New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-17

would find her enemies unwilling TO
allow her the freedom of the worlds
marts and. above all, that peaceful
penetration" by Germany was doomed.
Secretary Redfield's Speech
Secretary Redfcld said, in part:
when peace shall come and her
merchants take up the task OF restor-
ing Gcrmany's ruined commerce they
will find that IL is n strange world
which they seek TO reenter. There VIII
be difficulties in the path Of peaceful
penetration Of which they seem not to
dream.
Commercial frightfulness, like its
military namesake. will have passed
away. II will hardly be said again to
any Secretary Of Commerce of the
United States that the German dye
stufrs trust will not permit the
establishment OF an American dyestufs
industry. The monopolics on which
German foreign commerce in large part
seemed to rest secure have passed
away.
"Our friends beyond the seas and we
ourselves have learned the danger Of
having our industries wholly dependent
on foreign sources of supply which may
become unfriendly. II is pitiful to read
extracts from the German press which
seem TO show that they expect 10 take
up the task Of rebuilding their com
merce where they laid II down.
81 need not tell you Of the CONNER.
cial value Of what we call good VIII
or point the advantage of doing bust
ness as a going concern The great
markets of the world have been and
are TO be found among the nations
which have parted company with Ger
many in the present struggle.
Another serious difference Of opinion
with the avowed policies and acts Of
the Administration was aired during
the business conferences at the hotel.
Vice President +. !. Kent of the Bank
ers Trust Company. of this city. de-
clared that if the Liberty Loan was a
failure the fault could be laid to the
Governments placing of unusual Fed
eral wartime taxes.
DIPLOMATS at Banquet
Tho BANQUET last night, attended by
tho thirteen ambassadors and minis
TORS representing France. Great Brit
DIN Italy. Japan, Russia, Portugal,
siam. Cuba, China, Panama. Serbia,
Rolcium and Greece. was the climax 10
8 dav filed with public receptions, en-
+ertainments and business sessions Tor
the four thousand delegates to the
and their guests.
Routine affairs were brolsnn INTO by
reception 10 half dozen of the visit
ing diplomats at the City Hall. ne
diplomats. with men and women OF the
congress. received an enthuslastc
greeting when they reached the nan
after a trip around the harbor, a big
crowd having gathered during the band
concert which preceded.
Landing from municipal boat az
the Battery, the visitors were escorted
through streets filled with the MONDAY
crowds by a battalion Of the old Guard
in their picturesque shakos and Drill
liant uniforms. and detachments OF
marines and irfantrymen. g.,
In the Governors Room the dlplo.
mats were welcomed by Mayor Mitchell
and Public Service Commissioner
Oscar s. Straus The latter turned his
address into a eulogy of the Mayor
Dr.. Carlos Mantel de Cespedes, Cuban
Minister. replied on behalf Of the Dip
lomats. while Governor Richard !. Man
ming Of South Carolina spoke ms APP
probation Of the city's courtesy TO the
Delegates to the congress.
Such a wide range OF subjects as
world peace, good roads. the future Of
cotton. ard the rebuilding OF nation 5
agriculture were taken up at four con-
ferences which went on at the same
time during the afternoon.
DR.. Albert Shaw and A. $. Hough
outlined international agreements for
preserving peace. Minister lgnacio
Calderon. Of Bolivia, pledged the ale
glance of all the South American re-
publics in the prosecution Of the war.
At the cotton conference Lewis +.
Pierson. chairman of the board OF the
Irving National Bank. warned planters
that they must seriously take heed OF
international conditions in considering
the future of cotton. He urged diver
sitcation Of crops in the South TO oil
set possible foreign competition IN the
cotton field.
Nice-President Mercer p. Mosely OF
the American Exchange National Banh,
on the contrary, assured the planters
that they would continue getting good
prices for their crops in spite OF the
embargo # they would stick togethef
and make use Of the facilities for
financing the crop afforded by the
Federal Reserve banks.