Evening star., 1918-12-01

|lU WhFEk This
Uniasd. co-ordinated and co-opera-
tive organisation Of the Industries of
the United
Important Conference States in =
to De Hald This Week. ed. ] .y....
matte. economic and aficlsnt drive for
world trade to meet the present re-
construction period conditions and to
build up stable foreign commerce
for the unbounded future il to be ef
fected this week at the biggest gath
ering Of business interests ever held
in the uuited States. II not In the
world.
Called together by the Chamber of
Commerce Of the United States s73
war service committees, which repre-
sented various industries and lines OF
trade In conferences with the War IN
dustriss Board to help win the war.
are nor to meet in Atlantic City and
determine how world trade should be
sought and foreign competition met
in one big united drive that Will carry
the flag Of the American merchant
marine into all foreign ports with
cargoes otsAll sorts of raw materials
and finished products from the United
States.
The reconstruction and war-to-peace
transition problems Of each individual
industry will be frankly discussed, as
we'll Al those Of group concern and
again those Of common concern. Gov
ernment oficials who have for years
been making studies Of the foreign
markets and the conditions and dis
positions Of the people. who have
through trade diplomats been culti-
Of these potential markets. will tell
what the conditions are, how the
products Of the United States can best
-4nd welcome and healthy increasing
demand.
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Men who have had charge Of the
pooled interests Of whole industries
and groups of
Industrial Leaders industries in the
great mobiliza-
=" @A"P"se : A@"s' tion Of industry
that helped SO conspicuously in win
ming the war will make recommends
tions based on their expert knowledge
of the, industries supplemented by the
lessons they have learned in carrying
out the war program. Leaders in
financial affairs. who must guide the
exchange of the entire world during
this unprecedented period when the
United States is banker for practical
ly all the world, will suggest how for
eign trade is to be financed. how ex-
change should be stabilized interna-
tionally. The representatives Of the
Congress who as chairmen of the I'M
portant committees which frame leg
islation affecting tariff revenue. ag-
riculture. finance, commerce, industry
and public utilities will help with ad-
vice and pledge of prompt and ade-
the best advantage Of all the people
Of this country.
Individual industries-metals. ma
chinery, oil crushers. leather SOAP
chemicals. pulp and paper. drugs
textile. furniture. dyes-are already
organizing under the authority grant
ed by the Webb.Pomerene act to form
associations for the more economic
and efficient campaign for foreign
markets. In the unprecedented trade
mobilization this week the organiza-
tion will be carried still further and
the individual industries will be unit
ed into thirty-hve related groups. and
then again into ten major groups
food. heat-light.power. steel, other
metals, textile. wood and wood pro-
duction, chemicals, leather, earthen
products and industrial professions.
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Here, in brief, 10 what will develop
at that business gathering, concise
summary Of what
To Summarize American industry
has done In the
Fast Results. past. what it did
under war stress. what 1t has a
chance to do during reconstruction
period and In the further future.
what 1t has learned from the war.
what 1t should do to work out its
promising future. This will be given
by those who have had the best op-
portunity to study and Judge as az
fecting all American industry and as
affecting each individual industry.
Just as the glorious demonstration
Of natiopal spirit that won the war
can be traced back to the ideals alb
sorbed and fostered in each Ameri-
can home. SO the ultimate success Of
the reconstruction program projected
by the industrial leaders at the At
lantic City conference will be de-
pendent upon how the several hun
dreds of Industries carry on shoul-
der to shoulder. All over the coun-
try today these industries are CO.
operating as never before. The war
has taught them broader apprecia-
ton Of their mutual interdependence
and the value Of united action. They
have learned more impressively than
ever before that capital and labor
must go forward hand-in-hand.
neither the master. but both partners.
They are learning from the bolshev-
ism sweeping Europe that capital
sharing profits with labor, and labor
sharing interest in product with CAPT.
tai, is the best safeguard against the
misguided spirit Of bolshevism-sub-
stituting an attitude Of keeping for
an attitude Of taking.