The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-19
Hoover, NOrthcliffe and
Clifford In Atlantic
City
COAL AND BREAD
. LEAD INTEREST
transportation Reform
To BE Tackled In
Earnest

ATLANTIC CITY y J Sept i9.
Kirg Coal. The hvecent loaf. tho
retain pruhteer and other var SUB
jecl close to ne hearts OF the peo.
pie were scheduled Tor discussion
by Herver' Hoover. Waiter s. CIR.
ford Lord Norihchfe and other ex-
Forts before Americas business
leaders IN convention today win the
United states Chamber OF Com
morcc
Judge Robert IovetL oi me
war emergency board discussed rN9
WAY transportation Raymond o.
Stevens. of thD shipping board,
ocean tran portaGon The proposr
ton ~ shippers huimng their ship
nenfs to save freight space for 'hc
government Increased use of inln'
Waterways and Cua-twise transpur
taton were gone lnto The eenven-
tion also laid plans to help hurry
along The EoyernWC nt's snip building
program
Fuel con oryatinu and better use
o. freight cars camc up for discus
sion an group meeting under direc
tiou OF Mai Bascom Little. former
president of the Cleveland Chamber
OF Commerce
President Butferworth. ~ tho
John Deere plow company. Chicago.
led meeting of business mon 20
consider closer cooperation between
the Individual business man and tho
government
The question Of government price
fixing on raw materials was probed
with W s. clifford, of The council Of
national defense present 20 outline
the government policy in such mat.
ters
Retail trade conditions, prices
and distribution problems were gone
into by another group under a. l.
Filene. of Boston Walter ID sim
mona. OF The commercial economy
board. was fhe governments repre-.
sentative here The group dclvod
into economies ID delivery, light
heat, paper and other overhead ex
penses which kocr retail prices up.
Lord Nouhclne and Food Admin
istrutor Hoover are 90 address the
con- ention tonight Tho concrete
results of these diversified confcr.
cncec are expected 20 be cryetallizcd
in concerted cooperation by busi
ness men This is 20 bo effected
primarily by dratiing of q national
war organization plan for The bust
ness men, In the form Of resolu-
tions coming up Friday
Walter Parker, SECRETARY of Com.
merce Bcdnold's representative.
spoke TODAY outlining the steps t.n
government hts taken 10 develop in
lard waterways Hc expressed the
conviction this WIS the only way to
overcome lladoquacios of trans.
poriation sys'cms
business America. he said.
"must augment rail transportation
by development OF inland water
WAYS 10 got dependable. cconOmi
cal and convenient transportation
systom Otherwise railroad terminal
congestion. Ions serious. VIII GROW
more acute
"Thc day OF railroad monopoly OF
tran -portuion viii now hc forced
~ end. just as ihe dal Of boat
monopoly WAS ended yoars ago by
Tho railroads
Secretary RcdCcld n strongly
boasiing Tho program of This con
grc,s 1ud b. reuuincly Interested
10 paved the way for development
a. q council uf national defense hH
naming 1n ularl waterways com
mitirn. with the Chio OF army cneit
neers at ifg head Water ttanqpOrta
iion Is tho ideal way 90 relieve the
war strain and promote after the
war development
New Orleans development in this
direction has been notable New
York state is planning great strides.