdco from the standpoint of the administration. Another speaker will take up the subject from the at titude of the other side, and gen eral discussion based on the report of the Chambers committee on merch- ant marine, will follow these presen- tatons Charles $. Hamlin, governor of the Federal Reserve Board, will interpret the new federal reserve system act and Samuel Roberts, vice president of the National City bank of New York City, will discuss the relation of the Federal reserve act to trade expansion. Joseph F. Davies, con- up the scope and possibilities of the new federal trade commission. Secretary Elliott H. Goodwin also announced that there would be re- rorts f important committees deal ing with the maintenance of resale n~'ces and with uniform food and drug regulation. A report urging a greater deeree of combination in the develcnment of the foreign trade of the country will be made by the 1 chambers committee on foreign trade. The Chamber of Commerce Of the United States of America is barely three years old but it has a member ship of more than 275OoO business men flynn, and oornoratjooc Vbouo include more than 600 commercial organizations in every state of the Union eycent New Mexico. There are "lso branches in the possessions of +he nation. This oreanization there fore might be said to occupy the same relation to the chambers of commerce throughout the country as the federal government does 10 the United States