The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-25
SWISS EXPERTS IN
MEMPHIS TOSTUDY
COTTON INDUSTRY
Delegation From Swiss Trade
Mission VIII Spend Three
Days in City to Get First
Hand Economic Information

SIX members Of the Swiss trade mis-
sion to the United States are guests
OF the city and Of the Chamber Of COM
merce Thursday
The distinguished visitors are part of
the great delegation Of 237 Swiss busi-
ness men who arrived In the United
states early in the month for a survey
OF economic conditions in every line Of
business. All Of the party in Memphis
are Interested In some phase of the cot
ton or lumber trade. most Of them be-
ing experts In some line Of cotton man.
They are Gottfrled Allenspach, protss.
sor chemistry IN a great trade school at
-. Gallen; Heinrich Zwicky, preslt ent
OF a cotton weaving company AZ Schin-
dellegi; DR.. Hans Haeni, a chemist and
manufacturers Of ST. Gallen; Arnold Bal
W, chief Of the textile group Of the
mission, who, besides being an expert
in his own country, Il also connected
with Bailey Freres. Of sehOanenwerd
and New York; Fritz Zureher, Of Zur-
cher & Co., cotton bleachers, st. GaUsn,
and DR.. Otto Frischnecht, St. Gailen.
part owner and chief chemist Of a
bleaching mill
Mr.. Ailenspach Is head, of the party,
which Is deyoting It's time particularly
10 the study Of the cotton Industry,
from the field to the final manufacture.
He and DR.. Frisehnecht both speak
English. The others speak the Lam
guage also, but less fTuently All speak
both French and German.
While we are supposed 10 know all
about cotton manufacturing, from the
technical SIDE" said Or. F~rischnecht,
we do not know at first hand Just how
cotton is grown, how it is handled, how
It IS prepared for shipment We deal
with the spinning, dysing and bleaching
end Of the industry In Switzerland. For
years we have bought yarns in England,
manufacturing them into cloth, which,
when finished, Is exported perhaps to
England, or to France or to the United
states. We are manufacturers IN Swift
we knew we could see the cotton grow
Ing In fine fields, could see 1t In the
warehouses. In the congresses ard in
transit for shipment
Mr.. Allenspach said that several of
the party are also interested In the
manufacture OF lumber, much Of the
raw material coming from the United
States, and that his party wished also
TO to- see the manufacture Of eottonseed
products, which arc much In use in
Switzerland,
Other Groups Elsewhere.
"oupr original party he said, was
broken up into trade groups as soon as
we reaehed New York. Each group Is
visiting the centers OF the industries In
which he Ia Interested. Some OF our
cotton experts are now In the cotton
manufacturing centeFs OF the East; 9TH
ers of>our party are In the West. We
have been most cordially received here
and in every city wa have visited and
are glad to meet your cordial Southern
people, &,5
A committee from the Chamber of
Commerce headed by 8. C. Major, met
the visitors at their train. They have
rooms at the Hotel Chisca. They were
guests at d luncheon at the chamber
at 1890, at which Hugh Humphreys
presided and which was attended by
about 200 guests. Short addresses were
made by several Of the visitors,
They were taken for an inspection Of
the Memphis Terminal corporation cot
ton warehouses In New, South Memphis
in the afternoon. They will visit a
number of the manufacturing plants
Friday morning, visit the George r.
James farm at Forest Hill that after
noon, and viii spend part Of SATURDAY.
in Mississippi viewing a number OF
cotton plantations and seeing how the
cotton grows and Is picked,
They will remain over Saturday night
and will be among the special guests
at the Lyric theater during President
Wilson'S address.