The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-02
IMPORTANT TRADE
MEET IS TO Be HELD

Warrington, May 3f.-with the
opening hero on Tuesday next OF the
second American commer cial
conference. there will be inaugurated
what Is considered the most i'm
portant trade gathering ever held in
Washington and one OF the most i'm
portant international meetings as
sembled. for sny purpose. The in
augural session will be presided over
OF state and acting chairman OF the
governing poerd Of the Pan -Ameri-
can union. The conference will con-
tinue four days. The program and
arrangements ere In charge OF Direc-
tor General John Barrett and a sub
committee OF the board composed OF
the ambassador OF Mexico. the minis
ter Of Venezuela, and the minister OF
Ecuador.
Representatives Of manufacturing
banking, shipping and other CONNER
cial interests from all over the United
States and all The other twenty Amer
lean republics OF North and South
Am erica. will he present to take part
in the discussion OF the large inter-
national trade problems which are
on the program. A special cable SER
vice has been installed in the beauti-
full Pan-American building where the
sessions ara to he held so as to permit
of direct communication between the
United States and Central and South
America during the progress Of the
conference.
After-the- war trade development
between the United States and the
other Pan-American nations is to be
discussed in all It's phases at the
various sessions. Aviation as an aid
to Pan-American commerce la a fea
ture Of the program, and the topics
range from this to trade marks and
packing methods. They include ship
ping and transportation; financing
trade and the future of Latin Ameri-
can investments. loans and bonds;
trading methods for both exports and
imports: parcel post. patents and
trade marks, trade and travel regu
lations, packing and insurance; COM
mercial intelligence, including adver-
Using and publicity: engineering. in
elHdiHg construction railways,
waterways, irrigation systems and so
on. educational and social auxiliaries
to commerce, and a number Of other
topics on related matters.
Senior Don Reltran Matthew. am
ba ssa dor of Chile, Acting Secretary Of
State. Polk, Senior Don Ignacio Cald-
eron. minister Of Bolivia. and Speaker
Gillett Of the house Of representatives
are to speak nj the opening session.
and among those scheduled to ad-
dress other meetings Of the confer
ence are Secretary Of Commerce Red
field. DR.. Carlos Manuel de .Cespedes.
minister OF Cuba. Edward ~ Hurley,
chairman Of the United State ship
ping board Charles NJ. Schwab. pres
ident OF the bethlehem Steel corpo-
ration: Frank A. Nanderlip, president
Of the National City hank OF New
York; Senoi. Don Julio Zamora. finan-
cial commissioner of Bolivia: J. J. Ar
mold First National bank OF Chi
cage; DR.. lose Santiago Rodriguez,
Venezuelan commercial commission :;
Julius G. Lay. acting foreign trade
adviser OF the state department; DR..
BurweIl S. Cutler chief OF the bureau
Of foreign md domestic commerce,
department of commerce. Carlo Arel-
lano, of the Mexican chamber of COM
merce: John y. Merrill. president OF
the Central and South American Gable
| company, Or. l.. s Rowe, assistant
secretary of the treasury: Sr. Leo
/ poldino Cunha- Doctor Teodoro Lam
gard Menczes and Renato de Macedo
Sodre. OF Brazil: Emilio 8. Cooley. OF
| Cuba: Felix N!eto del Rio OF Chile.
| w s. Kies vfce-president Of the
| American International corporation
| Francisco 'Escobar. consul general OF
Coloum hia: Otto Praeger. second as
sistant postmaster egeneral; John T.
! Newton, commissioner OF patents:
| Ernes c. Perez. consul general OF
| Argentina IN New York; Mario l. Gil,
consul general OF Uruguay, in New
i York: Augusta Villanueva. Chilean
financial commissioner Jnhn Vavas-
our Noel. ut Peru; J. E, Lefevre,
charge d'aTaires of Panama. Camille
| Porras. consul general OF Panama.
Manuel Rodriguez Gutierrez, secretary
| of communics ton and public work,
| Of Mexico: Francisco 7. Yanes, as
sistant director of the American
union. and other representatives Of
the United States and Latin America
eM r. VT JedMug;rJPKaNg
| THE widespread and rapidly grow
| ing interest n Pan-American com
/ merce which has manifested itself &C
noticeaely since the close OF the war
the necessity and advantage OF frank
| and full exchange OF views on every
phase OF Pan-American trade and the
great good which was accomplished
by the Firrt Pan-American CONNER
| cial conference held in February
1911" said Director General Barrett
| in commenting on the conference. III
the reason why the governing board
| OF the Pan American union on April
9. last. voted unanimously to have
called together the conference which
meets Tuesday. There IL much con-
structive work ahead to be done. The
threads OF practical Pan-Americanism
which were broken by the war must
be taken MP and tied again: and the
| trade expansion between the United
| States and the countries Of Latin
America must continue. II ID the pur-
pose OF this conference to promote
that worthy object"
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