Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-11
TO PRESENT REpORT
ON CONDITIo>s AFTER " Ar

y
The council. which is nonpon,ical
ana nonrar,isan board Of nifty promi-
u.ut merchants. manufacturers bank
"rs farmers, and other producers OF
natural commodities will prcSen, TO
'hc convention report on World
Trade Conditions After the European
War the result OF 81 year OF research.
". ". Nichols. chairman o. Tho
American Industrial Commission to
France. win speak upon European Re-
construction Willard Straight, vice
prcsidon, OF til. American In,erna-
;ion.N Corporation. will make an ad-
dress upon til" Foreign Trade Aspcc,
~ IN. Tariff
, An cu,.rc session ar Tho convention
legislation. authorizing cooperation
among American exporters who are
row individually obliged. through The
doubt surrounding the application Of
tho antitrus, laws 20 foreign trade, 10
cope with ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS com
hinations OF forcisn rivals ana often 10
scli 20 combinations OF foreign
buyers equipped t. dcprcss the
prices OF American products. Tho ne
c.ssi,v for enactment Of the Webb
],
subicc, of an address by Robcrt H.
Pa,chin. secretary OF tho National For
cisn Trade Council. and tho necessity
for cooperation in tho export OF ma
,ural commodi,ic. such IS lumber.
copper. farm products. as we'll
manufactures. Viii bc emphasized In
each Of these lines.
John n. Ryan. president OF tho Ana
-
sneak AT the banquet on cooperation.
Chairman Edward y. Hurley. of the
Federal Trade Commission. will also
sneak AT the banquet ON tho Govern
mont and Foreign Trade" The Qucs-
tiou Of Americas position III world
finance is 10 he handled by an eminent
financial authority. whose name ia not
yc, announced. Willie the value Of in
,estment in oversee development en-
ierprisas in order To create 4 demand
Tor American manufactures will he
discussed by g. X. Mcintosh, vice rresi-
dent Of the California Rank. San Fran
cisco. and number OF other promI-
ncnt bankers from different sections OF
the country.
SHOULD HI ENCOURAGED
TO ENTER FOREIGN TRADE
The problems Of tho smaller manu-
facturer and merchants. who. the couu-
Gil feels. il is nationally necessary
should hc encouraged 10 enter foreign
trade. Will be considered in Group
Sessions" 10 he organized and held hs
,the council in cooperation with tho
American manufacturers Export As
Sociation. The discussion will he di-
reacted to assisting solution Of tho
problems perploNin' this class 81
American business men. Since the
problem OF giving foreign purchasers
the credits they are accustomed to re-
cciyc from European exporters a
Group Session has been arranged in
co-cperation with the National Asso-
oiation IT Credit Men. in the hope Of
paving the way for development OF an
American system of foreign credits and
credit information. The American Ex-
porters' and Importers Association has
been invited TO Join the council in the
conduct Of a Group Session on The
Function Of the Export Merchant and
Commission louise"
The need OF trained men in foreign
trade and the methods OF their train
ing will be considered at an educa-
tionsl session under the craftsmanship
OF Chancellor S. Il. Mccormick, Of the
University OF Pittsburgh. The coun-
clrs educational committee has already
conducted considerable research i'm this
direction. Or. T.. T.. Pratt, chief of the
bureau Of foreign and domestic COM
merce, United States Department of