Evening journal., 1915-10-05
URGE manufacturers
TO CO AFTER TRADE
Professor Bartlett Points Out
American Possibilities as
Result OF War
SINCLAIR TALKS OF
RIVER FRONT PLAN

Professor Dudley Bartlett, CHIEF OF
the foreign trade bureau of the Phila-
delphia Commercial Museum, was the
speaker at the first noon luncheon OF
the membership council of the Cham
ber of Commerce Of the fall season in
the Hotel DUPONT at noon today. His
subject was Foreign Trade Oppor-
tunities and the Value of the Phila-
delphia Commercial Museum TO Will
mington Manufacturers and Mer-
chants"
Professor Bartlett said manufac-
turers and merchants should take
care of the trade opportunities offer
ed by the war and prepare for the
conditions which will exist at the
close Of the war. He said the Phila-
'delphia Commercial Museum would
be of much assistance to them. He
declared that American manufaCtur-
ers should extend their trade with
South America and other parts of the
world before the war closed.
: An interesting report was made by
I Neil B. Sinclair, managing secretary
OF the chamber. He told how the 755
delegates to the Pennsylvania Retail
Coal Dealers Association convention
here had been successfully entertain
ed. He reported that the Master Car
and Locomotive Painters Association
Of the United States and Canada
would hold its convention here on
the second Tuesday in September,
1916, with 700 delegates. and the Ma
tional Protective convention for 1917
would be held here with $50 dele
gates.
Mr. Sinclair said he had been
sOlicitous about new industries and
stated that during war times new in
dustries were locating on high, dry
fast land on the river front He said
that it had been found that it would
cost a million dollars a lineal mile 10
dredge and make fast the river front
at Wilmington and owners of marsh
land would not care to expend such
an amount unless they could be sure
Of selling their land for such an
amount.
A meeting Of the mercantile sec
tion will be held on Thursday even
ing at 8 o'clock, in the Chamber OF
Commerce rooms.
Mr.. Sinclair requested that she
members donate their automobiles for
the use Of giving a sightseeing ride
to the delegates to the Women's For.
eign Missionary Society, now in ses.
sion in St. Paul's NJ. E. Church, OF
Thursday afternoon. at 4 o'clock. II,
. said 56 autos had so far been offered
The trip will last one and a hal
hours.
The dinnerguests we're: Mayo
James F. Price, S. H. Baynard, ca
, leb E. Burchenal. John S. Brokaw
! William T. Budd. Henry Bush. w. d
! Bush, Jr., C. G.. Cadwallader. II
! A Casperson, G. L. Coppage, vii
liam c. Corey. T. S. Doherty. Benia
4 ! min S. Dowdell, A. Rae duBell. ]. A
, Duffy, B. DUPONT, William e. Ebert
Howell S England. Walter M Fran
d els DR.. S. c. Frederick, c. d. Gar
I retson, Alfred II. Gawthrop. Gawthrol
Brothers g. Co., ]. c. German
! Charles H Gray, John F. He'll. vii
liam A Heindle. H Chalmers Hick
Z man, NJ. d., Leroy W Hickman. Dr
= Harrison w. Howell. Philo A. Hutch
q eson. j. Ivey Jessup, E G Jones
George W. Keller, Charles c. Kurtz
y William F. Kurtz, c. Stewart Lee
i NJ. E. Lescure, H. B McCollum. w
4 J. McCorkindale, William E. MacKen
o zie, Z. B. NacNair, j. War
4 rem Marshall, Joseph H. Martin
I Josiah Marvel, NJ. Matthes
= Harry F. Mellon. J. w Mendinhall, f
4 b. Mode. William A. Mode. Walter L
: Mode. ]. Wesley Morris. W. A. Nor
9 ris, William D. Mullen. William {
A Murgatroyd. Colonel Benjamin Nield:
A j. II. Nixon. Otho NQwland, Charlie
{ B. Palmer, John Palmer, Jr.. G. K
Parsons, J. Bail Peirce, c. E. Piersor
. John II. Rice. Charles f. Fighter
a Dr. Albert Robin. Abram Sayer. c. +
: Smith, Jr.. Ellwood Souder, George +
Spackman. Harry E. Speakman. F. r
: Steinle. Charles L. Story, Ernest S
= Taite, r. F. Tevis, John T. Thompson
- Jr., A. d. Warner. Jr.. A. d. Warner
Sr.. Horace p. Warrington. W. H. +
!, Willis. T. w. Wilson, Henry Wilson
= = S. II. Wilson, Jr.. Peter T. Wright an
u Harry Yerger.