Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-18
Allied TRADEMEN
AT SHORE MONDAY
France, Italy, Belgium, Great
Britain and America Will Be
Represented at Conference
LlKENED TO PEACE PARLEY

The international trade conference
opens in Atlantic City Monday for an
exchange of views on future develop
ment of world trade between merchants
and manufacturers Of this country and
those with whom the United States was
associated in the war.
Five great nations of the world will
be represented at the conference table
America, France, Italy, Belgium and
Great Britain.
The Philadelphia Chamber of Com.
merce will send Ernest IT. Trigg.
president, to the conference at the
head of the following delegation :
Charles j. Cohen. Charles +. Vaughan,
William A. Law, Lee j. Eastman,
Alba b. johnson, n. b. Kelly, secre-
tary; Samuel NJ. Curwcn, David
Kirschbaum and Guy Gunaker.
The economic needs during the next
two years of the various countries rep
resented at the conference, is considered
one of the most important of the major
topics to be discussed during the week
of meetings at the shore.
Others are:
Emergency measures necessary dur
ing the adjustment period of the pro
motion of trade and the movement of
raw materials.
Possibilities of pooling and allocating
products, equipment and transporta
tion.
Possible measures for association OF
business enterprises here and in Europe
to strengthen backward countries.
Reciprocal measures affecting instru
ments of capital to secure equal advant
ages to avoid duplication of effort
Methods for stabiliMng foreign ex-
change.
Elimination of unfair practices and
a basis for the reinstatement of com
mercial relations.
Called Second Peace Conference
The national chamber regards th'
conference next week as "a secont
peace conference" While the one N
Paris fixed political boundary lines, thi.
one at Atlantic City is expected to re
establish industrial confidence and agar
make possible universal trading.
Homer j.. Ferguson, president of thu
National Chamber of Commerce. ha
arranged for a series of conferences be
tween the foreign delegates and tn
American committee during the frs
two days--Monday and Tuesday. Th
first general session of the conferenc
will be called at oc,ock Tuesday after
noon. The sessions will be held ol
Young's Million Dollar Pier and tn
headquarters of the conference will be Il
the Traymore Hotel.
The honorary president of the Frenc
commission is Minister of Commerc
Clementel and his adjutant is Councilo
of State Tirman The other member
of the delegation are Monsieur Schnei
der of the Cruesot Works, head of tn
mission; Monsieur Waddington, repre-
senting the textile industry Monsieu
Roche, representing the chemical indus
try; Baron de Ncufize, n banker o
Paris; Monsieur Prcvet. president of tn
Union of Wholesale Food Syndicates
representing the food industry; Mon
sieur Mazot, general secretary of th
French high commission i'll the Unite
States, who is secretary general of til
delegation.
Personnel of British Group
The personnel of the British delega
ton is announced as follows:
Sir Arthur Shirley Benn, member {
Parliament, formerly British vice cons,
at Mobile. Ala. chairman of the dele
CATION; Marshall Stevens, member {
Parliament and authority on trath'
railways. docks and canals; Fran
Moore, Leicester Baile John Kinl
Glasgow Hon. J. G.. jenkins, forme
premier of South Australia, who wa
born in Pennsylvania. and Barton Ken
secretary of the delegation.
Giuglielimo Marconi, father of wire
less telegraphy and member of tn
Italian Senate, chairman of the dele
CATION from Italy, will be accompanie
by Silvio Crespi, who acted as foo
controller in the Italian war cabinet
Commander Pho Pcrrone, representa-
shipyards and metal manufacturers
Eng G. Quartieri manufacturer {
chemical products; CIR. Off. Salvador
Tagliavia. mayor of Palermo, and HoI
Harco Cassini. president of the unio
of Chambers of Commerce of the king
dom of Italy.
The Belgian delegation will be heade
by NJ. Van de Vyvere, minister {
state and finance minister during til
war, the other members being Lou
Canon -IIegrande, president of the per
manent committee of the Information,
Congress of Chambers of Commerce
Albert Neve, engineer and manufac
University M. Janasen, director of IL
Belgian National Bank; NJ. de Groot
vice president of the Antwerp Chamb,
of Commerce. and NJ. Maere, secretaI
of the delegation.
This city will be the first visited
the foreign delegates when they beg
tour of the country. following Il
conference. The visitors are schedule
to arrive at Broad street station ;
$40 p. m, Sunday, October 26.
Alba B. johnson has accepted Il
Craftsmanship of joint committee rel
resenting local commercial organization
which will arrange an entertainmei
program for the delegates while in tn
city.
On Monday, October 27. the foreii
delegation will be escorted to indus
trial plants, including Hog Island al
other places of interest. There will
dinner Monday evening in the Bell
vue Stratford.
On the following day. visits will
made to Independence Hall, the Curt
Publishing Company's plant and Il
Wanamaker store. The delegates W
be guests of the Chamber of CONNER
at luncheon.