The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-07
COMMERCE BOARDS
IN SEA TO SEA TALK
South and Central Americans
Also Use Phone Across
Continent.
Low AGAIN PRESIDENT

The 1l7th annual meeting OF the
Chamber Of Commerce yesterday was
attended by South and Central Ameri-
can delegates TO the Pan American
Financial Conference which IL TO be held
in Washington on May a. Another in
teresting fact was that the Chamber Of
Commerce was for the first time in Its
history in direct telephone communica-
ton with San Francisco. Through the
courtesy Of the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company and Its president,
Theodore n. Vail. the delegates from the
southern republics were enabled to sit
In the Chamber OF Commerce and talk
with the representatives OF their va
rlo,is countries at the Panama-Pacifc
Exposition.
After the regular meeting OF the
chamber its officers and the South and
Central American delegates gathered
In a room In which there were three d.
rect wires to the exposition with fifty
receivers There they talked across the
continent TO friends In San Francisco.
Later in the day there was conversa-
| ton over the telephone between Los
Angeles and New York. Frank X. Stur-
sis, senior vice-president Of the Chamber
! of Commerce, telephoned the following
message to the Los Angeles Chamber OF
Commerce.
Tho Chamber of Commerce Of the
State Of New York, holding to-day It's
| i47th annual meeting, by the unanimous
vote OF Its members extends TO the Los
| Angeles Chamber OF Commerce Its cor
! dial congratulations and best wishes,
/ The friendship which has 30 long ex-
listed between our two States will be
deepened and strengthened by this new
tie that binds the Atlantic and tho Pa
, cific."
Samuel Hale Pearson, director OF the
! National Bank OF Argentina and one of
the South American delegates. in ad-
| dressing the chamber said that the
South and Central American republics
welcomed tho opportunity afforded them
by the Pan-American Financial Confer
ence to strengthen the CONNIE rcial inter-
| course between the United States and
the southern republics which was much
greater nifty years ago than Il Is to-
! day. Mr.. Pearson said that the South
and Central American republics required
the help OF the great financial leaders
Of the world. Now that London and
other European centres were closed 10
them by the war; he said they had no
country to come to but the United
states. He paid a high compliment 10
Frank A. Nanderlip, president OF the
National City Bank. for having opened
tho first branch of an American bank
In Buenos Ayres. Other banks, he said
were planning 20 follow In the lead OF
the City Bank.
Henry Prather Fletcher, United States
Ambassador TO Chile, was present and
occupied the platform with John
Waterbury, vice-presldent II the Cham
Der OF Commerce. who presided In the
absence OF President Seth Low.
Mr.. Low was reelected president By
a unanimous vote. Cleveland H. Dodge
Henry Hentz and Eugene pelano were
elected vice-presdents to serve for -four
years, George f. Baker was elected 4
member of the board 81 trustees havinf
charge OF the real estate Of the Cham
her of Commerce 20 serve until May
l 1916. succeeding Alexander L, Orr, de
Cea sed