Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-16
BUSINESS MEN OF
 NATION ID HOLD
 bIG WAR MEETING
National Chamber of Com merce Will Devise Plans
 For the Future.

UT L1lc E uCuiG. Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 15.-When !, the emergency war convention called ! by the Chamber of Commerce of the
 United States to assemble in this city next week has concluded it's delibera'- 1 tiOns and adjourned, there will be no room for doubt in the minds of foe or ] friend as to just how the business in terests of this country stand in rela- ] tion to the war.
 Acting in behalf of the business ! men of the nation, as represented by the 5000 delegates who will be in at tendance, the convention will adopt ] resolutions that will make it plain that business, large and small, is heart and soul with the president and means to stick by him through thick and thin, and regardless of any per- sonal sacrifice that such a course may entail, until the great war for free dom and democracy is brought to successful conclusion. :.
 It is hoped to have President Will son come to Atlantic City to speak in person to the business men. A formal pronouncement from the president, it is believed, would go far toward clari- flying the minds of thousands of busi- ness men with respect to problems which have been presented in varying forms to the Chamber of Commerce of the United States.
 Among those who have been invited to address tho convention, and the most of whom have already accepted the invitation, are Secretary of War Baker, Secretary of the Treasury Me- Adoo, Lord Northcliffe, who is unof- flclally representing England in this country; Herbert Hoover, federal food administrators; ex-Senator Elihu Root, who headed the recent mission to Rus sia, together with members of the British, French and Italian missions now in this country, and a number of the most eminent business men of the United States.
 The meeting will be the first that the Chamber of Commerce of the United States has held outside of Washington. Atlantic City was select ed as the meeting place because of its accessibility from Washington and the large eastern, southern and mid dle western commercial and financial centers, and the probability that this will be material factor in achiev- ing the purpose of the organization to make the war convention the largest gathering of American business men ever held. Delegates have been ap- pointed by virtually every important chamber of commerce, board of trade. commercial club and other business or industrial organization in the country. Applications for accommodations re- celved by the local hotels indicate that the attendance will reach 5000 and may be considerably in excess of that figure.
 The Mocrish Palace on the Garden Pier has been secured for the meet ing and the sessions will begin there Monday morning and continue until Friday night. During this time every phase bearing upon the duty business mon owe the government, to give it every possible aid in the furtherance of preparation for the struggle across the Atlantic and conservation of the national resources. will be discussed by men whose position and experience we'll justifies them to speak on the subjects assigned them.
 Following the discussion of the duty that business owes the government. which will be the foremost topic on the card, will come the question of how the business men of the country may render even greater service in winning the war. This will include what may be done to control prices, how priority may be most quickly and effectively established, how greater efficiency in land and water trans portation can be developed, and what steps may be taken for better educa.- tion of the people on the issues at stake in the war.
 Ways and means by which business must readily adjust itself to the con- 1 dltions produced by the war will be l considered. Another subject will be the readjustment after war for
 which business must prepare. This will include plans for replacing the
 men in industry after their return
 from the war. and the new responsi-
 Utilities in international relations
 which may be expected after the con- ! f1ict ic onand