Evening star., 1919-10-12
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

N EORGANIZATION Of business
~ on two hemispheres for an
efficient working arrange
ment between Ave nations;
for the rehabilitation Of essential in
dustrfes in four nations: for rebuild
ing Of homes, farms. factories. roads.
churches and schools in four coun-
tries where war caused the worst
wreckage and destruction. Is the
herculean and unprecedented task
before the International Trade Con-
ference in Atlantic City. which is to
open Monday. october 20.
Business. Industrial and financial
leaders from the five countries which
by alliance won the world war and
made the world safe for human lib
erty are to counsel together on the
best way to restore peace, prosperity.
industry. employment. confidence In
the future. happy homes and content
ed people throughout these five ma
tions.
1t is remarkable and most encour-
aging that, while statesmen are
wrangling over the ratification CT
peace, these leaders in business on
which the welfare and happiness Of
the peoples depend are getting to-
gether to formulate a program Of CO.
operative endeavor for the mutual
advantage Of all the peoples Of these
Ave nations-the United States. Great
Britain. France. Italy and Belgium.
Marks New Stage in History.
This International Industrial Con-
tory. The people Of these five ma
tions are worried over food, cloth
ing and shelter and their corollaries-
confidence and work. Their leaders
not In politics. but in the matter-of-
fact, practical, hard-headed business
confidence and a growing prosperity.
They face a new business world, for
neither Europe nor the United States
Is as before the war. Industries have
been wiped out, new Industries have
been born. A new spirit and reali-
zation Of interdependence has sprung
Phoenix-like out Of the ashes and sham
hles Of the war.
So. as they united for war they have
now come to counsel together for re-
construction. readjustment and co-oper.
alton to build up new industrial world
They are meeting to reach a better
understanding Of questions of mutual
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future development, and to inform
each country regarding the difficulties
and needs Of the others.
American bushes men believe they
will get from this conference the in
spiration they need and that 1t will
mark the beginning Of new indus
trial era in which the United States
will stand forth as world leader and
world helper. even as conspicuously
as in the war.
AS result of understandings reach
ed, friendly relations between the
business interests of Europe and
America doubtless will be established.
American production should flow with
larger volume and in an -uninterrupt-
ed stream to meet the needs abroad,
and foreign dealers will be shown a
way to pay satisfactory prices for the
goods they require.
q. S. Commerce Chamber Proposed.
This conference has resulted from
the initiative of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States, which
was taken with the approval of the
United States government in securing
the cooperation of England, France.
Italy and Belgium. The basic idea
germinated at an informal meeting in
Paris early this year. Those sessions
showed the need for joint action look
ing toward a get-together arrange
ment commercially by the countries
which had been associated in the war.
The suggestion that such a confer
ence be held in the United States was
submitted to governments and lead
ers Of opinion in the countries con-
cerned, and it met with instant ap-
proval. =,
The foreign delegates, five to nine
from each nation, and the American
committee will devote Monday and
Tuesday, October 20 and 21, to con-
ferences regarding details of subjects
to be brought before the general
meetings. The first general session
will be held on Young's Million Dol
lar Pier at pm. Wednesday. the 22d.
The conference will last until Friday.
the oath. and probably until Saturday.
The bare skeleton of international