New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-25
Commission of Business
Men Will Investigate
Conditions Abroad.
PREPARING TO AID
WHEN WAR ENDS
Manufacturers Export AS
ISOLATION Responds to
Move of France.

A commission of American business
men. formed under the auspices Of the
American Manufacturers Export Asso-
citation. will sail on the Lafayette to-
morrow for France to make scientific
study of industrial conditions in that
country rising out of the present war
The body has the official sanction OF
France and the United States in its
mission. It's purpose will not be di-
rectly commercial, but rather the com
mission will make a careful survey OF
industry in France and try to deter
mine in what manner the merchants OF
the United States may best aid the
sister republic in its task of rehaDlli-
tation at the end of the war.
When the French Industrial Com
mission visited the United States IN
the winter of 19l5-19l6, they made a
suggestion that a like visit TO their
country be made by Americans. TINS
proposal was taken up Immediately by
the American Manufacturers Export
Association and will become fact
with the sailing of the Lafayette.
Purpose Is Uelp1ul inquiry
Pamphlets have already been circu-
lated throughout France telling the
purpose Of the visit Of the comm sslon.
This. according to one OF them, has
for its main purpose helpful lnVestl-
cation of industrial condlu ons IN
France. which is contemplating, on
scale unparalleled in history, re-
Mobilization of her countries and m
dustries. now and after the war; 10
determine the most effective manner
in which American faclhues may con-
tribute to the recovery OF structure
damaged, and in many instances de-
stroved by the ravages OF war; IN me
to promote, by active cooperation, WIN
our French collaborators. an lntlmaIS
commercial relationship between the
two nations .I
The commission. which is composed
Of men at the head of their various
fields of industry, represents all OF the
important spheres of American busl-
ness. Its members will be entertained
At a luncheon at the Biltmore Hotel
to-day by Z. NJ. Herr, president OF the
Westinghouse Electric Company and
the American Manufacturers Export
Association.
Personnel of Commission.
Among those who will make the jour
ney to France in the interest Of a bet
ter business understanding are William
Wallace Nichols, chairman Of the COM
mission and assistant chairman OF the
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Com
pany; f ". Douglas, general secretary
of the commission and secretary OF
American Manufacturers Export Asso-
citation; A. B. Farquhar, president OF
the A. B. Farquhar Company; James
f. Sague, former vice-president of the
American Locomotive Company; f. j.
LeMaistre, consultant of the +. l. du
Point de Nemours Company; Curt &.
Pfeifer. vice-president OF George Borg
feldt e. Co; John K. Macarthur
of Macarthur Brothers; DR.. c. o. Mail
loux, consulting engineer; +. A. War
rem. vice-president Universal Winding
Company; Samuel w. Fairchild, vice
president of Fairchild Brothers e Fos-
ter; Noble Foster Hoggson, president,
Hoggson Brothers; J. G. Butler, Com
mercial National Bank, Youngstown,
Ohio; +. Z. Russell, J. /. Case Thresh-
ing Machine Company; A. Swasey,
president Warner & Swasey, and George
Burdette Ford, of George b. Post &
Sons.